The Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture held their annual celebration on April 22, recognizing outstanding undergraduate students, award winners, and graduating seniors from the 2024-2025 academic year. The event, which highlighted student achievements across all HLA disciplines, was successfully organized thanks to Brandy Pinkard‘s initial planning efforts and the coordination of faculty members Kathryn[Read More…]
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The HLA Spring Fest Tent experienced tremendous success last Saturday, overcoming a slow start due to the chilly morning. By 1:00 PM, volunteers had distributed an impressive 800 plant necklaces to eager visitors! This year’s featured plant, the Rattail Crassula, was expertly propagated by Alexandra Jewell, whose exceptional work ensured high-quality plant material for all[Read More…]
The Office of Multicultural Programs & Horticulture and Landscape Architecture’s Community Standards Committee presented a reading discussion and workshop on April 14th about supporting our transgender and nonbinary students and colleagues. The discussion was facilitated by OMP Assistant Director & WGSS Lecturer, Molly Barnard. We had a great turnout and appreciate all who attended and participated[Read More…]
Dr. Fatemeh Sheibani and Emeritus Professor Cary Mitchell, in collaboration with a colleague at Sierra Space Corporation, published an article in Acta Horticulturae entitled Focused Lighting, an energy-saving strategy for indoor production of young, widely spaced plants. The publication was presented originally at LightSym 2024 in Seoul, Korea, and is part of the proceedings of that every-four-year international lighting symposium.[Read More…]
The Community Standards Committee recently hosted another successful event in their Lunch and Learn Series, featuring a fascinating presentation on South Africa by Petrus Langenhoven and Miné van der Berg. Attendees were treated to an authentic South African culinary experience with both vegetarian and non-vegetarian options. The menu showcased traditional South African dishes, accompanied by[Read More…]
A new publication co-writtened by Andrew Flachs and Steve Hallett called GM Crops and the Jevons Paradox: Induced Innovation, Systemic Effects and Net Pesticide Increases From Pesticide-Decreasing Crops has been published in the Journal of Agrarian Change. The paper looks at global herbicide data and at Bt cotton in India to describe an irony: in lowering the[Read More…]
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