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Purdue Polytechnic High Schools’ students celebrate graduation

Purdue Polytechnic High Schools celebrated the Class of 2022 at PPHS Schweitzer Center at Englewood on June 10. The graduating class of 113 included students from PPHS’ two Indianapolis campuses and South Bend campus. Thirty-four of the graduates have accepted their offer to attend Purdue in West Lafayette in the fall.

Media contact: Matthew Oates, oatesw@purdue.edu

Meeting students’ needs, wherever they are

Meet three graduates who recognized that the flexibility of Purdue University Global’s online associate, bachelor’s, graduate and law programs – a total of 175 programs in all – could allow them to persistently pursue their educational goals.

Media contact: Tom Schott, tschott@purdue.edu

Purdue’s newest online engineering master’s focuses on microelectronics and semiconductors integral to modern life

Purdue’s Semiconductor Degrees Program is a new suite of innovative, comprehensive, high-value degrees and credentials that targets graduate and undergraduate students and working professionals, including a new 100% online interdisciplinary Master of Science degree in microelectronics and semiconductors launching in fall 2022.

Media contact: Greg Kline, gkline@purdue.edu

Purdue faculty honored with Fulbright Scholar Awards

Studying nonlinear interfacial waves, developing solutions for clean propulsion and analyzing the development of heritage languages in the classroom environment are some of the research projects representing five Purdue faculty who have been named U.S. Fulbright Scholars.

Media contact: Amy Patterson Neubert, apatterson@purdue.edu

Purdue Air Race Classic team takes to the skies

This year’s 115 competitors in the 45th annual Air Race Classic – an all-woman, daylight-only race in which race teams fly a defined course to a list of predefined airports – include a team from the School of Aviation and Transportation Technology in Purdue University’s Polytechnic Institute.

Media contact: Brian Huchel, bhuchel@purdue.edu

About Purdue University

Purdue University is a top public research institution developing practical solutions to today’s toughest challenges. Ranked in each of the last four years as one of the 10 Most Innovative universities in the United States by U.S. News & World Report, Purdue delivers world-changing research and out-of-this-world discovery. Committed to hands-on and online, real-world learning, Purdue offers a transformative education to all. Committed to affordability and accessibility, Purdue has frozen tuition and most fees at 2012-13 levels, enabling more students than ever to graduate debt-free. See how Purdue never stops in the persistent pursuit of the next giant leap at https://stories.purdue.edu.

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March 2 Presidential Lecture featuring AMD CEO moved to Loeb Playhouse in Stewart Center due to strong interest

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