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Purdue is welcoming back thousands of Boilermakers across campus and just formed a new partnership with industry leader Eli Lilly and Company. Trevor Peters has those stories and more in this week’s “Purdue News Now.”

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Purdue and Lilly formalize collaboration to expand the development of new technology and accelerate the pace of delivering medicines to patients

Purdue University and Eli Lilly and Company are strengthening their long-standing strategic research collaboration with the announcement of the Eli Lilly and Company and Purdue University Research Alliance Center (LPRC). The partnership advances bold science through discovery, innovation, education and technology transfer to improve health outcomes around the world. The LPRC will serve as an essential hub for collaborative exploration of new technologies that enhance every phase of pharmaceutical research, from discovery to delivery.

Media contact: Amy Raley, araley@purdue.edu

More than 10,000 new Purdue students will participate in on-campus orientation programs in West Lafayette and Indianapolis

As Purdue prepares to welcome its largest-ever incoming class of Boilermakers to the West Lafayette campus, staff and faculty are encouraged to plan accordingly for heavier pedestrian and vehicular traffic during move-in days, as well as throughout orientation programming. Purdue is projected to welcome its most selective class of undergraduate students for the upcoming 2024-25 academic year as part of the university’s 10th straight year of record applicants.

Media contact: Trevor Peters, peter237@purdue.edu

President Chiang visits Purdue University Fort Wayne and seven counties in northwest and central Indiana

Purdue President Mung Chiang is continuing to canvass the state of Indiana, visiting Purdue’s regional campuses and meeting with Purdue Extension staff in each of Indiana’s 92 counties. Last week, Chiang and other members of his administrative team traveled to northeast Indiana’s Adams, Delaware, Jay, Madison, Tipton and Wells counties and to Purdue University Fort Wayne. The statewide tour, which began in August 2022, illustrates Purdue’s commitment to meet with groups of residents and community leaders to discuss how Indiana’s land-grant institution can be a vital resource and partner in agriculture, health, youth development and economic growth.

Media contact: Wes Mills, wemills@purdue.edu

AP video — How to stop germs as kids head back to school

Libby Richards, a professor in the School of Nursing at Purdue University, explains how people can keep themselves and kids from getting sick as the back-to-school season begins. Around 80 percent of infectious diseases are spread through touch, and classrooms are full of high-touch surfaces such as desks, light switches and shared school supplies. Children also tend to not be good at handwashing but are very good at putting their hands and other objects in their mouths. As a result, a surge in infectious disease spread is very common at the start of a school year.

Media contact: Trevor Peters, peter237@purdue.edu

Your new home for Purdue University News is here

A revamped hub for Purdue University News was launched earlier this week for media to utilize. The site features all the latest happenings at Purdue, with top stories, research excellence articles and our Purdue News Now weekly video archive. A full suite of media resources is also available.

Media contact: Trevor Peters, peter237@purdue.edu 

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