Posts by Gabriella Maria Giannini
My Purdue View
I have always had an insatiable curiosity for the sciences — something that was heightened by watching my sister deal with a myriad of health issues.
Read MoreFinal View
Q: What’s happening here?
Read MoreThen & Now
First-year vet student Elliot Westrich thinks zoological veterinary medicine is likely his calling, but he has three years to go, including a year of clinical rotations. John Burkhardt, whose choices took him from the family farm to a distinguished career in drug discovery, thinks keeping an open mind is a great idea.
Read MoreThe view ahead – summer 2023
The Purdue College of Agriculture’s new dean, Bernie Engel, has been a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering for 35 years. He led his department to number-one undergraduate and graduate program rankings, and, as senior associate dean, oversaw research income increase by nearly twofold. But when asked about his career, he starts by sharing a memory from working on his family farm.
Read MoreThe Big Idea: Preventing foodborne illness
Keeping a crop like cantaloupe safe for consumers is complicated. Find out how producers manage it.
Read MoreGrowing future scholars through Red Gold Executive’s memorial
When Steve Smith (BS ’75, agricultural sciences), senior director of agriculture for Red Gold, passed away in 2021, tributes quickly poured in. People who worked with Smith viewed his many contributions to state and federal agricultural policies, as well as to a variety of agricultural coalitions and businesses, as both innovative and visionary.
Read MoreAlumni Close-Up: Honoring History, Building Community
Head an hour south of Louisville and east from Interstate 65 to the hills (or “knobs,” as they’re called) of Nelson County, Kentucky, and you’ll find J.W. “Wally” Dant III (BS ’85, forestry and natural resources) on the 350 rolling acres of Log Still Distillery.
Read MoreMy Purdue View
I always loved mathematics, and ag econ was a way I could apply math to help me visualize how changes in quantities and formulas had ramifications on standards of living and government policies.
Read MoreAlumni Spotlights
Alumni Spotlights featuring Nancie Oxley, Travis Park, and Robert P. (Bob) Schowe.
Read MoreThen & Now
In the fall of 2021, the Natural Resources and Environmental Science program commemorated a half-century of making the earth a better place during its 50th anniversary celebration. One of the program’s earliest graduates became an award-winning professor in the College of Agriculture, and one of its most recent graduates now works as an environmental planner. Read on to find out how the program led them down different paths.
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