‘This Is Purdue’ earns Webby Award nomination for live astronaut panel during total solar eclipse; voting runs through Thursday

Group who participated in live astronaut panel

Pictured left to right: Drew Feustel (BS solid earth sciences ’89, MS geophysics ’91), Beth Moses (BS aeronautical and astronautical engineering ’92, MS aeronautics and astronautics ’94), Sirisha Bandla (BS aeronautical and astronautical engineering ’11), “This Is Purdue” podcast host Kate Young, Mark Polansky (BS aeronautical and astronautical engineering ’78, MS aeronautics and astronautics ’78) and Audrey Powers (BS aeronautical and astronautical engineering ’99).

April 14, 2025 Purdue Today

Over 50,000 guests. Fifty states. Thirty-five countries. Five continents. Five Purdue astronauts. 

And now … one Webby Award nomination for Best Live Podcast Recording for the “This Is Purdue” live astronaut panel recorded during the Total Solar Eclipse Event at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

This once-in-a-lifetime experience is being honored with a nomination for the leading international award honoring excellence on the internet. Help support Purdue’s official university podcast by voting today.

The deadline for voting ends Thursday (April 17).

Faculty-Staff News

The Purdue Mall lined with flowering spring trees. A fountain and Hovde Hall are in the background.

Summer Pay calendars now available in SEEMLESS

April 14, 2026

Red brick campus building

This week’s ‘Thumbs Up’ recipients

April 13, 2026

In Print graphic with Zhihong Chen, a Reilly Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Mary Jo and Robert L. Kirk Director of Birck Nanotechnology Center, and Angie Klink (BA communication ’81) on the right and the cover of their book “Birck Builds the Future: Celebrating Twenty Years at Purdue University, 2005-2025”on the left.

In Print: ‘Birck Builds the Future: Celebrating Twenty Years at Purdue University, 2005-2025’

April 13, 2026

In Print graphic with Torsten Reimer, clinical engagement professor of botany & plant pathology, on the right and the cover of his book “The Routledge Handbook of Communication and Social Cognition” on the left.

In Print: ‘The Routledge Handbook of Communication and Social Cognition’

April 9, 2026

All Faculty-Staff News