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As Purdue’s Safe Campus Task Force continues to work through the vital decisions that need to be made to safely operate our campus in the fall, I write today to provide some preliminary guidance on the timeline for returning to work for those who are now working remotely.
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The 2020 Major League Baseball season is on hold because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but a Purdue freshman can help avid fans fill the void with an increasingly popular Twitter account. Jeremy Frank, a data science major in Purdue’s College of Science, runs @MLBRandomStats, which features past and present baseball statistics and MLB commentary. The account has over 55,000 followers who want to hear what Frank has to say about stats, analysis and the history of America’s pastime.
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Remote education has forced teachers to use every tool in their toolbox. But augmented reality, which allows both visual and hands-on instruction from any setting, remains out-of-reach for most educators. A team led by Purdue has built an app platform called MetaAR, enabling students and teachers to easily collaborate using augmented reality.
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The latest "This is Purdue" podcast highlights alumnus Joe Ruhl, who has received national recognition for his influence and impact as a science teacher, and alumna Rita Colwell, who moved science research forward on national and global scales as director of the National Science Foundation from 1998 to 2004.
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The College of Agriculture recently led a campus virtual food drive that raised $82,364 for Food Finders Food Bank. According to metrics provided by Food Finders, this translates to 248,761 meals that will feed families in North Central Indiana. The College of Agriculture was joined by nine other major academic units.
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Here is a sampling of recent news reports about Purdue from media across the nation and the world. | |
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