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As Purdue University financial counseling and planning alumnae, Alexandra Ylo Wadas (HHS ’17) and Jillian Ylo (HHS ’20) took the same path in the College of Health and Human Sciences (HHS), from their courses and professors to both excelling as the 2017 and 2020 Outstanding Seniors for the White Lodging-J.W. Marriott, Jr. School of Hospitality and Tourism Management.

Written By: Rebecca Hoffa, rhoffa@purdue.edu As Purdue University financial counseling and planning alumnae, Alexandra Ylo Wadas (HHS ’17) and Jillian Ylo (HHS ’20) took the same path in the College of Health and Human Sciences (HHS), from their courses and...

“Beyond Money: How Social Motives Drive Green Purchases in the Sharing Economy” is the latest publication by Kevin So, the C.B. Smith Endowed Professor in the White Lodging-J.W. Marriott, Jr. School of Hospitality and Tourism Management. The work looks at sustainability issues within the sharing economy.

Written by: Tim Brouk, tbrouk@purdue.edu The sharing economy is defined as the network of businesses that provide goods and services to be utilized as shared resources instead of individual ownership. From the Airbnb properties in which you stayed during homecoming,...

As a former president of the American School Health Association, Solari Williams was interviewed by National Public Radio and other national media outlets regarding the test. Her three one-year terms as president before her 2024 move to Purdue as well as her decades of research on fitness in schools has made her an expert on the test and its potential effects on today’s K-12 students.

Written by: Tim Brouk, tbrouk@purdue.edu The summer announcement of the return of the Presidential Fitness Test was met with mostly positive reactions from the health sector because getting children moving in school has many benefits. However, the test, which was...

Subin Han, a PhD candidate in the Purdue University School of Health Sciences, developed a novel, patent-pending air sampler that utilizes an inertial impactor to collect harmful viruses and bacteria from the air. This device was designed and fabricated under the guidance of Health Sciences associate professor Jae Hong Park.

Written by: Tim Brouk, tbrouk@purdue.edu Subin Han was one of the millions worldwide who contracted COVID-19. As she recovered in quarantine at her parents’ home in Seoul, South Korea, the young scholar wondered how people could better detect the threat...

Autumn Reynolds, a Purdue University Department of Public Health Master of Public Health student in the 4+1 program has always found ways to merge her interest in health with her passion for working with children. When she encountered the opportunity to join the Military Family Research Institute (MFRI) as an interviewer for Operation Military Experience — a national study that aims to capture the experiences of families who have undergone parental deployment — she found a way to connect these interests with her own personal experience growing up in a military family.

Written By: Rebecca Hoffa, rhoffa@purdue.edu Autumn Reynolds, a Purdue University Department of Public Health Master of Public Health student in the 4+1 program has always found ways to merge her interest in health with her passion for working with children....

As AI agents are becoming more pervasive for both work and personal use, people are increasingly turning to these agents for socioemotional help and support. Purdue Psychological Sciences William C. Byham Professor Louis Tay’s latest work will be a three-year study exploring the impact of AI conversational agents on human well-being, as funded by a $3.5 million John Templeton Foundation grant.

Written by: Tim Brouk, tbrouk@purdue.edu It only took a little more than a decade to make the 2013 science fiction romance film “Her” into a reality. Cinefiles may recall the Joaquin Phoenix vehicle of a lonely man falling in love...