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Making Spirits Boilermaker Bright
New chemistry helps make the medicines people need
Purdue, Oak Ridge National Laboratory sign MOU to collaborate on key national security research
Findings suggest red planet was warmer, wetter millions of years ago
Students Explore the Human Side of Science in Purdue’s Nuclear Age Course
Purdue Leads NSF-Funded Midwest Agrivoltaics Incubator to Boost Rural Energy and Economic Resilience to Extreme Weather
IDEAS Lab awarded 5-year defense grant to advance AI-enabled air–ground robotic collaboration
Purdue awarded $8M from DARPA to develop healthcare microsystem that provides more accessible and affordable treatments
Seed for Success Acorn Awards
College of Science Donor Brunch 2025
New Purdue teacher certification program dovetails with STEM degrees
Purdue lands in global top 10 of interdisciplinary sciences rankings
November Edition: Newly Issued Patents
Purdue Actuarial Science Leads AI-Driven Research in Advancing the Profession
Purdue Actuarial Science Expands to Indianapolis
Quantum Wonders Unveiled: Quantum Open House 2025 at Purdue
One Health-focused summit highlights Purdue’s leadership in advancing human, plant and animal health
When Defense Becomes a Signal: Purdue Research Reveals How Frogs Balance Attraction and Survival
Breaking Boundaries in Battery Science: How pH Gradients Boost Zinc Performance
Purdue and Google aim to grow a strategic AI partnership
Cziczo Elected to Help Guide UCAR’s Future
Purdue Statistics Professor Elected Fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences
Purdue Actuarial Science Recognized as Center of Actuarial Excellence
Video: What is a supermoon?
World-Renowned Statistician Xuming He Delivers JK Ghosh Memorial Lecture at Purdue
Purdue student combines hackathons and quantum computing, recognized on MLH Top 50 List
Michael Manfra receives 2026 APS Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Physics Prize
A cool discovery: Purdue physics team uncovers new quantum state at record-low temperatures
Showalter Trust adds 4 faculty honorees, funds 13 early career faculty
Professor Xiangxiong Zhang ranked among world’s top 2% of scientists
Thousands attend Celebration of Victories and Heroes
Lab safety made simple: Preparing K-12 students for year-long success
AMS Appoints Sarah Bryant as Chief Scientific Advancement Officer
Purdue researchers advance classic graph algorithms problem with concise approach
Three Purdue Mathematics Professors Selected for Prestigious Research Opportunity
In Print: ‘Practical Bioinformatics: A Laboratory Manual’
In Print: ‘Operating System Design: The Xinu Approach’
Innovation in action: Purdue students place among top in world AI challenge
Purdue Biological Sciences launches Genomics, Multiomics & AI Research Area
Qi Zhou named American Physical Society Fellow
Zhang earns Amazon Research Award
Strong summer storms in the Midwest send wildfire smoke into the previously pristine stratosphere
Massive datasets meet their match
Purdue team wins NASA Innovation Award in SUITS Challenge
Statistically Savanna: Exploring new academic partnerships in South Africa
In Print: ‘Eisenstein Series and Automorphic L-Functions’
Purdue researchers uncover vulnerability in autonomous vehicle vision systems
Purdue team uncovers how a rare cancer changes the identity of cells
Purdue Physicist named Moore Foundation Experimental Physics Investigator
Purdue collaboration aims to personalize nutrition through digital health
Liu named Institute of Mathematical Statistics fellow
Purdue students place among top in world AI challenge
Daniel Cziczo elected 2025 AGU fellow
Cracking the quark code: Purdue physicists uncover the true makeup of a mysterious particle
Purdue physicists provide experimental proof of fundamental theory of topological quantum matter
Subtle cues between cells and immune system contribute to spread of cancer
Purdue celebrates opening of Spatial Computing Hub
Purdue ranked No. 1 public university in Indiana; 20 undergrad programs among U.S top 20
September edition: Newly issued patents
Spafford featured on cover of Communications of the ACM for the second time
Purdue Science family day tailgate
Forecast to field: Purdue class turns storms into a living laboratory
In Print: ‘Protein Function Prediction: Methods and Protocols’
Purdue-led study shows how fat disables the brain’s immune shield in Alzheimer’s disease
Blueprints for a molecular machine more powerful than CRISPR
Explaining a quantum oddity with 5 atoms
MRI technology inspires quantum advancement with 2D materials
BGR 2025
Planetary scientist decodes clues in Bennu’s surface composition to make sense of far-flung asteroids
Purdue Chemistry faculty awarded national awards from the American Chemical Society
Fabry-Pérot interferometers peer into the hidden world of quantum mechanics and coherent electron transport
Purdue students capture 16 competitive NSF Graduate Research fellowships for 2025
4 faculty chosen for NSF CAREER recognition
August 2025: Newly Issued Patents
Tabb Prissel Honored with NASA Susan Mahan Niebur Award for Groundbreaking Planetary Research
Purdue juniors awarded prestigious 2025 Goldwater Scholarships for excellence in research
Lithium Reinvented: A simple conversion could spark an energy revolution
Summer 2025 Commencement
Waves, Wires, and Vision: How Cells Pull Together to Build the Eye
Guang Lin Named Moses Cobb Stevens Professor in Mathematical Sciences
Spafford reports on evolution, growth of Purdue’s cybersecurity research
Trustees task College of Science to develop new certificate to meet Indiana’s demand for STEM teachers
Cutting Through the AI Hype
Renowned Purdue drug discovery scholar Philip Low to give summer commencement address
Purdue astrophysicist charts a decade of discoveries on how black holes and neutron stars shine
Safety threats revealed by mass spec
Finding Hope in Hardship: Purdue Student Champions Rare Cancer Awareness Through Strides for Sarcoma
July Edition: Newly Issued Patents
Purdue CS researchers earn Best Paper Finalist at 2025 IEEE ICRA
61 Boilermakers Honored as Big Ten Distinguished Scholars: Danny Affleck, Caroline Jordan, and Kendall Klochack from College of Science
A Vision for Science Without Borders: Subramanian Awarded EMSI’s Highest Distinction
3 Purdue students named 2025 Astronaut Scholars
Rubin First Look Watch Party at Purdue University
Kasinski awarded V Foundation Translational Grant to advance first-in-class targeted RNA therapies
2025 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program announces awardees and honorable mentions
International interest in Purdue AI research takes root at 2025 Venice Biennale
CollabXR advances education through successful pilot program
Pluta Lab uncovers how the brain keeps track of movement and sensation in real time
Purdue named the most recognized public university in U.S.
Bianchi earns NSF CAREER Award to advance secure patching of outdated software
Astronomy has a major data problem – simulating realistic images of the sky can help train algorithms
Purdue cybersecurity researchers secure DARPA Contract to study smartphone vulnerabilities
Chemistry alum, entrepreneur develops life-saving drugs promoting access to equitable medicine
Cancer treatments and Panama Canal efficiency: Purdue Innovates Incubator funds projects to advance university innovations
June Edition: Newly Issued Patents
Fragments to Function: Building Molecules with Mass Spectrometry
Spafford Named Distinguished Professor of Computer Science
Purdue Science spring graduation photo gallery
Distinguished Professor Jean Chmielewski named 2025 winner of Morrill Award
For this Purdue math lecturer, every student deserves a chance to succeed
Pathogens, prebiotics, and soda pop
Video: Quantum Photonic Integrated Design Center at Purdue University
Purdue announces new head of the Department of Biological Sciences
DeLaurentis selected as university’s new executive VP for research
Lilly plans to expand Purdue University collaboration with up to a $250 million investment
Purdue Mathematics shines in the 85th William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition
Purdue invests in One Health, from making medicines to advancing chemistry, along America’s Hard-Tech Corridor
Four College of Science students honored at inaugural Golden Hammer Awards in Indianapolis
Purdue University Teaching Academy announces 2025 inductees
Prof. Guang Lin recognized among world's top scholars in computational physics
Purdue announces creation of Low Institute for Therapeutics (LIFT) through a generous gift by Phil and Joan Low
Purdue University’s College of Science K-12 Outreach expands STEM career video library for students and educators
Young bats learn to be discriminating when listening for their next meal
Research preeminence in spotlight at Excellence in Research Lectures event
Mathematical modeling for cell behavior, complex social systems, and more
Purdue Science honors outstanding alumni at the 2025 Distinguished Science Alumni Awards
Indiana research leads to life-extending treatment for prostate cancer
Indiana research leads to life-extending treatment for prostate cancer
A more efficient way to notify the CPU
Deng selected as University Faculty Scholar
Tan selected as a Purdue University Faculty Scholar
Mosquitoes May Lead to Life-Saving Sensors | NSF Podcast
April Edition: Newly Issued Patents
2025 Distinguished Science Alumni Awards photo gallery
In Print: ‘Essentials of Computer Architecture’
Danny Milisavljevic named Purdue University Faculty Scholar
Purdue Chemistry celebrates 150 years
NIH T32 training grants help prepare next generation of research leaders
Teaching Excellence Awards 2025 - Joe Chen
Purdue Science faculty receive promotions from Purdue's Board of Trustees
Eradivir announces Phase 2 human challenge study of EV25 in healthy adults infected with influenza
Wiens receives McCoy Award for groundbreaking Mars research
Xu receives Bement Award for groundbreaking cybersecurity research
One Health: Improving access to hearing assessments leads to more data and better treatments
Purdue’s Academic Success Building in Indianapolis will enhance hands-on learning and innovation
A unique opportunity to thank a fellow Boilermaker
Predicting emerging mammalian parasites
Marcy Towns honored with Iota Sigma Pi’s highest award for women in chemistry
Purdue students pitch bold solutions to global problems, receive cash prizes
Sooyeon Jeong speaks at Indiana Business Journal’s Technology Power Breakfast
Perseverance rover marks four years on Mars with 500,000th laser shot
Excellence at scale: Purdue ranks 4th nationally for U.S. patents received
Software startup Molecular Intelligence improves structuring molecules from cryo-EM image data
Ananth Grama named to lead Purdue’s Institute for Physical AI
Manfra appointed to lead Purdue’s quantum institute
Advancing Space Exploration at Purdue: Not Afraid to Go First
Purdue Innovates funds advances in ag biotechnology, cancer treatments and fiber optics
Eradivir announces Phase 2 human challenge study of EV25 in healthy adults infected with influenza
Unburied treasure: Rover researchers find unexpected minerals on Mars
Sara Cuevas-Quiñones earns Fulbright as Purdue continues streak as top producer
Purdue chemists control artificial atoms in quantum materials with a ‘twist’
Materials developed at Purdue University incorporated into new Microsoft Quantum qubit platform
Materials developed at Purdue University incorporated into new Microsoft Quantum qubit platform
Purdue Global leader’s journey from ice sheets to innovative learning
How mosquitos hear may inspire new ways to detect natural disasters
One Health: Using cross-species genomic analyses to track population health
Tackling Alzheimer’s: Purdue scientists map genetic risks for women
Advancing Space Exploration at Purdue
Advancing Space Exploration at Purdue
Chunyi Peng named 2024 Distinguished Members by the ACM
CS programs rank among nation’s best, advancing reputation for first in U.S. to offer advanced degree
Pioneering quantum spin liquids earns Purdue Scientists and Engineers a prestigious W. M. Keck Foundation Grant
Purdue researchers advance RNA medical discovery decades ahead of schedule
Purdue’s new cutting-edge physics labs ignite innovation in Indianapolis
One Health: A ‘digital twin’ model for predicting cancer outcomes
Purdue’s strengths in interdisciplinary sciences places it No. 20 globally
Asteroid sample science hints at an ancient salt lake and conditions in the early solar system
Marcy Towns named Associate Dean for Leadership Excellence with the Purdue University College of Science
Four science students honored at Academic All-Big Ten
Using machine learning to perfect nanoscale 3D printing
Michelle Thompson earns Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
Purdue University researchers that received 16 patents
Can Markets Balance Growth and Inequality?
Quantum Research Sciences wins DLA contract to develop Product Obsolescence Prediction tool
How Neurons Navigate Their Environment: Insights That Could Transform Medicine
Chemistry professor to receive prestigious scientific award
First look: Purdue’s new Academic Success Building in Indianapolis
Visual Experience Sparks Brain Oscillations: the Origin of Theta Rhythms
Professor Ananth Grama named Distinguished Professor of Computer Science
Kiseop Lee named Korean International Statistical Society president
Mars crater named for planetary expert Jay Melosh
National Academy of Inventors names Arun Ghosh as 2024 fellow
Simulating the Quantum World: Purdue researchers get cold with quantum coarsening
Celebrating 2024: Top 20 Stories from the College of Science
Purdue’s strengths in interdisciplinary sciences places it No. 20 globally
Purdue announces new head of the Department of Earth Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Purdue chemists use DESI-MS to explore chemical space, accelerate reactions and impact drug discovery
Purdue scientist expecting new world to reveal itself to Mars rover
Chemistry Prof. Jonathan Wilker selected for 2024 Grist 50 List
Eradivir’s EV25 therapeutic proven to reduce advanced-stage influenza viral loads faster, more thoroughly in preclinical studies than current therapies
Computing for contentment: Purdue scientist uses AI to model fairness and maximize the benefits of donated food
Purdue Science welcomes new physics faculty Claudio Chamon
Meteorite contains evidence of liquid water on Mars 742 million years ago
Addressing cybersecurity issues, Celik earned Amazon Research Award
Purdue dedicates new Hall of Data Science and AI
The Gautschi supercomputer unveiled in dedication ceremony
Purdue mathematicians named in world’s top 2% of scientists
How cells stop themselves from making busted proteins
Csathy named American Physical Society Fellow
Researchers create orientation-independent magnetic field-sensing nanotube spin qubits
13 Purdue researchers earn NSF Early Career recognition
Raising robots: Teaching robots things humans learn, including navigation, movement, dance, spatial reasoning
Asteroid Ceres is a former ocean world that slowly formed into a giant, murky icy orb
Purdue researchers take inspiration from viruses to improve delivery of nucleic acid-based therapies to cancer cells
Biotech company Eradivir closes $10.25M Series A funding round to complete Phase 2a study of influenza therapeutic
Purdue's IDEAS Lab Secures Funding for Smarter Robotic Dogs
Professor Jeffrey Dick recognized with prestigious national award from the American Chemical Society
CERN’s CMS detector observes quantum entanglement at highest energy ever
Purdue-invented tool reveals untapped efficacy of cancer drug, leveling up cancer fight
Purdue for Life and the College of Science hosts an appreciation brunch for Science Scholarship donors and recipients
The key to fighting viruses: Understanding their structure is vital to unlock a healthy future for humanity
Purdue's IDEAS Lab Secures Funding for Smarter Robotic Dogs
Advancing the Future of Neurodegenerative and Aging-related Disease Treatment
Purdue-invented tool reveals untapped efficacy of cancer drug, leveling up cancer fight
Professor Jeffrey Dick recognized with prestigious national award from the American Chemical Society
Purdue Professor Develops Cost-Effective PET Lamination for Microfluidics
Professor Lin Tan named ELATES Fellow in national leadership program
Chemical measurement science research awarded additional NSF funding
Purdue researchers receive $175K from Purdue Innovates to strengthen market readiness of their work
Purdue ranked nation’s No. 1 most recognized public university
Unlocking the Secrets of Cell Movement: Purdue Researchers Reveal Key Protein Mechanisms
Purdue Researchers Create Database to Predict Parasitic Mite Host Jumps
Purdue researchers trap atoms forcing them to serve as photonic transistors
Purdue technology provides site- and chemical-specific control of processes within live cells
Helping virtual cycling belong on the global stage
Biotech company Eradivir is developing lead drug EV25 to treat influenza
Stephanie Menten awarded Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowship
Margaret Deahn awarded Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowship
New twists on tornadoes: Earth scientist studies why U.S. has so many tornadoes
Can science make it too costly for hackers to attempt to steal information?
‘Like a hand fitting into a glove’: Purdue-engineered compound designed to treat drug-resistant acute myeloid leukemia
Purdue ranks 4th in U.S. for U.S. patents received in 2023
New quantum materials promise unimagined innovations in computing, memory
Purdue trustees approve Academic Success Building construction on Purdue University in Indianapolis campus
Department of Chemistry renamed in honor of longtime donors James and Margaret Tarpo
Zhang earns NSF CAREER award
Purdue Chemist Justin Andrews honored with Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from Oak Ridge Associated Universities
What lies beneath: Mars’ subsurface ice could be a key to sustaining future habitats on other planets
Purdue chemists use mass spec tool to help surgeons detect tumor tissue during cancer surgery
20 Top Universities For Quantum Computing Research
Here’s how machine learning can violate your privacy
Hurricane forecast points to a dangerous 2024 Atlantic season, with La Niña and a persistently warm ocean teaming up to power fierce storms
Are volcanic depressions on the Moon a fountain of youth?
Spafford to chair external board for $45M Sandia Labs digital assurance campaign
Purdue researchers unveil miniature computational spectrometer
2024 NFS Graduate Research Fellowship Program announces awardees and honorable mentions
Purdue University joins Chicago Quantum Exchange, tapping into the region’s efforts to advance U.S. leadership in quantum technologies
Distinguished Professor Chris Greene selected as 2024 Morrill Award winner
Community involvement inspires student at Purdue University in Indianapolis
Nobel laureate Alain Aspect to give May 13 lecture
Discover Purdue’s latest and greatest in space sciences
Stephanie Gardner: 2024 Charles B. Murphy Award winner
Exceptional Early Career Teaching Award honors undergraduate faculty
Purdue announces new head of the Department of Chemistry
More than machines: Computer scientist prepares robots to improve human lives
Decoding Climate Change: Tracking Cottonwood Trees' Seasonal Shifts
World Malaria Day - Next Steps for Purdue Treatment of Drug Resistant Strains
Purdue announces new head of the Department of Statistics
Defense award launches Purdue project to strengthen cyber-physical systems
Cloudy science, clear insights: Atmospheric scientist studies clouds’ causes and effects
Purdue College of Science team’s quantum optics discovery featured in Nature Physics
Dr. Philip Low on a Lifetime of Leading Breakthroughs from Lab to Life
Purdue Chemistry earns sustainability award
Professor Leifu Chang selected as University Faculty Scholar
Unveiling Cancer's Balancing Act: Exploring Protein Phosphatases and Therapeutic Strategies
Purdue announces new head of the Department of Computer Science
Icy impacts: Planetary scientists use physics and images of impact craters to gauge the thickness of ice on Europa
Deciphering Neural Integration: An Exploration of Bilateral Perception
Low to be honored by American Lung Association for cancer-fighting invention
Setting up for success at the intersection of technology and finance
Makur earns NSF CAREER award
Journey to ‘Mars’ with Purdue analog astronauts
Purdue’s storied and rigorous computer science program delivers in equipping the next generation of industry, academic leaders
Building tools to shape the future of health science
Purdue researchers test previously approved FDA drugs to treat Lowe syndrome
Uyeda honored with College of Science Faculty Research Award for groundbreaking contributions to organic synthesis and catalyst development
Peace, Love, and Parasites: The Enduring Legacy of Dennis Minchella
Guang Lin leading machine learning research funded by NIH
Why does a leap year have 366 days?
Purdue physicists discover a quantum state with a new type of emergent particles: six-flux composite fermions
Purdue researchers edge closer to delivering personalized medicine to cancer patients
Purdue scientists discover volcanic material on the Moon where it has never been detected before
Elisa Bertino receives the inaugural Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia International Award
AI learns to simulate how trees grow and shape in response to their environments
Trask Innovation Fund Proposal Submissions Are Due Feb. 16
Purdue Innovates awards Purdue researchers $150K to develop innovations for the marketplace
Boilermakers explore ‘Mars’ on Earth
Chemistry professor R. Graham Cooks expands research of water droplet interfaces that offer the secret ingredient for building life
Boilermakers Earn 73 Academic All-Big Ten Honors For Fall Season
Advancing Personalized Audiology Through Mechanistic Cross-Species Auditory Neuroscience
Purdue University and Chicago State University Collaborate in Innovative STEM Mentoring Program
Unwrapping Uranus and its icy secrets: What NASA would learn from a mission to a wild world
The mind’s eye of a neural network system
Researchers look to the human eye to boost computer vision efficiency
Purdue names 9 faculty to collaborate, innovate with AnalytiXIN
Purdue CS history featured in Purdue University's Exposure gallery
Making things stick: Nature schools engineers in adhesion
Chemistry professor Jonathan Schlebach leads team awarded NIH funding for cystic fibrosis research
Unlocking the Secrets of Proteins: Dr. Daisuke Kihara's Pioneering Work at Purdue
Signatures of the Space Age: Spacecraft metals left in the wake of humanity’s path to the stars
Professor Julia Laskin part of a research team awarded NIH Director's Transformative Research Award
In the business of data and Minecraft
Purdue researcher awarded $1.3 million for malaria drug trials in Southeast Asia and Africa
2023 Annual Meeting of Greater Indiana Society for Neuroscience at Purdue celebrates collaborative advancements in neuroscience research
New bio-based glues from Purdue form adhesive bonds that grow stronger in water
First-in-class targeted microRNA therapy slows cancer tumor growth
ICHE awards STEM Teacher Recruitment Grant to Dr. Lynn Bryan’s CATALYST Team
Purdue College of Science highlights and strategic goals - Summer 2023
Research Paired with Mentorship - Continuing the Purdue Tradition
Sederberg leads Purdue Science students in opportunities for learning and service in Colombia
Quantum Science Seed Grants Awarded
Lessons learned in Purdue Science help Wollnick make life less painful for breast cancer survivors
Strengthening Data Security is a Top Priority for Purdue Science Researcher
Betsy Parkinson honored with Christian J. Foster Award
College of Science's analytical chemistry program solidifies No. 1 ranking — driving innovation, advancing research across disciplines
College of Science Students take Purdue’s two most prestigious honors for outstanding seniors
Distinguished Professor Richard Kuhn named 2023 winner of Morrill Award, Purdue’s highest honor
Two out of the three Purdue Goldwater Scholarships recipients are from the College of Science
Uncovering a star’s demise: Supermassive black hole tears apart a giant star in a display brighter, more energetic and longer lasting than any observed before
Purdue researchers build transparent conductors without expensive rare-earth indium
College of Science Students recognized at Student Honors open house
Milisavljevic and other Purdue researchers featured on multiple major national broadcasts
A Journey of Small Steps
Distinguished Science Alums Honored
Bramson honored for Outstanding Teaching
New Webb telescope image reveals wonders, beauty, secrets of star structure and building blocks of life
Kids Earn Science “Degree” Online through Purdue’s College of Science
Center for Quantum Technologies launches Industry-University Cooperative Research Center program
Negishi community cluster supercomputer dedicated in ceremony featuring campus leaders, Negishi family
College of Science presents the Faculty Research Awards
Purdue College of Science announces 2023 Faculty and Staff Awards
Purdue names 2023 Dreamer Award recipients
Scientists get first-ever sound recording of dust devils on Mars
Catalyzing Bold Science With The First Hypothesis Fund Seed Grants
Chopra and Cooks NCATS ASPIRE Challenges
Flesch awarded the 2022 AGU Paul G. Silver Award for Outstanding Scientific Service
Paschou and Linnes named ELATES Fellows in national leadership program
Lin selected for DOE’s Science Graduate Student Research Program
Data-fluid teams tackle sports analytics
Something’s in the air: It’s nanoplastic pollution