Nearly 100 graduate students have been selected as 2025-26 Presidential Excellence Award recipients, a faculty-nominated fellowship supported by Purdue’s Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars. Read the stories of four awardees, their research and career plans, and what the fellowship means to them personally and professionally.
In “The Dharma of AI,” ancient philosophical wisdom is applied to the modern challenges of artificial general intelligence to offer a framework for ethical digital living. Author Alok Chaturvedi, professor of management in the Mitch Daniels School of Business, draws on 40 years of technical expertise and decades of dharma study to explore how timeless principles can guide our relationship with emerging technology.
Purdue will celebrate the winners of the university’s most prestigious research awards at the Excellence in Research Distinguished Lectures event May 6. Registration is still available online.
On Wednesday (April 29) Boilermakers around the globe are encouraged to make victories possible during the university’s 13th Purdue Day of Giving. The 24-hour online, social media-driven fundraising effort encompasses all of Purdue’s locations — Purdue’s main campus (West Lafayette, Indianapolis and online), Purdue Fort Wayne, Purdue Northwest and Purdue Global. Purdue alumni, friends, faculty, staff, retirees, students, parents, fans and community members are encouraged to “be Boilermaker heroes” by making a gift.
