With the extra challenge of more plant disease and extreme weather events, plant breeding is essential to feeding, clothing and building the growing world today. Beck’s Hybrids has been working toward predictive breeding for over a decade and recently partnered with eight Purdue professors, several graduate students and The Data Mine to build a genetic-informed prediction service for its plant breeders and farmers.
Improvements to aphasia recovery methodologies are being explored in Purdue associate professor Jiyeon Lee’s Aphasia Recovery Lab. Lee, a researcher in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, collaborated with her PhD student Peng Zhang on the new study, “Improving Content Informativeness in Aphasia.”
On Oct. 17, 40 volunteers spread 70 cubic yards of mulch around the landscaping beds at Horticulture Park as part of the fall 2025 Purdue Day of Service. Each spring and fall, this event encourages alumni to give back and help make Purdue more beautiful.
In this new age of college basketball and navigating NIL, what makes Purdue basketball stand out? It comes down to leadership, culture and the Boilermaker spirit. Purdue men’s basketball assistant coach P.J. Thompson joins the official university podcast, “This Is Purdue,” for a look into this winning mindset. He discusses the life-changing lessons he’s learned from head coach Matt Painter as both a former player and a current coach.
