Purdue alumnus and U.S. Rep. Jim Baird of Indiana’s 4th Congressional District, which includes the city of West Lafayette, will deliver the address at Purdue’s three Winter 2024 Commencement ceremonies Dec. 15. The winter 2024 graduating class will include 2,345 undergraduates, 1,241 graduate students, 15 students from professional programs and 50 students from Purdue Polytechnic Institute’s statewide programs. The ceremonies mark the first commencement for students graduating from Purdue’s new urban campus expansion in Indianapolis.
The Purdue Memorial Union Christmas tree has been a centerpiece of Boilermakers’ holiday traditions for decades. View images of the PMU Christmas tree arriving as Purdue celebrates the 2024 holiday season.
Purdue announced today (Nov. 25) the appointment of Luna Lu, the Reilly Professor in the Lyles School of Civil Engineering, as vice president of the Office of Industry Partnerships. Lu, who will report to the senior vice president for partnerships and online with a dotted line to the executive vice president for research, begins this new role Jan. 1, 2025.
The typical college assignment might end when the final grade is posted, but at Purdue, learning often goes far beyond the classroom. Picture a student collaborating with a local nonprofit to solve a pressing community issue, or interning with a leading tech firm in Indianapolis to launch a new project. This is what experiential education at Purdue looks like — hands-on, real-world learning that bridges the gap between academic theory and professional practice. With support from the Office of Experiential Education, Purdue students dive into a variety of purposeful, skill-building activities designed to prepare them for future careers.
Gautschi, Purdue’s newest supercomputing community cluster, has debuted at No. 7 among U.S. universities and in the top third of the world’s most powerful supercomputers as listed in the new Top 500 list. The ranking was released in Atlanta this week at SC24, an international conference for high-performance computing, networking, storage and analysis.
Purdue researchers across all campuses and disciplines have recently received 20 patents on their intellectual property from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
The quality and impact of work led by Purdue researchers continue to be recognized by external funding bodies. Here are the researchers who received Sponsored Program awards approaching $1 million or greater in October.
Purdue Dining & Culinary hosted its popular Thanksgiving dinner Thursday (Nov. 21) at dining courts across campus. The dining courts invited students to enjoy a celebration of traditional Thanksgiving foods, including 5,200 pounds of turkey, 2,150 pounds of ham, 225 gallons of gravy, 500 gallons of mashed potatoes, 13,500 rolls, 450 gallons of cider and 1,200 pies.
In alignment with Senate Enrolled Act 202, which took effect July 1, Purdue Provost Patrick Wolfe and Vice President for Ethics and Compliance Alysa Christmas Rollock have had ongoing conversations with University Senate leadership to ensure compliance with SEA 202 and related requirements of the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, while also serving the best interests of the university and its commitments to academic freedom and faculty tenure.
In the latest episode of “This Is Purdue,” Anthony Cawdron, Westwood event coordinator and estate manager, and adjunct hospitality and tourism management faculty member, shares behind-the-scenes stories of Westwood — from its interesting history to what it takes to host events.
Shoutout to Jen, Zach (both Resident Activities) and their team for putting together the Jay Severson Student Leadership Retreat for the hall club student leaders within University Residences. It was an amazing opportunity where student leaders were able to learn more about themselves, explore ways to lead their teams, collaborate with one another and have a little fun. Thanks for all you do! — Adam Iserman (Resident Activities)
