A board of trustees dominated by Daniels' own appointees will select him as the university's 12th president Thursday, sources told IBJ and other news outlets. The appointment will add a dramatic new chapter to his diverse career.
Mitch Daniels, Indiana's two-term governor, will succeed France Cordova as Purdue University president, a source told IBJ Tuesday morning.
University officials overseeing plans for the $38 million Wang Hall of Electrical and Computer Engineering had hoped to start construction in early May but now say a September start is likely.
Purdue University's trustees are planning their sixth private meeting this year in the ongoing search for the school's next president.
Spawned at least in part by the “eat local” and organic-food movements, the regional facilities provide one-stop shops for consumers and farmers alike.
An administrative job at Purdue University held by the husband of school's president France Cordova is being eliminated as she leaves the school this summer.
Purdue University's trustees approved plans Friday for a new campus medical clinic that administrators expect eventually will cut the school's health care costs for employees and their families.
Purdue HUB-U, which will be funded with $2 million over its first four years, is similar to an initiative announced May 2 by Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Officials consider expanding facility that got off to a slow start but began filling up last fall.
Purdue University will use a $10 million anonymous gift to help build a facility dedicated to encouraging student excellence and leadership.
Purdue University has ended its dealings with a foundation that pledged a $100 million donation five years ago to help the school find commercial uses for its research.
The $38 million Lyles-Porter Hall will house numerous health programs. Purdue also is planning a $25 million Drug Discovery Building that will bring together pharmaceutical researchers from throughout the school.
After the recession forced a freeze in its professors’ pay, IU’s flagship Bloomington campus boosted faculty salaries roughly 6 percent this year, vaulting its top professors’ pay past Purdue’s professors.
It has been seven months since a committee tasked with finding the next Purdue University president began its hunt.
A state official says Purdue University's presidential search committee didn't follow Indiana law when it held private meetings in Indianapolis without sufficient public notice.
Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business scored highest in Bloomberg Businessweek's annual survey of top undergraduate business schools. Indiana, Purdue and Butler universities also ranked among the top 50.
The governor included the measure as part of his final legislative agenda saying that he was concerned that college degrees were becoming too expensive.
The successor to France Cordova, who is stepping down this summer when her contract expires, will have to tip-toe between two almost contradictory demands: Cut costs for students yet spend more to ramp up Purdue’s research enterprise.
Indiana University Coach Tom Crean and Purdue University Coach Matt Painter cash in big time when their teams perform well, especially in postseason play.
Moore's Law states that the number of transistors that can be placed on an integrated circuit doubles every 18 months to two years, and it's predicted to reach its limit with existing technology in 2020.
