Today’s Top 5 From Purdue University

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Invention addresses the problems of running a red light at traffic intersections

An invention from Purdue and the Indiana Department of Transportation that uses wireless communication devices could save lives at high-speed traffic signals.

Media contact: Kayla Wiles, wiles5@purdue.edu

Purdue baseball team hopes Intel partnership will help Boilermakers become ‘the fastest show on dirt’

Purdue’s baseball team aims to be “the fast show on dirt,” and a partnership with Intel is helping the Boilermakers turn that aspirational motto into a realistic claim.

Media contact: Brian Huchel, bhuchel@purdue.edu

Purdue University Global, Ivy Tech Community College to exchange and accept credits for students’ prior learning

Purdue Global and Ivy Tech are taking action to better position students for long-term academic success and eliminate barriers to transfer.

Media contact: Tom Schott, tschott@purdue.edu

Purdue geochemistry professor named 2022 Sloan Fellow

Marissa Tremblay, an assistant professor of geochemistry at Purdue – known for her innovative research involving noble gases, which are elements that exhibit high stability and very low reactivity – has been named a 2022 Sloan Research Fellow.

Media contact: Brittany Steff, bsteff@purdue.edu

Boilermakers have played and sung ‘Hail Purdue’ across the globe – and even in space

Purdue’s beloved fight song, “Hail Purdue” – celebrating its 110th anniversary in 2022 – and school song “Purdue Hymn” are the centerpiece numbers in the university’s musical catalog.

Media contact: Chrissy Crawley, crawleyc@purdue.edu

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