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Innovative risk-assessment tool for produce industry continues advancing

 Mohit Verma’s research team at Purdue University has developed innovative paper-based, rapid-result tests for bovine respiratory disease and COVID-19. Now the researchers are adapting their technology for produce safety risk assessment.
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Improving prostate cancer relapse forecast by 14 months

A new tool could help save lives by predicting prostate cancer relapse 14 months earlier than current standard methods. The tool, a computer model, makes its predictions by using levels of a single biomarker produced by prostate cells to forecast…
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Imaging agent illuminates lung cancer tumors

Surgery, especially surgery to remove cancerous tumors, relies on a range of tools and techniques as well as on the skill of the surgeon. Now, new imaging agent Cytalux will make surgery to remove lung cancer tumors a little more…
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World’s whitest paint now thinner than ever, ideal for vehicles

The world’s whitest paint – seen in this year’s edition of Guinness World Records and “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” – keeps surfaces so cool that it could reduce the need for air conditioning. Now the Purdue University researchers who created the paint…
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Secretaries of State, Commerce discuss efforts to build a US microelectronics ecosystem

U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo visited Purdue University on Tuesday (Sept. 13) to tour university research facilities and meet students as they embark on their mission to bolster the U.S. semiconductor industry.
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Digital revolution inspires new research direction in ecosystem structural diversity

A special issue of the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment lays the foundation for pursuing structural diversity as a new research direction in ecology. The issue, funded by the National Science Foundation, also describes the digital data collection methods…
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Purdue University employee and Purdue Global graduate Sean Brant

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Achieving balance and unlocking opportunity with Purdue Global

Sean Brant has always wanted a bachelor’s degree but struggled to juggle traditional college courses with a full-time job.

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Carlos Mahaffey

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Examining the role culture plays in medical distrust

Carlos Mahaffey grew up knowing about the Tuskegee syphilis study, in which researchers did not obtain informed consent from the 600 Black male participants who were denied penicillin even after it became widely available. For many Black Americans, the serious ethical issues that arose from the experiment created a legacy of mistrust in the medical community.

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Parsia Bahrami stands in front of a collection of flags.

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Finding friends at college: The courage to step out of your comfort zone

At age 13, Parsia Bahrami learned that the process of moving to a new country could be a profoundly lonely one.

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Podcast Ep. 76: FDA Authorizes Lung Cancer Imaging Agent Based on Research From Purdue

In this episode of “This Is Purdue,” we’re sharing a new update from our conversation with Boilermaker innovator Philip Low. Professor Low, Purdue University’s Presidential Scholar for Drug Discovery and the Ralph C. Corley Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, helped develop…
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Don-Terry Veal Jr. stands in the Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering.

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3+2 dual-degree partnership provides a perfect opportunity for eager students

Don-Terry Veal Jr. is a pioneer in the 3+2 dual degree partnership between Morgan State University and Purdue.

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Professor Mark French in his classroom, where he leads MET 34900.

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Hands-on ‘guitar lab’ is one of Purdue’s most popular courses

A supportive professor, an immersive project and lessons that prepare for postgraduation life. MET 34900 strikes a chord with students.

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