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Masks can make communicating tricky. Here are ways to make it easier.

As wearing facial coverings and masks becomes the new normal during the COVID-19 pandemic, learning how to communicate effectively while wearing them can be a challenge.

Media Contact: Abbey Nickel, nickela@purdue.edu

How have people responded to COVID-19 restrictions around the world?

Purdue engineers built a website that pools together live footage and images of how people have responded to COVID-19 social distancing guidelines in spaces such as tourist spots and busy street corners that could help inform new policies as the pandemic progresses.

Media Contact: Kayla Wiles, wiles5@purdue.edu

Venture capitalists, Purdue innovations, startups establish winning combination for moving life-changing technologies to public

Providing strength and longevity to Purdue-affiliated startups is the more than $400 million dollars in support and investments the startups have brought to Indiana, much from venture capitalists.

Media Contact: Cynthia Sequin, casequin@prf.org

New unified application will allow graduate students to apply more easily to multiple Purdue programs or campuses

Effective July 1, prospective Purdue graduate students can apply for up to three graduate programs at up to three different campuses, including any combination of the West Lafayette and regional campuses, while paying only one application fee.

Media Contact: Korina Wilbert, kwilbert@purdue.edu

Governor appoints Purdue trustees; alumni trustee elected

Theresa Carter, a 1985 Purdue graduate and retired major general in the United States Air Force, was elected by the Purdue Alumni Association to begin a three-year term on the Purdue Board of Trustees, while Michael Klipsch and Gary Lehman were reappointed by Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb to serve three-year terms.

Media Contact: Tom Schott, tschott@purdue.edu

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