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Purdue alumna, a U.S. athletic trainer, savors second chance to participate in her first Olympics

Anne Hinley landed her current job with US Speedskating in 2021 after working with the Chinese team prior to the COVID-19 pandemic As a Purdue student, Anne Hinley felt awkward about revealing to athletic training classmates and colleagues that her…

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Purdue baseball team hopes Intel partnership will help Boilermakers become ‘the fastest show on dirt’

Purdue is nation’s first college baseball program to make use of Intel’s innovative 3DAT human performance technology Purdue’s baseball team aims to be “the fastest show on dirt.” A partnership with Intel is helping the Boilermakers turn that aspirational motto…
An original copy of ‘Hail Purdue’ donated to the University by the songwriters.

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Boilermakers have played and sung ‘Hail Purdue’ across the globe — and even in space

Beloved fight song, celebrating its 110th anniversary in 2022, and school song ‘Purdue Hymn’ are the centerpiece numbers in the Purdue musical catalog Wherever and whenever Purdue Boilermakers cross paths, there exists the distinct possibility that they might break into…
Sharita Ware, Indiana’s 2022 choice for Teacher of the Year, poses in her classroom at East Tipp Middle School. (Purdue University photo/Rebecca McElhoe)

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Carrying the torch: Q&A with Sharita Ware, 2022 Indiana Teacher of the Year

Purdue graduate, engineer and teacher inspires students to show up and be heard  Sharita Ware’s seventh graders at East Tipp Middle School near Lafayette spend their class time designing prosthetic legs for Barbie dolls. Her eighth graders are building and…

podcast | Experience

Podcast Ep. 50: Purdue Celebrates Black History Month

In this episode of “This Is Purdue,” we’re celebrating Black Boilermaker excellence with stories from three Purdue University alumni who have made significant giant leaps.   Amber Johnson (above, PhD computer science ’19), Sydney Simone (BA communication ’19), and Curtis Baylor…

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Business Opportunity Program

The day following the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in April 1968, a group of Krannert faculty members approached then-dean John S. Day to establish the Business Opportunity Program (BOP) to increase diversity and provide underrepresented students…
Audrey Powers at Purdue’s Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering

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Audrey Powers ‘overwhelmed’ to join Purdue’s Cradle of Astronauts

By performing vital engineering work during Blue Origin’s New Shepard flight, Audrey Powers qualified as Purdue’s third commercial astronaut and 27th member of the Cradle of Astronauts.

podcast | Research

Podcast Ep. 49: Purdue-Discovered Drug Strengthens Fight Against Cancer

In this episode of “This Is Purdue,” we’re featuring a Boilermaker whose innovations are changing and saving lives across the world. Philip Low, Purdue University’s Presidential Scholar for Drug Discovery and the Ralph C. Corley Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, developed…

podcast | Education

Podcast Ep. 48: NASA Space Suit Engineer Amy Ross Discusses Purdue’s Impact on Her Career

On this episode of “This Is Purdue,” we’re talking to Amy Ross, NASA Space Suit Engineer and Purdue alumna. Listen in as Amy discusses her first big design project at NASA, working with her father (NASA astronaut and fellow Purdue…

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Podcast Ep. 47: This Is Purdue’s Greatest Hits of 2021

On this episode of “This Is Purdue,” we’re celebrating some of our most popular episodes of 2021 to ring in the new year! Listen in as we share clips from episodes with Purdue University President Mitch Daniels, men’s head basketball…

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Purdue theatre engineering: A one-of-a-kind learning opportunity

Issy Block loves live theatre and “making cool stuff.” Purdue is currently the only multidisciplinary engineering program to have earned accreditation from the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology Inc. (ABET), offering a concentration in theatre engineering that allows her…

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Purdue’s one-of-a-kind theatre engineering program combines artist’s creativity, engineer’s diligence

Experiential learning opportunities prepare students to work in many forms of live entertainment Jessica Goldberg dreams of becoming a professional designer of theme park dark rides, creating immersive storytelling experiences like Disney’s Haunted Mansion, where guided vehicles transport guests through the…