This is the third and final installment in a multipart series with Brian Lamb (LA’63, HDR LA’86), the founder of C-SPAN. Lamb retired from his day-to-day responsibilities with C-SPAN in 2019. The Brian Lamb School of Communication was named for him in 2011. It’s pretty easy to flip past C-SPAN when you’re channel surfing. The […]
When Jim Baird (A’67) decided to run for Congress in 2017, filling his father’s seat in the Indiana General Assembly wasn’t on Beau Baird’s (HHS’04, MBA’18) radar. But having worked in the background of his father’s campaigns, the younger Baird became intrigued by the possibility of being able to effect change on behalf of Indiana’s […]
Born in the waning months of World War II, Jim Baird (A’67, MS A’69) recalls the post-war atmosphere of his childhood in rural west central Indiana. “All these men who’d been stationed overseas were getting back from the war, looking to start moving forward — raising families and adapting what they had learned during the […]
The Role of the Reporter — and the Reader — in 21st Century Political Journalism This is the second installment in a multipart series with Brian Lamb (LA’63, HDR LA’86), the founder of C-SPAN. Lamb retired from his day-to-day responsibilities with C-SPAN in 2019. Purdue’s Brian Lamb School of Communication is named in his honor. […]
Lessons from the Beltway for today’s students This is the first installment in a multipart series with Brian Lamb (LA’63, HDR LA’86), the founder of C-SPAN. Lamb retired from his day-to-day responsibilities with C-SPAN in 2019. In 2019, on his retirement from C-SPAN, Brian Lamb struck a cynical tone in an interview with the Wall […]
Shannon Kang is a sophomore at Purdue University. Like most students, she spends time worrying about grades — but after the local 2019 elections in West Lafayette, she’s also balancing homework with city council meetings and supporting her constituents. Purdue Alumni spoke with her as she assumed office in January 2020. Why run for office […]
Purdue’s Ilana Stonebraker: “Usually women don’t see themselves in office until they have things they need to change.” In 2018, a record number of women across the United States ran for — and won — political office, including two professors from Purdue’s West Lafayette campus. Ilana Stonebraker, associate professor of library science and business information […]
Biochemistry professor Elizabeth Tran: “I finally realized that I needed to stop waiting for someone else to fix things” In 2018, a record number of women across the United States ran for — and won — political office, including two professors from Purdue’s West Lafayette campus. Elizabeth Tran, associate professor of biochemistry and director of […]
