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Purdue is the top-ranked research university in the state, and big news is coming to Mackey Arena on Oct. 24. Derek Schultz has all the latest Boilermaker news in this week\u2019s edition of \u201cPurdue News Now.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Plus, check out five good stories below you may have missed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Purdue surpasses $1B in total research expenditures for the first time<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Purdue University set a new research benchmark for fiscal year 2025, receiving resources that were spent on a record of over $1 billion on research, underscoring the university\u2019s growing role as a national leader in critical fields such as life sciences, computing technologies, advanced manufacturing and AI. Owing to strong award funding levels across all sources, overall research expenditures for the fiscal year that ended June 30 rose 12% over the previous fiscal year and increased almost 40% over the past three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media contact:<\/strong> Trevor Peters, peter237@purdue.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Purdue to acquire Canal Square Apartments in downtown Indianapolis<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Purdue University is continuing to enhance the urban experience for students in Indianapolis with the acquisition of a downtown apartment complex. On Oct. 10, the Board of Trustees approved the university\u2019s intent to purchase Canal Square Apartments, located at 359 N. West St., from the Purdue Research Foundation, pending its successful acquisition. The four-story, 3.63-acre complex will continue to offer students and professionals the opportunity to reside in and enjoy one of the most vibrant and culturally significant areas in the entire city, located a short walk from academic buildings on the existing 28-acre footprint of Purdue\u2019s expansion in Indianapolis. Current tenants\u2019 leases will be honored through the transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media contact:<\/strong> Derek Schultz, schul221@purdue.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

AP video \u2014 Where do Halloween traditions come from?<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dorsey Armstrong is an English professor in Purdue University\u2019s College of Liberal Arts. In this video, she explains how Halloween began and where certain traditions came from. Halloween originated from a mix of pagan and Christian traditions from the British Isles. A Celtic festival called Samhain (sow-wen) celebrated the end of the harvest season around Oct. 31. Several centuries later, the Christian church incorporated this holiday as Hallows\u2019 Eve, the night before All Saints\u2019 Day on Nov. 1. What would become Halloween first came to America with Scottish and Irish immigrants in the 19th century. Going door to door, carving pumpkins, scarecrows, and the colors orange and black are a melting pot of traditions from a variety of people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media contact:<\/strong> Trevor Peters, peter237@purdue.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Purdue-DARPA project explores plants as sentinels for chemical activity<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Purdue University\u2019s College of Agriculture has joined an effort to mobilize plants as chemical intelligence gatherers. Collaborating with STR, an information science company, the Purdue team will test whether plants exhibit observable responses to synthetic chemical exposures. This would include whether a corn plant exposed to a precursor of a chemical of interest responds the same way as it would to a pesticide. The effort is supported by a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program called eX Virentia, Latin for \u201cfrom the greenery.\u201d STR and Purdue are one of four teams nationally to receive DARPA funding for pursuing preliminary work on the project. The unclassified project focuses on plants already found in nature or agriculture; the work involves no genetically modified organisms or hazardous chemicals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media contact:<\/strong> Trevor Peters, peter237@purdue.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CEO of leading transportation manufacturer Wabash to headline Presidential Lecture Series event in November<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The top executive at Lafayette-based transportation manufacturer Wabash will headline Purdue University\u2019s next Presidential Lecture Series event for a conversation on how industry and higher education can collectively advance innovation in manufacturing. Brent Yeagy, a Purdue alum who has been Wabash CEO since 2018, will join Purdue President Mung Chiang for the PLS event at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, in Stewart Center\u2019s Loeb Playhouse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media contact:<\/strong> Trevor Peters, peter237@purdue.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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