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When students began returning to campus in fall 2020, roughly six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, Purdue University put its Protect Purdue protocols in place to keep students, faculty and staff healthy while keeping campus open. Ellen Wells, associate professor in the School of Health Sciences, saw this as a research opportunity that aligned with her occupational and environmental health sciences focus in the College of Health and Human Sciences.

Written By: Rebecca Hoffa, rhoffa@purdue.edu When students began returning to campus in fall 2020, roughly six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, Purdue University put its Protect Purdue protocols in place to keep students, faculty and staff healthy while keeping campus...

Lois Dennison’s dream college had advanced Chinese language courses and a stable where she could bring her horse along with her. Purdue University offered both. A 2013 College of Health and Human Sciences alumna, Dennison arrived at Purdue with an open mind about where her education might lead her, and during her second semester, she found her passion in the White Lodging-J.W. Marriott, Jr. School of Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM).

Written By: Rebecca Hoffa, rhoffa@purdue.edu Lois Dennison’s dream college had advanced Chinese language courses and a stable where she could bring her horse along with her. Purdue University offered both. A 2013 College of Health and Human Sciences alumna, Dennison...

Ten years ago, Bailey (Personette) Warmoth was put on the national bone marrow registry, which led to her saving the life of a little girl.

Written by: Tim Brouk, tbrouk@purdue.edu It was a whim that saved the life of a little girl more than 1,700 miles away. A decade ago this spring, Bailey Personette — now Bailey Warmoth — walked by a Purdue University campus...

Senior Parikshit Pawar has known since his sophomore year of high school that he wanted to be a doctor, so when he learned about the School of Health Sciences within Purdue University’s College of Health and Human Sciences (HHS), it seemed like a natural fit to leave Austin, Texas, and come to West Lafayette.

Written By: Rebecca Hoffa, rhoffa@purdue.edu You can’t find people like this anywhere else. They’re so energetic and so passionate about Purdue that you really can’t miss out on this experience. I never knew what Purdue was coming in. I’d never...

Purdue University’s Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) is celebrating 30 years of funding with the National Institutes of Health’s T32 training grant, which was recently renewed for another five years in the department. This grant supports funding for three students who are working toward their PhD and one postdoctoral researcher in SLHS each year with the goal of advancing leaders in the field and bridging the gap between clinical training and research.

Written By: Rebecca Hoffa, rhoffa@purdue.edu Purdue University’s Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) is celebrating 30 years of funding with the National Institutes of Health’s T32 training grant, which was recently renewed for another five years in the...

From stress relief to informing their studies, Purdue University College of Health and Human Sciences students have choreographed dance into their busy college careers.

Written by: Tim Brouk, tbrouk@purdue.edu From stress relief to informing their studies, Purdue University College of Health and Human Sciences (HHS) students have choreographed dance into their busy college careers. Some took on Purdue’s Division of Dance minor to go...