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Next Purdue chief must cut costs but boost research

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.

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Purdue hopes center simplifies commercialization

Purdue University’s new Innovation and Commercialization Center is supposed to be a one-stop shop for professors to get help developing their research into products and for outside investors to find out what research is taking place there.

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Purdue, IU students lobby for alcohol amnesty law

Student leaders on three college campuses are urging Indiana lawmakers to enact a law that shields underage drinkers from disciplinary action if they report that someone is intoxicated and at serious health risk.

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Public universities expect state support to keep dropping

Indiana University President Michael McRobbie last month predicted that IU eventually will get less than 10 percent of its revenue from the state. If public schools get nine out of 10 dollars from somewhere other than public coffers, will they still be public?

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