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September 10, 2012

Path leads students to graduate in four years

4-3-2-1-Graduate! is an initiative developed through the Indiana Commission for Higher Education that is being modified and promoted at Purdue. Read more ...

University rises in world rankings

Purdue was ranked 56th in the 2012 Academic Ranking of World Universities by the Center for World-Class Universities of Shanhgai Jiao Tong University. In specialty rankings, Purdue ranks 10th in engineering, 19th in chemistry, 20th in computer science and 47th in overall science. Read more ...

Purdue prepares 2013-15 legislative request

The Finance Committee of the Purdue Board of Trustees approved the university's 2013-15 legislative request for operating appropriations and line item requests to support several university programs and initiatives. Read more ...

Battery Innovation Center opens at WestGate-Crane Technology Park

A new center will serve as the physical hub for a network of industry and research partners focused on making Indiana a leader in developing, commercializing and validating cutting-edge battery technologies. Read more ...

Innovation fund awards nearly $200,000 to help commercialize discoveries

Purdue's Trask Innovation Fund awarded nearly $200,000 to researchers studying alternative fuels, pharmaceutical drug dosage forms, reproductive technology and a mobile app for note-taking. Read more ...

Extension helps Indiana see the forest for the trees

About 85 percent of Indiana's 7.5 million acres of woodland are in private hands. Purdue Extension is helping woodland owners make management decisions to keep Indiana forests healthy and profitable. Read more ...

 


Julie Griffith, vice president for public affairs

jgriff@purdue.edu

765-494-6838

 

Spotlight

IU Health Arnett invests in medical education at Purdue

Indiana University Health Arnett is investing $1 million toward the construction of the new Lyles-Porter Hall, which will house the Indiana University School of Medicine-Lafayette, along with the Purdue Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences and other health programs. Read more ...

Researcher named division director at NASA

Marshall Porterfield, a Purdue professor of agricultural and biological engineering and biomedical engineering, will become director of NASA's Space Life and Physical Sciences Research and Applications Division. Read more ...

Ensuring food safety

Food safetyPurdue food scientists and engineers are combining their research expertise to design new technologies that detect food-borne pathogens. Through collaboration with the USDA they're developing devices to handle real-world scenarios in food safety. Read more ...