Author: Sharel Welch

INDIANAPOLIS — More than 70 Purdue students and faculty sat in stillness in the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library listening to a selection from Alice McDermott’s “Charming Billy,” read by Chris Yeomans, the Justin S. Morrill Dean of the College of Liberal...

INDIANAPOLIS — For graduate students in Purdue University’s athletic training program cohort in Indianapolis, learning and practice happen in the same space, often within minutes of the other. At Canal Square, future athletic trainers move between classroom instruction and clinical...

What are you studying at Purdue? Biomedical engineering with depth areas in electrical instrumentation and imaging modalities in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering. What have been your favorite classes so far? Biomaterials and Bioinstrumentation have both been fascinating classes....

INDIANAPOLIS — The Purdue in Indianapolis Industry Fair is helping redefine how students and employers connect, serving as the centerpiece of a growing network of continuous engagement opportunities designed to build relationships long before a job offer is on the...

View a gallery of the event here. INDIANAPOLIS — More than 130 Purdue University faculty and staff from Indianapolis and West Lafayette spent Sept. 11 building connections with colleagues and exploring the growing campus in the capital city while gaining...

INDIANAPOLIS — Purdue students are getting something few college courses can offer: the opportunity to pitch ideas to a commercial real estate developer that could potentially shape the future of a major city center. Through the university’s themed entertainment design...

When Neilambar “Neil” Risal arrived in Indianapolis nearly two years ago to study mechanical engineering, he didn’t wait long to act on Purdue University trailblazing spirit. “I got to campus and I wanted to play drums again,” he said. “I...

INDIANAPOLIS — Five Purdue students donned hard hats, safety glasses and neon vests for a firsthand look at a project they had long watched from beyond the construction fencing: the Academic Success Building (ASB) rising alongside Michigan Street in downtown...

Inside America’s first Union Station — a crossroads once traveled by presidents and pioneers — a new generation of leaders took the spotlight April 23. Purdue University honored 27 undergraduates at the second annual Golden Hammer Awards dinner, celebrating students in Indianapolis whose influence extends well beyond the classroom.  Purdue alumnus Bob...

The impact of Jonathan Rienstra-Kiracofe’s steady presence — a professor and mentor helping Purdue undergraduate science students in Indianapolis navigate their academic journey — has been formally recognized at the university’s highest level. Rienstra-Kiracofe, an associate dean in the College...