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Building and celebrating a passion for community
Being from a small town, there’s not a whole lot of diversity. There wasn’t anybody that looked like me. I got pointed out a lot, and I just knew from a very early age I was not the same as everybody else.
article | Education
Strengthening The Next Giant Leap
For Joanne Troutner, Purdue University is more than her alma mater. It’s a family. She describes Purdue as a launchpad — “A place where I was allowed to be excellent.” “How could I not want to give back?” she asks, voice ripe with sincerity.
Purdue alumna honored in Smithsonian IF/THEN exhibit among 120 women in STEM
When Afua Bruce ventured into the sea of orange statues of women in STEM on display at the Smithsonian gardens and museums, a sense of awe settled over her. And then she saw a familiar face among the figures: her own.
Son of veteran uses GI Bill benefits to pursue affordable college experience
When Chase Morris applied to Purdue, he viewed the University as his dream school. He esteems Purdue the way many esteem Ivy League schools. “I knew that Purdue is a really good school, and I knew it would look great on my resume,” Chase says.
Pearl at Purdue: Marion Blalock offered mentorship, motivation that helped minority engineering students succeed
In three decades leading Purdue’s Minority Engineering Program, Marion Blalock created recruitment, retention and graduation initiatives for underrepresented minority students that were so successful that the MEP became a model for universities across the nation.
article | Respect
After missing football team’s disastrous train ride, Harry ‘Snowy’ Clark became an athletic training pioneer at Purdue
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 | Experience
Podcast Ep. 47: This Is Purdue’s Greatest Hits of 2021
podcast | Education
Podcast Ep. 44: Honoring Purdue University Veterans
Electric vehicles could fully recharge in under 5 minutes with new charging station cable design
Woven into the fabric of Purdue
video | Education
Paying for College: Purdue Freshman and Parents Make a Plan