Author: Sharel Welch

INDIANAPOLIS — Purdue University students played a prominent role in TechPoint’s 2026 Xtern Challenge, presenting enterprise-focused AI solutions March 6 at Cummins’ headquarters in Columbus, Indiana. Developed in partnership with Cummins, the work-based learning experience brought together 100 students from...

INDIANAPOLIS — The halls were buzzing at the first Minors and More event in Indianapolis as Purdue students explored academic pathways beyond their majors. The fair, held in the atrium of the Engineering and Technology Building (ET) on Feb. 10,...

INDIANAPOLIS — The annual Engineering, Science and Tech Connect Career Fair offered Purdue students in Indianapolis access to work and experiential opportunities across Indiana’s expanding tech and innovation sectors. Nearly 500 students gathered to speak with representatives from 46 employers...

INDIANAPOLIS — Purdue’s Office of Student and Community Engagement in Indianapolis, in partnership with the Purdue Polytechnic Institute, the College of Science and the College of Engineering, will soon open student applications for the Indianapolis Explorers Club, launching fall 2026....

INDIANAPOLIS — Purdue students in Indianapolis turned table manners into career readiness on Thursday (Jan. 29) at the Skyline Club, where longtime etiquette educator Anthony Cawdron led a presentation and dinner designed to foster confidence and enhance a professional demeanor....

The growing state of Purdue’s expansion in Indianapolis in its second year — and impactful plans well beyond — were the subject of the Purdue faculty and staff summit Jan. 23. Held at the NCAA Hall of Champions Conference Center...

Purdue is ensuring students in Indianapolis get a head start on their professional path through the newly established Indianapolis Career Council. Formed this past year and headed by Patrick Francis, director of career relations for Indianapolis, the council aligns key...

Beginning Jan. 1, Purdue Libraries will serve as the primary library resource for all Purdue students, faculty and staff in Indianapolis, continuing to strengthen academic and research support.  Purdue’s Student Center Library in Indianapolis is the new hub for students, faculty and staff to pick up materials requested through online search. Items not held...

When Reagan Koester, the student trustee on Purdue’s Board of Trustees, attended the board’s October meeting in Indianapolis, she wanted to learn more about student life in this location. Koester, a junior majoring in agribusiness in West Lafayette, accepted an...

The new Student Trailblazer Fund has awarded grants totaling more than $70,000 to 21 registered student organizations (RSOs) in Indianapolis in its first funding cycle. “It was so amazing to see over 65 groups form during our first academic year...