Fall 2023
ALL ABOARD
Introduced in 1940, the Boilermaker Special is the largest and fastest mascot of any college in the world.
Features
Fall 2023
TAKING FLIGHT
The university has provided a launching pad for rewarding careers—and even volunteer service—in aviation and spaceflight.
Fall 2023
BETTER TOGETHER
Purdue is trying something new in its efforts to address the country’s critical workforce needs for skilled nurses and pharmacists.
Perspective
WINTER 2021
SUPPORTING STARTUPS
Alumni and Purdue Foundry benefit University entrepreneurs and companies.
WINTER 2021
FIRST CLASS
Purdue is reinventing the high school experience.
FALL 2021
100 YEARS
The Big Bass Drum celebrates a century of rhythm.
Looking Back
FALL 2020
Dean for a Day
In the 1950s and ’60s, the Associated Women Students — an activity group encompassing all of Purdue’s women students — held an annual event known as Dean for a Day, during which students would switch places with the dean of women and her assistant deans. The deans would attend classes, and the students would fulfill the deans’ duties — joining in meetings, conducting freshman interviews, appearing at events, and entertaining visitors. The day before the exchange of responsibilities, the deans accompanied the students to their classes to learn the ropes. Students would campaign for the opportunity, and the campus would elect a few women to take part in the dean swap. Jackie (Buchsbaum) McCallum (LA’56) was chosen to serve…
Hello Walk
At either end of the east–west sidewalk between University Hall and Stewart Center, plaques…
Winter Whisper
One of the biggest campus social events for nearly 40 years, Winter Whisper, sometimes…
The Block P
Inspired by the autumnal sight of Canada geese flying in formation, student band director…
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