article | Experience
Chance encounter reveals Purdue engineers’ remarkable connection
Umesh Patel unexpectedly met a beneficiary of Cook Biotech’s SIS technology on the night Purdue named him a distinguished alumnus.
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Purdue engineers learn of their remarkable connection
podcast | Education
Podcast Ep. 58: IndyCar Engineer Angela Ashmore Hopes Next Giant Leap is an Indy 500 Win
article | Education
From the grandstands to pit row
A young Nathan O’Rourke could list every Indianapolis 500 winner since 1911. Since then, he’s worked with some of the best known names in IndyCar and is currently living out his racing dreams.
Blazing a trail in nuclear engineering
Destiny White didn’t set out to become Purdue’s first Black female nuclear engineering graduate, but she did just that.
article | Athletics
Faith in the process
Aidan O’Connell enters the 2022 season as the Boilermakers’ starting quarterback and may have a professional career in his future.
Playing a part in an Indy 500 tradition, year after year
As a member of the Purdue “All-American” Marching band, Krupa Patel enjoys coming back to the Indy 500, a tradition held for over 100 years.
Redefining what it means to be a princess
I want to tell young girls: Whatever you want to put your mind to, you can achieve it. That doesn’t mean it’s going to be easy. As a female police officer, I’m going to have to work 20 times as hard as any man.
Taking every opportunity to shape the future, empower others
In a world of influencers and models, you look at these people and you think, “I want to look like that.” But that’s not how it is with the 500 Festival Princess Program.
Empowering Indiana women through civic engagement
When I was in middle school choir, I was assigned to be a helper and mentor to a student with Down syndrome. I ended up getting really close with his family. I did a lot of work with the Special Olympics in high school, too.
Becoming a part of Indianapolis 500 and Purdue history
I went to the Indy 500 when I was younger, but I didn’t know I was hearing the Purdue “All-American” Marching Band the whole time until I was able to be a part of it in college as a Golduster.
Racing toward Indy 500 dreams
At the age of 11, Bill Pappas saved enough money to attend his first-ever Indianapolis 500. Since then, he has turned his dreams into a reality, along the way working with some of the biggest names in racing — Juan Pablo Montoya, Emerson Fittipaldi and A.J. Foyt.
