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“Finding Amelia” A Podcast Miniseries About the Search for Amelia Earhart’s Missing Plane

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Keeping up with the pace of innovation: Purdue x Accenture

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James Haber at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum.

Exploring Mars from Purdue to the National Air and Space Museum

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A Purdue researcher works with a hellbender salamander.

Minecraft meets the hellbender

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Yellow DHL airplane on tarmac being loaded with crates.

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No road, no runway, no harbor

See how DHL is moving specialized scientific equipment across the globe for Purdue’s Amelia Earhart expedition to Nikumaroro, a remote atoll in the South Pacific.

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The driver side of the Thompson family van.

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Purdue tailgate legends: The Thompson family’s van

The Thompson family’s setup today looks a lot different from their first tailgates.

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The strength to be there: Rock family battles son’s illness

When Jack Rock rang the bell at Riley Children’s Hospital in Indianapolis in March, he did it over and over again. He was 3 years old, surrounded by about 20 members of his immediate family and the medical staff who…
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Tony Butkovich carries the ball in a 1943 team photo.

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Before ‘The Mosquito Bowl,’ Tony Butkovich was a Purdue Marine trainee

Tony Butkovich’s story of sacrifice will soon come alive for a new generation.

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Easterbrook’s Walker Cup journey sets the stage for Purdue men’s golf

Sam Easterbrook made history in early September. The senior Purdue golfer was the first Boilermaker in 43 years to compete in the prestigious Walker Cup, the world’s top team amateur golf event. The competition pits the top United States amateur…
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findng amelia

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“Finding Amelia” A Podcast Miniseries About the Search for Amelia Earhart’s Missing Plane

On what would’ve been Amelia Earhart’s 129th birthday — July 24, 2026 — the Purdue Research Foundation and the Archaeological Legacy Institute announced a renewed joint effort to identify Amelia Earhart’s missing university-sponsored plane. Ahead of this search expedition, “This…
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