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model railroad scene

Purdue Railroad Club

Tucked away in the basement of the Purdue Memorial Union, an entire world is unfolding under the watchful eyes of members of the Purdue Railroad Club (PRRC). Prompted by advances in model train technology, the club tore out a nearly 50-year-old model in 2008 to rebuild the present-day layout. The new track, the third in […]

A table with the Risk board painted on top

Cary Risk Table

Generations of Cary Quad men will recognize the hand-drawn Risk table that has anchored student gathering spaces since the 1970s. It currently resides in the fourth-floor lounge of Cary Southwest. The strategy game released by Parker Brothers in 1959 is one of the best-selling board games of all time. But the identities of the students […]

Assortment of mounted insects on display

Purdue Entomological Research Collection

The Purdue Entomological Research Collection (PERC) traces its origins to 14 cases of insect specimens held by Purdue’s Zoological Museum in 1879. Though nothing remains of those early collections, likely used for teaching, the present collection has grown to include nearly 2 million specimens, representing more than 140,000 species.  “Without question, the PERC is one […]

Tired Boy statue in front of Windsor hall

Tired Boy

Tired Boy, the bronze sculpture centered in Windsor Circle near the entrance of Wood Hall, was part of a collection of gifts donated to the university by philanthropist and art collector Catherine Barker Hickox of Michigan City, Indiana.  Its sculptor, Leopold Bracony, was inspired by an incident he witnessed during World War I. He noticed […]

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