From doing well in the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings to preparing for homecoming weekend on campus, Derek Schultz breaks down everything you need to know on this week’s “Purdue News Now.”
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According to U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 Best Colleges rankings, Purdue is once again the highest-ranked public university in Indiana and the only public university in the state to rank in the nation’s top 50 for the second year in a row. In a ranking released Tuesday (Sept. 24) focused primarily on undergraduate programs, Purdue ranked 18th among public universities and tied for 46th overall among 434 national universities, while also ranking most Extended its record as one of the top 10 most innovative schools. Ranked in the U.S. (9th place) for 7 consecutive years.
Media Contact: Derek Schultz, dcschultz@purdue.edu
In an important step in expanding Purdue University’s global leadership in innovation and business, President Moon Chan led a high-level delegation on a three-day visit to India last week, visiting India as a vital partner in the country’s rapidly growing semiconductor industry. The aim was to strengthen the university’s role as a university. , financial and emerging technology sectors. The visit marks a new chapter in Purdue’s 125-year relationship with India, which dates back to the days of the first Indian students. Purdue’s leadership team held 12 high-level meetings in three cities with Indian government officials, top academic institutions, and industry leaders. Discussions centered around cooperation in education, expanding joint research and development efforts, and exploring new opportunities in key technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing, finance, and aerospace.
Media Contact: Wes Mills, wemills@purdue.edu
After 10 years of preparation and two years of active experimentation in space, a facility designed, built and tested by Purdue University and NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland has completed its test campaign on the International Space Station. The Flow Boiling and Condensation Experiment (FBCE), led by Purdue University professor Issam Mudawar, collected data essential to engineering innovations that will help astronauts travel further into space and carry out long-term missions to the Moon and Mars. This data will also help design vapor compression heat pumps for future spacecraft propulsion, thermal management systems, in-space refueling, and planetary bases.
Media Contact: Kayla Albert, wiles5@purdue.edu
Scientists with agricultural, biological, and technical backgrounds are turning to AI to collaboratively find ways to analyze datasets with algorithms and models to better understand and predict a world affected by climate change. is aimed at. In a recent paper published in Frontiers in Plant Science, Claudia Aviles Toledo, a geology doctoral candidate at Purdue University, and her supervisor and co-author Melba Crawford and Mitch Teinstra to demonstrate the power of recurrent neural networks (models that teach computers to: It uses long short-term memory to process data and predict maize yield from several remote sensing techniques and environmental and genetic data.
Media Contact: Devyn Ashlea Raver, draver@purdue.edu
Aniket Bera, associate professor of computer science at Purdue University’s School of Science, explains that teaching robots how humans learn is key to helping them understand and navigate the physical world. Enabling robots to understand the physical world improves their functionality and navigation, making them more practical in situations from wilderness rescues to food deliveries. Vella’s research works to improve robots’ ability to understand and predict how humans move in space, allowing them to avoid collisions and make better decisions. I’m here.
Media Contact: Trevor Peters, peter237@purdue.edu
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