On Monday, July 18th, Vicki Stirm hosted 8 high school students from the C-PASA (Carghill -Purdue Agribusiness and Science Academy) program. The program is in conjunction with the Office of Multicultural Programming in the College of Ag. Among the activities included a tour of the Student Farm and Urban Ag/Post-Harvest activity, which included learning pickling…Read more about HLA’s C-PASA Program Activities[Read More]
Luis Medina is a visiting scholar from Honduras who joined the Meyers’ weed science lab. He obtained his B.Sc. in Agronomy from Universidad Nacional de Agricultura (UNAG), Honduras. ” This opportunity has awakened in me a great interest in weeds, which are of great agricultural importance. It is definitely an area in which I would…Read more about Welcome Luis Medina![Read More]
A research article from the HLA Specialty Crop Weed Science Lab is available ahead-of-print in Weed Technology. The article features work from Jeanine Arana’s masters thesis with HLA co-authors Stephen Meyers and Wenjing Guan, as well as Bill Johnson (Botany and Plant Pathology). Dose-response of two Jack O’Lantern pumpkin cultivars to fomesafen applied preemergence….Read more about New Research Article from Jeanine Arana, Stephen Meyers, and Wenjing Guan[Read More]
On Monday, July 18th, Vicki Stirm will host 8 high school students from the C-PASA (Carghill -Purdue Agribusiness and Science Academy) program. The program is in conjunction with the Office of Multicultural Programming in the College of Ag. They will tour the Purdue Student Farm and the Hort Greenhouse, and learn about urban agriculture and…Read more about Vicki Stirm to Host High School Students from C-PASA Program[Read More]
Dr. Mike Dana and Karen Mitchell hosted The Garden History in Ireland Study Abroad Program for Master Gardeners and their guests from June 28th through July 9th. A couple participants may have lost their luggage, but they all gained the experience of a lifetime, 40 continuing education hours, and new friends.
Congratulations to Nathan Deppe who was recently promoted to Lead Laboratory Operations Specialist in recognition of his extremely competent leadership of the Plant Growth Facility during COVID, an almost-catastrophic power outage, and many other challenges. Congratulations to Pam Fisher who was recently promoted to Lead Extension Administrator in recognition of her excellent work supporting the…Read more about Staff Promotions[Read More]
Rebecca Traldi is a new postdoc in the department. She will be working closely with Dr. Linda Prokopy on the #Diverse Corn Belt project. She comes to us from the University of Maryland where she just completed her PhD, which focused on measuring the impact of agriculture and land-use change sustainability interventions. Rebecca has previously worked with the…Read more about Welcome Rebecca Traldi![Read More]
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