The Purdue University Board of Trustees approved construction on new student housing immediately south of Hillenbrand Residence Hall on the West Lafayette campus. This new university residence will be an eight-story, 252,525-square-foot facility at $149M that includes 896 pod-style beds for students. The on-campus housing also provides more space for residential learning through Purdue’s living learning communities, such as The Data Mine, to collaborate with each other and with their mentors in the corporate partners program.
Researchers who manipulate lignin, a molecular fiber that allows plants to grow tall and transport water, unexpectedly discovered its synthesis has more far-reaching effects on plant development than previously suspected. Clint Chapple, Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry, and his team genetically engineered the flow of chemical precursors that feed the pathway leading to lignin biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana, a widely used experimental plant species.
Doctoral student Jeanna Blake is excited about the role she’s playing in research led by professor Dr. Kari Ekenstedt, aimed at eradicating specific genetic diseases in certain dog breeds. Read about the key role Blake is playing in a game-changing research area in the College of Veterinary Medicine.
Beth McNeil, dean of Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies, has assumed the role of president of the Association of College & Research Libraries. During her one-year tenure, McNeil aims to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion in the institution and its member libraries as well as recognize and promote sustainable and open scholarship.
U.S. Rep. Greg Pence of Indiana, a member of the U.S. House Energy & Commerce Committee, discussed innovation in energy research with Purdue’s nuclear engineering faculty on Monday (Aug. 7). Pence toured Purdue University Reactor No. 1 (PUR-1), Indiana’s first and only nuclear reactor, alongside Purdue engineering faculty and research leaders.
Speeding toward the official launch of its first comprehensive urban campus in 2024, Purdue University is partnering with championship-winning NASCAR team Stewart-Haas Racing and driver Ryan Preece in the Verizon 200 at the Brickyard on Sunday (Aug. 13) to continue to introduce the new Purdue University in Indianapolis.
As Purdue prepares to welcome its newest Boilermakers to the West Lafayette campus, staff and faculty are encouraged to plan accordingly for heavier pedestrian and vehicular traffic during move-in days, as well as throughout orientation programming.
