Purdue trustees today (June 14) approved the tuition and fee schedule for the 2020 and 2021 fiscal years and the University’s operating budget for the 2020 fiscal year. Tuition will remain frozen on Purdue’s main campus for the seventh and eighth consecutive years — through the 2020-21 academic year — keeping base undergraduate tuition and fees for Indiana residents under $10,000 per year.

Two major construction projects on the West Lafayette campus will move forward this year following a vote from the Board of Trustees today (June 14). Trustees gave approval to plan, finance, construct and award construction contracts for the Engineering and Polytechnic Gateway Phase I and the new Veterinary Medicine Teaching Hospital.

The Board of Trustees today (June 14) ratified seven named and distinguished faculty positions, approved the appointment of the executive vice president for research and partnerships and awarded a posthumous bachelor’s degree to a former IUPUI student. Trustees also issued resolutions of appreciation for friends of the University, including two whose names will be added to campus facilities.

Purdue’s Board of Trustees today (June 14) approved the establishment of a new Department of Public Health as part of a realignment in the College of Health and Human Sciences. The new Department of Public Health will be formed by combining the undergraduate public health program that is in the Department of Health and Kinesiology and the Master of Public Health program that is administered by the college.