Purdue University
hidePurdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six campuses within the Purdue University System. With its highly competitive engineering curriculum and its leading programs in aerospace, electrical, and mechanical, Purdue is consistently regarded as one of the top technology schools in the world.
Purdue has claimed many notable accomplishments since its founding. It was the first university globally to have ever offered an aeronautics program. Currently, the university's School of Aeronautics and Astronautics is ranked 4th within the United States. The school has also secured a #1 ranking for being recruited the most by employers of the aerospace and defense industries in the world. Purdue's Krannert School of Management is another highly regarded school at the university, ranked as one of the best management schools in the country according to U.S. News & World Report. Politically, Purdue University has been connected to U.S President Benjamin Harrison, who served on Purdue's board of trustees from July 1895 to March 1901.
Purdue University was founded on May 6, 1869 as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and money from Lafayette businessman John Purdue to establish a college of science, technology, and agriculture in his name. The first classes were held on September 16, 1874, with three buildings, six instructors, and 39 students. Today, Purdue enrolls the largest student body of any university in Indiana and the largest international student population of any public university in the United States. The university's Discovery Park and Purdue Research Park are home to hundreds of medical, biotechnology, and nanotechnology laboratories and companies. In 2009, the Sustainable Endowments Institute awarded Purdue a "B-" for its sustainability efforts on campus, as part of the College Sustainability Report Card 2009, published annually by the Institute.
Purdue offers both undergraduate and graduate programs in over 200 major areas of study. The university has been influential in America's history of aviation, having established the first college credit offered in flight training, the first four-year bachelor's degree in aviation, and the first university airport (Purdue University Airport). In the mid-20th century, Purdue's aviation program expanded to encompass advanced spaceflight technology giving rise to Purdue's nickname, Cradle of Astronauts. Twenty-two of Purdue's graduates are astronauts, including Gus Grissom (one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts), Neil Armstrong (the first person to walk on the moon), and Eugene Cernan (the most recent person to walk on the moon).
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Researchers identify a process that regulates seed germination
Mar 11, 2009 |
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Purdue University researchers have determined a process that regulates activity of genes that control seed germination and seedling development.
Simple device can ensure food gets to the store bacteria free
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A Purdue University researcher has found a way to eliminate bacteria in packaged foods such as spinach and tomatoes, a process that could eliminate worries concerning some food-borne illnesses.
Study projects weakened monsoon season in South Asia
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The South Asian summer monsoon - critical to agriculture in Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan - could be weakened and delayed due to rising temperatures in the future, according to a recent ...
Study: Soybean oil reduces carbon footprint in swine barns
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One of agriculture's most versatile crops could one day play a role in combating climate change, Purdue University research shows.
Spun-sugar fibers spawn sweet technique for nerve repair
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Researchers at Purdue University have developed a technique using spun-sugar filaments to create a scaffold of tiny synthetic tubes that might serve as conduits to regenerate nerves severed in accidents or ...
New findings measure precise impact of fat on cancer spread
Feb 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Purdue University have precisely measured the impact of a high-fat diet on the spread of cancer, finding that excessive dietary fat caused a 300 percent increase in metastasizing ...
Shredding corn silage could produce more ethanol at less cost
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Feb 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A Purdue University researcher has found a way to get more bang for fewer bucks when it comes to processing cellulosic material to make ethanol.
Ice storm tree damage offers chance to detect emerald ash borer
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Jan 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Wood debris from January ice storms in Southern Indiana and Kentucky provides an opportunity for emerald ash borer detection, said one Purdue University expert.
Gene's past could improve the future of rice
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Jan 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In an effort to improve rice varieties, a Purdue University researcher was part of a team that traced the evolutionary history of domesticated rice by using a process that focuses on one gene.
Researchers cooking up new gelled rocket fuels
Jan 21, 2009 |
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Engineers and food scientists are teaming up to develop a new type of gelled fuel the consistency of orange marmalade designed to improve the safety, performance and range of rockets for space and military ...
Biologists learn structure, mechanism of powerful 'molecular motor' in virus
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have discovered the atomic structure of a powerful "molecular motor" that packages DNA into the head segment of some viruses during their assembly, an essential step in their ability ...
