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Purdue Agronomy eLearning Academy Celebrates Ten Years of Serving Agriculture — 13 June 2025

When agribusiness leaders expressed a need for professional development courses to enhance their employees’ knowledge of agronomy topics,...

Families unite for justice: Cold Case Symposium brings victims’ loved ones together — 17 September 2024

Purdue University’s Department of Entomology will partner with the University of North Florida (UNF) to host the third annual Cold Case...

Purdue researchers receive AFRI Predoctoral Fellowships from USDA NIFA — 16 September 2024

Purdue University’s Brittney Emmert and Christine Elliott have been awarded Predoctoral Fellowships from the Agriculture and Food Research...

Purdue Extension to present engaging art and nature demonstrations at Indiana State Fair — 23 July 2024

The Indiana State Fair kicks off Aug. 2 and highlights the theme “The Art & Nature of Fun” in collaboration with Newfields....

The Society of American Foresters honors Purdue professor with Award in Forest Science — 11 July 2024

The Society of American Foresters (SAF) annually recognizes individuals for their outstanding achievements and significant contributions to...

Beekeeping breakthroughs: Purdue research strengthens bee colonies for top pollination performance — 26 June 2024

Amid National Pollinators Month, beekeepers are focusing their efforts on enhancing their bee colonies’ resilience, particularly in...

Former Retail Manager Uses Purdue’s Agronomy e-Learning Classes to Help Her Manage Her Family’s Agricultural Construction Business — 18 March 2024

Learning the science behind farming helped Haley adapt to a new role in her family-owned precision agriculture company.

Purdue’s Communicating Controversial Science Online Course Teaches the Importance of Dialogue and Engagement — 30 June 2023

Technologies such as genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have changed the scope and methodology of agriculture and, according to their...

Purdue online biotech and hybrid regulatory programs are about more than great curriculum, they’re also about great people — 15 June 2023

Students experience a proven, high-quality curriculum in the program that includes Purdue’s Biotechnology Innovation and Regulatory Science...

Alumnus became one of the first graduates of the biotech regulatory program he helped start — 05 December 2022

Todd Chermak had an idea. Twenty years later, Purdue launches a graduate biotechnology innovation and regulatory science program and a...