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Purdue Leads NSF-Funded Midwest Agrivoltaics Incubator to Boost Rural Energy and Economic Resilience to Extreme Weather
November 13, 2025
Purdue University has received a National Science Foundation grant to establish the Regional Resilience Innovation Incubator (R2I2): Midwest Agrivoltaics for Resilient Communities. This initiative aims to help rural Midwest communities withstand extreme weather by integrating agriculture with solar energy systems. The Phase 1 award positions Purdue to compete for up to $15 million in Phase 2 funding.
ISF: Study Reveals How Eavesdropping Predators Develop Hunting Strategies
June 11, 2025
Dr. Ximena E. Bernal, a professor in Purdue University's Department of Biological Sciences, and faculty affiliate of the Purdue Institute for a Sustainable Future, has co-authored a new study which has uncovered how young fringe-lipped bats (Trachops cirrhosis) learn to identify and hunt prey—not through instinct, but by listening, learning the mating calls of their prey, and observing mature bats.
ISF: Study Reveals How Eavesdropping Predators Develop Hunting Strategies
Karen Plaut - June Dimensions of Discovery Introduction
June 6, 2025
As many of you know, after 15 years at Purdue as associate dean for research, dean, and executive vice president for research, I will be retiring on June 30.
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Laboratory and University Core Facility Research Equipment Program
May 9, 2025
The Office of Research recently announced 31 faculty awardees from the 2024-26 round of Purdue’s Laboratory and University Core Facility Research Equipment Program – Type I.
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Kinley Award winners announced
May 9, 2025
Five Purdue faculty members have been named 2025 recipients of the Kinley Award. This year’s awardees are: Natasha Jaiswal (health and kinesiology), Noori Kim (engineering technology), and Kristine Marceau (human development and family sciences), Eric Waltenburg (political science), and Xiang Zhou (educational studies).
