NASA’s Mars 2020 rover mission and Purdue planetary scientist Briony Horgan are approaching a new phase in the search for details about the red planet’s history and potential for previously hosting life. The mission’s Perseverance rover is only weeks away from emerging from the 28-mile-wide Jezero Crater to explore new terrain. It’s a point in the mission Horgan set her sights on following the rover’s landing in the crater four years ago.
Eight Purdue researchers were named in Clarivate’s 2024 list of Highly Cited Researchers, demonstrating their research excellence and influence in their fields. Each selected researcher has authored multiple papers that rank among the top 1% in citations in the respective fields, as recorded in the Web of Science from 2013-23.
Purdue invites the public to experience an evening of music, storytelling and reflection at Terence Blanchard’s "Fire Shut Up in My Bones”: Excerpts in Concert at 7 p.m. Jan. 21 at Stewart Center's Loeb Playhouse. This free event, part of the university’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration, is presented by the Purdue University Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging and powered by Purdue Convocations.
The Purdue for Life Foundation is seeking faculty members, staff members, researchers and graduate students to participate as instructors for the 2025 Grandparents University. Each summer, the Purdue for Life Foundation welcomes 1,000 grandparents and grandchildren to campus for GPU — a program that strengthens the bonds between families and Purdue. The event is also an opportunity to get young attendees, ages 7-14, excited about higher education.
How did Rob Stanley and his wife and daughters randomly wind up in Gene Keady’s office on a 2004 visit to Purdue? How did the Stanleys’ daughter Beth manage to meet former Purdue football coach Joe Tiller and his wife, Arnette, at their home in Wyoming? Rob Stanley would love to tell you the surprising stories — and he’s got photographic evidence hanging on the wall of the family’s fan cave. Meet the proud 1988 Purdue alumnus and check out his fan cave, the “Boiler Room.”
