Purdue Agriculture featured a story about the debut of Digital Ag Club’s first robot at Boiler Gold Rush. The robot was inspired by Jeanine Arana’s (Ph.D./Meyers Lab) struggles with animal pests in her research plots: Digital Ag Club’s Scarecrow-bot making its debut at Boiler Gold Rush.
This summer, two of Yiwei Huang‘s co-authored/contributed articles were published. In 2022-2023, Yiwei Huang collaborated with Dr. Weijie Hu, whom she met at the 2020 AAG conference, to write an article exploring whether place attachment can be formed in Public Rental Housing in China. The article has now been published in Urban Geography: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02723638.2024.2362507 In…Read more about Yiwei Huang Contributed to Two New Publications[Read More]
The Diverse Corn Belt Team (Dr. Linda Prokopy, Dr. Aaron Thompson, Dr. Liz Maynard, PhD student Ishraq Awashra, and Project manager Emily Usher-DeaKyne) had another successful Reimagining Agricultural Diversity meeting at Dulls Tree Farm in Thorntown, Indiana. Great conversations about the future of agriculture across the Midwest!
BLACK WEEK Hello! Our resident rabbit catcher/freelance writer, Jane, has left us defenseless, so it’s Nellie here, back in action after a brief sojourn to stress my way through summer finals – I apparently picked an eventful couple weeks to be away. I missed the beginning of sweet corn season, a deer corpse, and DNR…Read more about This Week at the Purdue Student Farm[Read More]
On August 14, the HLA Department gathered for its annual Fall Retreat at the Beck Center, focusing this year on enhancing support for students. Dean Bernie Engel provided an update on the current state of the College of Agriculture, setting the stage for a day of learning and discussion. Speakers included Carl Krieger, Director of…Read more about HLA Department Hosts Insightful Fall Retreat[Read More]
After the children’s illustrated book on Indiana Native Plants (Monsters Love Native Blooms) was officially included in ASLA’s initiative, “STEM Literacy by Design,” ASLA invited the authors to a national webinar to discuss their reflections and inspirations regarding the journey. They will be featured in the 2nd Meet the Authors: STEM Literacy by Design series,…Read more about Children’s Book Authors to Be Featured in National ASLA Webinar[Read More]
HLA professor Lori Hoagland traveled to Chivay, Peru to meet with the advisory panel for the Arequipa Nexus Institute’s Phase 3 research and engagement projects. The goal of the projects is to help the people of the Colca Canyon become more productive and sustainable by transitioning to organic agriculture, improving alpaca fiber quality, and developing…Read more about Dr. Lori Hoagland Traveled to Peru to Meet with Arequipa Nexus Institute Advisory Panel[Read More]
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