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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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“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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Three people standing by the side of the ambulance.

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Purdue tailgate legends: The ‘Boilermaker Bambulance’

Football fans can find this celebrated tailgate rig parked at the top of Slayter Hill.

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Two women standing side-by-side and smiling against a dark paneled backdrop, with a podcast microphone icon visible in the bottom right corner.

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Episode 153: Why Focus Feels Harder Today and How To Train Your Brain

In this episode of “This Is Purdue,” we’re talking to two professors in the Daniels School of Business: Allie Gabriel, the Thomas J. Howatt Chair in Management in the Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management Department and director of the…
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Keeping up with the pace of innovation: Purdue x Accenture

See how Purdue and Accenture connect on smart manufacturing and workforce development.

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The Vandewalle family’s bus.

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Purdue tailgate legends: The Vandewalle family’s customized bus 

The Vandewalles used visual cues from all eight iterations of the Boilermaker Special.

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A Purdue researcher works with a hellbender salamander.

article | Research

Minecraft meets the hellbender 

The hellbender salamander will never win an amphibian beauty pageant.

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