Looking Back on 2023 with Agronomy

Story by Marcus Mues

December 20, 2023

The Department of Agronomy at Purdue University has had an excellent year, full of achievements by faculty, staff, and students alike. Awards, honors, research, events, new facilities, and more. As part of our annual December Recognition, we celebrated all these things, and congratulated everyone for their contributions to making Agronomy truly great.

Click below to view our presentation and see all of the achievements made by the department in 2023, and also keep an eye on our awards pages as we continuously add more to the list.

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