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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Registration is under way for Purdue University’s seventh Life Sciences Business Plan Competition, a Nov. 10 event with $100,000 in prizes for the nation’s most promising startup life-science businesses. This competition targets US-based start-up business entities in the life sciences arena. The business entity must be no more than three years [...]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The fascinating, tiny world of nanotechnology will take center stage during the second annual NanoDays on April 15 and 16 at Discovery Park’s Birck Nanotechnology Center. Schools from throughout the Greater Lafayette area are invited to NanoDays from 10:00a to 3:00p on April 15 at Birck Nanotechnology Center, located at 1205 [...]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University will celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit with a featured talk by Indiana restaurateur Scott Wise, founder of the Scotty’s Brewhouse chain. Wise will speak at 6:00p on Nov. 16 in the Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship, Room 121, as part of Purdue’s Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation undergraduate program [...]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University faculty, staff, students and the public can learn about what’s needed to launch a company at the university’s fifth annual Company Fund Raising Boot Camp on Oct. 11 in Discovery Park. Keynote speaker is Midwest entrepreneur Michael Fry, the creative mind behind Fancy Fortune Cookies. He will offer advice [...]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue mechanical engineering professor Steve Wereley, who has gained international attention for his analysis of the potential size of the BP PLC oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, will be the featured speaker Thursday (June 17) at the next Science on Tap forum. Wereley’s presentation, “Analyzing Disaster: A Nanoscale Guy [...]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The lineup is set for the fourth annual Purdue University Elevator Pitch Competition, slated for 2-5 p.m. Friday (April 2) at Discovery Park’s Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship, Room 121. The competition, themed Stand Up, Stand Out, Go Up, is open to Purdue students and faculty, as well as entrepreneurs [...]