Purdue University continues building momentum as America’s leading university in semiconductors, with a broad range of updates this fall semester including a CHIPS-funded, Indiana-led semiconductor hub and an upcoming summit.
As AI tools, such as large language models and generative algorithms, impact our world like never before, we at Purdue are actively and critically studying this quickly evolving landscape, and its potential opportunities and implications along five dimensions.
Purdue researchers across all campuses and academic disciplines have recently received 22 patents on their intellectual property from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Most of these innovations are available to license and bring to market.
Two years after completing his bachelor’s degree, Januario Mendes wanted to upgrade his engineering skills and gain business expertise to move into leadership as his career advances. He found the only master’s program that fit his goals: Purdue’s online Dual Master of Science in Engineering (MS/MSE) + Master of Business Administration (MBA), a program helping drive Purdue’s No. 1 ranking by U.S. News & World Report in the Best Online Master’s in Engineering Management & Leadership category for 2023.
Purdue’s Homecoming 2023 weekend — themed “Giant Leaps Home” — takes place this Friday and Saturday (Sept. 29-30). The campuswide celebration will include activities for Boilermaker alumni and fans of all ages.
The fall 2023 Road to Retirement virtual conference begins Tuesday (Sept. 26) with a special Purdue Employees Retirement Fund program session held in person on the West Lafayette campus and virtually — designed for current service and support staff hired prior to September 2013 who are participating in the PERF retirement program. All faculty and staff are invited to participate in the Road to Retirement program’s sessions Wednesday through Friday (Sept. 27-29).
BTNY 305 (Plant Taxonomy and Evolution) is taught in much the same way as it was nearly 150 years ago. Throughout the semester, plant science students go on field trips to different habitats across the state, collecting plant samples to build their own herbarium collection that showcases the diversity of Indiana flora.