The Purdue community demonstrated tremendous support for the 2023 Purdue United Way campaign, raising $704,188 for local nonprofits to surpass this year’s goal of $700,000. The milestone, unattainable without the persistence of Purdue faculty, staff, retirees and students, marks the first time since before the pandemic the Purdue United Way campaign has achieved — and exceeded — its annual campaign goal. Donations to this year’s campaign exceeded 2022 totals by $46,113.
Brooke Beier, senior vice president of Purdue Innovates, talks to Philip Low, Presidential Scholar for Drug Discovery and the Ralph C. Corley Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, during a fireside chat at Purdue’s inaugural Entrepreneurial Alumni Reunion held Nov. 9-11. A photo gallery and video from the reunion are now available.
To celebrate our faculty’s excellence in scholarship, Purdue Today’s weekly book series highlights faculty expertise across a diversity of subjects and disciplines. Today’s feature focuses on Christopher Yeomans, professor and head of the philosophy department, and his book, “The Politics of German Idealism: Law and Social Change at the Turn of the 19th Century.” Related: A list of recently published Purdue authors is also available online.
The new episode of “This Is Purdue” podcast features Sangtae Kim, the Jay and Cynthia Ihlenfeld Head of Chemical Engineering and Distinguished Professor. Kim dives into his family background — including what it was like growing up in a family of educators, his career at Eli Lilly and what brought him back to academia to lead Purdue’s Davidson School of Chemical Engineering.
Purdue’s Action Council on Student Housing and Wellbeing is inviting suggestions and listening to ideas related to transportation and pedestrian safety. These ideas are being captured through a survey being administered by Purdue Administrative Operations.