Faculty and Staff News

Purdue’s 150th set for 'Giant Leaps' with Ideas Festival topics

Purdue’s 150th anniversary theme will be "Giant Leaps," inspired by Neil Armstrong’s historic statement on the moon, and the centerpiece of the celebration will be a yearlong Ideas Festival, focused on four topics of discussion as Boilermakers everywhere reflect on the past, embrace the present and look to the future.

Other Stories

• Discovery Park announces Integrative Data Science Initiative research proposal finalists

• Faculty invited to provide feedback on new accommodation system for students with disabilities

• Purdue starts data certification program for key reports and dashboards

• PEAP to host ‘Go On Your Own’ event on May 19

In the Spotlight

2018 Murphy Award and Exceptional Early Career Award recipients: John Sundquist and Becky Walters

Purdue this year honored its exceptional teachers with the Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award in Memory of Charles B. Murphy and the Exceptional Early Career Award. Today's Q&A's will focus on John Sundquist, Murphy Award recipient and associate professor in the School of Languages and Cultures, and Becky Walters, Exceptional Early Career Award recipient and clinical assistant professor in the School of Nursing.

Additional News

General

• '60 Minutes' to highlight University Innovation Alliance

• Purdue alumna, husband continue support of College of Pharmacy with $8 million gift

• Don and Liz Thompson provide $1M to Purdue Minority Engineering Program

• From the Archives revealed: Purdue's campus in 1876 »

• Tree Campus USA award presented at Earth Week tree planting

Sports

• Brohm awarded contract extension

Purdue in the News

Here is a sampling of recent news reports about Purdue from media across the nation and the world.

• WLFI, WXIN: Purdue’s Day of Giving raises $37 million

• London Daily Mail: 3,000-year-old prestigious horse discovered in Sudan

• Reno Gazette Journal: Fighter pilot from Sparks was ready to take down Flight 93 on 9/11, even if it killed her

Events

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