The Purdue Board of Trustees on Friday (Dec. 8) endorsed President Mung Chiang’s request for a 13th consecutive tuition freeze, meaning base undergraduate tuition will remain at $9,992 per year for Indiana residents and $28,794 for out-of-state students through 2025-26. The freeze will be formally approved by trustees in late spring 2025 per state statute.
Purdue and Surf Air Mobility Inc. have agreed to begin scheduled commuter air service between West Lafayette/Purdue University Airport and Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport with a target start date in early second quarter 2024. This marks the return of commercial air service to Purdue’s airport for the first time since 2004.
Ten thousand years ago, a star exploded. Now scientists are getting their best look ever at the details of that explosion, Cassiopeia A. In fact, a new image of that dead star has a starring role in First Lady Jill Biden’s digital Advent calendar this year. Dan Milisavljevic, an assistant professor of physics and astronomy at Purdue, leads the project team whose data contributed to the staggeringly detailed new image.
Jim Bullard, former president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, provides insight into the state of the economy in this Associated Press video. The Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business dean says inflation is falling and the economy is accelerating after the third quarter.
Rainey Michael always knew she wanted to pursue her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree to make a difference in preventative care for vulnerable populations. With her plans to advance her leadership in patient care and shape health policy, Michael’s decision to choose Purdue University’s DNP program, which ranks among the top 10% in the country, was easy.
Throughout the 2022-23 academic year, the Department of Computer Science has celebrated its 60th anniversary as the first academic degree-granting computer science program in the United States. During the final anniversary event on Dec. 4, President Mung Chiang noted that by being first in the field of computer science, combined with being part of the Purdue Computes initiative, the department could synergize the past to steer and lead the future.
Purdue is offering the Google Career Certificate program in the fields of cybersecurity, data analytics, digital marketing and e-commerce, IT support, and project management. The program will be available to undergraduate and graduate students, as well as the general public.