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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Purdue women’s track and field team earned nine spots on the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Academic All-America team on Monday. A record total of 531 student-athletes representing 146 Division I institutions qualified for national scholastic honors in 2009. To qualify for the USTFCCCA [...] Read the full story

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Compliment Guys, two Purdue University undergraduates whose weekly campus compliment campaign gained international attention, are headed on a 10-city tour to brighten the days of people from New Orleans to New York. Brett Westcott, a junior from Plainfield, Ill., and Cameron Brown, a junior from Toledo, Ohio, kick off their [...] Read the full story

Purdue men's golfer, Erich Johnston finished second at the Indiana Open Championship at the Brickyard Crossing in Indianapolis. It is his second second-place finish in a significant Indiana golf tournament this summer after finishing as the runner-up at the Indiana State Amateur in June. Read the full story

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Executive Committee of the Purdue University board of trustees on Monday (July 13) approved tuition and fee rates for the next two academic years and a conceptual general fund operating budget for the current fiscal year. Board chairman Keith Krach, vice chair Mamon Powers Jr. and trustees JoAnn Brouillette and [...] Read the full story

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Finance Committee of the Purdue University board of trustees on Thursday (July 9) reviewed a conceptual general fund operating budget for the next year. The proposal now moves to the board’s Executive Committee, which will take a final vote on the plan following a public hearing on Monday (July 13). [...] Read the full story

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.– A loaded tournament in the Virgin Islands, a trip to SEC country and home games against teams from the ACC and Big East highlight the Purdue basketball 2009-10 non-conference schedule. The Boilermakers will potentially face six teams from BCS conferences during its non-conference schedule. “We’ve always scheduled according to the team that [...] Read the full story