Teams of Purdue University students won a combined $5,500 in prizes during the finals of the Moonshot Pitch Challenge, a semiannual, ideation-focused competition organized by the Purdue Innovates Incubator. Submissions for the spring 2025 Moonshot Pitch Challenge will begin in February.
After Kazuki Koide earned an undergraduate degree in Japan, he was hired in sales at Mitutoyo America Corp. In 2020, he was transferred to Chicago when he was promoted to purchasing specialist. Feeling a need to learn more about supply chain management, he completed an MITx MicroMaster program. He then decided to pursue an online master degree in global supply chain management at Purdue. “I had classmates from all over the world, which gave me a great perspective of supply chain management issues in other countries,” he says.
The One Health Alumni Reunion at Purdue University will take place Nov. 14-16 on the West Lafayette campus. All are welcome to register for this first-of-its-kind event, including alumni, faculty, staff, students, friends and fans of Purdue. The event will bring together Boilermakers who serve in the medical profession — supporting human, plant and animal health — for a weekend of special programming with President Mung Chiang, First Lady Kei Hui and faculty across health-related fields.
Each year, the U.S. Department of Commerce holds Manufacturing Day on the first Friday in October to show students, parents and the public what modern manufacturing is all about. This Manufacturing Day, Oct. 4, Purdue celebrated its role in advancing new manufacturing technologies with three major events.
A spring break trip might not be the first place one would think to find an internship, but a trip to San Francisco with University Residences’ Executive in Residence provided the connection Purdue sophomore Laju Eribo was looking for to obtain her summer internship.
In the latest episode of “This Is Purdue,” George Karlaftis, Kansas City Chiefs defensive end and two-time Super Bowl champion, discusses how he balanced being an All-Big Ten first team athlete with earning a degree in selling and sales management. Related: Watch the full video on YouTube.
Thank you, Lauren, Hannah (both Purdue Memorial Union Event Services) and Victoria (Administrative Operations) for designing, planning and executing a flawless 100th anniversary celebration for the Purdue Memorial Union that included two weeks of programming, a birthday celebration, a walking museum, a time capsule for the next 100 years, and a formal celebration and dedication on Sept. 17. All of these activities honored the legacy of the PMU and celebrated the importance it has had to the Purdue University community. Amazing job! — Nick Bonora (Purdue Conferences)
