December 15, 2020
Today's Top 5 From Purdue University
You will want to read these good stories that you may have missed.
Purdue announces 10th straight year of flat tuition
Purdue announces it will keep its West Lafayette campus tuition frozen at 2012-13 levels through at least 2022-23, marking 10 straight years of no tuition increase – unprecedented in higher education during modern times.
Media Contact: Tim Doty, doty2@purdue.edu
Another Boilermaker may be next to the moon
Boilermaker Scott Tingle is part of NASA’s Artemis Team, which will pave the way for the next astronaut mission on and around the moon.
Media Contact: Jim Bush, jsbush@purdue.edu
New cancer immunotherapy shows great promise in early research
A new approach to cancer immunotherapy has the potential to be a universal treatment for solid tumors, according to research led by Purdue scientists Philip Low and Timothy Ratliff.
Media Contact: Steve Tally, steve@purdue.edu
Purdue’s innovative impact further enriched as 3 engineering professors chosen as National Academy of Inventors fellows
The National Academy of Inventors has announced that three Purdue College of Engineering faculty members have been selected as fellows of this prestigious organization: dean Mung Chiang and professors Alexandra Boltasseva and Haiyan Wang.
Media Contact: Jim Bush, jsbush@purdue.edu
New transistor design disguises key computer chip hardware from hackers
A hacker can reproduce a circuit on a chip by discovering what key transistors are doing in a circuit, but not if the transistor “type” is undetectable – and Purdue engineers have demonstrated a way to disguise which transistor is which by building them out of a sheet-like material called black phosphorus.
Media Contact: Kayla Wiles, wiles5@purdue.edu
About Purdue University
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