Featured alongside Hilton, AT&T, Patagonia and Moderna, Purdue University will share its innovative solutions to some of the world’s toughest challenges as part of the ninth annual Fast Company Innovation Festival taking place this week in New York City.
As NASA’s OSIRIS-REx project brings home pieces of the asteroid Bennu this month, Michelle Thompson, associate professor of earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences in Purdue’s College of Science, will be one of the first six lead investigators from the science team — and the first woman — to study the samples. The samples of the asteroid will land Sept. 24 in the Utah desert and be whisked off to a clean lab at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
Purdue University has been named the Best Value university in Indiana and one of the best in the nation in the latest ranking by SmartAsset, an online financial advisor and financial services portal. This latest national accolade recognizes Purdue’s ongoing commitment to the vision of higher education at the highest proven value.
NASCAR driver Kayli Peterson had one passion – racing – until psychology caught her eye. But in order to make her way into the career she wanted, she needed a master’s degree. Purdue Global provided her the opportunity to balance her busy life with coursework and gave her the confidence to move forward.
Seventeen high school students had the opportunity to live on Purdue’s campus for a week, take classes with faculty members and become familiar with college life this summer. The students were part of the 2023 Fleischer Scholars cohort.