Purdue University will host the 2023 Purdue Silicon Summit starting today (Oct. 17) and continuing through Oct. 25. Semiconductor industry leaders will converge on the West Lafayette campus for partnership meetings, lectures and conferences as well as major announcements on Chips@Purdue semiconductor research, education and industry collaboration.
Purdue is inviting prospective and current Boilermaker families to the inaugural Spring Family Weekend April 12-14, 2024, adding a spring offering for students and their families to make campus connections.
The Space Age is leaving fingerprints on one of the most remote parts of the planet — the stratosphere — which has potential implications for climate, the ozone layer and the continued habitability of Earth. Dan Cziczo, professor and head of the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences in Purdue’s College of Science, was part of the research team that discovered significant amounts of metals in aerosols in the atmosphere, likely from increasingly frequent launches and returns of spacecraft and satellites.
Intel Corp. Chief Executive Officer Patrick Gelsinger, who has over four decades of technology leadership and experience in driving innovation, will join Purdue University President Mung Chiang as part of the Presidential Lecture Series. The public event, titled “Welcome to the Siliconomy: Semiconductors and the Supply Chain,” is at 5 p.m. today (Oct. 17) in Stewart Center’s Loeb Playhouse. The event is free, but a general admission ticket is required.
The Purdue Center for Regional Development, as part of the Office of Engagement, and the Indiana University Public Policy Institute will collaborate on a multiyear project to examine the economic and community impact of Indiana’s nationally recognized, $500 million Regional Economic Acceleration and Development Initiative.
Collaborators from Purdue and musicians from the East Coast have announced the arrival of StairWELL, a groundbreaking art installation designed and built at Purdue that builds wellness through interactive art and technology. StairWELL is open from Oct. 16-30.