Check out the latest top stories from Purdue University in this week’s “Purdue News Now,” a one-minute, weekly video update. This week: Purdue is Top 5 in U.S. patents, mental health reminders, PLS guest and a Purdue love story 60 years strong.
Once heavily used in stain-, grease- and water-resistant products, perfluorooctanesulfonic acid was phased out in the early 2000s, but it is a legacy pollutant. Health science researchers at Purdue are exploring the synthetic chemical’s effect on motor behavior and mental health.
Follow the latest news about Purdue University in Indianapolis with our roundup. Topics include a Purdue Polytechnic Institute meet-and-greet and “Purdue's for Me” informational sessions.
Purdue Theatre will present “Bright Star,” a play set in the 1940s about a woman’s journey to rediscover her past after meeting a young soldier. The play opens today (Feb. 16) in the Nancy T. Hansen Theatre at Yue-Kong Pao Hall of Visual and Performing Arts.
Get to know Shye Robinson, president of Purdue Student Government. “Giving back is my priority,” says Robinson, a senior double-majoring in political science and brain and behavioral sciences with a minor in Spanish. “I am who I am today because of the people I’ve met, the places I’ve gone and the experiences I’ve had at Purdue.”
Purdue has formed a partnership with Ascend Indiana to connect more students to good and promising career opportunities in Indiana. Through the Ascend Network, the initiative’s online job matching platform, Purdue students will be able to connect with Indiana jobs and internships and will receive increased one-on-one career guidance and job search support.
