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March 18, 2026
| SCHOLARLY EXCELLENCE
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Purdue expands open-source research in the cloud with Amazon Web Services
Purdue’s Data to Science initiative (D2S) provides an open-source platform where a community of multidisciplinary researchers can access, and contribute to, a centralized repository of globally sourced geospatial datasets in a single, widely shared location. D2S has been accepted into the Amazon Web Services Open Data Sponsorship Program, which encourages development of communities that benefit from access to shared datasets.
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Video: What does eating well look like?
Dinah Dalder, registered dietitian and clinical associate professor in the Department of Nutrition Science, explains the significance of National Nutrition Month. 
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| EVENTS
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Adobe Chair and CEO Narayen to headline upcoming Presidential Lecture
Adobe Chair and CEO Shantanu Narayen, who has transformed one of the world’s largest and most diversified companies into an industry innovator and pioneer, will join Purdue President Mung Chiang for a conversation on AI as part of the university’s Presidential Lecture Series. The lecture, titled “AI’s Next Wave: Delivering Intelligence Inside Software,” is at 4 p.m. March 25 in Stewart Center’s Fowler Hall.
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Fourth annual Indiana Life Sciences Manufacturing Summit highlights rise of intelligent biomanufacturing
Leaders from industry, academia and government met March 5 in Indianapolis for the 2026 Indiana Life Sciences Manufacturing Summit, organized by the William D. and Sherry L. Young Institute for the Advanced Manufacturing of Pharmaceuticals, the Office of Research, and the Office of Industry Partnerships at Purdue. The fourth annual event focused on advancing the state’s rapidly growing life sciences manufacturing ecosystem and strengthening academic-industrial collaborations.
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  • Registration open for April 21-23 Virtual General Education Conference
  • Interdisciplinary Conference in Cognitive Science to be held April 2-3
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| THINGS TO KNOW
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Purdue basketball standout Trey Kaufman-Renn brings philosophy into the paint
Before he was an All-American, Trey Kaufman-Renn was debating moral dilemmas while riding in his mom’s car. Now a philosophy major, he’s bringing Aristotle to the hardwood and anchoring his identity beyond the scoreboard. Explore how sport and philosophy intersect at Purdue. 
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University teaching award recipients to be named
Winners of the 2026 teaching awards — the Charles B. Murphy Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, the Exceptional Early Career Teaching Award and the Excellence in Instruction Award for Lecturers — will be announced starting Monday (March 23). 
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FACULTY AND STAFF
  • Reminder: Easy colorectal cancer screening available via CHL, Cologuard
  • This week’s ‘Thumbs Up’ recipients
CAMPUS
  • Discovery Park District announces DUIRI projects for summer 2026; student applications now being accepted
  • Purdue Libraries opens new sensory room in Wilmeth Active Learning Center
SPORTS
  • No. 19 Purdue prepped for NCAA wrestling championships
  • 3 Boilers set to represent Purdue women’s swimming and diving at NCAAs
PURDUE IN THE NEWS
  • Inside INdiana Business: Remembering Purdue’s Dr. Philip Low
  • USA Today: These colleges and universities are offering majors in AI. What is that?
  • San Francisco Chronicle (subscription required): California report on wildfire smoke-tainted homes highlights lack of consensus on insurance testing, cleaning
  • SPAN Magazine: Connecting research and strategy in semiconductors
  • Interesting Engineering: First time in U.S.: Alpha-E tabletop nuclear fusion device installed at Purdue University
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