Despite the fact that many students could not vote in federal elections in the 1950s and ’60s (the 26th Amendment, which lowered the voting age from 21 to 18, wasn’t ratified until 1971), Purdue was home to five mock national conventions during the two decades. Initially petitioned in 1935, it wasn’t until 1952 that the […]
Lori (Barnett) Rice (HHS’02) knows a thing or two about experiential learning. As a student in a nutrition communication course at Purdue, she was given an assignment to style food and take a photo. “I remember thinking, ‘Why are we doing this?’” To Rice, who was more interested in fitness and the science of nourishment, […]
Not many graduates can bounce their voices off the walls of Elliott Hall of Music. But John Bently (LA’55) can. In fact, the dramatic baritone has bounced his voice off walls all over the world. Initially, Bently enrolled at Purdue for its engineering program, but his heart belonged to music. Growing up in Oak Park, […]
Purdue researchers come together to address autism Imagine trying to improve the diagnosis, intervention, and community support for a condition that often does not look the same from one person to the next. “If you’ve met one individual with autism, you’ve met one individual with autism,” is a widely referenced quote by Stephen Shore, an […]
Sunaina Kuhn (LA’11) spent much of her childhood in her family’s garage, watching her grandfather take apart his Harley-Davidson motorcycle and put it back together. Those days, spent learning while listening, moving, and fiddling with her own two hands and imagination, lit a fire for interactive learning within her heart. That need to do while […]
Professional cliff diver sees the world from 27 meters Each time Steven LoBue (HHS’09) jumps off a 27-meter diving platform, it’s as if he’s leapt from an eight-story building. He hurtles through the air, accelerating from zero to 55 mph in less than three seconds before entering the water — feet first, always. “From the […]
After selling his startup to LinkedIn for $90 million at age 27, Akshay Kothari was promoted to head of LinkedIn India, the company’s second-biggest market. The world’s largest professional network has big plans for Asia, and 30-something Kothari has proven himself as a leader who will deliver. Just a few minutes into a conversation with […]
Tyler Trent was diagnosed with bone cancer twice by age 18. He’s had nine major surgeries in the past three years. Now the Purdue freshman and die-hard sports fanatic is determined to live life on his own terms, come what may. Tyler Trent knows the statistics. According to the American Cancer Society, about 450 children […]
Before they set off into space, experienced zero gravity, or walked on the moon, astronauts like Neil Armstrong (AAE’55, HDR E’70) and Eugene Cernan (ECE’56, HDR E’70) were Purdue students using slide rules for their engineering, mathematics, and statistics courses. The Barron Hilton Flight and Space Exploration Archives, part of the Karnes Archives and Special […]
From the honey-inspired to the technically inclined, these Purdue alumni are building businesses in their own likenesses. Given a couple of the strong suits of their alma mater, it’s not surprising that of all the former Boilermakers flexing innovative muscles in the marketplace, many earned degrees in science or engineering. Indeed, five of the six […]
