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How Water Can Turn Toxic in the Wake of a Wildfire

November 8, 2023

Andrew Whelton (CE/EEE) was featured in the The Climate and Us series discussing his efforts to help Colorado citizens recover from wildfires.

How Water Can Turn Toxic in the Wake of a Wildfire

Purdue Honors Researchers with Seed for Success Acorn Awards

November 8, 2023

Congratulations to 38 of our faculty affiliates on their Acorn Awards for $1m+ research awards in the FY2023!

Purdue Honors Researchers with Seed for Success Acorn Awards

ISF Affiliate Led Spring Courses

November 8, 2023

Looking for grad classes for spring led by ISF affiliates? Look no further! Want your graduate class added? Email Karan Hustedt-Warren, kustedt@purdue.edu.

ISF Affiliate Led Spring Courses

Dry-surface Foodborne Pathogens Under Scrutiny at Purdue

November 1, 2023

An outbreak of Cronobacter Sakazakii led to a prolonged nationwide infant formula shortage. Haley Oliver (Food Sci) launched a project to improve the safety of low-moisture food-processing facilities.

Dry-surface Foodborne Pathogens Under Scrutiny at Purdue

New Research Shows the Moon Might be Older than we Thought

November 1, 2023

Marissa Tremblay (EAPS) was interviewed for the All Things Considered Podcast discussing how dating works and what the research shows.

New Research Shows the Moon Might be Older than we Thought

Lu Makes Time Best Innovations of 2023 List

November 1, 2023

Congratulations to Luna Lu (CE) for making the Time Best Innovations of 2023 List.

Lu Makes Time Best Innovations of 2023 List

Researchers Aim to Solve Conservation Program Participation Puzzle

November 1, 2023

Jonathan Bauchet (AgEcon) and Zhao Ma (FNR) are studying the puzzle of participation in programs like Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES), an approach relying on conditional incentives to encourage people to manage natural resources sustainably.

Researchers Aim to Solve Conservation Program Participation Puzzle

Tian Li to Develop 'Living' Building Materials that Self-heal and Sequester Carbon

November 1, 2023

Tian Li (ME) is part of a NSF project that aims to develop low-cost, sustainable materials that also can repair themselves and capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Tian Li to Develop 'Living' Building Materials that Self-heal and Sequester Carbon

Engineering Technology Faculty Lead on Purdue's Semiconductor, CHIPS Act Goals

November 1, 2023

James Tanoos (Polytechnic) is collaborating to explore American reforms to the global semiconductor supply chain, adding curriculum and leading research with students in the Purdue Polytechnic Institute, College of Engineering, and the John Martinson Honors College.

Engineering Technology Faculty Lead on Purdue's Semiconductor, CHIPS Act Goals

Gebisa Ejeta Awarded National Medal of Science

October 26, 2023

President Joe Biden on Tuesday (Oct. 24) awarded the National Medal of Science to Gebisa Ejeta, Distinguished Professor of Plant Breeding & Genetics and International Agriculture, executive director of the Purdue Center for Global Food Security and Purdue University Presidential Fellow for Food Security and Sustainable Global Development.

Gebisa Ejeta Awarded National Medal of Science