Purdue Today. 150 Years of Giant Leaps

May 16, 2019

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Faculty and Staff News

Three professors to receive Purdue’s most prestigious
research awards

Three Purdue professors — Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth, Evgenii Narimanov and Sabre Kais — have been chosen to receive the University's most prestigious research awards.

Things to Know

Purdue to hold public hearing for tuition and fee proposals
Reminder: Life changes may require benefit changes
Five ways to be more accessible for Global Accessibility Awareness Day, and every other day

Things to Do

Proposals invited for Purdue Global Village conference
Meeting set to begin planning Homecoming 2019
No-cost preventive screening mammograms once again available to Purdue employees

In the Spotlight

learning hydroponics in Cameroon

Purdue startup assists Cameroon with developing
hydroponic farming methods, entrepreneurship

Cameroon, a West African country in the Congo region, has long relied on foreign aid to feed its citizens due to the extreme desert climate in some areas and a continued influx in refugees and orphaned children from neighboring nations. Through support from the Mandela Washington Fellowship, Scott Massey, a Purdue graduate and founder of Heliponix, recently completed a workshop to provide Cameroon residents and farmers with practical advice and resources to develop low-cost hydroponic farms.

Additional News

Mike Hepfer

Footprints video:
Mike Hepfer

Mike Hepfer took a giant leap when he co-founded the startup Leo Aerospace Inc. while a student in Purdue's School of Industrial Engineering. Hepfer now is leaving his footprint in the aerospace industry.

graduate receives embrace outdoors

ICYMI: Commencement
photo gallery

Three days. Six ceremonies. Nearly 6,000 students in attendance. Purdue celebrated the next class of Boilermakers on May 10-12 on the West Lafayette campus. Check out the weekend's events in this photo gallery.

General

Renowned Purdue University scientist Michael Rossmann dies

Research

New nitrogen fertilizer texture may reduce nitrate levels, make water safer
Nature paper offers global map to understand changing forests
Researchers in various studies looking for participants

Campus

Security ranking tabs Purdue campus as state’s safest
Envision Center unveils new virtual, augmented reality environment

People

College of Health and Human Sciences announces new associate dean for research

Sports

Football to host Fresno State in 2023

Events

This Week's Events
Next Four Weeks
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Lectures and Guest Speakers

Other Events

Purdue hosting fourth annual agBOT Challenge
Vintage Indiana Festival to showcase Hoosier wines

Purdue in the News

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

NBC ("Today"), U.S. News & World Report: How ISAs are taking strain of student loan debts off graduates
Vox: People say they care about privacy but they continue to buy devices that can spy on them
Defense One: Engineers pitch clean-energy plants along border
Popular Mechanics: Hummingbirds 1, Drones 0
Inside INdiana Business, Indianapolis Business Journal:
$5M gift to support Purdue business analytics leadership
Inside INdiana Business: IIB weekly wrap: Saab expanding in West Lafayette
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