Please join us in congratulating Emma Alstott, Jenna Hoffman, and Ella McGrath for their exceptional performance at the CALS Research Day last week. They presented their posters and here are the results: 1st – Emma Alstott – Horticulture and Global Resource Systems, Undergraduate Category 2nd – Jenna Hoffman – Horticulture, Undergraduate Category 3rd – Ella McGrath – Horticulture…
Iowa State placed 3rd in the Student Challenge (Four-Year) hosted by the Sports Field Management Association in partnership with the SAFE Foundation. The third-place team included Logan McDonough, Matthew Hanten, Hayden Spore, and Benjamin Kuiters. Also taking part were Luke Moen, Luke Youmans, Sam Tuttle, and Sawyer Hanson. A total of 28 two- and four-year…
Ella McGrath, a junior studying Horticulture and Global Resource Systems, was named the 2025 Lambert “Hunger Fighter” Scholar, recognized for her unwavering commitment to fighting hunger through science, empathy, and action. Established to honor the late David Lambert, a distinguished fellow of the ISU Seed Science Center and an internationally recognized advocate for global food security,…
Elementary students and their families from Des Moines public schools engaged with our students, learning about Horticulture and Iowa State.
Iowa State University Horticulture students challenged themselves over spring break at the 2025 National Collegiate Landscape Competition (NCLC) at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO. Nine participants in the three-day event demonstrated their skills in 30 real-world competitive events and networked with top industry companies as well as dozens of the biggest industry manufacturers…
On Monday, February 24, 2025, the Iowa State University Organic Agriculture and Urban Agriculture programs hosted a booth at Sustainapalooza 2025. With the theme, “Our Green Community, Our Sustainable Future” participants were able to learn about organic farming practices, pick up stickers, and support urban ag. Horticulture program staff, Josiah Pollock, Karenna Petersen and Graham…
Akshaya Thinakaran one of Ajay Nair’s graduate students, participated in the Organic Research Forum’s poster competition at the Marbleseed Conference last week and won third place for her research on “Organic Pest Management of Broccoli using Mesotunnels in the Midwest”.
