November 11, 2021
Today's Top 5 From Purdue University
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Purdue recognized among ‘Brands That Matter’
Purdue has been named one of Fast Company’s “Brands That Matter,” a list honoring companies and organizations that give people compelling reasons to care about them, offer inspiration for others to buy in, and authentically communicate their mission and ideals, according to Fast Company editors, who judged each brand on relevancy, cultural impact, ingenuity and business impact.
Media Contact: Christy McCarter, mccarter@purdue.edu
Concord Law School still the frontrunner in online legal education
Since its founding in 1998, Concord Law School at Purdue Global has served people who couldn’t fit a traditional legal education into their lives due to work or family care responsibilities, geography, physical disabilities, military service or other life circumstances.
Media Contact: Tom Schott, tschott@purdue.edu
When spacecraft explode, this engineer looks for answers in the debris left behind
Carolin Frueh, an associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics at Purdue, enjoys solving math problems that just keep getting harder the more that she discovers about how space junk behaves.
Media Contact: Kayla Wiles, wiles5@purdue.edu
Purdue and physIQ partner to develop a smartwatch-based algorithm to detect early signs of viral infections, including COVID-19
Purdue engineers and physIQ, a leader in digital medicine, have developed a viral detection algorithm for smartwatches.
Media Contact: Steve Martin, sgmartin@prf.org
Haller Foundation, Walther Foundation donate $1.5 million to Purdue for endowed professorship in cancer biology
A $750,000 donation from the Henry E. Haller Jr. Foundation has endowed a professorship that will support the work of the Purdue Center for Cancer Research and the College of Science in cancer biology. The gift was matched by the Walther Cancer Foundation for a total of $1.5 million.
Media Contact: Jim Bush, jsbush@purdue.edu
About Purdue University
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