Kirby Kalbaugh, applications and systems administrator, Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture Provides technology support on specialized projects that contribute to research, teaching and extension. One of the originators, in 2012, of the Purdue Arboretum project to inventory 40,000 trees on campus and build a learning platform on the data. Acknowledged as a co-author on[Read More…]
Graduate Ag Research Spotlight: Ranjeeta Adhikari “I’m thrilled to be able to give growers in the greenhouse industry a new technology to help in sustainable production.” —Ranjeeta Adhikari, PhD student, Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture The student While Ranjeeta Adhikari was growing up in Nepal, she helped her mother care for the family’s[Read More…]
The individuals below participated in the College of Agriculture Retirement Incentive program and have an upcoming December 31, 2020 retirement date. That leaves us a very short amount of time to congratulate them. Unfortunately, we will not be able to host a retirement party for these important individuals with COVID restrictions, but we will celebrate[Read More…]
The 2020 planting and harvesting seasons didn’t play out on the Purdue Student Farm quite as Chris Adair, farm manger, anticipated. While COVID-19 presented copious challenges for the farm and its student workers, Adair said the team also demonstrated innovation and quick thinking in adapting to unforeseen roadblocks. Campus dining halls have been the farm’s chief client.[Read More…]
After a national search, Dr. Linda Prokopy has been named by Dean Plaut as the new Head of the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture (HLA), effective January 1, 2021. Dr. Prokopy has served as Co-Director of the Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences (NRES) Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Program since 2017 where she has worked to double the number[Read More…]
The Purdue Student Farm has started selling to the public. This service will run into the fall until a date to be determined. Customers will be able to pick up a box of seasonal vegetables grown at the farm once a week for $25. Pickups will begin at the student farm, located at 1491 Cherry Lane, West[Read More…]
“I’m a break dancer. That’s how I first became interested in issues of environmental justice,” Shuangwen Yang, a 2020 landscape architecture graduate, said. Yang was explaining why she wanted to pursue a landscape architecture project focused on environmental justice for her capstone project and how she became involved in a Hartford City, Ind., initiative to[Read More…]
Amid rising economic insecurity and heightened uncertainty, the Purdue Student Farm is doing all it can to keep its local community healthy and well-fed. The usual outlets the farm sells to, mainly campus dining venues, are closed due to the COVID-19 virus, but the farm is still active and producing. Currently, the farm supplies Food Finders Food[Read More…]
Jules Janick, the James Troop Distinguished Professor of Horticulture, recently received The American Botanical Council (ABC) James A. Duke Excellence in Botanical Literature Award for his 2019 book “Flora of the Voynich Codex: An Exploration of Aztec Plants.” Janick shares the award with his co-author, the late Arthur Tucker, emeritus herbarium director at Delaware State University. The Voynich[Read More…]
Each year, the Indiana Horticultural Conference and Expo (IHC) offers attendees expertise, networking opportunities and resources on all topics surrounding horticulture. Eight individuals were honored for their past contributions and long-standing commitment to the conference at the 2020 IHC awards reception. Conference co-chairs Kyle Daniel and Petrus Langenhoven attribute the success of the conference to its[Read More…]
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