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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Jerry Lynch, a professor of economics and academic director of the master’s and executive education programs at Purdue University’s Krannert School of Management, has become the school’s interim dean, effective July 1. Timothy Sands, executive vice president for academic affairs and provost, said a new candidate search for a dean is […]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Ten finalists have been selected to compete for $100,000 on Tuesday (Feb. 23) during the 23rd annual Burton D. Morgan Business Plan Competition, which highlights promising student-led entrepreneurship efforts. The five undergraduate student teams who will present in the Black Division are High Gen, eX-Developed, TerraSolutions, CFB Engineering and ROPES. The […]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Blake Mycoskie, entrepreneur and founder of TOMS shoes, will speak at Purdue on Thursday (Oct. 29) as part of the Purdue Series on Corporate Citizenship and Ethics. The 7 p.m. talk, in Stewart Center’s Loeb Playhouse, is free and open to the public. Mycoskie’s talk is presented by the Krannert School […]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University ranked 22nd among the nation’s public universities and 61st among all universities, according to U.S. News & World Report magazine rankings released Thursday (Aug. 20). The ranking is a move up from Purdue’s ranking of 26th last year. Purdue ranked 61st among all universities, tied with Clemson University, Fordham […]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Tickets are on sale for the annual Krannert Leadership Speaker Series dinner, which raises money for scholarships. Elaine Chao, labor secretary in President George W. Bush’s administration, will be the keynote speaker at the Oct. 1 event, the ninth in the series. The series has raised more than $125,000 in scholarship […]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A Purdue University student will be honored in Washington, D.C., on Monday (April 14) with the North-American Interfraternity Conference’s Award of Distinction. Steve Holtsclaw, a senior in the School of Management from Carmel, Ind., will receive the award during the annual North-American Interfraternity Conference awards banquet. Holtsclaw, who was the 2007 […]