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  2. Year: 2018
  3. Month: May

Month: May 2018

Q&A with Ingrid Jordon-Thaden, Director of the Botany Garden and Greenhouse

Posted on May 30, 2018

Ingrid Jordon-Thaden joined the Botany Department in November 2017, taking over the position of Garden and Greenhouse Director from Mo Fayyaz, who entered retirement. She took a few moments to answer some questions about herself …

UW researcher to send cotton into space to improve its growth on Earth

Posted on May 3, 2018

Botanist Simon Gilroy will study cotton seedlings grown on the International Space Station in a project that could help researchers understand how to develop plants that use water more efficiently.

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