Purdue University plant molecular biochemist Natalia Dudareva and colleagues have described a complete second pathway used by plants to produce phenylalanine, a compound important for all living organisms. Phenylalanine is a building block of proteins and the precursor to thousands of compounds. Plants use these compounds as aromatics to attract pollinators, for defense, reproduction, growth…Read more about Purdue scientists nail down important plant compound pathway[Read More]
Carol Michel (BS ’81, horticulture and landscape architecture), was awarded a 2018 Media Awards Gold Medal of Achievement for Best Overall Book from GWA: The Association of Garden Communicators. Michel writes humorous and lighthearted essays about her lifelong avocation in Potted and Pruned: Living a Gardening Life (her award-winning first book) and Homegrown and Handpicked: A Year in a…Read more about Alumna cultivates gardening gold[Read More]
Early-Career Award The Early-Career Award recognizes an Extension Specialist with less than 10 years of service. Recipients must demonstrate Extension leadership; excellence in delivering public education programs; innovative approaches to program development and delivery; outreach efforts to county Extension Educators; research that benefits Extension clientele through practical application; or through demonstrated collaboration with county Educators,…Read more about John Orick received the Purdue Cooperative Extension Specialists’ Association Early Career Award[Read More]
Dr. Tamara Benjamin received the Purdue Cooperative Extension Specialists’ Association Leadership Award. Leadership Award The Leadership Award recognizes an individual’s leadership and contribution to a specific and highly effective Extension pprogram. Note: Special Award nominees do not need to be PUCESA members. External Link:
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The enigmatic Voynich manuscript, undecipherable to scholars for more than a century, is a 16th century Mexican manuscript, according to a new book written by Purdue University and Delaware State University professors. The discovery, which also identifies the manuscript’s author and illustrator, is a collaboration between Jules Janick, distinguished professor of horticulture…Read more about Purdue and Delaware State professors unravel century-old mystery[Read More]
Dr. Aaron Thompson joins HLA Faculty As a landscape planner, Dr. Aaron Thompson’s teaching and research focus on using applied social-ecological science to achieve better decision making at the interface of land use planning and natural resource management. Prior to joining Purdue’s Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecutre he served as an Associate Professor at…Read more about Dr. Aaron Thompson joins HLA Faculty[Read More]
The Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA) – comprised of more than 2,700 men and women professionals overseeing sports fields worldwide and critical to athletes’ safety – has named Ryder Haulk, assistant sports field manager for Purdue Athletics winner of the annual “Stars and Stripes” field art contest. Haulk’s “Red, White and Purdue” design at Bittinger…Read more about Purdue Sports Turf Victorious in Field Art Contest — Ryder Haulk’s “Red, White and Purdue” design for Bittinger Stadium captures industry award[Read More]
Recent HLA alumna Chelsea Maupin is one of six Purdue students to be awarded with Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants and will spend the next academic year teaching in Vietnam. Originally from Kokomo, Indiana, she graduated with a degree in sustainable food and farm systems. “I’ll teach English in Phan Rang-thap Cham City, Vietnam, through…Read more about HLA Alumna Chelsea Maupin awared with Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant[Read More]
Participate in the Design Intelligence Annual Survey of the Best Architecture + Design Schools Each year, Design Intelligence asks hiring professionals and alumni to evaluate which landscape architecture programs are doing the best job of preparing future professionals for practice. At Purdue Landscape Architecture, we’re proud that we’ve been listed as one of the top…Read more about Landscape Architecture hiring professionals, recent alumni and current students encouraged to complete ranking survey[Read More]
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