Gathering with city and state leaders and dignitaries in downtown Indianapolis on Wednesday (April 2), Purdue celebrated the groundbreaking for its new Academic Success Building. The ceremony held at the Indiana Historical Society, just across the street from Purdue’s expansion in the capital city, marked the official start of construction for the 248,000-square-foot redbrick building at the corner of Michigan and West streets.
Purdue will automatically grant general undergraduate admission to Indiana high school students earning the state’s new Honors Plus Enrollment Seal diploma, as part of a new and intensive effort to grow and retain top talent in Indiana. Purdue, in collaboration with the Indiana Commission for Higher Education and the Indiana Department of Education, is taking a leading role in the new initiative announced Wednesday (April 2) to encourage more graduating Indiana high school students to enroll in college and remain in Indiana after they graduate.
Joseph Jewell, the John Bogdanoff Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, has been nominated by President Donald Trump to be the next assistant secretary of defense for science and technology, the White House announced this week.
Purdue has bestowed the 2024 Herbert Newby McCoy Award to Roger Wiens, professor of earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences in the College of Science. The award is the university’s highest honor for contributions to the natural sciences. Wiens was selected for his pioneering research in planetary science and instrumental role in advancing NASA’s Mars exploration efforts.
In “The Unbuilt Bench,” David Peterson, assistant professor of sociology, argues that the scientific study of the mind and human behavior is a different sort of epistemic activity than the work of the natural sciences. Through fieldwork in 10 experimental psychology laboratories and, as a comparison, a molecular biology lab, he explores the concrete practices of experimentation.
Students in Purdue’s School of Aviation and Transportation Technology are set to host the annual Purdue Aviation Day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday (April 5) at the Purdue University Airport. This free, exclusively student-organized event invites the Greater Lafayette community and aviation enthusiasts nationwide to celebrate the past, present and future of aviation.
Alex Psomas, assistant professor of computer science, is an expert in machine learning and artificial intelligence. In this episode of “This Is Purdue,” Psomas explains how these tools can help solve societal issues like food insecurity by outsourcing decision-making to AI — starting right here in Indiana.
