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News article: 2025 Ohio Floriculture & Nursery Conference Recap

The 2025 Ohio Floriculture & Nursery Conference, held on October 16th at The Ohio State University’s Controlled Environment Agriculture Research Complex (CEARC), brought together leading voices in the floriculture and nursery industries for a day of cutting-edge insights, research-based strategies, and meaningful connections.

News article: The Owen Lab at ASHS 2025!

The American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) hosts an annual conference for horticulture researchers, scientists, industry, academia, government, and students to learn about and showcase new technology and advances in horticultural science. This year it was hosted in New Orleans, Louisiana.

News article: Olivia Liebing Selected as a 2025 HortScholar

CULTIVATE is an annual conference that is presented this year by AmericanHort. This event is for anyone in Horticulture - where they can attend hundreds of educational sessions, get hands on experience in workshops, and learn more about industry standards and products. It's a great place to expand your network and resources as educators, researchers, students and more!

News article: Olivia Liebing Attends the Magnolia Society International Annual Conference

Congratulations to Olivia Liebing on receiving the 2025 Magnolia Society International Travel Scholarship! As a recipient of this scholarship, she was be able to attend the Magnolia Society International Annual Conference hosted in France and Belgium this year.

News article: HCS Alumni Spotlight: Peter Konjoian

Each year, we host a Spring Soiree to recognize the remarkable achievements of our students, staff, faculty, alumni, and friends; this year Dr. Peter Konjoian was selected to receive the 2025 Department of Horticulture & Crop Science (HCS) Distinguished Alumni Award for bringing distinction to himself & the department at-large through his actions, commitment & leadership!

News article: Olivia Wins the People's Choice Award in the Proposal Posters Category

Congratulations to Olivia Liebing for taking home the People's Choice Award in the Proposal Posters Category at the Graduate Research Symposium! The Graduate Research Symposium is an annual event hosted by the HCS Graduate Student Association that provides HCS students and faculty from both our Wooster and Columbus campuses the opportunity to come together to shar

News article: Student Spotlight: Ty Rich

HCS grad student, Ty Rich, recently published one of his thesis research chapters entitled "Ethephon Substrate Drenches Control Stem Elongation of Containerized Herbaceous Perennials" in HortScience. Ty is currently finishing up his master's degree focused on containerized floriculture crops under the advisement of Dr. Garrett Owen.

News article: Olivia Liebing Receives Magnolia Society International Travel Scholarship!

Congratulations to Olivia Liebing on receiving the 2025 Magnolia Society International Travel Scholarship! As a recipient of this scholarship, she will be able to attend the Magnolia Society International Annual Conference hosted in France and Belgium this year.

News article: Class Spotlight: HCS 5320

Ready to gain hands-on experience growing commercial quality flowers? You're in luck, check out HCS 5320 Floriculture Crop Production where you'll learn advanced methods for commercial production of greenhouse-grown floriculture crops. You'll also dive into the principles and practices of production systems, plant materials, cultural practices, and environmental conditions to produce floriculture crops.

News article: Ty Wins 1st Place at the GRS in the MS Research Category

Congratulations to Ty Rich for taking home 1st place in the MS Research Category at the Graduate Research Symposium. The Graduate Research Symposium is an annual event hosted by the HCS Graduate Student Association that provides HCS students and faculty from both our Wooster and Columbus campuses to come together to share their research!

News article: Introducing the Controlled Environment Agriculture Program!

Following the successful launch of the Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) minor this summer; we've worked to continue opening the world of CEA to our students! We're proud to announce the new CEA specialization perfect for students ready to dive all in - please note this is a specialization of our Sustainable Plant Systems (SPS) major.

Media mention: Drs. Joshua Blakeslee & Garrett Owen Selected for the 2023-2024 STARS Cohort

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News article: Introducing the Controlled Environment Agriculture Minor!

We have some exciting news to share, undergraduate students at The Ohio State University can now enroll in the brand-new Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) Minor!