Jill (Steiner) Zeller (A’09) knows that running a profitable farming operation is a lot of hard work. Both she and her husband, Casey (A’10), come from farming families and still occasionally lend a helping hand during planting and harvest seasons. Agriculture is a part of her DNA, and she empathizes with the plight of the […]
A week after Abigail Ekeigwe’s (MS T’16) friend Nkechi gave birth by caesarean section last November, she was not healing, and she was experiencing severe pain and high fevers. “It was clear that she had a serious infection, although she had been on antibiotics. The doctor extended use for another two days, yet she had no […]
“Home” begins and endures in Purdue family musical legacy Maybe there’s a chance for me to go back thereNow that I have some direction.It would sure be nice to be back homeWhere there’s love and affection. —”Home,” The Wiz Gregg Mantock (S’87) was a tall, burly, analytical freshman majoring in computer science and math when […]
Experts and teaching alumni talk high-tech classroom delivery and pen and paper understanding. The enraptured child, his face aglow in an iPad’s electronic shadow, watches another father and son play with colorful plastic superheroes in a YouTube video. A sixth grader tries to convince his mother that the hour spent in front of the television […]
Purdue Memorial Union is home to many traditions and memorials, including a stained glass window, located at the southwest entrance, dedicated to a past Purdue president. The stained glass window is dedicated to the memory of James H. Smart, president of Purdue from 1883 to 1900. It was donated in 1940 by Alice Earl Stuart, […]
Why using SAT and ACT scores for admissions still makes sense Certain academic phrases can spark a heated debate almost anywhere. Consider the possible roundtable discussions pouring forth from the mere mention of such lightning rods as “the Common Core,” “standardized testing” and “SAT and ACT scores.” And from the teacher’s lounge to the kitchen […]
More ills than its 6,500 patients bring every month to the Polyclinic of Lidia Saavedra de Ortega in Managua, Nicaragua, once plagued the country’s only pay-as-you-can healthcare site for the elderly. For years, the clinic faced frequent electrical outages, unreliable service, and power fluctuations that damaged X-ray machines, MRIs, and other expensive medical equipment. What […]
Running a microbrewery in Milwaukee, a city purportedly made famous by beers produced at larger breweries, might sound daunting. Jeff Hamilton (T’79), president of Sprecher Brewing Company, however, believes the niche market of catering to diverse tastes is vital to the company’s success. “People are a lot more concerned about what they put in their […]
When Elizabeth Carter (HHS’12) landed her job at Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health in Indianapolis, she didn’t just fulfill her dream, she actually was returning to where her life began. As a quadruplet born at 30 weeks, she started life in the Riley Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU); and now, all grown up, […]
The last ‘Fire Sculpture’ by the late Nina Hole ignites campus The sun is setting on the lawn next to Pao Hall. Spectators surround a burning, house-like sculpture created as its own kiln — the last Fire Sculpture designed by the late, world-renowned ceramic artist Nina Hole. An orange luminescence reflects on the faces in […]
