Panel named to search for new Purdue president
The committee announced Thursday will be looking to replace Purdue President France Cordova, who said last week she would step down next summer when her contract expires.
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Purdue Research Park nears capacity
Purdue just added a large tenant to the Indianapolis research park, bringing the total to 14.
Purdue president to step down next summer
Purdue University President France Cordova says she'll step down when her contract expires in 2012. She succeeded Martin Jischke at the helm of the public university in 2007.
Purdue wins $5M global warming crop-research grant
Purdue University scientists have won a $5 million federal grant to help corn and soybean farmers adapt to the various climate change scenarios global warming is forecast to bring in the coming decades.
Lafayette, Logansport groups want China trade
Greater Lafayette Commerce and the Logansport-Cass County Economic Development Foundation will work with Purdue University to develop strategic plans designed to expand trade and investment with China.
Purdue spends nearly $500K on marketing campaign
Purdue University spent nearly $500,000 to develop and promote a marketing campaign that angered many students and alumni who thought the school was straying from its traditional image as the Boilermakers.
Governor appoints two new Purdue trustees
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels announced Tuesday that he has appointed hotel developer Bruce White and Purdue student Miranda McCormack to Purdue University's Board of Trustees.
Colleges hike tuition as state reduces funding
Supporters of Indiana's public universities say if state lawmakers continue to reduce state funding for higher education, colleges will keep raising tuition and fees.
Purdue board hikes student tuition, adds fee
Purdue University students will begin paying either $400 or $1,000 more in tuition and fees next school year, depending on whether they are in-state or out-of-state.
Decision unclear on Purdue president’s future
Purdue University leaders aren't saying whether President France Cordova will stay on the job after she reaches its normal retirement age next year.
Indiana universities face questions over tuition increases
Indiana's top higher education official warned Monday that legislators may demand explanations from public colleges and universities if the schools approve tuition hikes in excess of caps recently suggested by a state panel.
Purdue proposes international student fee hikes
Under the proposed increases, foreign students enrolling this summer would pay an additional $1,000 on top of 3.8-percent tuition increases for all out-of-state students. Purdue also has proposed a $2,000 fee for 2012-13 academic year.
Purdue professor analyzes risk, dissects failures
For 25 years, Venkat Venkatasubramanian, the Reilly professor of chemical engineering at Purdue University, has studied how to keep horrendously complicated, excruciatingly twitchy technological edifices from collapsing under their own weight.
Purdue forms 2 energy labs with Chinese school
Purdue said Tuesday that its President, France Cordova, has signed an agreement with Beihang University's president to form the two joint laboratories. One will focus on energy systems and the other on low emissions combustion.
BENNER: Catching up with Pacers, racers and Boilermakers
Will Conseco Fieldhouse be half empty of Pacer fans for the playoffs?
Cummins spurs launch of mechanical engineering program
This fall, Indiana University-Purdue University at Columbus will roll out its first four-year mechanical engineering program.
Purdue receives $32 million Afghanistan farm grant
A grant of $31.9 million awarded to Purdue University may translate into a more sustainable agricultural sector for Afghanistan, according to U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar.
Research jobs could flow from Purdue quad
Purdue University officials and others connected with the life sciences in Indiana say the planned $164 million Life and Health Sciences Quadrangle at the West Lafayette campus will mean high-paying jobs, retention of highly skilled scientists, and researchers who might well have left the state for either coast.
Purdue case highlights costs of defending intellectual property
A complicated legal case about trade secrets points up a down side to the success Indiana’s research universities have had turning their research into revenue: Large legal bills can eat much of the money.
Purdue interested in opening campus in NYC
Purdue President France Cordova says the university is interested in opening a research campus in New York City.