July 14 was a day of celebration for Dr. Cary Mitchell’s 50 years with our department. Current and retired Purdue HLA faculty, staff, students, and guests joined together to honor Dr. Mitchell’s work in controlled environment agriculture, outer space agriculture, and as an advocate for women in ag. Retired HLA Professor Dr. Jules Janick read[Read More…]
Department Head Dr. Linda Prokopy has been busy this month! June 1-3, she and other HLA faculty, staff and graduate students (Camila Ulloa Gómez, Steve Hallett, Liz Maynard, Michael O’Donnell, Katherine Pivaral, Aaron Thompson, Ariana Torres, Emily Usher) traveled to Davenport, Iowa for the annual meeting of the Diverse Corn Belt project. Members of this[Read More…]
Several HLA faculty, staff and students hosted 4-H Academy high school students for the Plant Science track on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (June 8-10). They toured the greenhouse, Meigs, Daniels Turf Center, Student Farm and participated in some hands-on activities. A big thank you to all who assisted in providing this experience for the 4-Hers[Read More…]
Ian Kelly, our study abroad student in Dublin, Ireland, wrapped up his semester there and sent us some parting thoughts on his experience: “Studying abroad has been an amazing experience and if anyone is debating about whether they should do it or not, do it. No really, just go and do it. I knew it[Read More…]