Purdue University alumnus and Board of Trustees member Shawn Taylor hosted a Purdue for Life Foundation event for alumni with President Mung Chiang and other special guests on April 24 at Minute Maid Park in Houston. During the event, the 2022 World Series trophy was on display for photo opportunities. Over 200 alumni, friends and fans were in attendance, along with Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson.
Local, state, federal and international law enforcement agencies that reconstruct and analyze digital evidence to solve crimes can use a high-tech toolkit from Purdue University that has been upgraded to be easier and more cost-effective to set up and maintain. Kathryn Seigfried-Spellar, associate professor of computer and information technology at Purdue Polytechnic Institute, led the team that created the toolkit.
Associate professors Patricia Morita-Mullaney from the College of Education and Zoe Taylor from the College of Health and Human Sciences have been honored with this year’s Trailblazer Award for significant research impact. Morita-Mullaney and Taylor will be honored at the Faculty Awards Convocation on May 9.
Purdue’s Department of Computer Science on April 28 commemorated its 60th anniversary with a celebration in Lawson Computer Science Building. Remarks were provided by Provost Patrick Wolfe; Sunil Prabhakar, head and professor of computer science; and Randy Bond, assistant head of computer science. Purdue celebrated the launch of its groundbreaking computer science program 60 years ago when it dedicated its new high-speed IBM 7090 digital computer. Today, Purdue’s computer science program is the largest and most selective on campus, with 2,405 undergraduate and 538 graduate students enrolled as of fall 2022.
A semiconductor crisis would damage every industry, weaken global security and change everyday life as we know it. We can’t afford to wait and see how this issue evolves. Purdue is acting now. Watch this video to learn about the leadership role Purdue has taken in tackling one of our nation’s most important technological issues.