Past News
Purdue wildlife and aviation programs collaborate on deer population study
November 20, 2024
Pat Zollner (FNR) is featured in this article discussing his five-year project funded by Indiana DNR to develop better methods for monitoring the population sizes of white-tailed deer, coyotes, and turkeys.
Purdue wildlife and aviation programs collaborate on deer population study
Weathering the storm: How agribusinesses and farms can prepare for natural disasters
November 13, 2024
Laura Bowling (AGRY) is featured in this article discussing how major natural disasters like Hurricanes Helene and Milton can impact the Corn Belt causing low crop yields or even complete loss.
Weathering the storm: How agribusinesses and farms can prepare for natural disasters
New methods improve lead exposure detection at point of care
November 13, 2024
Aaron Specht (HSCI) is featured in this Medical Xpress article discussing his patent-pending technology to non-invasively measure lead and other heavy metals in patients' bones and blood to detect chronic exposure.
New methods improve lead exposure detection at point of care
Meteorite contains evidence of liquid water on Mars 742 million years ago
November 13, 2024
Marissa Tremblay (EAPS) is featured in this article discussing her research using noble gases to study the physical and chemical processes shaping the surfaces of Earth and other planets; explaining that some meteorites from Mars contain minerals that formed through interaction with liquid water while still on Mars.
Meteorite contains evidence of liquid water on Mars 742 million years ago
Early Career Research Achievement Award
November 6, 2024
Congratulations to Jonathan Shannahan (HSCI) on being awarded the Purdue Health and Human Science's Early Career Research Achievement Award.
Modified bacteria could change future of farming
November 6, 2024
Ronald Wilhelm (AGRY) and Dan Quinn (AGRY) are featured in this WISHTV.COM segment discussing their research of genetically modified bacteria.
Purdue Researchers Investigate the Effects of Vaping on Oral and Lung Health
November 6, 2024
Thivanka Muthumalage (HSCI) and Jonathan Shannahan (HSCI) are featured in this article discussing their research on vaping and e-cigarette technologies to explore the health effects in both the lungs and mouth.
Purdue Researchers Investigate the Effects of Vaping on Oral and Lung Health
Rare bees kill Meta's nuclear-powered AI data center plans
November 6, 2024
AI is a 'dirty' industry, with one AI query consuming enough energy to power a lightbulb for 20 minutes. In this recent article in Popular Science, assistant professor of entomology and co-lead of the ISF Biodiversity community Brock Harper (ENTM) weighed in on a rare species of bees that recently stymied a plan for nuclear power generation by Meta.
Environmental and Ecological Engineering's graduate program ranked No. 9, undergraduate program No. 12 nationally
November 6, 2024
Congratulations to the Environmental and Ecological Engineering department on their national rankings for both their undergraduate and graduate programs.
Environmental and Ecological Engineering's graduate program ranked No. 9, undergraduate program No. 12 nationally
Why Heat Waves of the Future May Be Even Deadlier Than Feared
October 30, 2024
ISF Director Matt Huber (EAPS) is featured in this New York Times article discussing "wet bulb" temperatures and the growing research supporting that humans could potentially be more vulnerable to rising temperatures than previously believed.
Why Heat Waves of the Future May Be Even Deadlier Than Feared