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2023 FNR News & Stories

Find out what our students, faculty, staff, alumni and partners are doing by our Forestry and Natural Resources' News and Stories.

 

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Trent Osmon speaks to a group of students in the forest
Forestry & Natural Resources

Trent Osmon Named 2023 FNR Distinguished Alumnus

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 29 September 2023
Dave Case delivers a keynote speech
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Names Dave Case as 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 27 September 2023
Seedlings on Week 1 of Kadian's internship; seedlings on Week 9 of her internship; Kadian with a frog found in the greenhouse. Frogs are beneficial in the greenhouse because they eat fungus gnats, which can damage roots of seedlings.
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Field Report: Kadian Brown

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 19 September 2023
Andrew Tucker takes a break in front of a tree with Don Carlson and Zane Smoldt
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Field Report: Andrew Tucker

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 15 September 2023
Instructor and student holding bird.
Forestry & Natural Resources

Letter of Support

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 12 September 2023
Mikaela Agresta spraying invasive species with a UTV sprayer.
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Field Report: Mikaela Agresta

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 12 September 2023
The 2023 FNR Awards recipients: Dave Case, Trent Osmon, Adam Janke, Emily McCallen and John “Jack” Seifert.
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Honors 2023 Career Award Recipients

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 11 September 2023
Zane Smoldt plants a tree during urban forestry practicum in June 2023
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Field Report: Zane Smoldt

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 08 September 2023
A view of Clingmans Dome in North Carolina
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Field Report: Lucas Wilson

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 01 September 2023
Lillian Hannon hiking Mount St. Helens with colleagues.
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FNR Field Report: Lillian Hannon

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 28 August 2023
Lauren Schiller fishing at Deam Lake
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Field Report: Ren Schiller

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 22 August 2023
Autumn Hall holds a garter snake; Autumn holds two large redear sunfish; Autumn holds a baby barn owl
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Field Report: Autumn Hall

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 15 August 2023
Hoosier Hardwood Festival logo with dates of August 25-27, 2023 listed underneath
Forestry & Natural Resources

Learn from FNR Professionals at Hoosier Hardwood Festival

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 09 August 2023
Shedd Aquarium research biologist Austin Happel with Purdue master's student Luke McGill holding acoustic sensors for a fish tracking project
Forestry & Natural Resources

Alumnus Austin Happel Turns Curiosity about Fish, Pet Store Job into Career at Shedd Aquarium

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 08 August 2023
Representatives from Purdue FNR and Bartlett Tree Company with the donated chipper. From left to right: Liz Jackson, Liz Flaherty, Brian Beheler, Forest Summerfield and Ben McCallister from FNR and Scott Jamieson, Sean Rock, Kyle Armstrong and Zach Nemeth from Bartlett
Forestry & Natural Resources

Bartlett Tree Experts Donates Chipper to Urban Forestry Program

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 07 August 2023
The view from the train in the morning upon arrival to Uppsala
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Field Reports: Sweden Study Abroad Week 4 Update - Keegan Abeson

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 03 August 2023
A maple syrup producer at work
Forestry & Natural Resources

Researchers Need Community Participation in Maple Syrup Producers Survey

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 02 August 2023
Hellbender eggs, a gilled larvae and an adult hellbender
Forestry & Natural Resources

Researchers Discover Young Hellbender in Blue River

  • Indiana Department of Natural Resources
  • 31 July 2023
A photo of the Swedish landscape including a rainbow in the distance
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Field Reports: Sweden Study Abroad Week 3 Update - Arlene Polar Pineiro

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 27 July 2023
A double rainbow in Gallivare, Sweden
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Field Reports: Sweden Study Abroad Week 2 Update - Jonathan Shimizu

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 19 July 2023
Professor emeritus Dr. Bill Hoover speaks at the FNR Centennial in 2013; Hoover at a farm show in 2003; Hoover with his son Sam on an honor flight
Forestry & Natural Resources

Tales From FNR with Professor Emeritus Bill Hoover

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 17 July 2023
The Sustainable Natural Resources Sweden study abroad group visits Norrbyskars Museum to learn about historic lumber communities
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Field Reports: Sweden Study Abroad Week 1 Update - Alex Dudley

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 10 July 2023
A pond at Martell Forest where fish were released in honor of longtime FNR staffer Jerry Stillings
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Honors Longtime Staff Member Jerry Stillings with Fish Release

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 29 June 2023
A buck stands in the snow
Forestry & Natural Resources

Research from DeWoody Lab Aims to Use DNA to Age Wildlife

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 28 June 2023
FNR students group photo at 2023 Summer Practicum.
Forestry & Natural Resources

Summer Practicum Turns Woods, Water and Wetlands into Classrooms

  • Katherine Jacobson
  • 26 June 2023
Katy Dix at Yaxha Ruin in Guatemala
Forestry & Natural Resources

Dix Receives D. Woods Thomas Award to Fund Research in Guatemala

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 26 June 2023
An adult eastern hellbender
Forestry & Natural Resources

Help the Hellbender Lab Honored for Conservation Efforts

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 09 June 2023
Sophia Flores poses in front of a lake
Forestry & Natural Resources

Flores Earns Scholarships to Study Abroad in Tanzania

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 08 June 2023
Photos from the Costa Rica Study Abroad trip: a capuchin white-faced monkey, a strawberry poison dart frog and an American pygmy kingfisher; a selfie including many students; the volcano as seen from LaFortuna, and a beach.
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Students Reflect on Costa Rica Study Abroad Trip

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 05 June 2023
May 2023 graduates: Brynna Buckmaster, Isaac DiDomenico, Madison Kresse and Scott Herman
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Celebrates Spring 2023 Graduates

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 11 May 2023
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant's Ben Szczygiel with Chuoy the buoy; the Natural Resources Teachers Institute at the Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment; Drs. Bryan Pijanowski and Jingjing Liang with their team doing the can you hear me sign in the forest
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Year in Review 2022: The Collaborations

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 09 May 2023
Headshots of Joshua Tellier and Scott Koenigbauer, who were honored for their research by the International Association for Great Lakes Research
Forestry & Natural Resources

Tellier, Koenigbauer Honored by International Association for Great Lakes Research

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 05 May 2023
Dr. Jing Jing Liang with computer servers.
Forestry & Natural Resources

Future of AI in Natural Resource Management: Self-Learning Forest Growth Model

  • U.S. Forest Service
  • 02 May 2023
Mike Saunders with a student on a prescribed fire; Liz Flaherty holding small mammal traps; Paris Collingsworth on a boat
Forestry & Natural Resources

Collingsworth, Flaherty and Saunders Earn Promotions

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 24 April 2023
Arlene Polar hiking at Croagh Patrick
Forestry & Natural Resources

Polar Challenged, Amazed by Study Abroad Experience in Ireland

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 21 April 2023
FNR 2022-23 Outstanding Students: Madison Kresse, Alex Dudley, Allie Johnson and Alex Early
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Celebrates 2022-23 Award Winners, Scholarship Recipients

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 18 April 2023
Virginia pine cones and needles
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Virginia Pine

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 14 April 2023
Madison Kresse poses in front of a canyon
Forestry & Natural Resources

Meet FNR Outstanding Senior Madison Kresse

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 13 April 2023
Alex Dudley with a poster from the student chapter of The Wildlife Society; Dudley holds a turtle; Dudley with friends in a wooded area near water
Forestry & Natural Resources

Meet FNR Outstanding Junior Alex Dudley

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 12 April 2023
Members of the original four NRU podcasts gathered to record the 50th podcast on the network
Forestry & Natural Resources

Natural Resources University Podcasts Earn ANREP Gold Award

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 11 April 2023
2022-23 FNR Outstanding Sophomore Allie Johnson holds a net in a wetland area
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Meet FNR Outstanding Sophomore Allie Johnson

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 11 April 2023
Freshman wildlife major Alex Early
Forestry & Natural Resources

Meet FNR Outstanding Freshman Alex Early

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 10 April 2023
Jack pine branch, needles and cones
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Jack Pine

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 07 April 2023
Master's student Meredith Scherer in the lab, holding a snake and taking a chainsaw training course
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Graduate Student Spotlight: Meredith Scherer

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 06 April 2023
Members of the Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant team at the Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Awards ceremony
Forestry & Natural Resources

Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Team Honored for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Efforts

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 05 April 2023
Scotch pine needles and cones
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Scotch Pine

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 31 March 2023
A weather station at Martell Forest, an American marten, alumna Zoe Alameida, a long-tailed salamander
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Year in Review 2022: The Research and Outreach

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 27 March 2023
Red pine trees
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Red Pine

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 24 March 2023
2022 AFS Meritorious Service Award honoree Tom Lang, Dr. Eva Haviarova - a Society of Wood Science and Technology woman ambassador, and sophomore wildlife major Gabby Dennis with a glaucous-winged gull chick.
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Year in Review 2022: The People

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 20 March 2023
Eastern white pine trees
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Eastern White Pine

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 17 March 2023
Dr. Zhao Ma teaching
Forestry & Natural Resources

Ma Earns Research Excellence Award from HDGC Specialty Group

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 16 March 2023
Eastern red cedar foliage and fruit
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Eastern Red Cedar

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 10 March 2023
2008 Wildlife alumnus Travis Stoelting stands in a prairie
Forestry & Natural Resources

Stoelting Follows Wildlife Interest from HEE to DNR Biologist Role

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 08 March 2023
Frimpong with graduate students studying native freshwater fish communities of Virginia.
Forestry & Natural Resources

Dr. Emmanuel Frimpong Honored as Distinguished Ag Alumnus

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 06 March 2023
Black willows in Texas. Photo by James P.S. Case.
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Black Willow

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 03 March 2023
Butternut tree leaves
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Butternut

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 24 February 2023
Purdue student chapter of the American Fisheries Society receiving the Most Active Student Subunit Award , also pictured electrofishing
Forestry & Natural Resources

Purdue AFS Student Chapter Honored by North Central Division

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 21 February 2023
Black walnut leaves and nuts
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Black Walnut

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 17 February 2023
Professor emeritus Carl Eckelman works in the wood lab, pictured with Dr. Eva Haviarova, and on his 89th birthday.
Forestry & Natural Resources

Tales from FNR with Professor Emeritus Carl Eckelman

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 14 February 2023
Tulip tree leaves
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Tulip Tree

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 10 February 2023
The unfinished Block P statue at Purdue
Forestry & Natural Resources

Gurevitch Honored as Distinguished Professor, Ma Selected for Leadership Program

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 07 February 2023
Dr. Glenn Juday receives his 2023 Certificate of Distinction award at the Ag Alumni Fish Fry.
Forestry & Natural Resources

Dr. Glenn Juday Honored with Certificate of Distinction

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 06 February 2023
Sycamore tree, with emphasis on its white crown
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Sycamore

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 03 February 2023
Dr. Vikram Chhatre doing field work
Forestry & Natural Resources

Dr. Vikram Chattre Hired as Forest Service Research Geneticist

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 02 February 2023
Least Bell's Vireo, Photo by Adam Jackson, Macauley Library
Forestry & Natural Resources

Researchers Aim to Understand Threats to Endangered Least Bell's Vireo

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 30 January 2023
Sassafras leaves
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Sassafras

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 27 January 2023
Dr. Zhao Ma
Forestry & Natural Resources

Zhao Ma Named Unsung Diversity Hero

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 25 January 2023
Block P Statue on Purdue's campus
Forestry & Natural Resources

FNR Names 2022 Department Service Award Honorees

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 23 January 2023
Leaves of a redbud tree
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Redbud

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 20 January 2023
Persimmon fruit and leaves
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Persimmon

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 13 January 2023
Osage orange tree and fruit
Forestry & Natural Resources

Intro to Trees of Indiana: Osage Orange

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 06 January 2023
2004 alumnus Tom Lang receives the 2022 Meritorious Service Award from the American Fisheries Society.
Forestry & Natural Resources

Alumnus Tom Lang Honored by American Fisheries Society

  • Wendy Mayer
  • 04 January 2023

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