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Oct 27, 2015
Oct 27, 2015
15 min
Meet Andrew Johnson, Elizabeth Blinn and Jason Xiao - three undergraduate ag econ trivia masters who defended their title as National Champions for the second year running this past summer at the AAEA 2015 Quiz Bowl Competition in San Francisco. These three students all had different reasons for joining and different strategies for success, but together, they made a great team. This entertaining episode gives an in-depth look at their team's dynamics and how they applied their Purdue education for success.
Oct 20, 2015
Oct 20, 2015
10 min
In this episode, Ken and Jessica talk with Yangxuan Liu, a PhD candidate, on her experience as a panelist at the 2015 World Food Prize Borlaug Dialogue. Under her advisor Dr. Michael Langemeier in Purdue’s Department of Agricultural Economics, Yangxuan is researching how precision agriculture and big data can help increase global food security. When she graduates, Yangxuan hopes to use her knowledge and research to help women and children in developing countries have access to better nutrition.