Centaur gift to spur Purdue equine hospital
Purdue University plans to build a $10 million veterinary hospital for horses in Shelbyville, made possible in part by a $2.7 million grant from Indiana racino owner and operator Centaur Gaming.
Purdue University plans to build a $10 million veterinary hospital for horses in Shelbyville, made possible in part by a $2.7 million grant from Indiana racino owner and operator Centaur Gaming.
University and foundation leaders throughout the state are trying to find ways to target donors 35 and younger, through online tools that could be critical to future fundraising strategies.
Big budgets used to rule in college rankings. But that could be changing. A new report from the Indiana Commission for Higher Education is the latest effort among several nationally to score universities on their bang for the buck.
The days of lone-wolf researchers shouting ‘Eureka’ are over.
Despite ongoing research, the energy form is still not economical in many cases.
Purdue finished second in international enrollment among public universities, with 9,509 students in the 2012-13 academic year. IU finished 13th, with 6,547.
Purdue University plans to expand undergraduate and graduate enrollment in computer science by more than a quarter to meet growing demand among employers.
The controversy about former Gov. Mitch Daniels’ emails criticizing the late historian Howard Zinn will continue this month as professors, students and staff members gather at universities around the nation to read Zinn’s writings.
With a $60 million-plus investment, the university aims to take molecules from discovery to clinical trials.
Unlike Indiana University, Purdue doesn’t plan to take sides in the fight over a proposed state constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriages.
A consortium of Indiana University, Purdue University and University of Notre Dame can operate for another five years with the grant funds.
Fewer than 20 percent of Purdue students participate in international study programs before graduating, and one of university President Mitch Daniels' new initiatives is to increase that to one-third of some 30,000 undergrads.
Purdue University officials are moving ahead with plans for spending about $150 million to renovate several engineering buildings and construct a new classroom and library building in West Lafayette.
Purdue University says it will create two endowed professorships in the history of science and medicine after a $3 million donation to its history department.
Series organizer Natalie van Hoose says “Indiana’s wine industry may be small, but it’s really quite remarkable.”
The former governor wants to change the rules of higher education. But first he must convince skeptical professors that his plans aren’t just politics, but actually good for Purdue.
Former Purdue University president France Cordova's next job could be as director of the National Science Foundation.
A Democratic state lawmaker asked Purdue University's trustees to resign Tuesday for giving President Mitch Daniels a bonus amid the recent firestorm over his efforts as governor to keep a liberal historian's textbook out of Indiana classrooms.
Dozens of Purdue University professors questioned their new school president's commitment to academic freedom Monday following the release of emails showing that as governor Mitch Daniels tried to keep a liberal historian's textbook out of Indiana classrooms.
Purdue University President Mitch Daniels is set to receive a $58,000 bonus for his first six months in office after a vote of trustees on Friday.