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It’s been over a year since Purdue’s board of trustees approved the renovation of more than 35,000 square feet in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Education Library.

A Purdue University-connected startup has received federal funding to innovate an industry projected to reach $4.4 billion by 2028.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a $10 million grant to Purdue University to help landowners and stakeholders better adapt their forests to increasingly complicated economic and climate conditions in the Eastern U.S.

Andrea Hayes had familial ties that made an opportunity very appealing to join Purdue University’s faculty as an assistant professor focusing on public health literacy in the Libraries and School of Information Studies.

The Purdue University Board of Trustees on Friday (April 8) ratified four faculty appointments and the promotion and tenure of faculty, and approved two new programs, civics literacy plans for Purdue Fort Wayne, Purdue Northwest and Purdue Schools at IUPUI, and resolutions of appreciation for two retirees.

Her list of accolades stretches high - just like the altitude, speed and distance records she broke. For about two years, Earhart brought her knowledge and records to the next generation of aviators at Purdue University.

Purdue University’s College of Agriculture food drive recently raised $43,947.56 for Food Finders Food Bank Inc. According to metrics provided by Food Finders, this amount translates to 133,900 meals that will feed families in North Central Indiana. The College of Agriculture was joined in the drive by nine other major academic units: Purdue Libraries; the colleges of Education, Engineering, Health and Human Sciences, Liberal Arts, Pharmacy and Science; the Honors College; and Purdue Polytechn...

Purdue trustees ratify faculty positions, approve new degree programs, award posthumous degree, honor friends of the university Note to Journalists: Photos are available on Google Drive. Journalists visiting campus should follow visitor health guidelines. Barry Pittendrigh WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Purdue University Board of Trustees on Friday (Feb. 5) ratified two faculty positions, approved three new degree programs and awarded a posthumous bachelor’s degree. Trustees also issued ...

Purdue preparing teachers for a post-pandemic world where online learning remains prevalent A new online teacher professional development program underway at Purdue will train teachers how to better engage and support students who are learning online. (Julia Cameron/Pexels) One of these days, the spread of COVID-19 will be corralled, but a Purdue program to train teachers how to better engage and support students online is likely to keep spreading. That’s the intent of a new online tea...