Longtime Purdue exec who helped launch university’s Indianapolis expansion to retire
The announcement comes just a week after the Purdue Board of Trustees approved an expansive, 50-year plan for the downtown Indianapolis campus.
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Purdue trustees approve 50-year plan to transform university’s downtown Indianapolis presence
The Purdue University Board of Trustees on Friday unanimously approved a 50-year master plan for the school’s downtown campus that proposes more than a dozen buildings across 28 acres.
Lilly, Purdue Strategic Ventures invest in AI-assisted remote lab platform built for speedier research and development
Persist AI announced a $12 million Series A funding round to support its new Cloud Lab platform, allowing companies to use its lab remotely for research and development.
‘Innovation at every stage’: Lilly to invest up to $250M in broadened alliance with Purdue University
The extended partnership holds the potential to be the largest industry-academic agreement of its kind in the United States, Purdue President Mung Chiang said.
SK Hynix project wins key zoning approval after community uproar extends meeting until morning
The South Korean chip maker’s proposed $3.87 billion manufacturing campus in Indiana is still on track after the West Lafayette City Council approved the request following a 7-hour public meeting.
Mark Montieth: Unprecedented shift of power
Changes are coming, but it’s a fluid environment with churning waters and probably always will be.
Despite CHIPS Act uncertainty, semiconductor industry insiders remain hopeful
President Donald Trump has spoken out against the CHIPS Act, meant to incentivize semiconductor-related development in the U.S., but industry insiders say they’re optimistic the initiative will survive.
Purdue president: Universities must explore private alternatives to federal funding
Amid uncertainty around federal research funding, universities must explore private support, Purdue University President Mung Chiang told an tech industry group on Tuesday.
Fourth-seeded Purdue falls to Houston in Sweet 16
Big Ten player of the year Braden Smith added seven points and 15 assists to lead Purdue.
Purdue University launches business accelerator program
The program for Purdue-connected companies offers the university a way to rekindle or establish the startup founders’ Indiana ties.
Purdue’s advance to Sweet 16 means good news for Indy restaurants, retailers
While game tickets and downtown hotel rooms were already expected to sell out regardless of which teams end up in Indianapolis to play, Purdue’s inclusion is likely to boost visitor traffic throughout downtown.
Purdue acquires Indiana Avenue property for campus needs
Purdue University in Indianapolis is continuing to add to its downtown footprint, spending $4.5 million to acquire another property for its growing city campus.
UPDATE: Purdue lone Indiana men’s team in March Madness, with IU’s bubble burst
Purdue is in the Midwest Regional of the NCAA men’s basketball tourney, meaning the team will play in Indianapolis if it reaches the Sweet 16. Meanwhile, three schools from Indiana will play in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament.
Mark Montieth: Hobbled in college, Robbie Hummel could make Final Four as a star broadcaster
He will have worked 84 games by the time his broadcasting season ends, which is about 35 more than the industry norm for elite announcers.
IU, Purdue Indianapolis campus leaders envision transformed academic cityscape
Leaders from the Indianapolis campuses of Indiana and Purdue universities outlined visions for increased collaboration and a transformed urban campus at an Economic Club of Indiana luncheon Wednesday.
Big Ten schools team up when it comes to cancer research
Indianapolis has been awash in Big Ten logos amid the conference’s basketball tournaments. But Indy is home to another sort of Big Ten gathering—one focused on improving cancer research.
Startup Emboa Medical’s device mimics boa constrictor’s teeth to remove blood clots
The pre-clinical West Lafayette-based medical device startup is working to develop a new “microstructred” catheter to remove blood clots that cause strokes.
Purdue University launches $4B fundraising campaign
The campaign, publicly announced Monday, is the largest in the school’s history and its third billion-dollar-plus campaign in less than 25 years.
Universities’ alliance set to boost microelectronics research
Two of Indiana’s top research universities are partaking in a four-way alliance that organizers that allows members to work on microelectronics projects using one another’s facilities and resources.
New life sciences consortium aims to give Indiana researchers better access to health data
AnalytiXIN has launched a consortium designed to give Indiana researchers better access to health care data—potentially helping Eli Lilly and Co. and other companies develop new medicines more quickly.