On June 14, 2023, Purdue University trustees and Indiana University trustees simultaneously approved the agreements that will effectively dissolve IUPUI on June 30, 2024, completing a process that started in August 2022. At the same time, Purdue’s Board of Trustees further established Purdue University in Indianapolis, with multiple locations throughout the city and degrees from Purdue University West Lafayette. In addition to continuing the PU part of IUPUI, Purdue will bring many more programs from possibly all colleges and departments in West Lafayette to Indianapolis.
Much like the Earth, Mars’ poles are cold and icy. Near the poles, craters formed from impacts by meteors are also filled with ice. How did that ice get there? A team led by Riley McGlasson, a third-year PhD candidate in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, found that ice deposits in the north look similar to each other in radar subsurface data, which means that all the ice may have been deposited in the same timeframe and under similar climate conditions.
The quality and impact of work led by Purdue University researchers continue to be recognized by external funding bodies. Here are the Purdue researchers who received Sponsored Program Awards approaching $1 million or greater in May.
Zahra Tehrani, clinical assistant professor with John Martinson Honors College, is breaking down barriers between STEM and liberal arts: “How do you explain the science and teach it in a way that doesn’t bore the students who are biology majors but also doesn’t overwhelm the students who are English majors?” Tehrani has found just the right balance. Tehrani is a recipient of the 2023 Exceptional Early Career Teaching Award.
Leaders from Purdue Global and Ivy Tech Community College want to provide more access to higher education and degrees for the 350,000 Indiana workers who have some college credit but no degree and 2 million working-age Hoosiers overall who have no postsecondary credentials. To help meet that challenge, leaders from the two schools on Monday (June 12) announced their new Pathways Partnership during an event at Ivy Tech’s main Indianapolis campus.
Purdue students with an eye on national security work can now get career guidance and financial help for studies, thanks to the university’s part in the recently debuted Defense Civilian Training Corps program.