“Screening Precarity: Hindi Cinema and Neoliberal Crisis in Twenty-First Century India” offers an analysis of how contemporary Hindi cinema portrays the failures of neoliberalism in India, showing how post-2010 films document the nation’s shift from the optimism of economic liberalization to disillusionment and the rise of authoritarianism. Co-authored by Megha Anwer, clinical associate professor and associate dean for research in the John Martinson Honors College, the study serves as a critical intervention in the politics of representation, examining how marginal identities are shaped and screened at this complex intersection.
A new study led by Purdue researchers has uncovered why some hurricanes grow significantly larger than others and why this growth occurs rapidly under certain ocean conditions. The research shows, for the first time, that hurricanes grow in size much faster when traveling over locally warm waters where the ocean surface is significantly warmer than the rest of the tropical oceans.
Los Alamos National Laboratory Associate Laboratory Director Mark Chadwick visited Purdue Sept. 18-19 to advance the growing Purdue-LANL partnership and explore opportunities tied to the recently signed memorandum of understanding.
As steel beams rise from the ground and the building’s structure takes shape, the Nursing and Pharmacy Education Building moves closer to welcoming students through its doors for the spring 2027 semester. Currently scattered throughout buildings across campus, nursing and pharmacy students and faculty will find a home in the new four-story building located at the corner of Mitch Daniels Boulevard and Russell Street.
Tests of the PurdueALERT emergency warning notification system are scheduled for 10:15 a.m. Tuesday (Sept. 30) at both the West Lafayette and Indianapolis locations. A test for CampusALERT will also be conducted at all Purdue Polytechnic Institute locations at 2:30 p.m.
