Recent News
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Purdue's president from 1983 to 2000, Steven Beering, has died, per a Purdue News press release.
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Assata Gilmore, current Purdue Student Government vice president and junior in the Krannert School of Management, and Hannah Walter, current senator and junior in the College of Health and Human Sciences, were announced as the next president and vice president with 58% of the vote.
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Provost Jay Akridge announced the remote delivery of summer classes, Summer Transition, Advising and Registration days for incoming students and the cancellation of all May events on campus in an email to Boilermakers Monday morning.
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Two major events at Purdue set to take place this month, Spring Fest and Purdue Day of Giving, have been canceled and postponed, respectively, causing new worries for those involved.
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Since Purdue went online in response to the recent outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, some labs have seen research suspended, while other labs are being directed to study the ongoing pandemic.
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Almost two weeks after Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb issued a stay-at-home order for the entire state, three men were cited for defying that order after taking their motorcycles for a joyride on campus.
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The ground floor of the Purdue Memorial Union is getting a makeover.
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Purdue Village residents received an email on Thursday banning residents and guests from using playground equipment.
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The Catch-Up
On Tuesday, all of the hard work that the Purdue women’s cross country team and coaching staff has put in so far this season finally paid off and garnered recognition on a national level.
Cold temperatures and 20 mile per hour winds plagued the cross country team in Iowa City, Iowa, for the Big Ten Cross Country Championships.
Purdue will host the 2013 Big Ten Cross Country meet Sunday at the Boilermaker Cross Country Course located next to the Schwartz Tennis Center and Boilermaker Soccer Complex.
Starting the first three years of her college career in the Southland Conference, cross country runner Samantha Walkow took a big chance transferring from Lamar University to Purdue her senior year.
Purdue seems to have found the right leader to inject life back into the track and field program.
