Today's Top 5 From Purdue University

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A decade of affordability: Purdue leads the way, saving students and families $1 billion

Thanks to bold and innovative moves like the 11-year commitment to no tuition or fee increases and a decrease in room and board rates, Purdue students and their families have collectively saved more than a billion dollars since 2012-13, and 60,000 students – eight graduating classes – will have never experienced a tuition increase during their time at Purdue.

Media contact: Tim Doty, doty2@purdue.edu

First-of-its-kind program invites remote workers to make a home at Purdue

Work From Purdue, a first-of-its-kind program, invites and incentivizes remote workers to move to Discovery Park District at Purdue, a live/work community that unites the collaborative, invigorating energy of a campus with the flexibility of remote work.

Media contact: Christy McCarter, mccarter@purdue.edu

Purdue strengthens national security focus with new propulsion lab

Purdue’s work in national security took another giant leap forward with university trustees’ approval of a state-of-the-art high-speed propulsion laboratory, putting the university’s hypersonic testing capabilities on scale with large industry partners.

Media contact: Brian Huchel, bhuchel@purdue.edu

When worlds collide: Studying impact craters to uncover the secrets of the solar system

As an associate professor in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences in Purdue’s College of Science, Brandon Johnson studies the solar system and all its planetary bodies – by modeling how things crash together.

Media contact: Brittany Steff, bsteff@purdue.edu

Purdue University Global Alternative Credit Center honored with Innovate Award by the Online Learning Consortium

Purdue University Global’s Alternative Credit Center received an Innovate Award by the Online Learning Consortium, a collaborative community of higher education leaders and innovators.

Media contact: Tom Schott, tschott@purdue.edu

About Purdue University

Purdue University is a top public research institution developing practical solutions to today’s toughest challenges. Ranked in each of the last four years as one of the 10 Most Innovative universities in the United States by U.S. News & World Report, Purdue delivers world-changing research and out-of-this-world discovery. Committed to hands-on and online, real-world learning, Purdue offers a transformative education to all. Committed to affordability and accessibility, Purdue has frozen tuition and most fees at 2012-13 levels, enabling more students than ever to graduate debt-free. See how Purdue never stops in the persistent pursuit of the next giant leap at https://stories.purdue.edu.