As a Purdue master’s degree student in electrical and computer engineering in West Lafayette, Karen D’Souza was impressed by the depth and breadth of the research offered through the university’s Department of Computer Science. So much so that D’Souza was convinced to return to Purdue to complete her PhD in artificial intelligence and machine learning in the educational space.
Purdue is celebrating the contributions, impact and value of its graduate students during Graduate Student Appreciation Week, set for this week (March 31 to April 4). A variety of activities and events hosted by Purdue Graduate Student Government and sponsored by the Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars will take place at and around the West Lafayette campus.
Indiana Chief Justice Loretta Rush, a Purdue University alumna and longtime Tippecanoe County resident, returned to campus March 25 to join Purdue President Mung Chiang for a conversation as part of the Presidential Lecture Series. As chief justice, Rush supervises Indiana’s judicial branch, a role that includes working with the state legislature to secure funding and allocate resources appropriately.
From the moment Mia Schmetter’s grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, the young girl knew she wanted to study the human brain. Schmetter, now a junior studying brain and behavioral sciences in Purdue’s Department of Psychological Sciences, saw the impact of the neurodegenerative disease not only on her grandmother but also in the weight it placed on her parents as caregivers, which drove her into the psychology realm.
