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Keith Smith: One-on-One
Original at link.brightcove.com
• Wed, Nov 18
Purdue wide receiver Keith Smith sits down with Rick Pizzo to talk about the upcoming game against Indiana for the Old Oaken Bucket. (Purdue Football, 11/18/09)
New 'finFETs' promising for smaller transistors, more powerful chips
Original at purdue.edu
• Wed, Nov 11
Findings are detailed in three research papers being presented during the International Electron Devices Meeting on Dec. 7-9 in Baltimore. The work is led by doctoral student Yanqing Wu, who provided major contributions for two of the papers. [Read More]
Rodriguez meets disgruntled Boilermaker after game
Original at Freep.com
• Sat, Nov 7
After Michigan's 38-36 loss to Purdue on Saturday, Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez went to meet Purdue coach Danny Hope at midfield in the traditional postgame handshake.
OLS professor to present free leadership workshop in Indianapolis
Original at Purdue Technology
• Thu, Nov 5
Purdue University's Manufacturing Extension Partnership will offer a workshop on Nov. 20 in Indianapolis that will focus on leadership. Rodney Vandeveer, a professor in Purdue's organizational leadership and supervision department, will lead the workshop.
Indiana sportswriter gives nod to Michigan over Purdue
Original at Freep.com
• Wed, Nov 4
Michigan looked terrible at Illinois on Saturday, especially in the second half when the Wolverines allowed 31 unanswered points. But their next opponent, Purdue, may have looked even worse, losing at Wisconsin, 37-0.
Purdue’s Black Cultural Center to host civil rights leader
Original at Lafayette Online
• Wed, Oct 28
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., co-founder, president and CEO of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network, will speak Nov. 11 at Purdue University. His talk, sponsored by Purdue's Black Cultural Center, begins at 7 p.m. in Stewart Center's Fowler Hall. The event is free and open to the pu...
Big Ten standings
Original at Freep.com
• Sat, Oct 10
Conf overall w-l w-l pf pa Ohio St. 3-0 5-1 178 72 Iowa 2-0 6-0 154 95 Wisconsin 2-1 5-1 188 154 Minnesota 2-1 4-2 162 143 Michigan St. 2-1 3-3 181 137 Penn St. 1-1 5-1 187 61 Northwestern 1-1 4-2 175 137 Michigan 1-2 4-2 198 147 Indiana 0-2 3-3 134 169 Purdue 0-2 1-5 171 183 Illinois 0-3 1-4 85 143
Once More, With Feeling: One-Legged Jimmy Clausen and Irish Pull Out Win At Purdue
Original at Rakes Of Mallow
• Sun, Sep 27
By CW It's never easy, and sometimes it ain't pretty, but a fourth and goal pass to Kyle Rudolph gave Notre Dame the win at West Lafayette Saturday night. Without their top receiver, top running back and top quarterback (for part of the night), the Irish gritted out a win against a very game Boile...
Big Ten standings
Original at Freep.com
• Sat, Sep 26
Conf overall w-l w-l pf pa Michigan 1-0 4-0 150 91 Iowa 1-0 4-0 92 46 Wisconsin 1-0 4-0 144 95 Minnesota 1-0 3-1 99 92 Ohio St. 1-0 3-1 114 45 Penn St. 0-1 3-1 100 41 Indiana 0-1 3-1 113 89 Northwestern 0-1 2-2 132 110 Illinois 0-1 1-2 54 84 Purdue 0-0 1-3 130 121 Michigan St. 0-1 1-3 131 103
Better Know A Boiler: Ralph Bolden
Original at Rakes Of Mallow
• Wed, Sep 23
By CW 10 days ago: Purdue running back Ralph Bolden, center, loses his helmet as Oregon defenders Spencer Paysinger, top, and Casey Matthews tackle him during the first half of their NCAA college football game in Eugene, Ore., Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Don Ryan) Browse more photos »
Twinkling nanostars cast new light into biomedical imaging
Original at purdue.edu
• Tue, Jul 28
Purdue University researchers have created magnetically responsive gold nanostars that may offer a new approach to biomedical imaging. Alexander Wei, a professor of chemistry, and Kenneth Ritchie, an associate professor of physics, led the team that created the new gyromagnetic im...
Indiana life-sciences firm signs deal to use research space at Purdue's Birck Nanotechnology Center
Original at purdue.edu
• Tue, Jul 28
An Indiana medical-device company has signed a research agreement through the Purdue Research Foundation to use laboratories and equipment at Purdue University's Birck Nanotechnology Center, officials announced Thursday (July 16).
Week in Review
Original at Seed Magazine
• Thu, Jun 11
NY Happy news for arborists, then, that Douglass Jacobs, an associate professor of forestry and natural resources at Purdue University in Indiana, has bred the genes from the Chinese chestnut that enable it to resist the blight into the American chestnut ...
Social networking revolutionizes communication
Original at Purdue Exponent
• Mon, Jun 8
IN Sometimes I couldn't believe the mediocrity these universities allowed to represent them to students who might never tour the campus or sit in on a class. Since I applied, Purdue has redesigned its Web site. Maybe it's time for Purdue to also ...
FAST program expanding
Original at WLFI.com
• Wed, Jun 3
And we get the continuous follow up that only the stability of Purdue University can bring into the community," said FAST supporter, JoAnn Miller. She said the research Purdue can provide will be invaluable to FAST's success. ... Help grows for at-risk Lafayette students Journal and Courier
Opinion: Gophers Conclude Regular Season in Indiana
Original at Gophersports.com
• Wed, Apr 15
Minnesota will face Indiana State in a non-conference match in Terre Haute on Saturday and then travels to West Lafayette to take on Purdue in the regular season finale on Sunday. The Gophers have lost five straight matches to sit at 9-11 overall and ...
Opinion: NCAA: (5 seed) Purdue 61 - (12 seed) Northern Iowa 56
Original at Old Gold Free Press
• Fri, Mar 20
IN There’s an old saying about the NCAA Tournament that goes something like "the goal is to survive and advance" and I think today’s Purdue-Northern Iowa game is a perfect example of that. Purdue started the game with just about every weapon in their ...
Opinion: PSU not sweating tourney significance against Purdue
Original at Penn State Digital Collegian
• Fri, Mar 13
3 seed Purdue and Penn State is likely off the bubble and into the field of 65. So why does its star point guard want no part in any in-or-out discussion? Soaking both feet in a bucket of ice water after Thursday night's 66-51 win, Talor Battle had a ...
Hoops Week in Review
Original at The-Ozone.net
• Wed, Mar 11
Bucknuts.com OH And yet last week despite that terrible setback, Northwestern went on the road to Purdue and pulled off another shocking road win--much like their trip to East Lansing just one week before they hosted Indiana. With wins at Michigan State and Purdue, ...
Researchers from Purdue, India lead nanomaterials conference
Original at Purdue Technology
• Mon, Mar 9
Timothy Fisher, professor of mechanical engineering at Purdue who leads the thermalHUB project in Discovery Park. Timothy Sands, Purdue's Basil S. Turner Professor of Engineering and director of the Birck Nanotechnology Center in Discovery Park.
A dish best served cold…
Original at Off the Tracks
• Fri, Feb 20
By T-Mill(noreply@blogger.com) January 31, 2002 at Bloomington: #25 Indiana 66, Purdue 52 (Purdue finished 12-17, 4-11 Big Ten) January 15, 2005 at West Lafayette: Indiana75, Purdue 73 March 1, 2006 at West Lafayette: Indiana 70, Purdue 59 (Purdue finished 9-19, 3-13 Big Ten)
Purdue in Princeton Review’s top 100 ‘best value’ colleges
Original at Lafayette Online
• Thu, Jan 8
If you answered yes to any or all of these questions, then Purdue University is for you. “Founded in 1869 in West Lafayette, Indiana, Purdue quickly became ... Purdue, IU named 'best values' Journal and Courier Two Indiana Schools on 'Best Value' List Inside INdiana Business (press release)
Opinion: North not fazed by arena, audience
Original at Journal Review
• Mon, Dec 29
IN - “When I walked in and saw (Purdue forward) Robbie Hummel and all those Purdue guys,” North Montgomery senior guard Kal Airey said. “I saw (Boilermaker guard ... Byrd leads Chargers past Winchester Journal and Courier
Purdue - Team Notes
Original at usatoday.com
• Tue, Nov 18
INSIDE SLANT Curtis Painter threw the ball 30 times last week and his shoulder is still attached. That's enough to get him the start against Indiana on Senior Day. "He'll start his last game unless he's in the infirmary," coach Joe Tiller said. "Even if he hasn't improved a lick from last week t...
Study Shows Drivers Feel Free to Ignore Speed Limits
Original at Wired News
• Mon, Nov 17
By Keith Barry From the Autopia Unintended Consequences Department comes this dispatch from Tippecanoe County, Indiana, where researchers at Purdue University say the majority of drivers have no problem going 5, 10 or even 20 mph over the speed limit and see no...
Purdue Boilermakers Basketball Season Preview
Original at Kornheiser's Cartel
• Wed, Nov 12
By Billynho(Billy.Buckles@gmail.com) The schedule is equal parts kind and challenging for Purdue. They play Davidson, Duke and likely Georgia in the non-conference, yet won't leave the state of Indiana until Big Ten play unless they reach the Preseason NIT semi-finals in New York. With just two other ranked Big Ten teams, Purd...
Everyone But the "Experts" Saw Purdue Quarterback Issues Coming
Original at Kornheiser's Cartel
• Tue, Nov 4
By Billynho(Billy.Buckles@gmail.com) Who did Drew Brees and Kyle Orton have to throw and handoff to? Take your pick of all the running backs, wide receivers and tight ends that played for Joe Tiller before Painter became starter... Joey Harris, Vinny Sutherland, Chris Daniels, John Standeford, and Tim Stratton seem like fair ch...
Freshman Plue finds place at Purdue
Original at Albany Times Union
• Mon, Nov 3
At a recent press conference, veteran Purdue coach Joe Tiller said that Plue had "great feet with great desire and the physical skills to match. What he doesn't have is experience.'' Plue has already been listed as a starter on the depth chart for this Saturday's game at Michigan State. Purdu...
Hens in Tiller's future
Original at Toledo Blade
• Sat, Nov 1
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue coach Joe Tiller is going to slip into a seat at Fifth Third Field one of these days. With his career in serious danger of grinding to a halt after the Boilermakers' last regular season game (like UM, Purdue is 2-6 and one loss shy of elimination from bowl contentio...
Purdue's Painter has bad shoulder; question mark against UM
Original at Toledo Blade
• Wed, Oct 29
Tiller, the Toledo native and Rogers High graduate, is supposed to retire following this season after 18 years as a coach (12 with Purdue). His Boilermakers need to win out for him to avoid tying his personal high of seven losses in a season, set in 1992 at Wyoming.
Michigan sorts through minor injures before Purdue game
Original at Toledo Blade
• Mon, Oct 27
• This has nothing to do with personnel, but Rodriguez is getting his first crack at Purdue since Boilermakers coach Joe Tiller seemed to call Rodriguez a “guy in a wizard hat selling snake oil” for luring recruit Roy Roundtree away from Purdue last winter. Rodriguez said he and Tiller “had...
Opinion: "Poets & Writers" on Purdue University's MFA Program
Original at Sycamore Review
• Sun, Oct 19
By Erin Blakeslee Purdue University can make a credible claim to sharing the same funding tier as Florida, Indiana, and Wisconsin, as West Lafayette, Indiana, is far and away the most inexpensive locale featured thus far - 7 percent less expensive than Valdosta. A three-year, fully funded program, Purd...
Midweek Mierda: Where to Start? How About the Entire Plan?
Original at Buckeye Commentary
• Wed, Oct 15
By Massey Ron Hudson: Who? He is the offensive coordinator from Louisiana Lafayette, which currently ranks 5th in total offense and his dual threat quarterback, Michael Desormeaux, has 700 yards rushing and 1000 yards passing in six games, including 242 and 234 total yards against Illinois and...
No Purdue wins at OSU since '88
Original at Toledo Blade
• Sat, Oct 11
COLUMBUS There is nothing quite like the freedom of speech enjoyed by a guy heading out the door on his own terms. Purdue head coach Joe Tiller has told everyone this will be his last season with the Boilermakers, and it appears he will be free-spirited and enjoy the final ride around the Big...
Tastes Like Preview … PurdueOriginal at Buckeye Commentary
• Fri, Oct 10
By Massey Purdue Pass Offense v. OSU: Joe Tiller, what have you done with Curtis Painter? The Boilermaker QB came into the 2008 season as heralded as any quarterback in the league. To date, he is having his worst statistical season with a 1:1 TD/INT ratio. He was benched in the fourth of their loss to Penn...
Essentials On The Even Of Purdue and Notre Dame Square OffOriginal at Rakes Of Mallow
• Fri, Sep 26
By CW The initial video we have to show is from my first of many truly traumatizing home game experiences as a Notre Dame student. Going into this game, the Irish had upset Michigan and womped Washington in the Stadium, meaning that the in-state clash with number fifteen Purdue felt like a big-t...
Opinion: Keep Your Friends Close, Enemies Closer: Purdue
Original at Buckeye Commentary
• Sun, Aug 31
By Massey 6) The Boilermaker backfield looks good with Curtis Painter returning for an assault on Drew Brees’ records. Can Painter duplicate his junior season with all new wide receivers? 11) Tell us something about Purdue that Phil Steele did not.
Podcast: Oliver North – September 11 and American Patriotism
Original at Town Hall
• Wed, Jan 23
By info@townhall.com (the Leaders of the Conservative Movement) Lt. Col. Oliver North speaks to a packed audience of students and community members at Purdue University about September 11th and patriotism in America. This event was part of Young America's Foundation’s campus lecture program.
Big Ten Review
Original at Buckeye Commentary
• Sun, Oct 14
By Massey A couple words: This game is a perfect example of why many fans and critics alike think that the Big Ten is weak…See that angle, but think this had a lot more to do with the fact that Ron Zook has a young group who was looking ahead to Michigan…Illinitalk discusses special teams concerns, kill...
Opinion: Google Picks Winners In Campus-Building Contest
Original at WebProNews
• Wed, Jul 11
By Doug Caverly These champs, who hail from the University of Minnesota, Purdue University, Concordia University, Loyola Campus, Stanford University, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne, the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, and Dartmouth College, will now get to spend three d...
New Imaging Technique Could be Useful for Early Detection of Multiple Sclerosis
Original at Medgadget.com
• Thu, Jun 28
Research findings are detailed in a paper appearing online this month in the Journal of Neuroscience Research. The paper was authored by biomedical engineering doctoral student Yan Fu and postdoctoral research associate Haifeng Wang; Terry B. Huff, a graduate teaching assistant in th...
Purdue letter that initially cleared embattled researcher surfaces
Original at The Courier-Journal
• Fri, May 18
Purdue officials have kept quiet about an inquiry last year into research misconduct allegations against Rusi Taleyarkhan, a Purdue scientist who claimed to have come up with an inexpensive way to produce nuclear energy. But a Dec. 15, 2006, letter that served as final word on the inquiry...
Special prosecutor reviewing complaint against judge/instructor
Original at The Courier-Journal
• Fri, May 18
Judge Les Meade said he was just dealing with a class disturbance in a reasonable way when he took a cell phone away from a Purdue University student last month. But when he refused to return the phone to the student at the end of the business law class, Meade said, Purdue police accused him of t...
Congress scolds Purdue's cursory probe into research misconduct
Original at The Courier-Journal
• Thu, May 10
A strongly worded memo a Congressional committee sent to Purdue Thursday scolds university officials for their shallow inquiry into multiple research misconduct claims and challenged the university to correct its mistakes. For years controversy has swirled around Rusi Taleyarkha...
Ex-football player's case in jury's hands
Original at The Courier-Journal
• Thu, Apr 26
A jury is deliberating whether former a Purdue University football player is guilty of attempted rape in connection with two 2005 attacks on female students. A Tippecanoe Superior Court 2 jury of six men and six women began deliberating the case about 2:50 p.m. Kyle D. Williams, 20, of Boling...
BLOGTOBERFEST! BET YOU FORGOT THIS FEATURE EXISTED EDITION!Original at everydayshouldbesaturday.com
• Tue, Apr 10
By Orson Swindle …and the Fulmer Cup Taketh!…as Purdue immediately gets those two points back via a public intoxication and resisting arrest charge for linebacker Jeff Lindsay. We expect the resisting arrest charges to be dropped, since they run that place in West Lafayette.
New Wound Healing Materials
Original at Medgadget.com
• Mon, Apr 2
By bourisly(bourisly@gmail.com) Purdue University researchers are currently in the development stages of quick-solidifying scaffold materials specifically designed to be injected into damaged bones, spinal cord, and other tissues. Here is a scoop from Purdue University: Because the material starts out as a liqui...
Opinion: As we say goodbye to a friend, some say goodbye to their decency
Original at ProgressiveU.org
• Tue, Mar 20
By erika Wade Steffey was a 19 year old Purdue freshman from Bloomington, IN who disappeared about 12:30 AM on January 13th, 2007. He was discovered yesterday, deceased, in a high voltage utility room of Owen Hall, the building at which he was last seen. He had called a friend because he was trying...
Purdue Handed First Home Loss
Original at Buckeye Commentary
• Wed, Jan 31
By Massey Ohio State marched into Mackey Arena tonight and dispatched Purdue 78-60. This was an impressive victory on a few levels. Purdue was undefeated at home this year, former coach and comb-over extraordinaire Gene Keady was in the house for motivation and this was to be a statement game for the...
MSU Monday Football Podcast
Original at WZZM
• Tue, Oct 31
John L. Smith talks about the loss to Indiana and upcoming game with Purdue