Purdue trustees on July 7 approved a resolution to open Purdue’s West Lafayette campus to normal operations for the 2021-22 academic year and directed Purdue senior leaders and the Protect Purdue team to actively monitor COVID-19 developments and take action as necessary to maintain campus continuity. On Saturday (July 17), Purdue communicated additional details relative to the student (undergraduate, graduate and professional) experience for Fall 2021. |
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The echoes from Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the moon are still helping scientists make giant leaps in understanding the moon’s geology. Michelle Thompson, assistant professor of earth, atmospheric and planetary sciences, and Marc Caffee, professor of physics and astronomy, are working on teams that will analyze some of the moon rocks and lunar soil samples from the Apollo 17 mission.
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Want to change the volume of your music just by touching your clothes? Here’s a way to do it that still allows you to wash the clothes — which also charge themselves. This is just one invention by Purdue's FlexiLab, led by Ramses Martinez, professor and engineer. He seeks to put everyday items in easy communication with humans through technology — and to manufacture those items in simple and economical ways that make the inventions truly available.
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There’s a different type of buzz around Purdue Polytechnic High School Schweitzer Center at Englewood these days. That buzz involves beehives, greenhouse projects and hydroponics – all part of the school’s Urban Agriculture Program. The passion project is a partnership among PPHS, Purdue’s Center for the Environment, Purdue Extension, and the colleges of Agriculture, Health and Human Sciences, Liberal Arts and Science. |
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In 2020, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued 175 utility patents on Purdue inventions. That total ranks first in the state of Indiana, first in the Big Ten Conference and sixth internationally. |
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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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