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A Purdue professor just met with Pope Francis to discuss hydrogen energy. Here’s how it went.
February 25, 2020
Pope Francis is known for having strong opinions and leading one of the most progressive papacies of all time — and, as a Purdue University professor recently found out, he also laughs at his own jokes. It's the kind of quality one can really only find out about if they're lucky enough to wrangle a private meeting with him. Which, years after initial efforts to make it happen, engineering technology professor John Sheffield just did.
A Purdue professor just met with Pope Francis to discuss hydrogen energy. Here’s how it went.
Study: Your home’s water quality could vary by the room – and the season
February 19, 2020
Is the water in your home actually safe, given that water utility companies in the U.S. aren’t required by law to monitor the water that specifically enters a building at its service line? A study has found that the water quality of a home can differ in each room and change between seasons, challenging the assumption that the water in a public water system is the same as the water that passes through a building’s plumbing at any time of the year.
Study: Your home’s water quality could vary by the room – and the season
Purdue receives recognition by Chronicle of Higher Education for Fulbright Scholars
February 11, 2020
David Purpura, a Purdue University associate professor of human development and family studies, is working with colleagues in Belgium to better understand how language affects math development. He soon will do the same in South Africa. Linda Nie spent six months at two internationally recognized research facilities in other countries. Neither of the two could have done this work without the Fulbright Global Scholar awards. The same goes for six others on Purdue’s faculty, who received Fulbright U.S. Scholar awards.
Purdue receives recognition by Chronicle of Higher Education for Fulbright Scholars
What's under the shell of this popular snack?
February 10, 2020
No country grows or consumes more popcorn than the United States and only one state, Nebraska, produces more popcorn than Indiana. Consequently, it’s surprising that in 2019, only 75,000 of Indiana’s 5 million corn acres contained popcorn. The hard outer hull of popcorn, called the pericarp, explains why 1.5 percent of the state’s corn pops while none of the rest can. Bruce Hamaker, distinguished professor of food science and Roy L. Whistler Chair, found that the best popping kernels have a stronger pericarp, maximizing moisture retention.
What the brain really thinks about forever chemicals
February 4, 2020
The human-made chemicals that make our kitchen pans stick-free, our athletic wear water-repellent and firefighting chemicals more efficient do their jobs incredibly well, but it’s at the expense of lingering in the body and environment for what is believed to be forever.
Purdue Ag-celerator invests $100,000 in two plant science startups
January 31, 2020
The Purdue Ag-celerator has invested a total of $100,000 in two plant science startups for the fall round of investments. The recipients are VinSense, a company assisting in wine grape agriculture through Purdue-patented technology, and Karyosoft, a genomics data analytics company empowering biologists for rapid data mining through just a few clicks proprietary platform to accelerate innovations.
Purdue Ag-celerator invests $100,000 in two plant science startups
You want to be a responsible tourist. But what does that even mean?
January 21, 2020
The year is 2013, and the (hypothetical) trip is a mix of virtue and fun: Fly to a Caribbean island, stay in an Airbnb, help build a classroom at a school, visit an orphanage and then finish off by flying to a second island and kicking back at an all-inclusive resort. Highlight: a 45-minute swim with dolphins. See the world! Help locals make rent! Give back! Contribute to the economy! What a responsible traveler! Today, that kind of getaway might elicit a horrified gasp, followed by questions and commentary
You want to be a responsible tourist. But what does that even mean?
Professors Xu, Ebert, and Prabhakar to take on new leadership roles at Purdue
January 15, 2020
Purdue University has announced new leadership for its Department of Computer Science, Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS), and Integrated Data Science Initiative.
Professors Xu, Ebert, and Prabhakar to take on new leadership roles at Purdue
Discovery Park Undergraduate Research Internship program seeking faculty proposals for summer session
January 14, 2020
Purdue-West Lafayette faculty are now welcome to submit project proposals for the summer 2020 term of Discovery Park’s Undergraduate Research Internship (DURI) program. DURI supports faculty-led teams of undergraduates to investigate problems in the strategic areas of global security, global health and global sustainability.
Discovery Park Undergraduate Research Internship program seeking faculty proposals for summer session
Purdue program changes the drift of communication
December 18, 2019
A dozen years ago, Steve Smith could anticipate the calls coming in from farmers across the state. They’d report when and how much of their crops had been damaged as glyphosate being sprayed on nearby fields caught the wind and landed on their non-resistant tomatoes.