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Bringing a STEM approach to live entertainment

Purdue’s Fusion Studio for Entertainment and Engineering serves as a conversation hub connecting entertainment industry, practitioners and academia Shep Dick, Issy Block and their teammates thought they had found an ideal solution to the task at hand. And maybe they …

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After harrowing escape from Afghanistan, Purdue instructor brings her family to West Lafayette

While instructor and family endured unthinkable circumstances back home, colleagues at Purdue rallied to support their fresh start in America With gunfire echoing all around them, Mariam (last name withheld) linked arms with her brother, Razeq, and sister, Fahima, as …

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Fighter pilot, a Purdue alumna, was prepared to sacrifice her life on 9/11

Heather Penney planned to crash into hijacked United Flight 93 to prevent it from reaching Washington, D.C. For years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, only a few people outside of Heather Penney’s immediate family were aware of …

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Why Greater Lafayette? Residents tell us

Affordability, convenience and diversity are among factors that area residents appreciate Greater Lafayette is one of the top housing markets in the United States, according to the Emerging Housing Markets Index, a collaborative effort between The Wall Street Journal and Realtor.com. …

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Wall Street Journal, Realtor.com place Greater Lafayette among top housing markets in U.S.

Inaugural Emerging Markets Index ranks Greater Lafayette sixth among nation’s top 300 housing markets Lindsay Mason didn’t want to love Greater Lafayette. She just couldn’t help herself. The native Bostonian had understandable reservations about uprooting French Knot — a knitwear company she …

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Courageous Parker sisters were ‘Boilermakers in every sense’

By naming residence halls after Frieda and Winifred Parker, Purdue celebrates their successful campaign to integrate student housing Every morning, just before 6, the telephone would ring in Walter and Winifred Parker White’s home.  In many cases, a call at …