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Is is dangerous to microwave your leftovers in plastics?

December 4, 2024

Jennifer Freeman (HSCI) is featured in this Purdue HHS YouTube video discussing the risks of reheating your leftovers in plastic containers.

Is is dangerous to microwave your leftovers in plastics?

Journey along the sugar highway with the new tree physiology lab at Purdue

December 4, 2024

Morgan Furze (BPP/FNR) is featured in this article discussing her studies into how woody plants respond to environmental stress using a branching network of veins.

Journey along the sugar highway with the new tree physiology lab at Purdue

Purdue Innovation Hub fosters collaboration and transformative first-year experiences

December 4, 2024

ISF affiliate Michael Witt (Libraries/Info Studies) led a team of researchers that developed a transdisciplinary project between three first-year courses integrating writing, data and code assignments.

Purdue Innovation Hub fosters collaboration and transformative first-year experiences

Researchers call for sustainable governance as groundwater resources become scarce

December 4, 2024

Thomas Hertel (Ag Econ) is featured discussing a recently co-authored study explaining local groundwater sustainability policies and how they can lead to unintended global consequences.

Researchers call for sustainable governance as groundwater resources become scarce

Melba Crawford recognized with Distinguished Alumni Award from The Ohio State University

December 4, 2024

Congratulations to Melba Crawford (CCE) on being recognized with the Distinguished Alumni Award for Academic Excellence from The Ohio State University during the 2024 College of Engineering Alumni Awards.

Melba Crawford recognized with Distinguished Alumni Award from The Ohio State University

Purdue Research Series - A Look into Innovative and Collaborative Boilermaker Research

November 20, 2024

Purdue's Executive Vice President for Research, Karen Plaut is featured in this episode of the This is Purdue podcast discussing her career journey, interdisciplinary research, Purdue's expansion to Indianapolis, how she navigates leading Purdue's wide range of research fields, and her advice for aspiring researchers.

Purdue Research Series - A Look into Innovative and Collaborative Boilermaker Research

Purdue honors researchers with Seed for Success Acorn Awards

November 20, 2024

Congratulations to several ISF affiliates who received a 2024 Seed for Success Acorn Award, given to investigators in recognition of their accomplishments in obtaining an external sponsored award of $1 million or more. For the full list of awardees and their projects.

Purdue honors researchers with Seed for Success Acorn Awards

Showalter Trust adds four faculty honorees, funds 23 early career faculty

November 20, 2024

Congratulations to ISF affiliates Jonathan Shannahan (HSCI) and Mohit Verma (ABE) on being recently appointed as 2024 Showalter Faculty Scholars. Additional congratulations to Thivanka Muthumalage (HSCI) and Yu She (IE) on receiving 2024 Showalter Early Career Awards.

Showalter Trust adds four faculty honorees, funds 23 early career faculty

Purdue launches institute to help farmers commercialize new value-added products

November 20, 2024

Purdue's Institute for Food Production Innovation and Commercialization Director Dharmendra Mishra (Food Sci), is featured discussing what training and development support the institute is offering to agriculture producers with novel food and beverage product ideas.

Purdue launches institute to help farmers commercialize new value-added products

Purdue researchers use traffic jam theory to explain atmospheric blocking

November 20, 2024

Lei Wang (EAPS) and a team of researchers applied a traffic jam theory to explain atmospheric blocking at the 2024 US CLIVAR Blocking Workshop.

Purdue researchers use traffic jam theory to explain atmospheric blocking