Category: Message

May 15, 2026

Spring 2026 Commencement Remarks

Purdue President Mung Chiang made these remarks during the university's Spring 2026 Commencement ceremonies May 14-16. Today marks a special occasion for all of you: no more tuition bills, and no more final exams! Unless you want to pursue another...

May 11, 2026

Thank you for another great year

May 11, 2026 Dear Boilermaker students and colleagues, We arrive again at the end of another academic year where each of you contributed to untold numbers of shared successes and experiences. Because of your exceptional work each day, this time...

January 8, 2026

Welcome to 2026 at Purdue

January 9, 2026 Dear Boilermakers, As we launch another momentous academic semester, I am excited to welcome you back to a Purdue community with a stable environment and growing opportunities for the scholarly pursuit by each individual student and colleague....

December 1, 2025

2025 at Purdue: A Boilermaker Year in Review

2025 has been a year of records in Purdue history: the most selective incoming class and the first time that the annual research expenditure exceeded $1 billion, as well as in the history of American higher education, with the largest university-industry research partnership...

May 9, 2025

A Special Thank You for Making History at Purdue

May 9, 2025 Dear Purdue University Colleagues and Students, As we conclude this busy semester, we are excited to announce that today Eli Lilly and Company and Purdue University signed a partnership agreement where Lilly will provide up to $250...

December 13, 2024

2024 Boilermaker Year in Review

Purdue University broke new records in almost all dimensions of student admissions and success, research and innovation, finance and philanthropy, infrastructure and partnerships, rankings and visibility in fiscal year 2024 that concluded in June. Then the second half of 2024...

August 19, 2024

President Mung Chiang’s Welcome Message, Fall 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5LyWP5L46c As we embark on another momentous academic year, President Mung Chiang extends a warm welcome to all Boilermakers. This year promises exciting opportunities for collaboration and growth across all Purdue locations. Here’s to a year filled with achievements and...

June 18, 2024

Purdue University 2023-24 Highlights

June 27, 2024 Dear Boilermakers, With the 2023-24 fiscal year ending at Purdue University, we are ever grateful for the tremendous work by colleagues and students who strive each day for one brick higher toward excellence at scale. It was...

April 8, 2024

A special message about safety

April 8, 2024Dear Purdue students, Today is special. This afternoon, a total solar eclipse will visit Indianapolis, where we open our first urban campus this July. The next such appearance in Indianapolis will be 129 years from now. Instructors have been encouraged...

April 2, 2024

Winning in the Boilermaker way — with integrity, pride, respect and safety

April 1, 2024 Dear Purdue University community, On Sunday afternoon in Detroit, Purdue’s men’s basketball team continued the winningest season in program history with a victory that sends our Boilermakers to the NCAA Final Four for the first time in...