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]
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – When a plant is introduced to an abundant patch of water or fertilizer, a cascade of genetic and molecular actions lead to beneficial physiological responses such as root development and increased biomass. Identifying the genes involved in the early molecular responses has been difficult, but a Purdue University scientist has led…Read more about Dr. Varala leads a study to apply a novel systems biology approach for identifying key regulator genes influencing nitrogen use efficiency[Read More]
Graduate Ag Research Spotlight: Joshua Craver “I love the idea that by manipulating the environment, a plant is going to change for better or worse. How do we optimize the environment to improve plant growth?” -Joshua Craver, PhD, Horticulture Joshua Craver grew up in Tyler, Texas, where his parents were both teachers. He chose Mississippi State University…Read more about Joshua Craver featured in Graduate Ag Research Spotlight[Read More]
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