Faculty and Staff News

Summer enrollment increases on track to meet Purdue goals

Summer enrollment at Purdue has increased 40.1 percent since a 2011 initiative started with the goal of boosting the number of students enrolled during the summer to 20,000 in a decade. Summer 2017 saw an enrollment of 9,167, according to the latest briefing from the Office of Institutional Research, Assessment and Effectiveness. A forum on the report will be held at 11 a.m. Friday (Aug. 18) in the Krannert Building, Room G018.

Other Stories

• Portion of State Street now open; final phase of 2017 construction underway

In the Spotlight

Purdue Profiles: Candice Lange

Candice Lange earned her bachelor's degree in pharmacy from Purdue. After a few years of working as a research supervisor at Eli Lilly and Co., she received an MBA from Indiana University, moved into higher management roles at Lilly, and eventually launched new programs in work-life integration and diversity. As her career and family grew, developing people and constructing programs for women became the focus of her career. Now, Lange serves as the director of the Jane Brock-Wilson Women in Management Center in the Krannert School of Management.

Additional News

Research

• ‘Organismic learning’ mimics some aspects of human thought

• Research looks at how to grow food in space, and in cities where there's not much space

General

• Health and Kinesiology, YWCA to offer Cancer Wellness Program for cancer survivors

People

• Native American postdoctoral fellows announced for 2017-18

Purdue in the News

Here is a sampling of recent news reports about Purdue from media across the nation and the world.

• London Daily Mail, India Today, New Atlas: Radical new propulsion system can propel tiny satellites with a spoonful of water

• Indianapolis Business Journal: Lopresti: Boilermakers basketball takes on world in Taipei

• Houston Chronicle: Reporter's notebook: Do we still need advanced biofuels?

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