Today's Top 5 From Purdue University

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Purdue adding to space legacy with its first Space Force officer

Ashwin Sivakumar is graduating from Purdue this month, and the Air Force ROTC member will be Purdue’s first ROTC cadet to become a U.S. Department of Defense Space Force officer.

Media Contact: Brian Huchel, bhuchel@purdue.edu

Purdue Global commencement recognizes more than 1,700 graduates

More than 170 Indiana residents were among the 1,700-plus Purdue Global graduates worldwide who took part in virtual commencement ceremonies on Saturday (Dec. 5).

Media Contact: Tom Schott, tschott@purdue.edu

Equity Task Force working groups identify key issues, begin framing strategic plan

Working groups of the Purdue Equity Task Force have completed their identification and review of overarching equity issues that now will form the basis for a strategic plan and implementation as the university aims for broader equity and inclusion across the West Lafayette campus, particularly for Black Boilermakers.

Media Contact: Tim Doty, doty2@purdue.edu

Artificial intelligence collaboration seeking to hasten COVID-19 insights

Purdue is joining with other organizations for an initiative to accelerate global collaborative research on COVID-19 through access to high-quality, real-time multicenter patient datasets.

Media Contact: Chris Adam, cladam@prf.org

Oddly satisfying metamaterials store energy in their skin

Purdue engineers have developed shape-changing materials that could be programmed to process and store data like a computer.

Media Contact: Kayla Wiles, wiles5@purdue.edu

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