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Sensors, robots and social distancing: What will factories look like in the post-pandemic era?

Manufacturing will look strikingly different in the post-pandemic era, says a Purdue expert in supply chain and manufacturing management.

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Media Contact: Joseph Paul, paul102@purdue.edu

Purdue’s Class of 2020 receiving special delivery for commencement

The nearly 7,500 Purdue students earning undergraduate and graduate degrees this spring are receiving all the essentials needed to host their personal on-demand commencement ceremony in mid-May.

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Note to Journalists: A variety of graduating seniors – top students, commencement responders – are available to speak to reporters about what it’s like to graduate during COVID-19.

Media Contact: Matthew Oates, oatesw@purdue.edu

Hoosier health care workers to receive PPE and medical supplies manufactured at Purdue

A volunteer team of faculty and staff members at Purdue has spent the past two weeks manufacturing, assembling and delivering medical supplies to hospitals, emergency management organizations, nursing homes, and hospice care organizations.

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Media Contact: Steve Tally, steve@purdue.edu

Questions and answers about the road from farm to table

Purdue’s College of Agriculture offers questions and answers to provide background and insight into how COVID-19 is impacting the food supply chain and animal welfare.

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Media Contact: Maureen Manier, mmanier@purdue.edu

Purdue’s Spafford named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Purdue professor Eugene H. Spafford has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies.

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Media Contact: Brian Huchel, bhuchel@purdue.edu

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