Academic news
New Multidisciplinary and Professional Studies course leverages AI, other digital tools to advance people’s writing skills
With the ever-evolving landscape of artificial intelligence impacting the way professors teach and students learn, Purdue Global is embracing the challenges and opportunities presented by those technological advances.
Purdue Agriculture dean selects Ogas as new department head of biochemistry
Bernie Engel, Purdue University’s Glenn W. Sample Dean of the College of Agriculture, has appointed Joe Ogas as head of the Department of Biochemistry. He has served as interim department head for over a year.
Purdue Global’s new emergency management degree program prepares students to rebuild communities after disasters
The 2023 summer brought torrential flooding, severe droughts and wildfires affecting populations several hundred miles away. As communities, disaster relief organizations and governmental agencies take an active approach to disaster planning, there is a need for emergency preparedness leaders.
Purdue’s inaugural Lilly Scholars train to become pharmaceutical manufacturing workforce talent of the future
Purdue University’s Lilly Scholars are hitting the ground running in their training to become the next generation of pharmaceutical manufacturing leaders. Thanks to a $42.5 million collaboration between Purdue and Eli Lilly and Company, students earned pharmaceutical manufacturing scholarships and unique learning opportunities with one of the world’s most innovative pharmaceutical companies.
New Military Advisory Board to boost Purdue’s Online Learning 2.0 initiative
A new Purdue Online Learning 2.0 Military Advisory Board will help identify avenues to advance Purdue’s overarching objective of educating and supporting more military-affiliated students, especially through the unmatched continuum of online educational programs Purdue offers.
Purdue University to launch Trimble Technology Lab with focus on construction management technology
Purdue University and Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) are establishing the state-of-the-art Trimble Technology Lab at Purdue, focused on teaching and research for construction management technology.
Defense Civilian Training Corps at Purdue creates path to service
Twenty Purdue juniors and a host of university officials met Wednesday (Aug. 30) for the start of a big endeavor with a lot of promise: The students are the first cohort of the Defense Civilian Training Corps at Purdue University’s West Lafayette campus.
