Past News
ISF Awarded Western Digital Data Storage
June 20, 2025
Purdue's Institute for a Sustainable Future was recently awarded 1.2 Petabytes of hard disk drive (HDD) storage from Western Digital to further enable research that relies on quick access to big data repositories. This award, granted through Western Digital’s Petabyte Innovation Quest (PIQ “PEAK” Award), helps bolster Purdue’s robust ecosystem of data services and data-driven models by creating the Purdue One Health Data Engine (POHDE)—a storage facility aimed at facilitating research spanning disciplines from weather and climate, to ecosystem health, to environmental toxicology, to plant and animal health, to personalized human health.
Study Reveals How Eavesdropping Predators Develop Hunting Strategies
May 28, 2025
Dr. Ximena E. Bernal, a professor in Purdue University's Department of Biological Sciences, and faculty affiliate of the Purdue Institute for a Sustainable Future, has co-authored a new study which has uncovered how young fringe-lipped bats (Trachops cirrhosis) learn to identify and hunt prey—not through instinct, but by listening, learning the mating calls of their prey, and observing mature bats.
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ISF and Campus Sustainability Working Group Release “Campus Guide to Sustainable Living”
April 10, 2025
Just in time for Purdue’s annual Spring Fest, ISF, working with the Campus Sustainability Working Group, has released an initial version of the “Campus Guide to Sustainable Living.”
Purdue's Institute for a Sustainable Future Publishes First Look at PFAS Statewide
April 8, 2025
ISF’s strategic research team in PFAS has recently completed the first Indiana Statewide PFAS Assessment. This collaborative report, written with contributions by PFAS experts from multiple universities, brings together collective knowledge and research from scientists from numerous state universities, including Purdue, IU-Bloomington and Notre Dame, as well as from state agencies.
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ISF and Campus Sustainability Working Group to Conduct Student Survey
March 31, 2025
Part of the work of the Campus Sustainability Working Group is to conduct surveys to gain insight into sustainability knowledge, behavior and campus culture at Purdue. The first of these surveys, focusing on undergraduates, will be conducted from April 10th-20th, 2025.
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Fall 2024 Semester in Review
March 28, 2025
ISF is excited to announce the PDF release of our Semester in Review publication, capturing the highlights, achievements, and significant moments from Fall 2024.
ISF releases new Purdue STAR Performance Analysis
March 25, 2025
A new report, the Purdue STARS Performance Assessment(SPA), was recently published by Purdue’s Institute for a Sustainable Future (ISF), a research institute launched in 2023 as part of the Institutes and Centers at Discovery Park District.
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Fellow of the ACS POLY division
March 13, 2025
Congratulations to Jeffrey Youngblood (Mat Eng) on being named a Fellow of the POLY division of the American Chemical Society. His work ranges from fundamental polymer chemistry development to incorporating cellulose nanofibers into packing applications.
Purdue rural electrification project to help upgrade home utilities
March 13, 2025
Kevin Kircher (ME) is featured in this FOX59 article discussing his project funded by the Department of Energy that aims to help people in rural areas upgrade the utility equipment in their homes.
Purdue rural electrification project to help upgrade home utilities
L.A. County fires put new drinking-water safety measures to the test
March 13, 2025
Andrew Whelton (CCE/EEE) is featured in this Los Angeles Times article providing expert insights on drinking water testing and its role in ensuring water safety.
L.A. County fires put new drinking-water safety measures to the test