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Program growth and industry partnerships highlight Purdue’s first year in Indianapolis

At the completion of the inaugural 2024-25 academic year, Purdue’s expansion in the capital city is positioning the university as a catalyst for innovation and economic development in Indiana through strong educational foundations and the development of powerful partnerships with business leaders, while increasing its presence throughout Indianapolis.

Purdue announces spatial computing hub

Purdue, in collaboration with Apple, plans to launch a spatial computing hub utilizing Apple Vision Pro in Fall 2025 to enable collaborative research, innovative educational programs and industry engagement. The spatial computing hub will enable innovative training and workforce development for critical fields including semiconductor and pharmaceutical manufacturing.

Lilly plans to expand Purdue University collaboration with up to a $250 million investment to accelerate pharmaceutical innovation

Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) and Purdue University announced today a significant expansion of their long-standing alliance, with Lilly’s planned investment of up to $250 million in the collaboration over the next eight years.

Purdue’s Office of Industry Partnerships announces new faculty fellowship program

The Office of Industry Partnerships (OIP) has established a Faculty Fellowship of Industry Partnership program designed to enhance Purdue’s partnerships with industry and is seeking faculty applicants for the fellowships, which provide $5,000 per year in discretionary funding for faculty members to further their missions.

Gintaras V. (Rex) Reklaitis, the Burton and Kathryn Gedge Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering and a member of the Young Institute, works on pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment in Purdue University’s FLEX Lab. (Purdue University photo/Charles Jischke)

Purdue aims to speed evolution of pharma manufacturing in collaboration with Lilly and Merck

Purdue University, in collaboration with Eli Lilly and Company and Merck & Co. Inc., announced Friday (Jan. 17) the launch of the Young Institute Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Consortium, a collaborative effort to pioneer advances in making medicines.

Academic Success Building rendering, Purdue University (Image provided)

First look: Purdue’s new Academic Success Building in Indianapolis

Conceptual renderings of Purdue’s new Academic Success Building in Indianapolis were released Wednesday (Jan. 15), bringing a uniquely Purdue look to the Circle City.

Vijay Raghunathan appointed to national advisory board to help shape U.S. semiconductor workforce, strengthening Purdue’s leadership

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Vijay Raghunathan, Purdue’s vice president for global partnerships and programs, director of semiconductor education, and a professor in the Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been appointed as an inaugural member of the...

Purdue President Mung Chaing announced the historic $3.7 billion SK hynix partnership in April. The U.S. Department of Commerce announced $458 million in funding through the CHIPS Act for the advanced packaging fabrication and R&D facility planned for West Lafayette, Ind. (Purdue University photo/Kelsey Lefever)

SK hynix receives $458 million of CHIPS Incentives Award for AI semiconductor facility and R&D center at Purdue Research Park

Purdue’s historic partnership with SK hynix received the definitive award from the CHIPS and Science Act to fund SK hynix’s semiconductor advanced packaging plant for artificial intelligence products and an R&D center in West Lafayette.

Office of Research announces Defense Department research collaboration travel grants

The Office of Research recently announced a new support program for the development of sustained research collaborations between Purdue faculty and members of the Department of Defense (DOD) research community targeting a specific funding opportunity. Purdue faculty can apply for...