Purdue University

Purdue sees slight growth in fall enrollment

September 15, 2010
Associated Press
Purdue's enrollment figures show that it has 74,759 students at its five campuses and various technology program sites around Indiana.
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Purdue adding medical research buildings

September 1, 2010
J.K. Wall
University will spend nearly $70 million to construct health and life science research facilities, including a drug-discovery lab, in West Lafayette.
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Indiana universities nearly double research spendingRestricted Content

August 28, 2010
J.K. Wall
In the last 10 years, Indiana’s major research universities—Indiana and Purdue—have nearly doubled their science-based research budgets, to a total of $895 million. Yet Indiana’s public universities still run in the middle of the pack nationally.
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Purdue University staff could get early-retirement offer

August 24, 2010
Associated Press
A university committee said an early-retirement offer could reduce salary and benefit costs, and eliminate the need for layoffs.
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Purdue aims to boost solar progressRestricted Content

August 14, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlin
Purdue University will join the quest for cheap solar-generated electricity with an initiative aimed at speeding up research across the industry. The Network for Photovoltaic Technology will launch this fall, focused on creating computer models to eliminate costly and slow trial-and-error research in the solar industry.
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Indiana universities offer cash incentives for technology transfer

August 7, 2010
 IBJ Staff
The Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute awarded $750,000 to 10 teams of researchers.
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'Landstory' name opens new chapter for firmRestricted Content

July 24, 2010
Scott Olson
Moniker reflects ownership change years earlier, better description of company's focus.
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Purdue steps up efforts to halt illegal downloads

July 10, 2010
Associated Press
The Higher Education Opportunity Act requires schools to fight illegal distribution of copyrighted material and educate campus communities about the issue. Schools that don't comply risk losing their eligibility for federal student aid.
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Purdue board OKs building 3rd luxury dorm tower

July 9, 2010
Associated Press
The board on Friday approved a $20.6 million construction contact for the First Street Towers project.
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Daniels appoints trustees to IU, Purdue boards

July 1, 2010
 IBJ Staff
Former chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities among IU appointments.
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Purdue names interim Krannert School dean

June 17, 2010
After 10-month search, Purdue University officials broaden quest for new permanent dean for Krannert School of Management. School officials hope to have position filled by spring.
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Closing of Purdue's Chao Center is setback for BioCrossroads

May 1, 2010
J.K. Wall
The university is hoping to find a private company to take over the 5-year-old facility, which formulated and manufactured small batches of drugs used in clinical trials.
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Chao exit hurts drug development industry

April 28, 2010
J.K. Wall
Purdue University’s decision to close the Chao Center in West Lafayette is a setback for Indiana’s effort to grow a vibrant contract drug manufacturing sector. But it’s just the latest in a series of unexpected changes—not all for the worse—since Indianapolis-based BioCrossroads launched a contract drug manufacturing initiative in late 2007.
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IUPUI cracks top 10 in MBA program rankings

April 15, 2010
 IBJ Staff
The Kelley School of Business' "Evening MBA" program at IUPUI finished 10th overall and fourth among public business schools in U.S. News & World Report's inaugural ranking of part-time MBA programs.
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Purdue secures $15M to expand cancer research building

April 12, 2010
J.K. Wall
Stimulus dollars from the National Institutes of Health expected to spark 30 to 40 new research jobs by 2013.
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Ivy Tech gets $4.7M energy grant to retrain 1,500 workers

April 12, 2010
J.K. Wall
Federal money will help create programs at community college and Purdue University to offer skills in smart-grid technologies.
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Purdue signs Painter through 2016-17 season

April 2, 2010
 IBJ Staff and Associated Press
Purdue announced Friday that the new contract gives Matt Painter a $1.3 million base salary, plus up to $1 million of incentives for academic, athletic and attendance performance.
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Universities spare fund-raisers amid budget cutsRestricted Content

March 27, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlin
The IU Foundation recently cut 18 of 201 staff members but nonetheless is looking at adding reinforcements in fund raising.
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Indiana food manufacturers ramp up safety precautions

March 20, 2010
Kathleen McLaughlin
The peanut-borne salmonella outbreak of 2009 raised awareness about the risk of illness from unlikely sources. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the last time a seemingly innocuous ingredient made people sick, and prompted recalls.
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IU, Purdue try to preserve research despite budget cuts

February 23, 2010
J.K. Wall
The president of each school will update budget-cutting progress in state-of-the-university speeches Tuesday.
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Purdue to get $12M to help small health providers

February 16, 2010
 IBJ Staff
Stimulus funds will help university's technical assistance service show doctors and nurses in small groups and in medically under-served areas how to adopt medical-records technologies.
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Purdue tops Indiana colleges in MBA-school rankings

January 25, 2010
Purdue University's Krannert School of Management MBA program ranked 54th worldwide and ninth among U.S. public institutions. The program at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business ranked 57th and 10th, respectively.
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Purdue to slice benefits for staff, techology costs

January 22, 2010
Associated Press
University will cut employee benefits, retirement contributions and information technology services to partially close a $67 million budget deficit for the West Lafayette campus
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State links university funding to lifting graduation ratesRestricted Content

January 16, 2010
J.K. Wall
The Indiana Commission for Higher Education late last month slashed college budgets based on key performance measures.
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IUPUI dedicates engineering lab funded by Carrier Corp.

January 2, 2010
 IBJ Staff
Over the past four years, Carrier has donated $71,000 for the purchase of equipment and software that will allow mechanical engineering students at IUPUI to do more advanced work.
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