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Podcast Ep. 140: AI Expert Discusses Best Practices for Maintaining Your Authentic Voice

In this episode of “This Is Purdue,” we’re talking to Kasie Roberson, clinical associate professor in the Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management Department in Purdue University’s Mitch Daniels School of Business and head of the Leadership Coaching Institute in…
The Purdue Memorial Union’s tiny pink mitten hangs on the PMU Christmas tree

article | Experience

Keeping Purdue’s ‘pink mitten’ holiday tradition alive

For years, Ruth Krauch shared the pink mitten story during tours at Purdue Memorial Union.

Engineering student Janvi Prasad poses in a lab at Purdue’s Indianapolis location.

article | Education

Purdue’s 2 locations create unmatched opportunities for materials engineering student 

Motivation and consistency are key to achieving your career goals.

Group of nine people wearing hard hats standing in a construction lab.

article | Education

Purdue and Kiewit are building the future of construction engineering and management

Shared knowledge is the foundation on which the Purdue and Kiewit partnership is built.

Three 1980s-era Purdue students eat fast food

article | Experience

Boilers just wanted to have fun: Purdue student life in the ’80s

Check out these images of Purdue student life from the 1980s

Purdue basketball coach Gene Keady in the locker room

article | Athletics

Fierce rivalries and a Final Four: Purdue sports in the ’80s

Check out this gallery of 1980s images of Purdue athletics

Patrons at Purdue’s John W. Hicks Undergraduate Library

article | Experience

Boilermaker breakthroughs: Academics at Purdue in the 1980s

A gallery of academic-related images from Purdue in the 1980s

A crowd gathered near Purdue’s Class of 1939 Water Sculpture

article | Experience

We loved the ’80s: Campus scenes from a memorable decade

A series of photos depicts the Purdue campus in the 1980s.

podcast | Experience

Podcast Ep. 139: Holiday Party and Job Interview Etiquette: The Complete Playbook

In this episode of “This Is Purdue,” we’re talking to Anthony Cawdron, Westwood event coordinator and estate manager, and adjunct hospitality and tourism management faculty member.   Westwood has been home to four Purdue University presidents and their families since it…
Nathan Malafa in front of a plane.

article | Experience

U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds commander’s career took flight at Purdue

Nathan Malafa was inspired by an air show pilot. He became one of the best in the world.

article | Experience

Purdue tailgate legends: The Armes family’s bus

The Armes family repurposed this bus for games, hosting crowds of up to 100 Boilermakers.

article | Athletics

Blough, Kerrigan rising as NFL coaches

Every day during the season, without fail. David Blough pulls into the parking lot outside the Washington Commanders facility at 5:30 a.m., and, on the dot, here comes Ryan Kerrigan pulling into another parking space. Kerrigan’s in Year 4 as…