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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A mobile application that allows Purdue University students to submit videos to fulfill classroom assignments is now available from the Apple iTunes App Store and as a website. DoubleTake is available to Purdue students and staff and will eventually be made available to other institutions. “Our goal is to make videos […]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University on Saturday (Oct. 16) will dedicate a new civil engineering laboratory housing advanced hydrology and hydraulics facilities for teaching and research related to water resources. “The new lab is equipped with ultra-modern facilities for preparing future civil engineers to address global water challenges,” said M. Katherine Banks, the Jack […]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University police are investigating the theft of 60 computers from Stanley Coulter Hall on the West Lafayette campus. Lt. Fred Davis said Information Technology at Purdue (ITaP) alerted police around 5:30 a.m on Saturday (Dec. 26) that computers in Coulter Hall had gone offline around 1:30 a.m. Purdue police were […]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Facebook for scientists — but built to facilitate serious research rather than socializing — and an award-winning method for putting idle computers to work on scientific breakthroughs are Purdue-developed technologies in the spotlight at the SC09, the world’s largest high-performance computing conference. Purdue is highlighting the HUBzero and DiaGrid technologies at […]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue is being recognized as a worldwide campus technology innovator for a system that harnesses what would otherwise be wasted computing power for major research projects. Campus Technology Magazine has selected Purdue’s DiaGrid for one of its 2009 Campus Technology Innovators Awards. Purdue’s partners in DiaGrid include Indiana University, Indiana State […]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — When Tara Holt, a third-year Purdue University pharmacy student from Frankton, Ind., steps into a pharmacy clean room for the first time, she’s likely to experience a little déjà vu. The room should look and sound familiar. Nothing ought to feel strange about standing encased in a sterile hair cover, mask, […]