Purdue Pete flipped his lid. Literally. In 1983, Purdue’s athletic mascot took off the boxy hat he had worn at a jaunty angle atop his raven hair for two decades and donned a new skimmer — a construction hard hat. Manly, yes. But what spawned Pete’s millinery makeover? Edward L. Neufer (A’59) had a light […]
Animal sciences alumnus drafted in WWII, six credits shy of graduation Born and raised on a farm north of Knightstown, Indiana, Russell “Doc” Hardin (A’65) began milking cows at age 9. During the Depression, Hardin recalls, the only income for the family came from milking their 20 head of cattle. Hardin remembers the country veterinarian […]
Student Farm provides fresh produce for area food pantries The shutdown of Purdue’s campus had some unintended positive impacts on the local community. For example, when the Third Street Suites Starbucks closed, they decided to make a generous donation to the ACE Food Pantry, located in the basement of the Baptist Student Foundation (also known […]
Name: Charlie Huelsenbeck (A’15) Gig: Assistant Manager, Beef Unit, Animal Sciences Research and Education Center (ASREC) Years on the job: Three On duty: Part of team that manages a herd of 400 to 800 head of cattle between two Purdue-owned farms, including breeding and calving. We assist with feedlot and genetic research projects. Home on […]
Entomologist Among the First Vintners in a Now Burgeoning Industry in the Gem State Upstream a hundred miles or so from Hells Canyon, the deepest river gorge in North America, ruggedness gives to way to expansive vistas of gentler landforms rising along the twists and churns of the aptly named Snake River. Savvy wine lovers […]
Meet the sports turf managers who maintain America’s ballparks You’ve heard of the seventh inning stretch? Joey Stevenson is a big fan of the fourth inning nap. The head groundskeeper for the Indianapolis Indians keeps a pillow under his desk. Following the third inning drag, he checks the radar, and if skies are clear, he […]
Alumnus renovates his sophomore landscape design 20 years later Perhaps the beginning is just to say nice things are going to happen until you make them happen. —Frances Hodgson Burnett, author, The Secret Garden The hidden light court encased within the walls of Duncan Hall in downtown Lafayette, Indiana, was neglected and overgrown when Aura […]
Nestled in a small corner of the Philip E. Nelson Hall of Food Science’s basement is a beautifully furnished cave-shaped room best described as a wine cellar. The Richard P. Vine Enology Library, as it’s officially called, was established in 1998 using a donation from the Bronco Wine Company in Ceres, California. Fred Franzia, the […]
In 1990, when Tom Turpin gave an interview as his Entomology 105 students were preparing for the class’s extracurricular cockroach races, the professor had no idea a local radio station would run the story and more than 100 bug enthusiasts would show up to cheer on the insects. The large turnout prompted Turpin to set […]
Times are changing on traditional family farms and within the agriculture industry at large. There’s certainly nothing new about the presence of hardworking women in an agricultural setting. On the farm, perhaps the quintessential family business, women and girls have long shared in the chores of planting, harvesting, and livestock management. They also may have […]
