Purdue University is welcoming its most selective class of incoming undergraduates for the 2023-24 academic year, marking a ninth consecutive record-breaking year of undergraduate applicants. This year’s class was selected at a 50% admission rate — 3 percentage points lower than last year — from among 72,800 applicants. Master's, professional and PhD enrollment at Purdue also set a new record.
When Purdue President and ice cream enthusiast Mung Chiang requested a new Purdue ice cream flavor, Food Entrepreneurship Manufacturing Institute students in the Department of Food Science jumped at the chance. Get the inside scoop before the big reveal at this Saturday's football game.
Glue holds the world together. Without adhesives, much of modern human civilization — including our cellphones, cars, furniture, walls and the packages arriving on our doorstep — would simply fall apart. The trouble with all those adhesives is that they are not sustainable. A team of chemists at Purdue led by Jonathan Wilker, professor of chemistry in the College of Science and of materials engineering, aims to change that with a new, completely sustainable adhesive system.
University of Chicago President Paul Alivisatos shared the stage with Purdue President Mung Chiang on Tuesday (Sept. 12) as part of Purdue’s Presidential Lecture Series. Chiang and Alivisatos discussed the state of higher education in America. A video of the event is now available.
The Purdue Department of Theatre has announced the 2023-24 mainstage season with a focus on mythic storytelling. Each of the selected titles in this year’s season features larger-than-life stories exploring social, cultural, personal and historical myths that the characters are playing against or toward.
A new episode of “This Is Purdue” features Michele Buzon, professor of anthropology in Purdue’s College of Liberal Arts. As a bioarchaeologist, Buzon examines skeletal remains to help people better understand the lives of everyday individuals who lived thousands of years ago. This marks the final episode in the 2023 Purdue Research Series, which shares how Purdue provides practical solutions to the world’s toughest challenges.
“AgDay,” America’s longest-running nationally syndicated daily agricultural TV news program, hosted by Clinton Griffiths, has been filming on Purdue’s West Lafayette campus over the past week in preparation for its Purdue Agriculture-themed college roadshow, which will air Friday (Sept. 15).