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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