Benefits open enrollment for 2027 begins today (Oct. 27) and ends at 6 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Nov. 10. All Purdue University and Purdue Global employees are strongly encouraged to review and actively enroll for 2027 benefits. Remember: The health benefit choices made during open enrollment will be in effect for all of 2027 unless a qualifying life event occurs.
After 20 years of flat growth, America’s demand for electricity is exploding, creating a demand for safe and scalable nuclear reactor technology. Small modular reactors and microreactors are emerging to meet that need, driving a national nuclear resurgence, but there is a severe shortage of nuclear-literate engineers, managers and policymakers. Three powerhouse public research universities — Arizona State University, Purdue and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville — have united to respond to this in a flexible, trilateral alliance: the New Nuclear Academic Consortium.
The Purdue Alumni Association has named Bharat Bhargava and Ron Lemenager as recipients of the 2026 Special Boilermaker Award for their dedication to Purdue. This award honors members of the Purdue faculty or staff who have contributed significantly to the improvement of the quality of life or the betterment of the educational experience for a substantial number of students.
Purdue’s Ben and Maxine Miller Child Development Laboratory School, where children, families, students and researchers come together to shape the highest quality early childhood education, celebrates its 100-year anniversary. The lab school, which is housed in the Department of Human Development and Family Science, is taking a moment to appreciate its past and build its momentum toward the future.
