2026 News

Purdue marks grand opening of Third Coast Foundry during San Francisco Deep Tech Week
06/25/2026

June Edition: Newly Issued Patents
06/24/2026

Elisa Bertino elected as ACM President
06/22/2026

How living systems adjust to heat, one gene at a time
06/22/2026

Purdue researcher helps decode the hidden patterns shaping Earth's critical zone
06/22/2026

Purdue Mathematician Lvzhou Chen Receives Kamil Duszenko Award
06/22/2026

Purdue Institute for Cancer Research secures $9.4M in renewal of its National Cancer Institute Cancer Center Support Grant
06/22/2026

Prosper Kpotufe: Pursuing computer science while building community
06/22/2026

Jordan Reynolds: Integrating care and confidence into data and computer science
06/22/2026

Dinosaur-killing asteroid may have helped create a long-lived underground home for life
06/22/2026

Purdue researcher maps how gut microbes interact with food
06/22/2026

Ralph W. and Grace M. Showalter Research Trust Award Recipients
06/22/2026

Purdue names Dan Rubin director of nationally ranked Actuarial Science Program
06/9/2026

First-year students explore rare disease symptom solutions at Harvard HackRare competition
06/8/2026

Purdue researchers develop AI model to capture protein motion, advancing drug discovery
06/8/2026

Deep-Earth channels may help explain western U.S. uplift, volcanism and mineral pathways
06/8/2026

ACM Elects Elisa Bertino as President
06/1/2026

Faster chemical reactions made possible by tiny droplets
06/1/2026

From Pittsburgh to the pit lane: How CS student Anuj Shah turned a dorm room conversation into a motorsports career
06/1/2026

Awards and Scholarships in the Department of Computer Science
06/1/2026

2026 annual EAPS awards
06/1/2026

3 Boilermakers named Goldwater Scholars
06/1/2026

Moon's largest scar may put its deepest secrets within reach of Artemis astronauts
06/1/2026

Honoring Phil Low’s Legacy
06/1/2026

Proof of Excellence: Purdue Math Students Honored
06/1/2026

Meteorite collection gives Purdue students a hands-on path to planetary science
06/1/2026

Vaibhav Pandey receives Excellence in Postdoctoral Mentoring Award
06/1/2026

May Edition: Newly Issued Patents
06/1/2026

2026 Physics and Astronomy Awards
06/1/2026

Jordan Reynolds: Integrating care and confidence into data and computer science
06/1/2026

Where Data Meets Distinction: Statistics Honors Its Best
06/1/2026

Purdue CS team wins 2026 Innovation Bowl with AI verification framework
06/1/2026

College of Science Spring Graduation photo gallery
05/14/2026

A year of advancing the Lilly-Purdue $250M research partnership to accelerate medicine discovery and manufacturing
05/12/2026

Purdue University Teaching Academy announces 11 inductees for 2026
05/12/2026

Purdue launches comprehensive quantum degrees program
05/7/2026

Oyster cement: Scientists study shellfish to make stronger, faster-curing building material
05/7/2026

AI Fusion seed grants help rapidly advance research
05/5/2026

Purdue study confirms stable anyon behavior at the edge of quantum matter
05/5/2026

Purdue team explains the 'cosmic dandelion' left by a medieval supernova
05/5/2026

A year of recognition for mathematician Sam Nariman
05/5/2026

Purdue named a ‘New Ivy’ in Forbes ranking
05/5/2026

Purdue researcher earns NOAA award to study the atmosphere's extreme large-scale patterns and extreme weather
05/5/2026

Where data meets community: Mark Daniel Ward’s impact recognized by students
05/5/2026

The People Behind the Work Biological Sciences Celebrates Staff Excellence
05/5/2026

Purdue to offer AI and STEM professional development for Indiana educators with LEGO® Education Computer Science & AI kits
05/1/2026

Purdue’s space work is featured at NASA Science Showcase
04/28/2026

April Edition: Newly Issued Patents
04/28/2026

96 first-year PhD students named Presidential Excellence Award fellows through graduate program to advance their scholarship, research
04/28/2026

Purdue researchers create tiny “optical window” to see inside opaque battery materials
04/24/2026

Actuarial Science Awards and Graduation Banquet
04/24/2026

A Night to Celebrate: 2026 Biological Sciences Faculty Awards
04/24/2026

Mattoo and Olson recognized for outstanding teaching
04/24/2026

Distinguished Science Alumni Awards
04/24/2026

On the Global Stage: Purdue Mathematician Isaac Harris invited to give two plenary talks at leading conferences
04/24/2026

In Print: ‘AI for Cybersecurity: Research and Practice’
04/24/2026

Video: Highlighted research from Andreas Jung of Purdue Physics and Astronomy
04/24/2026

From Purdue to the frontiers of geometry: Nick Miller returns as Distinguished Science Alumni Award recipient
04/24/2026

NASA associate administrator visits Purdue, tours research facilities
04/24/2026

2 Purdue alumnae complete the crew of the Virgin Galactic all-Boilermaker spaceflight
04/24/2026

From competition to career: Purdue CS supporting future roboticists
04/24/2026

Banner year for Purdue Mathematics as three faculty earn Simons Fellowships
04/24/2026

The hidden work of sleep: How the brain builds itself in early life
04/24/2026

A Purdue Path to Leadership: James West Recognized with Distinguished Science Alumni Award
04/24/2026

Discovery from NASA's Perseverance rover adds new evidence that early Mars had the chemistry needed for life
04/24/2026

Purdue researchers uncover deep mantle process that reshaped the North American midcontinent
04/24/2026

2 Purdue alumnae complete the crew of the Virgin Galactic all-Boilermaker spaceflight
04/16/2026

Video: Purdue Day of Giving is April 29th
04/15/2026

Michael Manfra receives 2026 APS Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Physics Prize
04/15/2026

Innovation Challenge: Integrated Science & Business
04/15/2026

Purdue researchers unite to pioneer "living" neuroelectronics; paper published in Science
04/15/2026

Purdue Engineering pipeline: Semiconductor Degrees Program builds workforce for critical industry
04/15/2026

Purdue University hosted Inaugural Robotics Day
04/9/2026

12 Purdue graduate programs ranked in top 10 in U.S. News & World Report 2026 lists
04/9/2026

Small segments of RNA halt cancer in multiple ways
04/9/2026

Ximena Bernal and Stephanie Gardner named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
04/9/2026

Building connections in risk research: Purdue hosts Midwest actuarial seminars
04/9/2026

Tongcang Li receives Bement Award for innovative quantum research
04/9/2026

Purdue statistician honored with Career Development Award
04/9/2026

Purdue geologist Michael Eddy receives national early career award for Earth history research
04/9/2026

Teaching Excellence Awards 2026
04/9/2026

Protein modification discovery opens cancer therapy possibilities
04/9/2026

Steps to Leaps Announces 2026 Award Winners
04/9/2026

10 Purdue faculty chosen as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
03/30/2026

10 Purdue faculty chosen as fellows of the AAAS
03/27/2026

Bridging data and industry: Purdue faculty lead new ASA interest group
03/24/2026

Purdue to host 27th Annual Cybersecurity Symposium on April 7 and 8
03/24/2026

Back-to-back Nature papers reveal RNA-guided CRISPR system that activates gene expression
03/24/2026

Remembering Purdue’s Dr. Philip Low (video)
03/18/2026

8 Midwestern universities launch Third Coast Foundry to connect startups with Bay Area venture capital
03/18/2026

‘Privacy by design’: Purdue tech protects against identity leaking during AI photo editing
03/18/2026

Advancing Space Exploration at Purdue
03/18/2026

Purdue Chemistry's Qi (Tony) Dong wins DoE Early Career Award
03/18/2026

Purdue physicist earns Air Force Young Investigator award for quantum optics research
03/18/2026

Tan earns ICSE 2026 Most Influential Paper Award
03/18/2026

How a Cellular Switch Helps the Heart Keep Its Rhythm
03/18/2026

After the Impact, a Chemical Kitchen on Titan
03/18/2026

Purdue-led team watches a “frictionless” quantum fluid freeze into a solid-like state
03/18/2026

Purdue Statistics consulting service helps researchers strengthen studies and proposals
03/18/2026

Advancing Space Exploration at Purdue 2026 Recap
03/9/2026

Phil Low, Purdue drug discovery scholar and impactful innovator whose discoveries saved lives, dies at 78
03/5/2026

Hacking for Defense brings high-stakes national security issues into classrooms
03/5/2026

Guang Lin to Lead Purdue’s Role in National Scientific Machine Learning Initiative
03/5/2026

Manfra appointed Purdue’s chief quantum officer
03/5/2026

Purdue Engineering professors Du, Pol named NAI senior members
03/5/2026

Purdue Math Students Deliver Standout Scores in Putnam Exam
03/5/2026

Spafford appointed to MITRE ATT&CK Advisory Council
03/5/2026

Dr. Robin Tanamachi and EAPS student Lindsey Peterson appear on Weather Brains (video)
03/5/2026

Purdue Researchers Identify New Pathway for Treating Aggressive Vascular Cancer
03/5/2026

NAI Fellow 2025: David Nolte
02/26/2026

Purdue Innovates names 2026 Commercialization Fellows advancing lab discoveries to market
02/24/2026

Digital foresters embrace GIS mapping and analysis
02/24/2026

Digital forestry team combines AI with satellite data to monitor urban trees
02/24/2026

Purdue named a top producer of Fulbright scholars for fifth straight year
02/24/2026

Connecting Immune Signaling and Reproductive Health
02/24/2026

February Edition: Newly Issued Patents
02/24/2026

Purdue physicists develop new tool to study exotic quantum behavior tied to future technologies
02/24/2026

As Earth slowed its spin, oceans may have tipped the balance for life
02/24/2026

Purdue-led team creates interpretable AI for emotion recognition
02/16/2026

Purdue students aim to set Guinness World Record with World's Largest Hardware Hackathon
02/16/2026

Kate earns 2025 IACR Test-of-Time Award
02/16/2026

Boilermakers shoot for the moon with innovative solutions during Moonshot Pitch Challenge
02/16/2026

Purdue president, 3 alumni elected to National Academy of Engineering
02/16/2026

Excellence at scale: Purdue ranks seventh nationally for U.S. patents received
02/16/2026

Trustees ratify faculty, dean positions; approve new degree, resolutions of appreciation and namings
02/6/2026

They’re robots, and they’re here to help: Computer scientist improves robot interactions with human beings
02/6/2026

Celik earns Google Academic Research Award to study deceptive monetization in socio-technical systems
02/3/2026

Young Hyun Cho Earns Prestigious ASA SLDS Student Paper Award
02/3/2026

Alumna Claire Wolfer-Jenkins awarded Marshall Scholarship for graduate study in U.K.
02/3/2026

Two research projects selected for Biomolecular Design Seed Grant
02/2/2026

Purdue EAPS at AGU 2025
01/27/2026

AI helps find trees in a forest: Researchers achieve 3D forest reconstruction from remote sensing data
01/27/2026

January Edition: Newly Issued Patents
01/27/2026

Purdue mathematician honored with doctoral thesis prize from Paris region
01/27/2026

Purdue researchers uncover new behavior in quantum light–matter systems
01/27/2026

PhD student Alex Xiao earns American Heart Association fellowship
01/27/2026

Zhang earns NSF Award to advance AI decision-making with discrete data
01/27/2026

How the Brain Recognizes What It’s Seen Before and Why It Matters for Autism Research
01/21/2026

Purdue faculty named in Clarivate’s prestigious 2025 Highly Cited Researchers
01/21/2026

Ancient Desert Clues Reveal Rhythmic Climate Shifts in Early Pleistocene Death Valley
01/21/2026

From Peer Review to Middle School: Translating Science for Young Readers
01/21/2026

Purdue mRNA therapy delivery system proves to be shelf-stable, storable
01/21/2026

Purdue physicist earns NSF CAREER award to explore collective quantum behavior
01/21/2026

2025 Winter Commencement
01/15/2026

Rocks and rolls: The computational infrastructure of earthquakes and physics of planetary science
01/15/2026

Purdue ranks first in research expenditures among Indiana universities
01/15/2026

Purdue and Google Public Sector partner to scale AI integration and accelerate education and research across the institution
01/15/2026

Purdue’s long-standing strengths in co-op and internship opportunities position it among nation’s best
01/15/2026

Major NCI Grant Secured to Advance Cancer Research
01/15/2026

Purdue Physics and Astronomy’s Valentin Walther wins DoE Career Award
01/15/2026

Yeh earns Google Research Scholar Award
01/15/2026