For Edwina Payne (T’86), a career in information technology that has swept her all the way to the office of senior vice president and chief information officer hinges on her own tenacity and the support of a loving family. Payne, who worked as an analyst for the Kellogg Company in Michigan before making the leap […]
As a budding engineer working on cutting-edge technology in Boulder, Colorado, in 2007, Hamzah Nassif (ECE’03, MBA’10) began to dream about how he could apply his passion for technology in a new career back home in Jordan. But Nassif recognized his home country’s region lacked even the basic elements to sustain the ecosystem of innovation […]
At either end of the east–west sidewalk between University Hall and Stewart Center, plaques that encourage pedestrians to smile and say hello to passersby hearken back to a custom almost as old as Purdue itself. Called Hello Walk, the sidewalks across the mall and along its perimeter are a modern version of a tradition that […]
As overdose deaths ravage the United States, researchers seek solutions to curb drug addiction. How do you produce a scientist who is working to develop a vaccine that not only treats heroin addiction but prevents HIV? You give a kid a chemistry set. “As a young boy, I was just curious about how things work, […]
The slips of paper, naturally, are faded. It’s been nearly 10 years since John Romine (AS A’08) held them in his hands and scribbled what were, essentially, his last requests and stuffed them in a folder. John was dying of Hodgkin’s lymphoma, unable to secure a bone-marrow match in time to save his life, and […]
What does it take to get to a breakthrough? Purdue researchers share the highs and heartbreaks of their work. In an unassuming office tucked away in the Veterinary Pathology Building, assistant professor Tiffany Lyle is dreaming big. She’s spent her entire career trying to crack cancer’s code, and right now, she’s working on a […]
Fifty years after his season of glory, the legendary football star reflects on his impact on and off the field Leroy Keyes laughs at the question. “Did I know where Purdue was when I was back in high school? I had no idea,” he says. Keyes (HHS’69) laughs again. It’s a big laugh, the kind that […]
Nestled in a small corner of the Philip E. Nelson Hall of Food Science’s basement is a beautifully furnished cave-shaped room best described as a wine cellar. The Richard P. Vine Enology Library, as it’s officially called, was established in 1998 using a donation from the Bronco Wine Company in Ceres, California. Fred Franzia, the […]
While green energy may be a buzzword that gets tossed around the social media and business worlds with alacrity, it is much more than the environmental cause du jour for Pak Lam Brian Chan (LA’11) — green energy is part of his family business. Chan took over as CEO of P.T. Rimba Palma Sejahtera Lestari […]
Students grab their screwdrivers to dismantle everyday objects Read a textbook, listen to lectures, master the theories — all keys to learning. Sometimes, though, you need hands-on exploration. Students in any major are invited to bring their curiosity to How Stuff Works, ME297. There, they’ll meet teaching assistants like Shankar Srinivasan (ME’18), who took his […]
