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Purdue Today
September 2, 2025
| SCHOLARLY EXCELLENCE
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New method probes cancer cell messengers that weaken immune system
Certain types of biochemical processes can impair the immune system’s ability to recognize and kill cancer cells. Biochemistry professor W. Andy Tao and his associates have developed a new way to study these processes. They demonstrated the validity of their method in experiments involving leukemia and rare liver cancer cell lines.
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  • Purdue researchers help bridge brain tumor cesium-131 radiotherapy from humans to canines
  • Reminder: Visit Federal Funding Updates website for latest information
| THINGS TO KNOW
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‘This Is Purdue’: Is college still worth it? (And how it’s rapidly changing)
Higher ed is evolving to meet students and families where they are. And Purdue is ahead of the curve. On the latest episode of “This Is Purdue,” hear from Matt Butler, senior associate commissioner and chief academic officer for the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, and Brent Yeagy, president and CEO of Wabash. As Boilermaker alumni and experts in their fields, they’ve experienced firsthand how a Purdue degree sets students up for future success, wherever they go.
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Watch: Together we say, ‘Boiler Up!’
We’re celebrating our rallying cry heard everywhere. From Ross-Ade Stadium to airports around the world. In times of celebration and moments of grit. By students, alumni, faculty, staff — anyone who hails Purdue (including Zach Edey, of course).
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FACULTY AND STAFF
  • Policy updates for September
  • This week’s ‘Thumbs Up’ recipients
GENERAL
  • Commemorate 150 years of Purdue Engineering
EVENTS
  • Purdue University Events Calendar
TEACHING AND LEARNING
  • Purdue and ISTAT dual certificate program opens doors for future commercial aviation industry professionals
PURDUE IN THE NEWS
  • The Independent: Styling your hair could make your morning routine as polluting as standing in traffic
  • Fox 59: Purdue to launch brand new programs aimed at keeping students in Indiana
  • Interesting Engineering: U.S. researchers engineer enzymes to create recyclable bioplastics from crops, farm waste
  • Fox 59: Purdue University named among Forbes’ top 25 public universities
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