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Purdue launches major cluster hire effort to add 40 full-time faculty as part of $75 million diversity initiative

Purdue is launching one of the largest faculty hiring initiatives in its history as a key part of a $75 million Equity Task Force effort to diversify the racial makeup of its faculty, staff and student ranks.

Media Contact: Matthew Oates, oatesw@purdue.edu

Purdue's 2020 voter registration action plan selected best in the Big Ten for ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge

Purdue’s Voter Engagement Action Plan aimed at promoting student registration and turnout during the 2020 election was selected as the best among its Big Ten peers in the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge.

Media Contact: Phillip Fiorini, pfiorini@purdue.edu

Electric vehicles could fully recharge in under 5 minutes with new charging station cable design

Purdue engineers have invented a new, patent-pending charging station cable that would fully recharge certain electric vehicles in under five minutes – about the same amount of time it takes to fill up a gas tank.

Media Contact: Kayla Wiles, wiles5@purdue.edu

Purdue Agriculture home to 2021 National Thanksgiving Turkeys

Purdue’s Department of Animal Sciences in the College of Agriculture will provide a home and care for the National Thanksgiving Turkey and alternate following this week's National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation at the White House.

Media Contact: Maureen Manier, mmanier@purdue.edu

Anvil supercomputer to forge a new scientific frontier

Purdue’s powerful new Anvil supercomputer will enable new discoveries in fields ranging from hypersonics and deep learning to archeological reconstruction and bone biomechanics.

Media Contact: Amy Patterson Neubert, apatterson@purdue.edu

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