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THE NATURE OF WELL-BEING
Boilermakers are making connections about the power of nature to improve our health, moods, and thinking.
THE NEXT GEN
Students at Purdue University in Indianapolis are moving from the classroom to the cutting edge.
RED BRICK
Days of Gold
A Boilermaker romance is still sweet after 70 years.
Courts for Kids
Student-athletes transform lives through community engagement.
Never Finished
The long journey and deep meaning of a campus landmark.
Gift of Love
Alumnus honors late wife by funding research for swallowing disorders.
Building the Future
Purdue University in Indianapolis expands the West Lafayette campus to the capital city.
Game On
Purdue Global named preferred online university for Team USA.
It’s been another year of giant leaps!
Together, more than 85,000 alumni, faculty, staff, retirees, students, parents and families, friends, fans, and corporate and foundation partners gave a record-shattering $632.3 million to Purdue University during the fiscal year that ended June 30.
Thank you for all you do to advance Purdue.
MISCHIEF
An oil change gone wrong epitomizes an alum’s years on campus in the 1970s—a time he fondly remembers as irreverent chaos.
MISCHIEF
An oil change gone wrong epitomizes an alum’s years on campus in the 1970s—a time he fondly remembers as irreverent chaos.
DEBRIS
DEBRIS
POSTSCRIPT
WE CAME TO PURDUE TO OBTAIN AN EDUCATION
AND SOON FOUND THAT AN EDUCATION
ENCOMPASSED MORE THAN BOOKS AND
CLASSROOM KNOWLEDGE.
WE STUDIED, HANDED IN PAPERS, AND
CRAMMED FOR TESTS—BUT, MORE IMPORTANT,
WE LEARNED HOW TO THINK, ASSUME
RESPONSIBILITY, AND LIVE WITH OTHERS.
—From the 1952 Debris
POSTSCRIPT
1952 Debris
1952 Debris
WE CAME TO PURDUE TO OBTAIN AN EDUCATION AND SOON FOUND THAT AN EDUCATION ENCOMPASSED MORE THAN BOOKS AND CLASSROOM KNOWLEDGE.
WE STUDIED, HANDED IN PAPERS, AND CRAMMED FOR TESTS—BUT, MORE IMPORTANT, WE LEARNED HOW TO THINK, ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY, AND LIVE WITH OTHERS.
—From the 1952 Debris
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