http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/ News Feed from Purdue University News Service en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 11:07:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-to-host-2nd-summer-institute-on-global-food-security.html A new group of graduate students representing the next generation of leaders that will tackle issues involving world hunger will assemble at Purdue University for the second Borlaug Summer Institute on Global Food Security. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-to-host-2nd-summer-institute-on-global-food-security.html Mon, 13 May 2013 08:51:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdues-incoming-class-projected-to-raise-academic-profile.html The group of first-year students Purdue expects on its West Lafayette campus this fall will be the university's most academically prepared ever, according to preliminary admissions data. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdues-incoming-class-projected-to-raise-academic-profile.html Fri, 10 May 2013 20:30:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/daniels-to-grads-world-may-be-uncertain-but-boilermakers-shouldnt-be.html In a world of uncertainty with difficult global challenges ahead and no shortage of pessimists, Purdue President Mitch Daniels on Friday (May 10) sent the university's newest alumni out with one certainty: Boilermakers have and will continue to make a difference. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/daniels-to-grads-world-may-be-uncertain-but-boilermakers-shouldnt-be.html Fri, 10 May 2013 09:47:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/trustees-ratify-appointments,-approve-academic-program,-ok-degree-name-change.html The Purdue University Board of Trustees on Friday (May 10) ratified appointments of five named and distinguished professors at the West Lafayette campus and approved a new health studies program at Purdue North Central. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/trustees-ratify-appointments,-approve-academic-program,-ok-degree-name-change.html Mon, 06 May 2013 13:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/new-video-highlights-how-tech-is-transforming-higher-ed.html Just as technology has transformed businesses that deal in information delivery, such as journalism and book publishing, many experts also expect that electronic technologies will transform higher education, http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/new-video-highlights-how-tech-is-transforming-higher-ed.html Mon, 06 May 2013 10:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/global-policy-research-institute-awards-first-graduate-research-fellowships.html The Global Policy Research Institute has awarded its first Graduate Student Research Fellowships to two Purdue University graduate students. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/global-policy-research-institute-awards-first-graduate-research-fellowships.html Fri, 03 May 2013 12:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/new-purdue-graduate-fellowship-program-designed-to-prepare-interdisciplinary-leaders.html A student-led initiative has opened the door to Purdue University for a new program designed to prepare the next generation of leaders for tackling complex challenges that require an interdisciplinary-driven solution. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/new-purdue-graduate-fellowship-program-designed-to-prepare-interdisciplinary-leaders.html Thu, 02 May 2013 14:34:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/symposium-led-by-purdue,-s.-korea-teams-to-focus-on-advancements-in-organ-on-a-chip-research.html Research teams from Purdue University's Discovery Park and the Korean Institute of Science and Technology will meet May 16 for a symposium highlighting their work in advancing organ-on-a-chip activities. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/symposium-led-by-purdue,-s.-korea-teams-to-focus-on-advancements-in-organ-on-a-chip-research.html Thu, 02 May 2013 11:57:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-veterinary-medicine-launches-poultry-medicine-residency.html Thanks to an anonymous donor, the Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine now offers a fully endowed teaching program in poultry medicine. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-veterinary-medicine-launches-poultry-medicine-residency.html Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:57:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdues-west-lafayette-commencement-to-be-shown-live-on-tv,-webcast.html Spring commencement ceremonies at Purdue University's West Lafayette campus will be broadcast live for television and Internet audiences. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdues-west-lafayette-commencement-to-be-shown-live-on-tv,-webcast.html Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:28:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/krannert-offering-accelerated-weekend-mba-program.html Purdue University's Krannert School of Management has revamped its Weekend MBA program, reducing the length by 40 percent, from 35 to 21 months, while adding elective courses, greater leadership and career training and participation in an international business trip. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/krannert-offering-accelerated-weekend-mba-program.html Mon, 04 Mar 2013 01:00:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/purdue,-lincoln-institute-to-offer-leadership-class-with-gettysburg-component.html Purdue University will partner with the Lincoln Leadership Institute at Gettysburg, Pa., to offer a course in organizational leadership that includes three days at the Civil War battle site. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/purdue,-lincoln-institute-to-offer-leadership-class-with-gettysburg-component.html Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:06:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/supersonic-pingpong-bazooka-blasts-balls-at-mach-1.23.html A Purdue University mechanical engineering technology professor has built a new air-powered bazooka that shoots pingpong balls at speeds faster than an F-16 fighter jet, blowing the doors off similar far less powerful devices peers use to explain physics properties. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/supersonic-pingpong-bazooka-blasts-balls-at-mach-1.23.html Fri, 08 Feb 2013 10:04:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/trustees-ratify-named-professors,-approve-academic-programs,-resolutions.html The Purdue University Board of Trustees on Friday (Feb. 8) ratified a named professorship and a change to another named professorship and also approved cooperative education programs in the College of Engineering and the Krannert School of Management. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/trustees-ratify-named-professors,-approve-academic-programs,-resolutions.html Wed, 16 Jan 2013 09:26:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/purdue-graduate-engineering-online-program-ranked-4th-by-u.s.news.html Purdue University's College of Engineering online graduate engineering program is fourth in the U.S.News and World Report's Best Online Programs rankings. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/purdue-graduate-engineering-online-program-ranked-4th-by-u.s.news.html Tue, 15 Jan 2013 09:17:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/search-committee-named-for-honors-college-dean.html A nine-member search advisory committee led by Mark J.T. Smith, dean of the Graduate School, has been named to help find the inaugural dean for Purdue University's Honors College. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/search-committee-named-for-honors-college-dean.html Sun, 16 Dec 2012 10:00:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/sands-to-graduates-boilermakers-have-a-history-of-going-one-brick-higher.html Purdue acting President Timothy Sands paired Boilermaker spirit with the wisdom of accomplished alumni to challenge the university's newest graduates to make a difference. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/sands-to-graduates-boilermakers-have-a-history-of-going-one-brick-higher.html Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:59:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/mathematics-alum-gives-1.5-million-to-endow-professorship.html Purdue mathematics alumnus Andris Zoltners has given a $1.5 million gift to the university's College of Science to be used for a distinguished professorship. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/mathematics-alum-gives-1.5-million-to-endow-professorship.html Wed, 17 Oct 2012 08:30:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/college-of-health-and-human-sciences-dean-finalists-to-participate-in-open-forums.html The four finalists selected as candidates for the dean of Purdue University's College of Health and Human Sciences will participate in open forums on campus in October and November. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/college-of-health-and-human-sciences-dean-finalists-to-participate-in-open-forums.html Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/purdue-to-increase-engineering-faculty-by-a-third.html Purdue University is embarking on a program to increase its College of Engineering faculty by 30 percent over the next five years. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/purdue-to-increase-engineering-faculty-by-a-third.html Mon, 01 Oct 2012 14:30:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/purdue-to-lead-faa-center-on-general-aviation.html Purdue University has been chosen as a lead institution for a new Federal Aviation Administration Air Transportation Center of Excellence for general aviation. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/purdue-to-lead-faa-center-on-general-aviation.html Mon, 01 Oct 2012 11:52:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/chemical-engineering-alum-to-endow-professorship.html Gerald Skidmore, a Purdue University engineering alumnus, and his wife, Sarah, have given a $750,000 gift to the School of Chemical Engineering to be used for a named professorship. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/chemical-engineering-alum-to-endow-professorship.html Tue, 25 Sep 2012 14:55:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q3/purdue-offering-new-degree-in-environmental-and-ecological-engineering.html Purdue University will award its first bachelor's degrees in environmental and ecological engineering next May. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q3/purdue-offering-new-degree-in-environmental-and-ecological-engineering.html Mon, 17 Sep 2012 11:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q3/new-krannert-program-aimed-at-helping-undergrads-launch-careers.html Purdue University's Krannert School of Management has begun a program to ensure that its undergraduates leave school with not only a degree but skills that will provide the foundation for starting a career while striving for a personal and professional life built on high ethical standards, community service and social responsibility. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q3/new-krannert-program-aimed-at-helping-undergrads-launch-careers.html Fri, 14 Sep 2012 10:30:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q3/faculty-fellow-at-discovery-learning-research-center-focuses-on-distance-learning-in-cancer,-chronic-disease-prevention.html The Discovery Learning Research Center is partnering with a Purdue University basic medical sciences professor to advance a research project for interdisciplinary and distance learning based on the prevention of cancer and other chronic diseases. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q3/faculty-fellow-at-discovery-learning-research-center-focuses-on-distance-learning-in-cancer,-chronic-disease-prevention.html Wed, 05 Sep 2012 11:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q3/experts-to-speak-on-immigration-and-the-2012-election.html Immigration and the 2012 election is the topic for a political science roundtable on Sept. 20 at Purdue University. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q3/experts-to-speak-on-immigration-and-the-2012-election.html Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:33:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q3/initiative-offers-path-for-students-to-graduate-in-4-years.html As a new class of students settles in for the academic year on the Purdue University campus, a new initiative is in place to help them earn a bachelor's degree in four years. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q3/initiative-offers-path-for-students-to-graduate-in-4-years.html Fri, 20 Jul 2012 01:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q3/trustees-ratify-appointments,-approve-new-degree-programs.html The Purdue University Board of Trustees on Friday (July 20) ratified appointments of top administrators at the West Lafayette and Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne campuses. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q3/trustees-ratify-appointments,-approve-new-degree-programs.html Thu, 07 Jun 2012 01:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q2/krannert-to-offer-updated-human-resource-management-program.html Purdue University's Krannert School of Management will offer a revised Master of Science degree focusing on human resource management program next fall. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q2/krannert-to-offer-updated-human-resource-management-program.html Fri, 16 Mar 2012 01:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q1/purdue-ag,-biological-engineering-earns-top-ranking-again.html U.S.News and World Report's ranking of Purdue University's agricultural and biological engineering program as the top graduate specialty in the nation for the fourth consecutive year reflects a commitment to sustained excellence in developing innovators of the future, the program's leader said. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q1/purdue-ag,-biological-engineering-earns-top-ranking-again.html Tue, 13 Mar 2012 01:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q1/u.s.news-ranks-purdues-graduate-programs-among-nations-best.html Purdue University's programs remain among the best in the nation in U.S.News and World Report's rankings of the top graduate schools released Tuesday (March 13). http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q1/u.s.news-ranks-purdues-graduate-programs-among-nations-best.html Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:00:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q1/purdue-in-princeton-reviews-top-150-best-value-colleges.html Purdue University is listed among the Princeton Review's 150 'best value' colleges for 2012. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q1/purdue-in-princeton-reviews-top-150-best-value-colleges.html Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:00:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q1/krannert-mba-program-improves-in-financial-times-rankings.html Purdue University's Krannert School of Management MBA program has been ranked 12th among U.S. public colleges and universities by Financial Times. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q1/krannert-mba-program-improves-in-financial-times-rankings.html