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Fulbright Scholar Program awards multiple Purdue faculty

September 19, 2024

Seven faculty from Purdue University’s West Lafayette campus and one from Purdue University Northwest have been named 2024-25 Fulbright U.S. Scholars.

Fulbright Scholar Program awards multiple Purdue faculty

The key to fighting viruses: Understanding their structure is vital to unlock a healthy future for humanity

September 19, 2024

New grant co-led by Purdue University researcher takes aim at vaccines for emerging tick- and mosquito-borne viruses, including West Nile and dengue fever

The key to fighting viruses: Understanding their structure is vital to unlock a healthy future for humanity

Grain entrapment is the leading cause of agricultural confined space-related injuries and fatalities; researchers emphasize safety

September 19, 2024

Purdue University’s Agricultural Safety and Health Program has released the 2023 Summary of U.S. Agricultural Confined Space-related Injuries and Fatalities ahead of National Farm Safety and Health Week.

Grain entrapment is the leading cause of agricultural confined space-related injuries and fatalities; researchers emphasize safety

Purdue Ag Professor Awarded $10 Million for Extension of Food Safety Lab

September 17, 2024

Haley Oliver, Professor of Food Science in Purdue University’s College of Agriculture, has been awarded $10 million in funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for a five-year extension of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety (FSIL

Purdue Ag Professor Awarded $10 Million for Extension of Food Safety Lab

The key to fighting viruses: Understanding their structure is vital to unlock a healthy future for humanity

September 17, 2024

New grant co-led by Purdue University researcher takes aim at vaccines for emerging tick- and mosquito-borne viruses, including West Nile and dengue fever

The key to fighting viruses: Understanding their structure is vital to unlock a healthy future for humanity

Latest cohort of Trailblazers in Engineering Fellows selected

September 16, 2024

The newest class of Trailblazers in Engineering (TBE) Fellows completed a three- and half-day workshop last month that helped prepare the group to secure positions as future engineering faculty. TBE is an initiative intended to increase the number and success of engineering faculty in the U.S., who, in turn, will blaze trails with new discoveries, innovations and social impact and serve as role models for the next generation of engineers.

Latest cohort of Trailblazers in Engineering Fellows selected

Purdue researcher awarded $10M for extension of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety

September 13, 2024

Haley Oliver, professor of food science in Purdue University’s College of Agriculture, has been awarded $10 million in funding from United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for a five-year extension of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety (FSIL).

Purdue researcher awarded $10M for extension of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety

Purdue and NASA Scientists Plant the Seeds for Lunar Agriculture

September 12, 2024

Millions of people watched the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)’s Apollo 11 launch on July 16, 1969. Marshall Porterfield, of Purdue’s agricultural and biological engineering and horticulture and landscape architecture departments, three-years old at the time, remembers running from his family’s television set to the backyard of their Florida home. His mother lifted him up to see the orange-and-red flames arc in the sky as the Saturn V rocket took three astronauts to the moon.

Purdue and NASA Scientists Plant the Seeds for Lunar Agriculture

Appointments, honors and activities

September 11, 2024

Faculty and staff honors:

Appointments, honors and activities

Purdue and NASA scientists plant the seeds for lunar agriculture

September 10, 2024

Millions of people watched the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)’s Apollo 11 launch on July 16, 1969. Marshall Porterfield, of Purdue’s agricultural and biological engineering and horticulture and landscape architecture departments, three-years old at the time, remembers running from his family’s television set to the backyard of their Florida home. His mother lifted him up to see the orange-and-red flames arc in the sky as the Saturn V rocket took three astronauts to the moon.

Purdue and NASA scientists plant the seeds for lunar agriculture