{"id":2698,"date":"2023-03-02T13:14:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T13:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/?p=2698"},"modified":"2024-06-14T13:22:30","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T13:22:30","slug":"todays-top-5-from-purdue-university-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/2023\/Q1\/todays-top-5-from-purdue-university-27","title":{"rendered":"Today\u2019s top 5 from Purdue University"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Only university ranked, Purdue recognized for strides in building the semiconductor workforce and research of the future<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Purdue University, for the first time, has been named one of the World\u2019s Most Innovative Companies. The only university among Fast Company magazine\u2019s prestigious\u00a0Top 50 Most Innovative Companies<\/a>, No. 16 Purdue follows OpenAI (at No. 1, developer of ChatGPT and Dall-E) and leads NASA (No. 17) and\u00a0The Walt Disney Company (No. 25) as organizations \u201cpaving the way for the innovations of tomorrow\u201d and \u201csetting the standard with some of the greatest accomplishments of the modern world.\u201d Overall, the list acknowledges 540 organizations across 54 categories and regions around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media<\/strong>contact<\/strong>: Christy McCarter,\u00a0mccarter@purdue.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cThis Is Purdue\u201d Podcast: Heather Penney<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Heather Penney, a Purdue graduate and former D.C. Air National Guard fighter pilot, shares her incredible story from 9\/11, when she was prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice with her flight lead, Marc Sasseville. Penney reflects on the events of that historic day, from being selected to complete the mission to stop the hijacked United Airlines Flight 93 to being grounded after hours of time in the air to how she feels about that day now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media contact:<\/strong>\u00a0Kate Young,\u00a0taylor58@purdue.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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New assay accelerates E. coli testing process<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A team led by Purdue University\u2019s Bruce Applegate has developed a new time-saving assay to detect an especially severe strain of E. coli in ground beef. The new assay has promising implications for nations in Africa, South America and elsewhere that have fewer resources than the U.S. to invest in food safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media contact:<\/strong>\u00a0Maureen Manier,\u00a0mmanier@purdue.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Helping construction material manufactures reduce the energy consumption, carbon footprint of heating and cooling homes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Purdue researchers have developed a method that turns bricks, concrete panels and drywall into materials that store thermal energy, reducing energy consumption of heating and cooling buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media contact:<\/strong>\u00a0Steve Martin,\u00a0sgmartin@prf.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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Purdue Global celebrates nearly 1,000 graduates in Anaheim commencement ceremonies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Family and friends celebrated Purdue Global\u2019s Winter 2023 Commencement on Saturday (Feb. 25) at the City National Grove of Anaheim in California. Nearly 1,000 candidates received their degrees during two in-person ceremonies and one virtual ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media contact:<\/strong>\u00a0Matthew Oates,\u00a0oatesw@purdue.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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