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The Purdue Board of Trustees announced Friday (June 10) its unanimous election of Dr. Mung Chiang, currently the John A. Edwardson Dean of Engineering and executive vice president for strategic initiatives, as the university’s next president. Chiang will replace current president Mitch Daniels effective Jan. 1, 2023. Daniels has served since January 2013.
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The new episode of “This Is Purdue” highlights Rusty Rueff, a College of Liberal Arts alumnus, philanthropist, investor and advisor. Listen in as Rueff discusses art’s crucial relationship to humanity, leading the company Electronic Arts through the video game industry boom and what the Purdue community means to him.
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After a career at Purdue that has spanned more than 40 years, Jeff Fields has learned a thing or two about what it means to be persistent, especially when it comes to the day-to-day responsibilities of farming. Fields, the senior farm manager at Purdue’s Animal Sciences Research and Education Center, was recently recognized for his efforts with the 2022 MaPSAC Excellence Award.
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Constant construction on your vacation route, jarring potholes during the winter and bridge collapses will continue until roads are “smart enough” to better prevent their own damage, says Luna Lu, a professor in the Lyles School of Civil Engineering. Lu is investigating unique ways to build artificial intelligence into concrete-paved bridges and highways, enabling them to prevent and repair their own damage.
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Beth Hess has been there, done that. That’s why she feels so strongly about the importance of connecting course concepts with real-world applications. Before joining the School of Mechanical Engineering in 2016, Hess spent eight-plus years with MED Institute Inc., a product development company in West Lafayette, rising from a clinical project manager to research engineer. |
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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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