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Purdue Memorial Union to kick off holiday season

The holiday season at Purdue will begin at noon Monday (Dec. 6) when the 25-foot-tall Christmas tree arrives at the Memorial Union's Great Hall. The holiday celebration also will include the 13th annual Holidays Around the World, creation of a 12-foot-tall gingerbread house, and Breakfast with Santa. Read more...

Research News & Special Reports

New findings detail how virus prepares to infect cells

Researchers have learned the atomic-scale arrangement of proteins in a structure that enables a virus to invade and fuse with host cells, showing precisely how the structure morphs with changing acidity to initiate infection. Read more...

Study: Rough match can sideline tennis players' perceptions

Tennis players who "ace" a match are more likely to see the ball as moving slowly and view the net as lower to the ground, according to new research from Purdue. Read more...

Researchers in various studies looking for participants

Here is a list of research studies that currently are looking for participants. Read more...

General News

Purdue honored with regional awards

Purdue received several honors in the 2010 Pride of Case V Awards Program, which recognizes the best work in communications, alumni relations and development from members of Case District V -- academic institutions in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana and Ohio. Read more...

Statewide Technology has record full-time enrollment

For the first time, more than half of those enrolled in Purdue's Statewide Technology program this semester are full-time students. Read more...

Dual-credit ag classes give high school students head start

Attention, high school agriculture students: Thinking of going to college? Take a class now. Earn college credit. Why wait? Read more...

As days grow shorter, some face SAD, depression

As Midwestern daylight decreases, the chance for seasonal affective disorder increases, Purdue officials warn. Read more...

Crop farming's future is big acreage, high-tech, earth-friendly

A decade from now, farmers will rely on the marriage of agronomic, information and process control technologies to grow thousands of acres of crops in ways that create smaller carbon footprints, predicts a Purdue agricultural economist. Read more...

Exercise with your dog 'weather' it's cold or warm outside

Winter weather is no excuse to avoid outdoor exercise with your dog, says a Purdue veterinarian. Read more...

Police arrest juvenile in connection with office thefts

Purdue police on Tuesday (Nov. 30) arrested a 16-year-old Lafayette girl in connection with a series of thefts that occurred in various campus offices in the last week. Read more...

Purdue Sports

Football to open 2011 with Middle Tennessee State

Purdue and Middle Tennessee State have agreed to open the 2011 football season against each other on Sept. 3 at Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Ind. The game will be the first-ever meeting between the Boilermakers and the Blue Raiders. Read more...

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