Check out the latest top stories from Purdue University in this week’s “Purdue News Now,” a one-minute, weekly video update. This week: Admission and housing deadlines extended, Forbes ranking, semiconductor partnership and another Presidential Lecture Series guest.
Purdue’s Midwestern Regional Climate Center has launched its new interactive chilling hours tool. Growers now can more closely monitor accumulated chilling hours, an important factor that tracks how long fruit plants have been exposed to an ideal range of cool temperatures throughout the dormant season.
When news broke about the split between Purdue and Indiana universities in Indianapolis, Tracey Birdwell recognized the visionary potential of Purdue University in Indianapolis. Birdwell seized the opportunity when the position of assistant director for faculty support opened at Purdue’s Center for Instructional Excellence.
Follow the latest news about Purdue University in Indianapolis with our roundup. Topics include a College of Engineering town hall meet-and-greet and a collaborative project with the goal of curing blindness caused by certain retinal diseases.
Purdue alumna Julie Kramer White sent her career rocketing during the shuttle era. Kramer White is now leading NASA to the moon and Mars as the director of engineering for the Johnson Space Center.
