March 2015
Lilly Endowment invests $40 million in Purdue, state, students
The biggest cash donation in Purdue's history will fund initiatives designed to foster groundbreaking research, expand high-tech job growth throughout Indiana as well as nationally and globally, and enhance opportunities for students. This $40 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. will support five transformational projects in the colleges of Engineering and Technology as well as Purdue Libraries. More ...
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New propulsion facilities to expand jet engine research
Lilly Endowment's donation supports expansion of the nation's largest university propulsion laboratory for research aimed at reducing fuel consumption and emissions for next-generation jet engines. More ...
Extension partnership gets $14 million to help Indiana manufacturers
The Purdue Manufacturing Extension Partnership Center has won $13.79 million in federal funding over the next five years to serve the competitive needs of small and mid-sized manufacturers in Indiana. More ...
Purdue in Princeton Review's top 200 'best value' colleges
Purdue is among the Princeton Review's 200 "best value" colleges for 2015, and Purdue’s alumni network was ranked No. 11. The listing is based on an analysis of 40 data points, including such items as academics, cost, financial aid, and student debt, as well as statistics on graduation rates, alumni salaries and job satisfaction. More ...
Discovery Park hits $1 billion milestone
A new video focuses on the story behind the success. More ...
Solar energy savings
The probability of saving money by using solar energy rather than standard grid electricity is 92 percent for Indiana farm businesses and about 50 percent for homes, Purdue University energy economists find. More ...
Purdue, city partner to reimagine State Street corridor
The Board of Trustees approved preparatory actions to lay the foundation for a joint project with the city of West Lafayette to reimagine and reinvigorate the State Street corridor, which runs through the heart of campus. More ...
USDA grant to help Purdue reach out to beginning farmers
A team of Purdue University faculty, staff and Extension educators will lead a U.S. Department of Agriculture effort in Indiana aimed at supporting new and beginning farmers and ranchers. More ...
Elevate Purdue Foundry Fund awards grants to startups
Ten Indiana startups will each receive a $20,000 award from a fund operated jointly by the Purdue Foundry and Elevate Ventures. Twenty-six applied from nearly every sector. More ...
Student Success
Purdue ranks top in state in helping students graduate on time
Purdue leads three of the four categories in an Indiana Commission for Higher Education report that shows that double-digit progress has been made in the percentage of Indiana college students enrolled and completing the minimum number of courses to graduate on time for 2013-14. These changes went into effect when Indiana adopted financial aid reform in 2013. The student-friendly reforms were adopted to improve graduation rates and lower college debt. More ...
Amazon opens first-ever staffed, campus pickup location at Purdue
Last fall, Amazon@Purdue and Purdue formed a partnership to provide students a convenient, cost-saving new option for receiving textbooks and other college essentials from Amazon, as well as a hassle-free way to return textbook rentals and other orders. Now, Amazon has opened and staffed a pickup location on campus. More ...
Purdue applications set all-time record
More than 44,046 prospective first-year students have submitted applications for fall 2015 to the West Lafayette campus, according to Purdue’s Office of Admissions. This is a 17.4 percent increase from this time last year. More ...
New data visualization tools illuminate trends in students switching majors, enrollment
In a quick glance, Purdue can now see the flow of students between majors, colleges and departments. Some findings: The greatest block of students transferring from the College of Liberal Arts in 2013 headed to Purdue’s College of Health and Human Sciences. Most students who transferred to Liberal Arts, on the other hand, came from Purdue’s College of Engineering. More ...
Purdue Systemwide
Daniels, trustees request 'metropolitan university' designation for IPFW
The status of Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne would change from "regional campus" to "metropolitan university" if approval is given to a request by Purdue President Mitch Daniels, on behalf of the Purdue Board of Trustees, made in a Jan. 30 letter to Teresa Lubbers, commissioner of the Indiana Commission for Higher Education.
Daniels also requested that the commission modify the metrics applied to IPFW through the state’s performance funding formula. This change would recognize the contributions to the state and regional economy made by IPFW graduates in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). More …
Purdue University Calumet earns cybersecurity excellence center recognition
The National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security have designated Purdue University Calumet a Center for Academic Excellence for Information Assurance and Cyber Defense. As a designated center, Purdue Calumet, through its Department of Computer Information Technology and Graphics, will further research and education in information assurance and cyber defense. More …
Purdue Calumet electrical engineering professor receives NSF CAREER grant
For the first time, a Purdue University Calumet engineering faculty member has received the National Science Foundation's prestigious CAREER Award grant. Besma Smida, assistant professor of electrical engineering, will use the grant to enhance spectrum efficiency for cellphones and other wireless communicative devices through exploring a new paradigm for two-way wireless networks. The value of the grant could increase to more than $425,000 over five years. More …
Purdue Calumet is training job-ready advanced manufacturing technicians
A $2.7 million U.S. Department of Labor grant to Purdue University Calumet is supporting free training for 300 Trade Adjustment Assistance-eligible workers — military veterans, those affected by foreign trade job loss and others underemployed or unemployed. TAA training sessions of 21 weeks begin each month through 2015. More …
Purdue in the News
Tech Transfer: Purdue tech transfer hitting its stride after changes
National Review: Daniels speaks out about the economic harm done by student debt
The Economist: The two worlds of deindustrialisation
Wall Street Journal: Amazon makes a push on college campuses
Indianapolis Recorder: Purdue, IU team up to increase underrepresented student enrollment
WISH-TV, Journal & Courier, WLFI: GE Aviation bringing engine maintenance services, more jobs
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