Highlights from Purdue
September 2019
$40 million Lilly Endowment Inc. grant to impact STEM students, jobs
Purdue University on Sept. 10 announced a $40 million Lilly Endowment grant to Purdue Research Foundation to help create Purdue’s Engineering and Polytechnic Gateway Complex, a project designed to meet the growing demand for science, technology, engineering and math graduates ready to contribute to what is being called the fourth industrial revolution: Industry 4.0. More ...
More students than ever choose Purdue for quality, affordable education
Purdue's enrollment at its flagship campus is the highest ever, and the academic credentials of its incoming students as well as graduation rates continue to rise to record levels. Across the system, Purdue this year will serve more than 45,000 Hoosiers. More ...
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Purdue leading $10 million effort to address global food safety
Purdue is now home to a lab aimed at increasing awareness and developing environments for food safety around the world. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded nearly $10 million to Purdue to establish the first-ever Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety, with the opportunity for up to $20 million in additional funding from USAID for research tailored to specific countries' needs. More ...
Purdue's 150th anniversary finale begins with a promise to Indiana
It is always about taking care of business at home. Just a few weeks remain to celebrate Purdue's 150th anniversary, and the land-grant institution is reminding Indiana and the world of its promise for the next 150 years, starting with higher education at the highest proven value. More ...
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Nation's first digitally operated nuclear reactor dedicated at Purdue
How reliable and resilient is an all-digital nuclear reactor? Scientists and engineers at Purdue hope to answer that question by supporting public and private research partnerships at a first-of-its-kind, digitally operated nuclear reactor, licensed by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. More ...
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Unified web portal for discovering, accessing Purdue online programs launches
Purdue Online launched a unified web portal Aug. 21, giving prospective students the ability to search and find online programs across the entire Purdue system on one website. At launch, the portal at online.purdue.edu features over 210 online programs and an additional 150 degree specializations. Purdue Online is the online education initiative adopted in December 2018 by the Board of Trustees at the recommendation of President Mitch Daniels. More ...
Purdue welcomes delivery robots
Purdue's West Lafayette campus is now sharing its sidewalks with a fleet of robots that can deliver meals at the push of a button. Starship Technologies, the world's leading autonomous delivery service, on Sept. 9 launched robot food delivery services at Purdue, the first college in the Big Ten Conference to do so. More ...
Crop report panel: 'We're in uncharted territories' in terms of yield and revenue projections for Indiana's cash crops
Purdue Extension and United States Department of Agriculture experts gathered at the Indiana State Fairgrounds on Aug. 12 to discuss the results of the USDA's crop report and the current status of Indiana's major cash crops. "This was not a normal year," said Greg Matli, Indiana state statistician for the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service, regarding the 2019 USDA crop report. "Nothing like 2019 has happened in our history before." More ...
Purdue Extension launches new emergency preparedness resource for rural communities
Purdue Extension has launched the Purdue Rural Emergency Preparedness program, a statewide program devoted to preparing rural communities for emergencies and disaster relief. The initiative will focus on several different facets of disaster relief, including the dissemination of information, instruction for rural first-responders and training of Extension educators. More ...
Annual report highlights ways to support service members, veterans and families
A new report shows unemployment among U.S. military veterans has decreased and is at its lowest level since the Department of Labor began tracking veteran employment in 2008. The report, led by the Military Family Research Institute at Purdue, serves as a clearinghouse of data on military and veteran families. More ...
Wi-Fi 'antenna' provides options for rural areas
Ah, the joys of living out in the country: the quiet, the space and the peacefulness. Then there's the internet connection, which can go from bad to worse quickly in many rural areas. Purdue researchers soon may have an answer to help create better options for rural Wi-Fi – and the same technology may help airports and the rural transmission of critical data for utilities and other service providers. More ...
Science to reveal how long highway construction should actually take
Wonder why your commute or vacation route has had a lane closed down for so long? Even though a construction project has wrapped up, it still takes time for concrete pavement to be ready to handle heavy traffic. New research may soon give engineers more precise data on how much time is needed before traffic can use new concrete pavement. More ...
Treat cancer with cold plasma? Purdue aerospace engineer helps bring first clinical trial
Cold atmospheric plasma technology, currently the only way to remove microscopic cancer tumors remaining from surgery, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for first-ever use in a clinical trial. More ...
Invasive pests kill so many trees each year, it's equal to 5 million car emissions
Invasive insects and pathogens have wreaked havoc on ash, elm, chestnut trees and others, wiping some of them almost completely from American forests. In addition to the ecological impact, a Purdue University study shows that the carbon storage lost to these pests each year is the same as the amount of carbon emitted by 5 million vehicles. More ...
Sticker makes nanoscale light manipulation easier to manufacture
Human pathogens, such as HIV and viruses causing respiratory tract infection, have molecular fingerprints that are difficult to distinguish. To better detect these pathogens, sensors in diagnostic tools need to manipulate light on a nanoscale. But there isn't a good way to manufacture these light manipulation devices without damaging the sensors. Purdue engineers have a solution: Stickers. More ...
Cybersecurity workforce education and training is focus of new Purdue, Cyberbit partnership
Pilots have flight simulators, soldiers have firing ranges, and now cybersecurity professionals have an opportunity to test their own skills in a cyber range -- a hyper-realistic, immersive simulated environment with the support of Purdue's world-leading cybersecurity faculty and professionals. Purdue is partnering with global leader Cyberbit to launch a Cyberbit Range at the West Lafayette campus and to offer Cyberbit Range simulated training to businesses in the United States. More ...
Designer clothing lets users turn on electronics while turning away bacteria
A new addition to your wardrobe may soon help you turn on the lights and music – while also keeping you fresh, dry, fashionable, clean and safe from the latest virus that's going around. Purdue researchers have developed a new fabric innovation that allows wearers to control electronic devices through clothing. More ...
Pair of Purdue students earn nationally prestigious Goldwater Scholarships
Two Purdue students have earned the Goldwater Scholarship, the nation's preeminent scholarship for undergraduates in mathematics, natural sciences or engineering. Natalie Kadlubowski and Alex Tesmer, both in their third year, are Purdue's 50th and 51st Goldwater Scholars. Congress established the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation in 1986. The highly competitive award offers up to $7,500 toward tuition, fees and board to sophomores and juniors seeking research careers. More ...
Economic Policy Luncheon to focus on effect of government policies on crime
The Purdue University Research Center in Economics will hold an Economic Policy Luncheon on Sept. 25 featuring a talk titled "Oh SNAP!: How Government Policies Can Make Crime Less Appealing." The luncheon will feature Jillian Carr, assistant professor of economics at Purdue, whose research focuses on crime, poverty, and law and economics. More ...
Lafayette-area corn maze themed for Purdue's 'Giant Leaps' wins USA Today contest
A corn maze near Lafayette that is designed to commemorate Purdue University's "150 Years of Giant Leaps" has won USA Today's 10Best Readers' Choice Awards for best corn maze. The maze at Exploration Acres topped mazes around the nation in the contest. Voting took place over a four-week period that ended Aug. 26. More ...
Purdue Systemwide
Purdue Northwest bolsters 'innovation economy' in Northwest Indiana through federal grant
Purdue University Northwest will give a boost to northwest Indiana entrepreneurs starting this fall through a grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration. PNW's program, called "Concept to Commercialization 2020," was one of only 44 nationwide — and the only one from Indiana — to win $386,000 in funding from the Regional Innovation Strategies Program's FY19 i6 Challenge. More ...
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