Stephen McKinley Henderson (MA LA’77) has had a busy year. He appeared in two Oscar-nominated films, Fences and Manchester by the Sea, additions that are not too shabby in an already impressive résumé. Henderson started out as a math and political science major at Lincoln University, drawn to the precision of mathematics. But soon poetry […]
Geneticist’s ‘superchicken’ research takes flight as metaphor for effective team management William Muir (PhD A’77) gets a kick out of the attention, belated as it is. More than 20 years after he published the findings of a fairly simple research project on egg production among two groups of hens, Muir has achieved a level of […]
Nationally, just over half of all PhD students finish their degrees In the United States, nearly half of all students who enroll in a PhD program will not complete their degree. These numbers may sound surprising, but they are true. Students’ reasons for non-completion are varied, from being underprepared to simply not being willing — […]
Chris Vogt (T’11) knows a thing or two about gravity and timing. A juggler since the age of 9, he’s balanced on unicycles and avoided flying knives in his performances. So it makes perfect sense that gravity and timing come into play in his work as a project engineer and designer at UTC Aerospace Systems […]
Asta (Baskauskas) Baškauskaitė (S’80) oversees a global custom architectural hardware business based in Vilnius, Lithuania, that brings old-world craftsmanship into the modern realm. Baškauskaitė has merged her love of quality design with her passion to support and contribute to Lithuania. The daughter of refugees, Baškauskaitė grew up living a dual cultural life. When her parents […]
The friendship between the Cartwright and Hall families stretches back nearly 25 years, when Mary-Claire Cartwright (HHS’85, MS LA’16) joined the Purdue Research Foundation in 1992. Judy Hall (HHS’79), already employed at the foundation, became a mentor and friend to the new hire. Their husbands, Mark Cartwright (ME’84) and Curt Hall (HHS’92), who served in […]
When Javier Saade (M’92) was growing up in Puerto Rico, parental guidance, persistence, and Purdue were all waiting to play a part in his life; they eventually would help him become one of the highest-ranking Hispanics in the federal government and a voice for 28 million small businesses and startups in the United States. Saade’s […]
Self-proclaimed geek Jerry Palm took an unconventional path to sports stardom emerging as the Oracle of NCAA postseason play Sit Jerry Palm (S’85) down to talk about the story of how he became one of college sports media’s most prominent names, and he can’t go more than a few minutes without using the word “geek” or […]
Times are changing on traditional family farms and within the agriculture industry at large. There’s certainly nothing new about the presence of hardworking women in an agricultural setting. On the farm, perhaps the quintessential family business, women and girls have long shared in the chores of planting, harvesting, and livestock management. They also may have […]
Researchers use supercomputers, biology, drugs, surgical advances, and the body itself in an intricate approach to uncover which might hold the keys to curing cancer. Cancer patients often feel as though they’ve walked through a forbidden door that has slammed and locked behind them. Diagnosis brings questions, fears, and treatments that may be as uncomfortable as […]
