Agricultural Research and Graduate Education

Purdue Agriculture is known around the world for groundbreaking multidisciplinary research that addresses society’s most pressing challenges. Agricultural Research and Graduate Education connects researchers with opportunity to enable world-changing discoveries in agriculture and life sciences.

Agricultural Administration Building, Room 126
615 West State Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907
765-494-8362
agresearch@purdue.edu

Graduate Spotlight

Graduate Spotlight

Rick Hernandez
Rick Hernandez - Graduate Ag Research Spotlight

The son of a goat farmer growing up in the city of Cúcuta, in northeastern Colombia, Rick Hernandez was always an animal lover. Whenever he’d see a stray dog on the street, he’d beg his mother to let him bring it home. “My...

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Postdoctoral Scholar Feature

Postdoctoral Scholar Feature

Terry Torres Cruz
Terry Torres Cruz - Postdoctoral Scholar Feature

Terry Torres Cruz’s path to mycology – the study of fungi – has been guided by lots of curiosity – and a little bit of fate. Growing up in a rural part of Costa Rica, Torres Cruz wasn’t sure what she wanted to...

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Behind the Research

Behind the Research

Emily DeaKyne
Behind the Research: Emily DeaKyne

Many people are involved in the remarkable range of programs, services and facilities that undergird research in the College of Agriculture. Collectively they’re integral to the college fulfilling its research mission. “Behind the...

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Elements

Elements is a new faculty reporting tool for all West Lafayette campus for administering annual reviews. It is led by the Provost’s office, managed by Institutional Data Analytics + Assessment (IDA+A), and shared across all colleges and schools.

Elements
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INSTITUTE FOR PLANT SCIENCES

Purdue’s bold investments in plant sciences have made it a global leader, transforming agriculture in Indiana and beyond.

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Purdue On the Farm

Purdue On The Farm strengthens ties between Purdue researchers and Indiana farmers through direct, hands-on engagement.

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RESEARCH NEWS

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Purdue partnerships grow global opportunities with Central American agriculture

Since 2023, Purdue’s Office of International Programs in Agriculture (IPIA) has provided...

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Second plant, second chance, second home: Ukrainian Scholar Yuliia Khoma

Khoma relocated to the U.S. with her son and husband through a scholar support program offered by...

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Purdue leads international effort to decode drought-resistant corn

A dry season can be devastating to harvests, putting both farmers' livelihoods and...

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Ag Barometer
Livestock sector optimism fuels a modest rise in farmer sentiment in October

U.S. farmer sentiment edged slightly higher in October, with the Purdue University/CME Group Ag...

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Josh Widhalm
Josh Widhalm appointed director of Purdue Center for Plant Biology

Josh Widhalm, associate professor of horticulture and landscape architecture (HLA), has been...

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Light-based tool continuously monitors vaccine quality during production

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the need to rapidly develop, produce and...

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Meet our graduate students!