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Purdue College of Agriculture.

Untangling Indiana’s wool industry: A snapshot of Hoosier sheep farming

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Meet LoRa, Your New Best Friend

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Extend the Power of Your Spreadsheets

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GROW Your Field Knowledge with New App

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Why ginger is at the root of holiday traditions

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For Mark Russell working with animals is all about the people

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Biochemistry Ph.D. graduate recognized for groundbreaking research in the Middle East

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WHIN-Purdue Agriculture: December 2020 Updates

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Behind the Research: Ben Hancock

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Student’s research looks for answers at Purdue to questions raised at home in Nigeria

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ABE professor has a winner in his hands with LeafSpec

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Excel Workshop: Hone Your Skills

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Purdue Crop Planning Tool

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Purdue’s hemp specialist observes birth of a Hoosier industry

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Curious about canning? Find out how to safely preserve food at home

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Retiring professor reflects on decades of opportunities, changes and constants

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Remote sensing gives new look at forest diversity

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Animal sciences professor to address food safety in Cambodia

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Hand sanitizer makes scents to Purdue alum

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The cost of Thanksgiving staples see price hike amid pandemic

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Dig into Data within Your Spreadsheets

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“Education is multidimensional”: How agriculture staff and students are reaching grades PK-12 during a pandemic

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Farmers sought for precision fertilizer, seeding studies

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Ag alumni share their Purdue Pete lore

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Creating Savvy Spreadsheets

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The Purdue Student Farm adapts during COVID-19

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Purdue Extension: Building resilience in communities

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PICs makes inroads in Peru with extensive survey study

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Research hits home for professor caught in the digital divide

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Clean lab coats and muddy boots balance student’s research

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Clean lab coats and muddy boots balance student’s research

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How one FNR researcher coordinates observation of Indiana’s deer population

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Unexpected Plants and Animals of Indiana: Wild persimmon

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Hammer is to Nail as API is to Software

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Purdue Agriculture Halloween Activity Pages

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Phosphorus Cost Comparison Tool

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It’s a great pumpkin year, Charlie Brown

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Professor’s path leads her to a new landscape

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Making Sense of Your Sensors

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Purdue study addresses environmental, economic impacts of hydroponic, aquaponics systems

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Meat science program embodies the mission of a land-grant institution

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Recently appointed ABE endowed chair knows what makes good research run

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A growing piece of ancient history in your kitchen

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Student embraces research opportunities in America, plant pathology

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Sensors: The Possibilities are Endless

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Purdue family creates jobs, getaways during pandemic

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From farm to forest, Songlin Fei has built a career and better life

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Family farming roots run deep at Purdue

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Choose the Path of Least Resistance for Your Data

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Gov. Holcomb and Purdue appoint new Indiana State Chemist

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Keeping Indiana 4-H youth engaged and safe in a pandemic

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Appreciation and examples of impact shared at virtual scholarship dinner

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Purdue pursues industry hardwood partnerships through NSF-backed center

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Purdue Ag alum reflects on her success in master’s program

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Behind the Research: Richard Fox

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Indiana orchards are still harvesting fun

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Put Your Smartphone to Work

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A century shared in the soybean field

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Unexpected Plants and Animals of Indiana: Black bear

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Top 10 Reasons Purdue ABE has been #1 for 10 Years

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Center for Plant Biology boosts Purdue’s plant sciences profile

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College of Agriculture’s freshman class reveals its resilience

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Unexpected Plants and Animals of Indiana: Pawpaw tree

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As pandemic persists, student’s research holds new importance

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Ag labs rise to COVID challenge

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How the hybrid teaching model is succeeding

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Boiler Bee Honey’s second batch: how sweet it is!

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Purdue Extension: Growing communities one garden at a time

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Great-great-granddaughter of American Soybean Association co-founder embraces 100-year legacy

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Broadband Modeling Presentation

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Heat Units: A Python Tutorial

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Ag-Analytics opens branch in Convergence Center, encouraging collaboration

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The WHIN Data Portal

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COVID lessons applied to forestry, climate change

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COVID-19 sidelines summer plans; Boilermakers adapt

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New faculty members join College of Agriculture

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Indiana 4-H’ers demonstrate resilience

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Virtual field days present challenges and benefits

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Land O’ Lakes program helps ABE student find certainty in an uncertain world

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How agriculture instructors capitalize on benefits of the virtual classroom

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For a healthy lawn in 2021, seed and feed now

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Using Trello on Your Farm

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Purdue names Songlin Fei Dean’s Chair of Remote Sensing

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Behind the Research: Anton Terekhov

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Unexpected Plants and Animals of Indiana: Southern flying squirrel

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Digital agriculture: Why the future is now

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Purdue College of Agriculture Releases New Book: Lowell Hardin: Mentor Extraordinaire, to Honor Late Professor

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You can order live poultry through the mail, but should you?

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Purdue Student Farm sees record yields, brings produce to the public

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Meat science alumnus reflects on 50 years with industry leaders

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Entomology professor receives major grant to work with Hoosier beekeepers

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How have you stayed connected during the COVID-19 pandemic?

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Florist arranges for flowers to travel when loved ones cannot

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ASEC student draws on education to support Black-owned businesses

Alumnus adapts restaurant to protect the health of his business and patrons

Alumnus adapts restaurant to protect the health of his business and patrons

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Backyard birding, Tips to attract birds to your nest

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Six agriculture students named Big Ten Distinguished Scholars

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Entrepreneurs find learning opportunities amid COVID-19 pandemic

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Supporting students from Zamorano to Purdue and home again

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Plant scientists maintain critical research to save data and irreplaceable plants

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Managing Mental Health in a Summer of Change

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Providing a local perspective on global climate change

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Soil microbiome can improve carrot resistance to deadly fungus

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GTAP takes its international conference virtual

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Automate Data with Spreadsheets

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NSF fellowship allowing Purdue postdoc to expand possibilities for others

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What you need to know to start your own pollinator garden

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Purdue Ag Alumni Association volunteer earns national awardor others

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How Microsoft and Purdue Ag are working together to help Hoosier farmers

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Agritourism offers safe summer fun during COVID-19

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Horticulture professor shares essential advice for a healthy lawn

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Professor and pilot John Lumkes loves the view from 1,000 feet

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What do Purdue Agriculture faculty recommend for your summer reading list?

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Entering its third year, fermentation minor holds major appeal

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Purdue Agronomy professor reflects on 35-year research project

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Purdue scientists identify genetic ‘immune system’ for junk DNA

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Behind the Research: Alex Helms

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Celebrating dairy products and community in Indiana

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How Hoosier farmers markets are coping with COVID-19

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Graduate researcher tracks billbugs

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Landscape architecture graduate works with grassroots project to reimagine an Indiana brownfield

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23rd GTAP conference goes virtual, sees record high registration

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Americans on both sides come together over food policy

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Unexpected Plants and Animals of Indiana: Peregrine Falcon

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DOE funds Purdue’s photosynthesis repair research

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ASEC professor awarded Fulbright to conduct research project in rural Australia

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Teacher of Purdue’s first meat science course reflects on lifetime of research

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NRES and recent Udall scholar fueled by passion for her hometown

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Indiana State Chemist retires after a career spent serving Hoosiers

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ASEC student elected MANRRS National Graduate Student President

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Senior’s legacy is an award-winning example of leadership

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Homeschooled student excels through collaboration

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Student teaches agriculture to improve children’s lives

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Award-winning College of Agriculture mentors follow in others’ footsteps — and leave imprints of their own

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Soy-based herbicide takes top honors

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Wildlife & forestry student branches out

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The Road from Farm to Table

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Message from the Glenn W. Sample Dean of Agriculture

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How a diagnostic tool used on cows might unlock a key to COVID-19 testing

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Make the grass greener on your side this spring

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When teachers become the students: Four takeaways from the virtual classroom

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When courses went online this FNR professor had lab equipment delivered to students

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The College of Agriculture names five new University Faculty Scholars

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How The College of Agriculture is leading the community

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Award winners credit college’s contributions

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Hoosiers look to Purdue Extension for answers on COVID-19

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Conquering the Trail

Journal Excerpts & Bird List

Journal Excerpts & Bird List

Journal Excerpts & Bird List

Baleigh & Rebekah's Trail Tips

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Purdue’s Herb Ohm sees decades of work come to fruition

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What COVID-19 could mean for the environment

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Graduate researcher makes the most of fungi

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FNR student demonstrates perseverance and perspective

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Mentorship helps students find balance during crisis

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When best laid plans go up in smoke: How this instructor is simulating fieldwork online

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Purdue Ag Activity Pages

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From the lab to the laptop: How College of Agriculture professors are pivoting to virtual classrooms

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Friend or Fungi? The complex relationship between fungi and climate change

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Plant science focus makes Purdue ideal for grad student’s research

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Not in Kansas anymore, Associate Dean Wilson returns to Purdue

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IoT for Everyone - Videos and Tutorial

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Student learns from two and four legged friends

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MANRRS helps groom entrepreneur for life after Purdue

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AgGateWay Posts Educational Videos

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Could crickets offer the next breakthrough in diabetes and hypertension treatments?

What’s under the shell of this popular snack?

What’s under the shell of this popular snack?

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Repository with Ag Data

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The Buzz on Boiler Bee Honey

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How Hoosier BIPOC farmers can change the landscape of agriculture

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Graduate Ag Research Spotlight: Aishwarya Chandrasekaran

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New ABE professors water safety research assumes prominent role during pandemic

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Hunger Banquet demonstrates the realities of campus food insecurity

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Unexpected Plants and Animals of Indiana: Copperhead snake

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LiDAR-based tree inventory – not Sci-Fi anymore

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