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{{short description|American public university in West Lafayette, Indiana}}

| endowment            = $2.59 billion (system-wide) (2020)<ref name=endowment>As of June 30, 2020. {{cite report |url=https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Documents/Research/2020-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--FINAL-FEBRUARY-19-2021.ashx |title=U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY19 to FY20 |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers and [[TIAA]] |date=February 19, 2021 |access-date=February 19, 2021 |archive-date=February 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210221003510/https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Documents/Research/2020-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--FINAL-FEBRUARY-19-2021.ashx |url-status=live }}</ref>

| budget                = $2.5 billion (2020–21)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2019/Q2/trustees-sign-off-on-purdue-budget,-eighth-year-of-frozen-tuition.html |title=Purdue trustees approve university's operating budget |first=Purdue News |last=Service |website=www.purdue.edu |access-date=May 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512003555/http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2018/Q2/purdue-trustees-approve-universitys-operating-budget.html |archive-date=May 12, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>

| provost              = Jay T. Akridge

| coordinates          = {{Coord|40|25|30|N|86|55|23|W|display=inline,title}}

| students              = 49,639 (Fall 2021)<ref name=Enrollment>{{cite web |title=Student Enrollment, Fall 2021 |url=https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2021/Q3/purdues-national-leadership-during-pandemic,-ongoing-commitment-to-affordability-and-accessibility-lead-to-record-enrollment.html |access-date=September 16, 2021 |archive-date=September 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916115656/https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2021/Q3/purdues-national-leadership-during-pandemic,-ongoing-commitment-to-affordability-and-accessibility-lead-to-record-enrollment.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

| undergrad            = 37,101 (Fall 2021)<ref name=Enrollment/>

| postgrad              = 12,538 (Fall 2021)<ref name=Enrollment/>

| faculty              = 3,055 (Fall 2014)<ref name="fastfacts">{{cite web |title=Purdue University Student Enrollment Fall 2014 |url=http://www.admissions.purdue.edu/academics/enrollment.php |publisher=Purdue University |access-date=Dec 1, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141206020601/http://www.admissions.purdue.edu/academics/enrollment.php |archive-date=December 6, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

| campus                = Small city,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=Purdue&s=all&id=243780 |title=IPEDS-Purdue University |access-date=November 7, 2021 |archive-date=November 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107131457/https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=Purdue&s=all&id=243780 |url-status=live }}</ref> {{convert|2602|acre|km2}}<br />Total, {{convert|15325|acre|km2}} for agricultural and industrial research<ref name="fastfacts"/>

| colors                = Old gold and black<ref>{{cite web |title=Visual Language Guideline |url=https://brand.purdue.edu/visual/#colors |publisher=Purdue University Brand Style Guide |website=Brand.Purdue.edu |access-date=February 17, 2020 |archive-date=February 14, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200214011410/https://brand.purdue.edu/visual/#colors |url-status=live }}</ref><br />{{College color boxes|Purdue Boilermakers}}

| sporting_affiliations = [[NCAA Division I FBS]] – [[Big Ten Conference|Big Ten]]

| mascot                = {{hlist|[[Boilermaker Special]]|[[Purdue Pete]]}}

| academic_affiliations = {{hlist

|[[Association of American Universities|AAU]]

|[[American University of the Middle East|AUM]]

|[[National Sea Grant College Program|Sea-grant]]

|[[National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program|Space-grant]]

| logo                  = Purdue University system logo.svg

'''Purdue University''' is a [[Public university#United States|public]] [[Land-grant university|land-grant]] [[research university]] in [[West Lafayette, Indiana]], and the flagship campus of the [[Purdue University system]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Purdue Points of Pride |publisher=Purdue University |access-date=2009-11-02 |url=https://www.purdue.edu/UNS/pridepoints/970321.Points.pride.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040508100503/http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/pridepoints/970321.Points.pride.html |archive-date=May 8, 2004}}</ref> The university was founded in 1869 after [[Lafayette, Indiana|Lafayette]] businessman [[John Purdue]] donated land and money to establish a college of science, technology, and agriculture in his name.<ref name="purdue.edu">{{cite web |title=Purdue History |publisher=Purdue University |access-date=2009-11-02 |url=https://www.purdue.edu/purdue/about/history.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322110156/http://www.purdue.edu/purdue/about/history.html |archive-date=March 22, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> The first classes were held on September 16, 1874, with six instructors and 39 students.<ref name="purdue.edu"/> It has been ranked as among the best public universities in the [[United States]] by [[College and university rankings in the United States|major institutional rankings]], and is renowned for its [[Purdue University College of Engineering|engineering program]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-engineering-schools/purdue-university-main-campus-02057 |title=Purdue University-West Lafayette Engineering School overview |website=US News & World Report |access-date=9 Dec 2021 |archive-date=December 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210032941/https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-engineering-schools/purdue-university-main-campus-02057 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The main campus in West Lafayette offers more than 200 majors for undergraduates, over 70 masters and doctoral programs, and professional degrees in pharmacy, veterinary medicine, and doctor of nursing practice. In addition, Purdue has 18 intercollegiate sports teams and more than 900 student organizations. Purdue is the founding member of the [[Big Ten Conference]] and enrolls the largest student body of any individual university campus in Indiana<!-- again compare enrollment numbers to IUB -->, as well as the ninth-largest [[foreign student]] population of any university in the United States.<ref>Institute of International Education. (2020). [https://opendoorsdata.org/data/international-students/leading-institutions/ "Leading Host Institutions, International Student Data from the 2020 Open Doors Report "] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823111126/https://opendoorsdata.org/data/international-students/leading-institutions/ |date=August 23, 2021 }}''Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange''. Retrieved August 22, 2021.</ref>

Purdue University is a member of the [[Association of American Universities]] and is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=243780 |title=Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education |access-date=April 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705033132/http://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=243780 |archive-date=July 5, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> Purdue faculty, students, alumni and other affiliates have reached many notable and influential positions in business, media, politics, and science. Purdue has been affiliated with 13 [[Nobel Prize Laureates by Country|Nobel laureates]], 1 [[Turing Award]] laureate, 2 [[World Food Prize]] laureates, 3 [[Pulitzer Prize]] winners, 18 [[List of American universities with Olympic medals|Olympic]] medalists, 3 [[National Medal of Technology and Innovation]] recipients, 2 [[National Medal of Science]] recipients, 3 [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] recipients, 7 members of [[United States Congress|Congress]], 3 [[U.S. governors]], and 2 heads of state.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fast Facts About Purdue University |url=https://giving.purdue.edu/s/1461/1010/19/interior.aspx?sid=1461&gid=1010&pgid=11126 |access-date=2021-04-12 |publisher=Purdue University |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Search Results |url=https://www.nsf.gov/od/nms/results.jsp |access-date=2021-04-12 |publisher=National Science Foundation |language=en |archive-date=April 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412211232/https://www.nsf.gov/od/nms/results.jsp |url-status=live }}</ref> Purdue has over 400,000 living alumni. Its alumni have included 26 [[astronauts]], 6 current [[Fortune 500]] CEOs, 2 [[Rhodes Scholars]], 4 [[Truman Scholars]] and 3 [[Gates Scholars]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hess |first=Abigail |date=2018-11-29 |title=University of Wisconsin produced the most current Fortune 500 CEOs—here's how 29 other schools stack up |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/28/these-30-colleges-produced-the-most-current-fortune-500-ceos.html |access-date=2021-04-12 |publisher=CNBC |language=en |archive-date=December 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203055452/https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/28/these-30-colleges-produced-the-most-current-fortune-500-ceos.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Purdue In Space |url=https://www.purdue.edu/space/astronauts.php |publisher=Purdue University |language=en |access-date=April 13, 2021 |archive-date=April 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414200157/https://www.purdue.edu/space/astronauts.php |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. Rhodes Scholarships Number of Winners by Institution U.S. Rhodes Scholars 1904 – 2021 |url=https://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/media/45775/2021-rs_number-of-winners-by-institution.pdf |publisher=Rhodes Trust |language=en |access-date=April 12, 2021 |archive-date=April 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412210509/https://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/media/45775/2021-rs_number-of-winners-by-institution.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Search our Scholars |url=https://www.truman.gov/search-our-scholars?field_profile_name_at_award_value=&field_profile_selection_year_value=&field_profile_selection_state_tid=All&field_institution_name_value=Purdue+University |publisher=The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation |language=en |access-date=April 12, 2021 |archive-date=April 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412210517/https://www.truman.gov/search-our-scholars?field_profile_name_at_award_value=&field_profile_selection_year_value=&field_profile_selection_state_tid=All&field_institution_name_value=Purdue+University |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Gates Cambridge Directory |date=April 6, 2020 |url=https://www.gatescambridge.org/our-scholars/directory/?keywords=purdue&first_name=&last_name=&entry_year=&subject=&status=&college=&department=&country=&biography=&prev_uni_name= |publisher=Gates Cambridge |language=en |access-date=April 12, 2021 |archive-date=April 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412210510/https://www.gatescambridge.org/our-scholars/directory/?keywords=purdue&first_name=&last_name=&entry_year=&subject=&status=&college=&department=&country=&biography=&prev_uni_name= |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Purdue Olympians |url=https://purduesports.com/sports/2018/5/17/trads-pur-olympians-html.aspx?id=540 |access-date=July 28, 2021 |archive-date=July 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728161829/https://purduesports.com/sports/2018/5/17/trads-pur-olympians-html.aspx?id=540 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:JohnPurdue.jpg|thumb|left|[[John Purdue]], the university's eponymous benefactor]]

On May 6, 1869, the General Assembly established the institution in Tippecanoe County as Purdue University, in the name of the principal benefactor. Classes began at Purdue on September 16, 1874, with six instructors and 39 students.<ref name="purdue.edu"/> Professor [[John S. Hougham]] was Purdue’s first faculty member and served as acting president between the administrations of presidents [[Abram C. Shortridge|Shortridge]] and White.<ref name="purdue.edu"/><ref>Topping, Robert W. (1988) A Century and Beyond: The History of Purdue University. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press. p63, p383.</ref> A campus of five buildings was completed by the end of 1874.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol/?page=purduefaq |title=Frequently Asked Questions about Purdue History |at=What were the first buildings on campus? |publisher=Purdue Libraries, Archives and Special Collections |access-date=November 21, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308153230/http://www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol/?page=purduefaq |archive-date=March 8, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 1875, [[Sarah A. Oren]], the State Librarian of Indiana, was appointed Professor of Botany.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/annualregisterof1882purd/page/n7/mode/2up?q=Oren |title=The annual register of Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana |publisher=Purdue University |year=1894 |location=Indianapolis |pages=69 |access-date=August 22, 2020}}</ref>

Purdue issued its first degree, a [[Bachelor of Science]] in chemistry, in 1875. The first female student was admitted that autumn.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol/content/John%20Bradford%20Harper.pdf |title=John Bradford Harper: the first graduate of Purdue University |first=David M. |last=Hovde |year=2009 |publisher=Purdue Libraries, Archives and Special Collections |access-date=November 20, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100713064147/http://www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol/content/John%20Bradford%20Harper.pdf |archive-date=July 13, 2010 |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>Topping, p. 78.</ref>

[[Emerson E. White]], the university’s president from 1876 to 1883, followed a strict interpretation of the Morrill Act. Rather than emulate the classical universities, White believed Purdue should be an "industrial college" and devote its resources toward providing a broad, [[liberal education]] with an emphasis on science, technology, and agriculture. He intended not only to prepare students for industrial work, but also to prepare them to be good citizens and family members.<ref>Topping, pp. 89–94, 97–100.</ref>

By the end of the nineteenth century, the university was organized into schools of agriculture, engineering (mechanical, civil, and electrical), and pharmacy; former U.S. President [[Benjamin Harrison]] served on the [[board of trustees]].<ref>Topping, pp. 130–131.</ref> Purdue's engineering laboratories included testing facilities for a locomotive, and for a [[Corliss steam engine]]—one of the most efficient engines of the time. The School of Agriculture shared its research with farmers throughout the state, with its cooperative extension services, and would undergo a period of growth over the following two decades. Programs in education and home economics were soon established, as well as a [[Indiana University School of Medicine#History|short-lived school of medicine]]. By 1925, Purdue had the largest undergraduate engineering enrollment in the country, a status it would keep for half a century.<ref>Topping, p. 291.</ref>

President [[Edward C. Elliott]] oversaw a campus building program between the world wars. Inventor, alumnus, and trustee [[David E. Ross]] coordinated several fundraisers, donated lands to the university, and was instrumental in establishing the Purdue Research Foundation. Ross's gifts and fundraisers supported such projects as [[Ross–Ade Stadium]], the [[Purdue Memorial Union|Memorial Union]], a civil engineering surveying camp, and [[Purdue University Airport]]. Purdue Airport was the country's first university-owned airport and the site of the country's first college-credit flight training courses.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aiaa.org/Participate/Uploads/05-0443westlafayette.pdf |title=Historic Aerospace Site: Purdue University Airport, West Lafayette, Indiana |author=American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics |year=2005 |pages=2–3 |access-date=November 20, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061201224602/http://www.aiaa.org/Participate/Uploads/05%2D0443westlafayette%2Epdf |archive-date=December 1, 2006}}</ref>

Every school and department at the university was involved in some type of military research or training during [[World War II]].<ref>Topping, p. 241.</ref> During a project on radar receivers, Purdue physicists discovered properties of [[germanium]] that led to the making of the first [[transistor]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.computerhistory.org/semiconductor/timeline/1941-semiconductor.html |title=1941 – Semiconductor diode rectifiers serve in WW II |year=2007 |work=The Silicon Engine: A Timeline of Semiconductors in Computers |publisher=[[Computer History Museum]] |access-date=November 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080924135754/http://www.computerhistory.org/semiconductor/timeline/1941-semiconductor.html |archive-date=September 24, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/transistor/science/info/germanium.html |title=Germanium Comes of Age |year=1999 |work=Transistorized! The History of the Invention of the Transistor |publisher=PBS.org |access-date=November 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213010523/http://www.pbs.org/transistor/science/info/germanium.html |archive-date=December 13, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> The Army and the Navy conducted training programs at Purdue and more than 17,500 students, staff, and alumni served in the armed forces.<ref>Topping, p. 242.</ref> Purdue set up about a hundred centers throughout Indiana to train skilled workers for defense industries.<ref>Topping. p. 240.</ref> As veterans returned to the university under the [[G.I. Bill]], first-year classes were taught at some of these sites to alleviate the demand for campus space. Four of these sites are now degree-granting regional campuses of the [[Purdue University system]]. On-campus housing became racially desegregated in 1947, following pressure from Purdue President [[Frederick L. Hovde]] and Indiana Governor [[Ralph F. Gates]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://collections.lib.purdue.edu/orthefirenexttime |title=Or the Fire Next Time: A Timeline of African American History at Purdue |year=2010 |author=Purdue Libraries, Archives and Special Collections |access-date=November 20, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150514184827/http://collections.lib.purdue.edu/orthefirenexttime/ |archive-date=May 14, 2015 |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>Topping, p. 355.</ref>

After the war, Hovde worked to expand the academic opportunities at the university. A decade-long construction program emphasized science and research. In the late 1950s and early 1960s the university established programs in veterinary medicine, industrial management, and nursing, as well as the first computer science department in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cs.purdue.edu/history/history.html |title=History of the Department of Computer Sciences at Purdue University |first1=John R. |last1=Rice |first2=Saul |last2=Rosen |year=1994 |publisher=Purdue University |access-date=November 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111216124633/http://www.cs.purdue.edu/history/history.html |archive-date=December 16, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Undergraduate humanities courses were strengthened, although Hovde only reluctantly approved of graduate-level study in these areas. Purdue awarded its first Bachelor of Arts degrees in 1960.<ref>Topping, p. 321.</ref> The programs in liberal arts and education, formerly administered by the School of Science, were soon split into an independent school.

In recent years, Purdue's leaders have continued to support high-tech research and international programs. In 1987, U.S. President [[Ronald Reagan]] visited the West Lafayette campus to give a speech about the influence of technological progress on job creation.<ref>{{cite news |title=Reagan Hails U.S. Technology's Role |first=Gerald M. |last=Boyd |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/10/us/reagan-hails-us-technology-s-role.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 10, 1987 |page=A12 |access-date=November 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518161326/http://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/10/us/reagan-hails-us-technology-s-role.html |archive-date=May 18, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In the 1990s, the university added more opportunities to study abroad and expanded its course offerings in world languages and cultures.<ref>{{cite news |title=Campus Life: Purdue; The Race Is On To Ready Students For Globalization |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/25/style/campus-life-purdue-the-race-is-on-to-ready-students-for-globalization.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 25, 1990 |page=47 |access-date=November 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518173238/http://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/25/style/campus-life-purdue-the-race-is-on-to-ready-students-for-globalization.html |archive-date=May 18, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> The first buildings of the Discovery Park interdisciplinary research center were dedicated in 2004.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?id=12097 |title=Purdue Dedicates Center For Entrepreneurship |date=October 21, 2004 |work=Inside Indiana Business |access-date=November 20, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113133413/http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?id=12097 |archive-date=January 13, 2012 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Purdue launched a Global Policy Research Institute in 2010 to explore the potential impact of technical knowledge on public policy decisions.<ref>{{cite news |title=NSF director to lead new Purdue research institute |url=http://www.wthr.com/story/11939770/nsf-director-to-lead-new-purdue-research-institute |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=[[WTHR]] |date=February 5, 2010 |access-date=June 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524041358/http://www.wthr.com/story/11939770/nsf-director-to-lead-new-purdue-research-institute |archive-date=May 24, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>

On April 27, 2017, Purdue University announced plans to acquire [[for-profit college]] [[Kaplan University]] and convert it to a public university in the state of Indiana, subject to multiple levels of approval.<ref name="PurdueAnnounce20170427">{{cite web |title=Purdue to acquire Kaplan University, increase access for millions |url=https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2017/Q2/purdue-to-acquire-kaplan-university,-increase-access-for-millions.html |publisher=Purdue University |access-date=27 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428050941/https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2017/Q2/purdue-to-acquire-kaplan-university,-increase-access-for-millions.html |archive-date=April 28, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> That school now operates as [[Purdue University Global]], and aims to serve adult learners.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kaplan University Is Now Purdue University Global |url=https://kaplan.com/individuals/earn-a-degree/ |website=Kaplan |access-date=10 September 2020 |language=en |archive-date=September 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908121340/https://kaplan.com/individuals/earn-a-degree/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Southwest of the Stadium Mall is the [[Edward C. Elliott Hall of Music]], one of the largest [[proscenium|proscenium theaters]] in the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.housing.purdue.edu/HTML/HallOfMusic/venues/elliott/elliott.html |title=Hall of Music Productions – Venues – Purdue University |publisher=Housing.purdue.edu |date=September 30, 1990 |access-date=2010-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091221065921/http://www.housing.purdue.edu/HTML/HallOfMusic/venues/elliott/elliott.html |archive-date=December 21, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> Elliott Hall of Music serves as the home of the [[Purdue All-American Marching Band|Purdue "All-American" Marching Band]], Purdue Bands and Orchestras, the [[WBAA]] studio. Purdue's Student Concert Committee often invites famous entertainers to perform there for an audience of students, faculty, and the public.

West of the Elliott Hall of Music is the Armory Building. The Armory Building was rebuilt in 1918 after a fire and houses the university's ROTC programs and other clubs.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://polytechnic.purdue.edu/armyrotc/overview/history |title=History - Purdue Polytechnic Institute |website=polytechnic.purdue.edu |access-date=April 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430190437/https://polytechnic.purdue.edu/armyrotc/overview/history |archive-date=April 30, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2019, university president Mitch Daniels described a proposal to repurpose the Armory Building, suggesting the space may be used for residential dining, retail, or classrooms but later said no changes would be made.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.purdueexponent.org/campus/article_27a2f908-49be-11e9-952f-73cb2d44164e.html |title=Armory to be repurposed, other changes proposed |last=Slater |first=Emily |date=March 18, 2019 |website=Purdue Exponent |access-date=April 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325211444/https://www.purdueexponent.org/campus/article_27a2f908-49be-11e9-952f-73cb2d44164e.html |archive-date=March 25, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Purdue drops overhaul plans for campus armory building |url=https://www.wfyi.org/news/articles/purdue-drops-overhaul-plans-for-campus-armory-building |publisher=WFYI |date=August 19, 2019 |access-date=November 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104175647/https://www.wfyi.org/news/articles/purdue-drops-overhaul-plans-for-campus-armory-building |archive-date=November 4, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>

University Hall is the only building remaining from the original six-building campus. Construction began in 1871, when the building was known as "The Main Building". The building was dedicated in 1877 and the project cost $35,000 to complete. University Hall originally housed the office of the president, a chapel, and classrooms, but was remodeled in 1961 to house only the department of history and classrooms used by the School of Liberal Arts. At the request of [[John Purdue]], he was buried in the Memorial Mall, directly across from the main entrance of University Hall.<ref>Purdue Libraries, Archives and Special Collections. (2009). [http://www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol/johnpurdue/death.php "Themes: Death and funeral"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524193817/http://www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol/johnpurdue/death.php |date=May 24, 2011 }}. ''Portrait of a founder: John Purdue and Purdue University'' online exhibit. Retrieved April 30, 2011.</ref>

Lyles Porter Hall houses interdisciplinary healthcare facilities and classroom space within the College of Health and Human Sciences as well as the West Lafayette branch of the [[Indiana University School of Medicine]]. Collectively, students and clinical faculty within Nursing, Health and Kinesiology, Nutrition Science, Psychological Sciences, and Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences see approximately 3,000 patients a year within this state-of-the-art interdisciplinary healthcare facility. The building features a nursing clinic, specialized preschool, exercise center, consultation space and demonstration kitchen for dietitians in training, clinical psychology facility, audiology and speech-language pathology clinics, cadaver laboratory for physicians in training, and research laboratories.

The western portion of campus consists of student housing, dining, and recreation facilities. Students can play club and [[intramural sports]] at the Córdova Recreational Sports Center, the Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center (named for former Purdue Men's Swimming & Diving Captain and longtime Vice President & Athletics Director), and the intramural playing fields in this area. The Córdova Recreational Sports Center, built in 1957, is the first building in the nation created solely to serve university student recreational needs. As a replacement for the previously separate women's and men's gymnasiums, it was originally called the "Co-recreational Gymnasium".<ref>{{cite book |title=Debris |access-date=2012-07-19 |type=yearbook |year=1958 |publisher=Purdue University |location=West Lafayette, Indiana |page=293 |chapter=Co-recreational Gym increases I-M activity |chapter-url=http://earchives.lib.purdue.edu/u?/debris,40537 |archive-date=April 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404071735/https://earchives.lib.purdue.edu/digital/collection/debris/id/40537 |url-status=live }}</ref> Despite several expansions and official name changes, it has been nicknamed "the Co-rec" ever since.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tntEAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA337 |title=International Dictionary of University Histories |page=337 |author1=Mary Elizabeth Devine |author2=Carol Summerfield |date=December 2, 2013 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781134262175 |access-date=2 December 2013 |archive-date=August 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819230913/https://books.google.com/books?id=tntEAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA337 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Much of the northern part of campus sits on land purchased for the university by industrialist David E. Ross and author and humorist [[George Ade]] in the 1920s. Many of Purdue's athletic facilities are there, including [[Ross–Ade Stadium]] ([[American football]]), [[Mackey Arena]] (basketball), and [[Lambert Fieldhouse]] (indoor track and field). This area also includes the [[Slayter Center of Performing Arts]] and Cary Quadrangle, one of the largest all-male housing units in the country.<ref name="housing.purdue.edu">{{cite web |url=http://www.housing.purdue.edu/HTML/Housing/Cary_Quadrangle |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807152841/http://www.housing.purdue.edu/HTML/Housing/Cary_Quadrangle/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-08-07 |access-date=2009-08-25 |publisher=Purdue University Housing and Food Services |title=Cary Quadrangle}}</ref>

Ross is one of three people buried on Purdue's campus, the others being John Purdue and former First Lady of Purdue, Jane Beering. Ross's and Beering's grave sites are in a garden atop Slayter Hill just to the west of the Slayter bandshell. Beering's husband, former Purdue President [[Steven C. Beering|Steven Beering]], will eventually join her atop the hill.<ref name="wthr.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.wthr.com/article/beering-burial-to-be-1st-on-purdue-campus-in-72-years |access-date=2017-08-27 |publisher=WTHR |title=Beering burial to be 1st on Purdue campus in 72 years |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828063220/http://www.wthr.com/article/beering-burial-to-be-1st-on-purdue-campus-in-72-years |archive-date=August 28, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> Baseball's [[Alexander Field (Purdue University)|Alexander Field]] and other athletic facilities are a mile west of the stadium, at the newer Northwest Athletic Complex.

The College of Education offers [[undergraduate education|undergraduate]] [[bachelor's degree|degrees]] in [[primary education|elementary education]], [[social studies]] education, and [[special education]], and [[graduate school|graduate degrees]] in these and many other specialty areas of [[education]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.education.purdue.edu/academics/degrees_programs.html |title=College of Education - Purdue University<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=24 April 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702150225/http://www.education.purdue.edu/academics/degrees_programs.html |archive-date=2 July 2007}}</ref> It has two departments: (a) Curriculum and Instruction and (b) Educational Studies.

The Purdue University College of Engineering was established in 1874 with programs in Civil and Mechanical Engineering. The college now offers [[B.S.]], [[M.S.]], and [[Ph.D.]] degrees in more than a dozen disciplines.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://engineering.purdue.edu/Engr/AboutUs/History/ |title=Purdue University - History of the College of Engineering |access-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-date=February 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226170016/https://engineering.purdue.edu/Engr/AboutUs/History |url-status=live }}</ref> Purdue's engineering program has also educated 24 of America's [[astronaut]]s, including [[Neil Armstrong]] and [[Eugene Cernan]] who were the first and last astronauts to have walked on the [[Moon]], respectively, and [[Gus Grissom]], a member of the [[Mercury Seven]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.purdue.edu/space/astronauts.html |title=Purdue University - List of Purdue Astronauts |access-date=June 25, 2012 |archive-date=August 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802082144/https://www.purdue.edu/space/astronauts.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Many of Purdue's engineering disciplines are recognized as top-ten programs in the U.S.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://engineering.purdue.edu/Engr/AboutUs/FactsFigures/AboutUs/FactsFigures/rankingsNewsReport |title=Rankings - College of Engineering<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-date=October 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020024513/https://engineering.purdue.edu/Engr/AboutUs/FactsFigures/AboutUs/FactsFigures/rankingsNewsReport |url-status=live }}</ref> The college as a whole is currently ranked 4th in the U.S. of all doctorate-granting engineering schools by ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/spec-doct-engineering |title=Current U.S. News Rankings |access-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-date=January 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101211020/http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/spec-doct-engineering |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Krannert School of Management offers management courses and programs at the undergraduate, master's, and doctoral levels.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://krannert.purdue.edu/fast-tracks/apply.php |title=Fill Out the Appropriate Application - Purdue Krannert |website=krannert.purdue.edu |access-date=November 8, 2020 |archive-date=November 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201104212843/https://www.krannert.purdue.edu/fast-tracks/apply.php |url-status=live }}</ref>

The university's College of Pharmacy was established in 1884 and is the 3rd oldest state-funded [[Pharmacy school|school of pharmacy]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pharmacy.purdue.edu/aboutus/history/index.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-12-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013013315/http://www.pharmacy.purdue.edu/aboutus/history/index.htm |archive-date=2008-10-13}}</ref> The school offers two undergraduate programs leading to the B.S. in Pharmaceutical Sciences (BSPS) and the Doctor of Pharmacy ([[Pharm.D.]]) professional degree. Graduate programs leading to M.S. and Ph.D. degrees are offered in three departments (Industrial and Physical Pharmacy, Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, and Pharmacy Practice). Additionally, the school offers several non-degree certificate programs and post-graduate continuing education activities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pharmacy.purdue.edu/academics/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-12-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223154933/http://www.pharmacy.purdue.edu/academics/ |archive-date=2008-12-23}}</ref>

The university's College of Science houses the university's science departments: Biological Sciences; Chemistry; Computer Science; Earth, Atmospheric, & Planetary Sciences; Mathematics; Physics & Astronomy; and Statistics. The science [[course (education)|courses]] offered by the college account for about one-fourth of Purdue's one million student [[credit hour]]s.<ref>[http://www.science.purdue.edu/jsv/ Jeff Vitter's Home Page<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071019061451/http://www.science.purdue.edu/jsv/ |date=2007-10-19 }}</ref>

| '''College/school''' || {{center|'''Year founded'''}}

| College of Agriculture || {{center|1869}}

| College of Education || {{center|1908}}

| [[Purdue University College of Engineering|College of Engineering]] || {{center|1876}}

| College of Health and Human Sciences || {{center|2010}}

| College of Liberal Arts || {{center|1953}}

| [[Krannert School of Management]] || {{center|1962}}

| [[Purdue University College of Pharmacy|College of Pharmacy]]|| {{center|1884}}

| Purdue Polytechnic Institute || {{center|1964}}

| College of Science || {{center|1907}}

| College of Veterinary Medicine || {{center|1959}}

Purdue offers both [[undergraduate education|undergraduate]] and [[graduate school|graduate]] programs in over 211 [[academic major|major]] areas of study, and is well known for its competitive engineering curricula. The university has also been integral in America's [[aviation history|history of aviation]], having established the first [[credit (education)|college credit]] offered in [[flight training]]; the first four-year bachelor's degree in aviation; and the first university airport: [[Purdue University Airport]]. Purdue's aviation technology and aeronautical engineering programs remain among the most competitive aviation-specific programs in the world.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.purdueaviationllc.com/flight-training/faq |title=Purdue Aviation |website=www.purdueaviationllc.com |access-date=September 17, 2020 |archive-date=March 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302160839/https://www.purdueaviationllc.com/flight-training/faq |url-status=live }}</ref> In the mid-20th century, Purdue's aviation program expanded to encompass advanced [[spaceflight]] technology, giving rise to Purdue's nicknames ''Cradle of Astronauts''<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.purdue.edu/UNS/astro/astromain.html |title=Purdue Astronauts |publisher=Purdue University News Service |access-date=2006-06-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041216032631/http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/astro/astromain.html |archive-date=December 16, 2004}}</ref> and ''Mother of Astronauts''.<ref name="PurdueNews1998">{{cite web |url=https://news.uns.purdue.edu/html4ever/1998/9801.Smith.spaceage.html |title=New history course to explore the space age |author=Purdue News Service |date=January 1998 |work=Purdue News |access-date= August 19, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190820044832/https://news.uns.purdue.edu/html4ever/1998/9801.Smith.spaceage.html |archive-date= August 20, 2019 |url-status= live}}</ref> 26 Purdue graduates have become astronauts, including [[Gus Grissom]], one of the original [[Mercury Seven]] astronauts; [[Neil Armstrong]], who was the first person to walk on the moon; and [[Eugene Cernan]], who was the last person to walk on the moon.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Apollo 17 (AS-512) {{!}} National Air and Space Museum |url=https://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/topics/apollo/apollo-program/landing-missions/apollo17.cfm |access-date=2021-01-11 |website=airandspace.si.edu |archive-date=January 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116182333/https://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/topics/apollo/apollo-program/landing-missions/apollo17.cfm |url-status=live }}</ref>

The English department at Purdue launched the first [[Online Writing Lab]] (OWL), in 1994.<ref>{{Cite book |title=ESL Readers and Writers in Higher Education: Understanding Challenges, Providing Support |last=Evans |first=Norman W. |publisher=Routledge |year=2015 |isbn=978-1138791718 |location=New York |pages=73}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/owlprint/608/ |title=Purdue OWL |work=purdue.edu |access-date=May 31, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602005620/http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/owlprint/608/ |archive-date=June 2, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> Many colleges and universities use the Purdue OWL website as an [[academic writing]] reference source for proper word usage, punctuation, grammar, and style.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}

Purdue is organized into 10 colleges and schools. On July 1, 2010, the College of Health and Human Sciences was formed, through combining existing academic units, including the School of Nursing, the School of Health Sciences, the College of Consumer and Family Sciences, and non-humanities majors psychology and hearing and speech pathology from the College of Liberal Arts.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hhs.purdue.edu/about/about.html |title=Purdue College of Health and Human Sciences |publisher=Hhs.purdue.edu |date=July 1, 2010 |access-date=November 1, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113171140/https://www.hhs.purdue.edu/about/about.html |archive-date=January 13, 2012 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Through Purdue Online, the administrative unit charged with planning and enabling the effort, Purdue has a growing online presence, in addition to [[Purdue University Global|Purdue Global]], offering more than 200 programs through the university's four accredited institutions (Purdue West Lafayette, Purdue Northwest and Purdue Fort Wayne in Indiana and Purdue Global) including master's degree programs.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://online.purdue.edu/online-programs/masters-degrees |title=Masters Degrees {{!}} Purdue University Online |website=online.purdue.edu |access-date=2016-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311035007/http://online.purdue.edu/online-programs/masters-degrees |archive-date=March 11, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> Purdue Online, the unified online education initiative approved by Purdue President Mitch Daniels and the Purdue Board of Trustees in December 2018, is intended to radically expand these offerings by developing a "coordinated, unified system-wide portfolio of online course and degree offerings for students of all types."<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2018/Q4/trustees-ok-new-unit-for-system-wide-online-education.html |title=Trustees OK new unit for system-wide online education. www.purdue.edu. Retrieved 29 August 2019. |access-date=September 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190828200615/https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2018/Q4/trustees-ok-new-unit-for-system-wide-online-education.html |archive-date=August 28, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> Students manage their Purdue University admin account using the BrightSpace Purdue Student Portal. <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://studentsorted.com/brightspace-purdue/ |title=Brightspace Purdue Retrieved 4 May 2022. |access-date=May 4, 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The university expended $622.814 million in support of research system-wide in 2017, using funds received from the state and federal governments, industry, foundations, and individual donors. The faculty and more than 400 research laboratories put Purdue University among the leading research institutions.<ref>{{cite web |title=Purdue University - NSF - Total R&D Expenditure |url=https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/profiles/site?method=report&fice=1825&id=h1 |access-date=June 6, 2019 |archive-date=August 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806160836/https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/profiles/site?method=report&fice=1825&id=h1 |url-status=live }}</ref> Purdue University is considered by the [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education]] to have "very high research activity".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=243780 |title=Carnegie Classifications: Purdue University–Main Campus |publisher=Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching |access-date=2012-06-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705033132/http://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=243780 |archive-date=July 5, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> Purdue also was rated the nation's fourth best place to work in academia, according to rankings released in November 2007 by ''[[The Scientist (magazine)|The Scientist]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Gawrylewski |first=Andrea |url=http://classic.the-scientist.com/2007/11/1/67/1/ |title=Purdue pushes forward |journal=The Scientist |date=November 1, 2007 |volume=21 |issue=11 |page=67 |access-date=2012-06-25 |archive-date=March 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324203110/https://www.the-scientist.com/2007/11/1/67/1/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Purdue's researchers provide insight, knowledge, assistance, and solutions in many crucial areas. These include, but are not limited to Agriculture; Business and Economy; Education; Engineering; Environment; Healthcare; Individuals, Society, Culture; Manufacturing; Science; Technology; Veterinary Medicine.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.purdue.edu/purdue/research/research_areas.html |title=Purdue University – Research Areas |publisher=Purdue.edu |access-date=2010-01-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080408073427/http://www.purdue.edu/purdue/research/research_areas.html |archive-date=April 8, 2008 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

[[GTAP|The Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP)]], a global research consortium focused on [[Global governance#Governance of the economy and of globalisation|global economic governance]] challenges (trade, climate, resource use) is also coordinated by the university. Purdue University generated a record $438 million in sponsored research funding during the 2009–10 fiscal year with participation from [[National Science Foundation]], [[National Aeronautics and Space Administration]], and the U.S. departments of [[United States Department of Agriculture|Agriculture]], [[United States Department of Defense|Defense]], [[United States Department of Energy|Energy]], and [[United States Department of Health and Human Services|Health and Human Services]].<ref name="http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research">{{cite web |url=https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2010/100830BuckiusResearch.html |title=Purdue hits research funding record in 2010 |publisher=News.uns.purdue.edu |date=August 30, 2010 |access-date=2012-04-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233830/http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2010/100830BuckiusResearch.html |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> Purdue University was ranked fourth in Engineering research expenditures amongst all the colleges in the United States in 2017, with a research expenditure budget of 244.8 million.<ref>{{cite web |title=Engineering by the Numbers ASEE.org |url=https://www.asee.org/documents/papers-and-publications/publications/college-profiles/2017-Engineering-by-Numbers-Engineering-Statistics.pdf |access-date=June 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024031008/https://www.asee.org/documents/papers-and-publications/publications/college-profiles/2017-Engineering-by-Numbers-Engineering-Statistics.pdf |archive-date=October 24, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Purdue University established the [[Discovery Park (Purdue)|Discovery Park]] to bring innovation through multidisciplinary action.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.purdue.edu/dp/index.php |title=Discovery Park at Purdue University |publisher=Purdue.edu |access-date=2010-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519123638/http://www.purdue.edu/dp/index.php |archive-date=May 19, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> In all of the eleven centers of Discovery Park, ranging from entrepreneurship to energy and advanced manufacturing, research projects reflect a large economic impact and address global challenges.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nanohub.org/resources/5025/ |title=Discovery Park at Purdue University: Engine for Academic and Commercial Growth |author=Buck, Charles; Sharma, Pankaj (2008) |access-date=2008-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091222165405/http://nanohub.org/resources/5025 |archive-date=December 22, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> Purdue University's [[nanotechnology]] research program, built around the new Birck Nanotechnology Center in Discovery Park, ranks among the best in the nation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2007a/070612SandsSmalltimes.html |title=Purdue's nanotechnology research facilities rank 8th in U.S. survey |publisher=News.uns.purdue.edu |date=June 12, 2007 |access-date=2010-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705152257/http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2007a/070612SandsSmalltimes.html |archive-date=July 5, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Purdue Research Park]] which opened in 1961<ref name="ReferenceC">{{cite web |url=http://news.uns.purdue.edu/html3month/020110.B.Research.park.html |title=Purdue Research Park |publisher=News.uns.purdue.edu |date=January 10, 2002 |access-date=2010-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615114419/http://news.uns.purdue.edu/html3month/020110.B.Research.park.html |archive-date=June 15, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> was developed by Purdue Research Foundation which is a private, nonprofit foundation created to assist Purdue. The park is focused on companies operating in the arenas of life sciences, homeland security, engineering, advanced manufacturing and information technology.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://purdueresearchpark.com/about |title=About Purdue Research Park |publisher=Purdue Research Park |access-date=2012-06-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814023007/http://purdueresearchpark.com/about |archive-date=August 14, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> It provides an interactive environment for experienced Purdue researchers and for private business and high-tech industry.<ref name="ReferenceC"/> It currently employs more than 3,000 people in 155 companies, including 90 technology-based firms.<ref name="news.uns.purdue.edu">{{cite web |url=http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2008b/080804RebarResearchFunding.html |title=Purdue generates record $333.4 million in research funding |publisher=News.uns.purdue.edu |date=August 4, 2008 |access-date=2010-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080810002438/http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2008b/080804RebarResearchFunding.html |archive-date=August 10, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref> The Purdue Research Park was ranked first by the Association of University Research Parks in 2004.<ref name="research_park_rank">{{cite web |year=2004 |url=http://www.aurp.net/more/awards.cfm |title=AURP Annual Award Recipients: Outstanding Research/Science Park Achievement Award |publisher=Association of University Research Parks |access-date=2008-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080112195707/http://www.aurp.net/more/awards.cfm |archive-date=January 12, 2008}}</ref>

Purdue's library system consists of fifteen locations throughout the campus, including an archives and special collections research center, an undergraduate library, and several subject-specific libraries. More than three million volumes, including one million electronic books, are held at these locations.<ref>[http://www.purdue.edu/datadigest/AdditionalFact/Libraries.html Data Digest 2013-14: Libraries] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501034922/http://www.purdue.edu/datadigest/AdditionalFact/Libraries.html |date=May 1, 2015 }}. Purdue University. Retrieved 2015-04-28.</ref> The Library houses the [[Amelia Earhart]] Collection, a collection of notes and letters belonging to Earhart and her husband [[George P. Putnam|George Putnam]] along with records related to her disappearance and subsequent search efforts.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://collections.lib.purdue.edu/aearhart/index.php |title=Amelia Earhart Collection |website=collections.lib.purdue.edu |access-date=2019-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725075500/http://collections.lib.purdue.edu/aearhart/index.php |archive-date=July 25, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> An administrative unit of Purdue University Libraries, [[Purdue University Press]] has its roots in the 1960 founding of Purdue University Studies by President Frederick Hovde on a $12,000 grant from the Purdue Research Foundation. This was the result of a committee appointed by President Hovde after the Department of English lamented the lack of publishing venues in the humanities. Since the 1990s, the range of books published by the Press has grown to reflect the work from other colleges at Purdue University especially in the areas of agriculture, health, and engineering. Purdue University Press publishes print and ebook monograph series in a range of subject areas from literary and cultural studies to the study of the human-animal bond. In 1993 Purdue University Press was admitted to membership of the [[Association of American University Presses]]. Purdue University Press publishes around 25 books a year and 20 learned journals in print, in print & online, and online-only formats in collaboration with Purdue University Libraries.

Purdue's Sustainability Council, composed of university administrators and professors, meets monthly to discuss environmental issues and sustainability initiatives at Purdue.<ref name="Sustainability Council">{{cite web |title=Sustainability Council |publisher=Purdue University |url=https://www.purdue.edu/sustainability/council.htm# |access-date=2009-06-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090313011028/http://www.purdue.edu/sustainability/council.htm |archive-date=March 13, 2009 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> The university's first [[Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design|LEED]] Certified building was an addition to the Mechanical Engineering Building, which was completed in Fall 2011.<ref name="Campus Buildings & Features">{{cite web |title=Campus Buildings & Features |publisher=Purdue University |url=https://www.purdue.edu/sustainability/pages/campus_buildings.html |access-date=2009-06-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915041906/http://www.purdue.edu/sustainability/pages/campus_buildings.html |archive-date=September 15, 2008 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> The school is also in the process of developing an arboretum on campus.<ref name="Purdue's Sustainability Initiatives">{{cite web |title=Purdue's Sustainability Initiatives |publisher=Purdue University |url=https://www.purdue.edu/sustainability/pages/sustainability_initi.html |access-date=2009-06-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914162808/http://www.purdue.edu/sustainability/pages/sustainability_initi.html |archive-date=September 14, 2008 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> In addition, a system has been set up to display live data detailing current energy production at the campus utility plant.<ref name="Purdue's Sustainability Initiatives"/> The school holds an annual "Green Week" each fall, an effort to engage the Purdue community with issues relating to environmental sustainability.<ref name="GreenWeek 2008">{{cite web |title=GreenWeek 2008 |publisher=Purdue University |url=https://www.purdue.edu/sustainability/ |access-date=2009-06-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401045032/http://www.purdue.edu/sustainability/ |archive-date=April 1, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>

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<big>USNWR Graduate Program Rankings</big><ref name="USNWR Grad School Rankings">{{cite magazine |title=Purdue University – U.S. News Best Grad School Rankings |magazine=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=April 8, 2021 |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/purdue-university-main-campus-243780/overall-rankings |archive-date=March 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210331013700/https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/purdue-university-main-campus-243780/overall-rankings |url-status=live }}</ref>

In its 2021 edition, ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' ranked Purdue University the 5th most innovative national university, tied for the 17th best public university in the United States, tied for 53rd overall, and 114th best globally.<ref name="USNWR">{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/purdue-university-west-lafayette-1825/overall-rankings |title=Purdue University--West Lafayette Rankings |year=2021 |magazine=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=October 8, 2020 |archive-date=December 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181201201834/https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/purdue-university-west-lafayette-1825/overall-rankings |url-status=live }}</ref> ''U.S. News & World Report'' also rated Purdue tied for 36th in "Best Undergraduate Teaching, 83rd in "Best Value Schools", tied for 284th in "Top Performers on Social Mobility", and the undergraduate engineering program tied for 9th at schools whose highest degree is a doctorate.<ref name=USNWR/>

[[File:Purdue University graduation ceremony.jpg|thumb|right|Graduation Ceremony]]

8,562 students from 126 countries around the world attended Purdue University in 2012.<ref name="Purdue University">{{cite web |url=https://www.purdue.edu/datadigest/students/pg15.html |title=Purdue University Data Digest 2012–13 |publisher=Purdue University |access-date=2013-06-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130624235005/http://www.purdue.edu/datadigest/students/pg15.html |archive-date=June 24, 2013 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> In 2012–13, 19,689 out of a total of 39,256 students enrolled were Indiana residents.<ref name="Purdue University"/> {{as of|2013}}, the racial diversity of the US-resident undergraduate student body was 5.7% [[Asian people|Asian]], 4.4% [[Hispanic]] or [[Latinos|Latino]], and 4.0% [[Black people|black]] or [[African American]].<ref name="ethnicity">{{cite web |url=https://www.purdue.edu/datadigest/diversity/pg49_52.html |title=Purdue University Data Digest 2012–13 |publisher=Purdue University |access-date=2013-06-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201103332/http://www.purdue.edu/datadigest/diversity/pg49_52.html |archive-date=February 1, 2013 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Of the undergraduate students, 42.6% were female.<ref name="gender">{{cite web |url=https://www.purdue.edu/datadigest/diversity/pg47.html |title=Purdue University Data Digest 2012–13 |publisher=Purdue University |access-date=2013-06-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130624235006/http://www.purdue.edu/datadigest/diversity/pg47.html |archive-date=June 24, 2013 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Domestic minorities constitute a total of 10.8% in the graduate student body population<ref name="ethnicity"/> of which 37.3% are female.<ref name="gender"/> Twenty-two percent of the student body is international, representing 126 countries.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.purdue.edu/datadigest/diversity/pg54.html |title=Purdue University Data Digest 2012–13 |publisher=Purdue University |access-date=2013-06-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201105017/http://www.purdue.edu/datadigest/diversity/pg54.html |archive-date=February 1, 2013 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> In graduate and professional student population, non-Indiana residents occupy an overwhelming majority, about 75%.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.purdue.edu/datadigest/students/pg13.html |title=Purdue University Data Digest 2012–13 |publisher=Purdue University |access-date=2013-06-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119115818/http://www.purdue.edu/datadigest/students/pg13.html |archive-date=January 19, 2013 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Almost all undergraduates and about 70% of the graduate student population attend full-time.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.purdue.edu/datadigest/students/pg11_12.html |title=Purdue University Data Digest 2012–13 |publisher=Purdue University |access-date=2013-06-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201104315/http://www.purdue.edu/datadigest/students/pg11_12.html |archive-date=February 1, 2013 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> The school's selectivity for admissions is "more selective" by [[USNWR]]: approximately 49% of applicants are admitted.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.purdue.edu/datadigest/?dashboard=AppsAdmits |title=Purdue University Data Digest: Applications, Admits, and Matriculations |publisher=Purdue University |access-date=2016-03-12 |archive-date=April 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404071754/https://www.purdue.edu/datadigest/?dashboard=AppsAdmits |url-status=live }}</ref>

Purdue University operates seventeen separate [[residence hall]]s for its undergraduate and graduate students, including Cary Quadrangle, [[Amelia Earhart|Earhart]] Hall, First Street Towers, Frieda Parker Hall, [[Benjamin Harrison|Harrison]] Hall, Hawkins Hall, Hillenbrand Hall, Hilltop Apartments, Honors College and Residences, [[John T. McCutcheon|McCutcheon]] Hall, Meredith Hall, Meredith South Hall, Owen Hall, Purdue Village, Shreve Hall, [[Booth Tarkington|Tarkington]] Hall, [[Harvey Washington Wiley|Wiley]] Hall, Winifred Parker Hall, and the 5 Windsor Halls: Duhme, Shealy, Warren, Wood, and Vawter.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.housing.purdue.edu/HTML/Housing| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806182653/http://www.housing.purdue.edu/HTML/Housing/| url-status=dead| archive-date=2009-08-06| access-date=2009-08-25 |publisher=Purdue University Housing and Food Services |title=Housing Choices}}</ref> Of the residence halls, Cary, McCutcheon, Wiley, and Tarkington are male-only while Windsor, Meredith South Hall, and Meredith Hall are female-only; the rest of them are [[co-ed]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.housing.purdue.edu/Housing/RoomRates/ |publisher=Purdue University Housing |title=University Residences Room Rates |access-date=July 6, 2021 |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183505/https://www.housing.purdue.edu/Housing/RoomRates/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

There are 12 [[cooperative]] houses at Purdue (five men's houses and seven women's houses). The men's houses include Circle Pines, Fairway, Marwood, Chauncey, and Gemini. The women's houses include Ann Tweedale, Glenwood, Twin Pines, Maclure, Stewart, Devonshire, and Shoemaker. All cooperative houses are governed under the Purdue Cooperative Council which is led by Purdue University students who live in these houses. The cooperative system allows for a much lower cost of living than other types of housing, averaging $2900 annually with all-inclusive monthly rent ranging from $250-$625 varying by house.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.purduecooperatives.org/home |access-date=2007-11-16 |publisher=Purdue Cooperatives |title=Housing Cost Comparison |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061114204712/http://purduecooperatives.org/home |archive-date=November 14, 2006 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> The members take an active role in sharing chores and cooking all meals themselves, as opposed to hiring out cleaning and cooking staff.<ref name="purdue4">{{cite web |url=https://www.purdue.edu/datadigest/2006-07/pages/instruction/in_activities_organi.htm |title=Purdue University Data Digest 2006–07 |publisher=Purdue.edu |access-date=2010-01-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119140052/http://www.purdue.edu/datadigest/2006-07/pages/instruction/in_activities_organi.htm |archive-date=January 19, 2012 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Purdue University hosts one of the nation's largest [[fraternities and sororities|Greek community]], with approximately 6,000 students participating in one of the roughly 40 men's fraternities or 30 women's sororities.<ref>{{cite news |publisher=[[Purdue Exponent]] |url=http://archive.purdueexponent.org/interface/bebop/showstory.php?date=2003/06/16&section=campus&storyid=Greeksystem |date=June 16, 2003 |access-date=2007-11-16 |title=5,000 students call Greek system their home |last=Poston |first=Heather |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727192400/http://archive.purdueexponent.org/interface/bebop/showstory.php?date=2003%2F06%2F16&section=campus&storyid=Greeksystem |archive-date=July 27, 2011 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Several of Purdue's most distinguished graduates are members of fraternities and sororities.<ref name="purdue4"/> Purdue's Greek system is very strong and works together in various aspects, including the Inter-Fraternity Council, Panhellenic, and many very successful philanthropies. Every chapter has national philanthropy dedicated to a certain cause that many chapters also participate in. Besides philanthropy, Purdue Greeks are involved all over campus, including College Mentors for Kids, Purdue University Dance Marathon, Boiler Gold Rush, Purdue Student Government, and other activities.

Students at Purdue participate in more than 900 student organizations that cover a variety of interests.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.purdue.edu/datadigest/instruction/pg32.html |title=Student Activities and Organizations |work=Data Digest 2012-13 |publisher=Purdue University |access-date=January 20, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201104721/http://www.purdue.edu/datadigest/instruction/pg32.html |archive-date=February 1, 2013 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Some of the notable clubs founded by Purdue students include the [[Purdue Reamer Club]] (a school spirit organization that cares for the [[Boilermaker Special]] mascot and raises funds for scholarships) and two clubs that eventually became nationwide organizations: the [[National Society of Black Engineers]] and the [[Rube Goldberg Machine Contest]].

Several campus-wide programs are planned by the Purdue Alumni Student Experience (part of the Alumni Association), [[Purdue Memorial Union|Purdue Student Union Board]], Purdue Student Government (PSG), or the Purdue Graduate Student Government (PGSG). PSG and PGSG are made up of representatives from each of the university's academic colleges and give recommendations to the faculty, administration, and sometimes to the state legislature.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=WBAA |date=May 4, 2012 |title=Indiana Lifeline measure becomes law |url=http://wbaa.org/post/indiana-lifeline-measure-becomes-law |last=Smith |first=Brandon |access-date=January 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140218222509/http://wbaa.org/post/indiana-lifeline-measure-becomes-law |archive-date=February 18, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Annual campus events include Boiler Gold Rush, Purdue University Dance Marathon, Spring Fest, and Grand Prix. Boiler Gold Rush (BGR) is Purdue's new-student orientation program. BGR, which takes place before each fall semester, was formed to ease the transition to college for incoming students and to help them get acquainted with successful college life. Boiler Gold Rush activities include speaker presentations from various academic, cultural, safety and professional organizations on campus, campus tours led by Team Leaders, academic 'meet the schools' picnic and interest sessions, late-night events at the Purdue Memorial Union, Recreational Sports Center and local stores, and a sports pep rally. Purdue University Dance Marathon (PUDM) is an 18-hour no-sitting, no-sleeping, dance marathon that takes place each fall in the Cordova Recreation center. Each year over 2,000 students participate and the event raises over $1 million annually for Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis. PUDM is also one of the largest collegiate Dance Marathons in the country. Spring Fest is an annual carnival with entertaining exhibits from many academic departments. A highlight of the weekend is the Entomology Department's Bug Bowl, where the sport of [[cricket spitting]] was invented in 1997.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=Science Daily |title=Purdue Bug Bowl Bigger, Buggier And Better |date=April 6, 1999 |url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/04/990406042743.htm |access-date=January 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203221540/http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/04/990406042743.htm |archive-date=February 3, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Lovitt |first=Rob |newspaper=NBC News |title=Travel's silly season: rat racing, cricket spitting and mullet tossing, oh my |date=April 12, 2012 |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/travel/travels-silly-season-rat-racing-cricket-spitting-mullet-tossing-oh-712573?franchiseSlug=todaytravelmain |access-date=January 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204022107/http://www.nbcnews.com/travel/travels-silly-season-rat-racing-cricket-spitting-mullet-tossing-oh-712573?franchiseSlug=todaytravelmain |archive-date=February 4, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Purdue Grand Prix]], a 50-mile, 160-lap go-kart race is "The Greatest Spectacle in College Racing" and wraps up Gala Week each year. All 33 participating karts are made from scratch by student teams. The event has been raising money for student scholarships since it began in 1958.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.purduegrandprix.org/?page=history |title=Purdue Grand Prix |publisher=Purdue Grand Prix |access-date=2010-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070123003903/http://www.purduegrandprix.org/?page=history |archive-date=January 23, 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Purdue has a number of religious organizations on and near the campus. [[St. Thomas Aquinas Purdue|St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church]] serves the Catholic community at Purdue and the surrounding community. The Purdue [[Hillel Foundation]] is the university's Jewish campus organization.<ref name="PurdueHillel">{{cite web |title=Purdue Hillel Foundation {{!}} Building Meaningful Jewish Life at Purdue |url=http://www.purduehillel.org/ |website=Purdue Hillel Foundation |access-date=12 March 2020 |archive-date=March 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321081334/http://www.purduehillel.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[non-denominational Christian]] organization "Campus House" also owns the popular coffeeshop "Greyhouse Coffee".<ref name="GreyhouseReno">{{cite news |last1=POZNYAK |first1=ANNA |title=Local coffeee shop finishes renovations |url=https://www.purdueexponent.org/city_state/article_4f79c9de-2c5a-11e8-884f-d32b5fd9195d.html |access-date=12 March 2020 |work=Purdue Exponent |date=20 March 2018 |language=en |archive-date=August 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806122752/https://www.purdueexponent.org/city_state/article_4f79c9de-2c5a-11e8-884f-d32b5fd9195d.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

The ''[[Purdue Exponent]]'', an independent [[student newspaper]], has the largest circulation of any Indiana college newspaper, with a daily circulation of 17,500 copies during the spring and fall semesters.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.purdueexponent.org/?module=leftside&target=aboutUs |title=The Exponent – Purdue's Student Newspaper |publisher=Purdueexponent.org |date=February 16, 2008 |access-date=2010-01-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110412082715/http://archive.purdueexponent.org/?module=leftside&target=aboutUs |archive-date=April 12, 2011 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> From 1889 to 2008 Purdue published a [[yearbook]] called the ''Debris''.<ref>Pesca, Mike (July 11, 2008). [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92442989 "Gone Are the Yearbooks of Yesteryear"] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085102/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92442989 |date=March 4, 2016 }}. ''NPR''. Retrieved February 25, 2013.</ref>

There are also a few [[campus radio]] stations on campus. Currently, three radio stations operate from [[residence halls]], broadcasting via internet only; WCCR from Cary Quadrangle (not to be confused with the current WCCR FM or WCCR-LP stations in other states), WILY from Wiley Hall, and WHHR from Harrison Hall.<ref name=WCCRwebsite>{{cite web |url=https://www.purdue.edu/WCCR |title=WCCR Website |publisher=Purdue.edu |date=September 1, 2005 |access-date=November 1, 2011 |archive-date=February 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219083647/http://wccr.student-orgs.purdue.edu/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=WILYwebsite>{{cite web |url=http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~wily/ |title=WILY Radio Website |publisher=Web.ics.purdue.edu |access-date=2013-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080306110108/http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~wily/ |archive-date=March 6, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=AM1610website>{{cite web |url=https://www.purdue.edu/radio |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121211083700/http://www.purdue.edu/radio |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 11, 2012 |title=Purdue Student Radio AM1610 Website |publisher=Purdue.edu |access-date=November 1, 2011}}</ref><ref name=WHHRwebsite>{{cite web |url=http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~whhr/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212170823/http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~whhr/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 12, 2009 |title=Harrison Hall Radio Website |publisher=Web.ics.purdue.edu |access-date=November 1, 2011}}</ref>

W9YB is the [[callsign]] of the [[Amateur Radio Club]] at Purdue University. W9YB is the longest standing club on campus and also holds the self-declared title of having one of the largest and most active collegiate [[amateur radio]] stations in the country. W9YB actively participates in [[emergency management]] for the [[Tippecanoe County]] area and maintains ready status with its members in skills to assist. W9YB is among the longest standing amateur radio clubs in the United States, with the current callsign dating back to 1932 and the previous callsign 9YB dating back to 1920.<ref name=w9ybwebsite>{{cite web |url=http://www.w9yb.org/ |title=W9YB Website |publisher=W9yb.org |access-date=2013-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426212501/http://www.w9yb.org/ |archive-date=April 26, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The "Movie Tribute Show" was created in a small television studio (now known as the Erik Mygrant Studio) on campus in 1999.<ref name=exponent>{{cite web |url=http://www.purdueexponent.org/campus/article_44f5eb97-dd5b-591c-a18c-5fe2ed72bcc2.html |title=Exponent Website |publisher=exponent |access-date=2013-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510133248/http://www.purdueexponent.org/campus/article_44f5eb97-dd5b-591c-a18c-5fe2ed72bcc2.html |archive-date=May 10, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>

On October 26, 1891, a newspaper in Crawfordsville, Indiana, called Purdue's football team the "Boiler Makers" when writing about their trouncing of [[Wabash College]]. Lafayette newspapers soon picked up the name, and in October 1892, ''The Purdue Exponent'', Purdue's student newspaper, gave it the stamp of approval.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6x3S8eM3spAC&pg=PA336 |title=International Dictionary of University Histories: Edited by Carol Summerfield and Mary Elizabeth Devine |editor1-first=Carol J. |editor1-last=Summerfield |editor2-first=Mary Elizabeth |editor2-last=Devine |editor3-first=Anthony |editor3-last=Levi |publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]] |page=336 |year=1998 |via=[[Google Books]] |isbn=978-1-884-96423-7 |url-access=subscription |access-date=August 16, 2019 |archive-date=August 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818184431/https://books.google.com/books?id=6x3S8eM3spAC&pg=PA336 |url-status=live }}</ref> In the early days of Purdue football, the team was called other names as well, including "haymakers," "railsplitters," "sluggers," and "cornfield sailors." This heritage is reflected in Purdue's official mascot: the [[Boilermaker Special]] (a truck-like vehicle that resembles a locomotive) and the athletic mascot [[Purdue Pete]] (a muscular hammer-wielding [[boilermaker]]). The school colors of [[old gold]] and black were selected by Purdue's first football team in 1887 to resemble the orange and black of [[Princeton Tigers football|Princeton's]] then-successful team.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://purduesports.cstv.com/trads/old-gold-black.html |title=Purdue Official Athletic Site |publisher=Purduesports.cstv.com |access-date=2010-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219185706/http://purduesports.cstv.com/trads/old-gold-black.html |archive-date=February 19, 2009 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref> The best known fight song is "[[Hail Purdue!]]".

Purdue has one of the few college athletic programs not funded by student fees or subsidized by the university.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.purdueexponent.org/sports/mens/basketball/article_11feca98-96f0-11e0-96f5-0019bb30f31a.html |title=Purdue athletics maintains stance on not paying athletes |publisher=Purdue Exponent |access-date=December 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110205905/https://www.purdueexponent.org/sports/mens/basketball/article_11feca98-96f0-11e0-96f5-0019bb30f31a.html |archive-date=January 10, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://b2.caspio.com/dp.asp?AppKey=900c1000ea466e223e104a22814a |title=CSM0810 Search and Report |publisher=B2.[[caspio]].com |access-date=2013-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910211742/http://b2.caspio.com/dp.asp?AppKey=900c1000ea466e223e104a22814a |archive-date=September 10, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> It is home to 18 Division I/I-A [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] teams including football, basketball, cross country, tennis, wrestling, golf, volleyball, ice hockey ([[American Collegiate Hockey Association|ACHA]]), and others. Purdue is a founding member of the [[Big Ten Conference]], and played a central role in its creation. Traditional rivals include Big Ten colleagues the [[Indiana Hoosiers]] (see [[Indiana–Purdue rivalry]]), the [[Illinois Fighting Illini]], and the [[University of Notre Dame|Notre Dame]] [[Fighting Irish]] from the [[Atlantic Coast Conference]] (football program independent, however).<ref>{{cite book |title=The Insider's Guide to the Colleges, 2012: Students on Campus Tell You What You Really Want to Know, 38th Edition |year=2012 |url=https://archive.org/details/insidersguidetoc00yale_6 |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/insidersguidetoc00yale_6/page/268 268] |publisher=St. Martin's Press |author=Yale Daily News Staff |isbn=9780312672966 |access-date=5 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pEJRDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA216 |title=Schooling America: How the Public Schools Meet the Nation's Changing Needs |page=216 |author=Patricia Albjerg Graham |year=2007 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780195315844 |access-date=19 February 2007 |archive-date=August 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819172535/https://books.google.com/books?id=pEJRDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA216 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Purdue's baseball facility was named in honor of two alumni, [[Anna Margaret Ross Alexander]] and her husband, John Arthur Alexander, when the new stadium was dedicated in 2013.<ref name="Purdue Sports (2013)">{{cite news |title=Alexander Field Dedication Ceremony Set For Saturday Evening |url=http://www.purduesports.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/041713aaa.html |access-date=10 April 2015 |publisher=Purdue Sports |date=April 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924083300/http://www.purduesports.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/041713aaa.html |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[Purdue Boilermakers football|Boilermaker football team]] represents Purdue University in the NCAA [[Football Bowl Subdivision]] (FBS). [[Jeff Brohm]] is Purdue's current head coach, the 36th in the program's history. Purdue plays its home games at Ross-Ade Stadium on the campus of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. The Boilermakers compete in the Big Ten Conference as a member of the West Division. With a 592–515–48 record, Purdue has the 49th most victories among NCAA FBS programs. Purdue was originally classified as a Major College school in the 1937 season until 1972. Purdue received Division I classification in 1973, becoming a Division I-A program from 1978 to 2006 and an FBS program from 2006 to the present. The Boilermakers have registered 64 winning seasons in their history, with 19 of those seasons resulting in eight victories or more, 10 seasons resulting in at least nine wins, and just one season with ten victories or more. Of those successful campaigns, Purdue has produced five unbeaten seasons in its history, going 4–0 in 1891, 8–0 in 1892, 8–0 in 1929, 7–0–1 in 1932 and 9–0 in 1943. The Boilermakers have won a total of 12 conference championships in their history, including four Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association titles and eight Big Ten Conference titles. The program is also notable for being one of only two universities – the other being the [[University of Alabama]] – to produce three [[Super Bowl]]-winning [[quarterback]]s.<ref>{{cite news |title=Notre Dame, Stanford have most Super Bowl starts at QB |url=http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000321044/article/notre-dame-stanford-have-most-super-bowl-starts-at-qb |publisher=[[National Football League|NFL]] |date=January 31, 2014 |access-date=August 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023105521/http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000321044/article/notre-dame-stanford-have-most-super-bowl-starts-at-qb |archive-date=October 23, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=AL HAMNIK: Purdue QB greats love rocking that cradle |url=http://www.nwitimes.com/sports/college/article_de3e096c-bbdf-5964-b5c9-b506edf91b69.html |newspaper=[[The Times of Northwest Indiana]] |date=June 23, 2010 |access-date=August 13, 2014 |archive-date=October 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022052517/https://www.nwitimes.com/sports/college/article_de3e096c-bbdf-5964-b5c9-b506edf91b69.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Found on a farm in southern [[Indiana]], the [[Old Oaken Bucket]] is one of the oldest football trophies in the nation. The winner of the annual Purdue vs. [[Indiana University]] [[American football]] game gets to add a bronze "P" or "I" chain link and keep the trophy until the next face-off. Ironically, the first competition in 1925 led to a 0–0 tie, resulting in the first link on the chain being an "IP." Purdue currently leads the trophy series at 57-27-3.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/gloryofoldiuindi0000hamm |url-access=registration |title=Glory of Old IU, Indiana University |author1=Bob Hammel |author2=Kit Klingelhoffer |publisher=Sports Publishing LLC |year=1999 |page=[https://archive.org/details/gloryofoldiuindi0000hamm/page/55 55]|isbn=9781582610689 }}</ref>

During "Breakfast Club", best described as a cross between a pep rally and a Halloween party, students and even some alumni dress up in costumes, from traditional Halloween garb to creative hand-made costumes, as they bar-hop before Boilermaker home football games. The Breakfast Club plays a significant role during the football season and is informally a part of Purdue tradition. Many Boilermaker fans are dedicated; getting up at 5:00&nbsp;a.m. on Saturdays and lining up at the bars on Chauncey Hill and the levee by 6:00&nbsp;a.m. on game days. The Breakfast Club tradition also takes place the day of the annual [[Purdue Grand Prix]] race in April.<ref>{{cite book |title=The College Buzz Book |date=March 23, 2006 |publisher=Vault Inc. |access-date=23 March 2006 |page=292 |isbn=9781581313994 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4jsn3_VEvBsC&pg=PA292 |archive-date=August 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818180458/https://books.google.com/books?id=4jsn3_VEvBsC&pg=PA292 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball|Purdue Boilermakers basketball]] team competes in NCAA Division I and is a member of the Big Ten Conference. In 2005, [[Matt Painter]] became the head coach in West Lafayette. Painter took over the head coaching job from the winningest coach in school history, [[Gene Keady]], becoming the second former Boilermaker basketball player to take the lead role. Purdue basketball won its 24th Big Ten Conference Championship in 2019. This mark leads the conference, as Indiana University is second with 22. The Boilermakers have reached two NCAA Tournament Final Fours and won a non-NCAA recognized National Championship for the 1932 season, awarded several years later by the Helms Athletic Foundation. It has sent more than 30 players to the NBA including two overall No. 1 picks in the NBA draft. Purdue shares a traditional rivalry with in-state foe [[Indiana University Bloomington|Indiana University]] and holds a 120–89 series lead. The Boilermaker men's and women's basketball teams have won more Big Ten Championships than any other conference school, with 31 regular-season conference titles and 10 Big Ten Tournament titles. Purdue men's basketball has an all-time winning record against all Big Ten schools except Ohio State, who hold a 90-88 overall record against the Boilermakers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pur/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2017-18/misc_non_event/18-mbb-mediaguide.pdf |title=Twenty Seventeen-Eighteen Purdue Basketball | access-date = 1 February 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180127172158/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pur/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2017-18/misc_non_event/18-mbb-mediaguide.pdf | archive-date = January 27, 2018 | url-status = dead}}</ref>

The original faculty of six in 1874 has grown to 2,563 tenured and tenure-track faculty in the Purdue Statewide System by Fall 2007 totals. The number of faculty and staff members system-wide is 18,872.<ref name="ReferenceB">{{cite web |url=https://www.purdue.edu/facts/pages/faculty_staff.html |title=Purdue University Facts Online : Faculty and Staff |publisher=Purdue.edu |access-date=2010-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140928032539/http://www.purdue.edu/facts/pages/faculty_staff.html |archive-date=September 28, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> The current faculty includes scholars such as [[Arden L. Bement Jr.]] (director of the [[National Science Foundation]]), [[R. Graham Cooks]], [[Douglas Comer]], [[Louis de Branges de Bourcia]] (who proved the [[Bieberbach conjecture]]), [[Victor Raskin]], [[David Sanders (biologist)|David Sanders]], [[Leah Jamieson]], [[James L. Mohler]] (who has written several manuals of computer graphics), and [[Samuel S. Wagstaff Jr.]] (inventor of the [[Wagstaff prime]]).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.purdue.edu/provost/shtml/profs.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116013426/http://www.purdue.edu/provost/shtml/profs.shtml |url-status=dead |title=Provost |archive-date=January 16, 2009}}</ref>

Two faculty members (chemists [[Herbert C. Brown]] and [[Ei-ichi Negishi]]) have been awarded Nobel Prizes while at Purdue. In all, 13 Nobel Prizes in five fields have been associated with Purdue including students, researchers, and current and previous faculty.<ref>[http://www.purdue.edu/provost/faculty/awards/nobel_winners.html "Purdue University Nobel Prizes"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130301014220/http://www.purdue.edu/provost/faculty/awards/nobel_winners.html |date=March 1, 2013 }}. Purdue University. Retrieved 2013-03-02.</ref> Other notable faculty of the past have included Golden Gate Bridge designer [[Charles Alton Ellis]], efficiency expert [[Lillian Gilbreth]], food safety advocate [[Harvey Wiley]], aviator [[Amelia Earhart]], president of the [[National Association of Mathematicians]] [[Edray Goins]], radio pioneer [[Reginald Fessenden]], and [[Yeram S. Touloukian]], founder of the Thermophysical Properties Research Center.

Purdue alumni have achieved recognition in a range of areas, particularly in the science, engineering, and aviation industries. The university's alumni pool collectively holds over 15,000 United States patents.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/general/2010/100807FACCommence.html |title=Purdue Newsroom – President tells graduates they're joining a special group: Purdue alumni |publisher=Purdue.edu |date=August 7, 2010 |access-date=November 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119195712/http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/general/2010/100807FACCommence.html |archive-date=January 19, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Purdue alumni include 25 astronauts, including [[Gus Grissom]], America's second man in space and first to fly in NASA's Gemini program, [[Neil Armstrong]], the first to walk on the moon, and [[Eugene Cernan]], the last astronaut to do so.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.purdue.edu/space/astronauts.html |title=Purdue grads in space |publisher=Purdue University |access-date=2012-06-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324222446/http://www.purdue.edu/space/astronauts.html |archive-date=March 24, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> Over one-third of all of NASA's crewed space missions have had at least one Purdue graduate as a crew member.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of the Purdue School of Aeronautics and Astronautics |work=College of Engineering web site |publisher=Purdue University |url=https://engineering.purdue.edu/AAE/AboutUs/History |access-date=August 11, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119123249/https://engineering.purdue.edu/AAE/AboutUs/History |archive-date=January 19, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In science, Purdue has also produced Nobel Prize–winning physicists in [[Edward Mills Purcell]] and [[Ben Roy Mottelson]], as well as Nobel Prize–winning chemist [[Akira Suzuki (chemist)|Akira Suzuki]]. Other noted Purdue alumni in science include pioneer of robotics and remote control technology [[Thomas B. Sheridan]]; [[Debian]] founder [[Ian Murdock]]; Chinese physicist [[Deng Jiaxian]], a founding father and key contributor to the Chinese nuclear weapon programs; mathematician [[Yitang Zhang]]; chemist [[Lawrence Rocks (chemist)|Lawrence Rocks]]; biochemist [[Edwin T. Mertz]], credited with the discovery of high-protein corn and beans; Indian chemist [[CNR Rao]], who has been awarded the [[Bharat Ratna]], the highest civilian award in India;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pmindia.nic.in/press-details.php?nodeid=1748 |title=Press details |date=November 16, 2013 |access-date=November 16, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131119004210/http://pmindia.nic.in/press-details.php?nodeid=1748 |archive-date=November 19, 2013 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> engineer [[Mohamed Atalla]] who invented the [[MOS transistor]];<ref>{{cite web |title=2003 Honorary Degree |url=https://www.purdue.edu/uns/html3month/hondocs03/03.ATALLA.html |website=Purdue University |access-date=23 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722023751/https://www.purdue.edu/uns/html3month/hondocs03/03.ATALLA.html |archive-date=July 22, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> physical organic chemist and advocate for women and minorities in science [[Nina Roscher]], who received the [[ACS Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences]] (1996) and the [[Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring|Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring]] (1998);<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |date=October 15, 2001 |title=Nina Matheny Roscher |journal=C&EN |pages=45}}</ref> and Professor [[Reuben Olembo|Reuben J. Olembo]], a geneticist and environmentalist who went on to become the deputy executive director of [[United Nations Environment Programme|UNEP]] and a UN [[Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations#Assistant Secretary-General|Assistant Secretary-General]], and who was recognised by Purdue in 1994 with a Distinguished Alumni Award for Agriculture.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.agriculture.purdue.edu/connections/summer02/daa_list.htm |title=Purdue Agriculture Connections |website=www.agriculture.purdue.edu |access-date=June 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015121247/https://www.agriculture.purdue.edu/connections/summer02/daa_list.htm |archive-date=October 15, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In business and economics, Purdue alumni include [[Stephen Bechtel, Jr.]], owner of [[Bechtel]] Corporation; Federal Reserve Bank president [[Jeffrey Lacker]]; and popcorn specialist [[Orville Redenbacher]]. In 2010, Bloomberg also revealed Purdue was one of the universities in America with the most undergraduate alumni serving as chief executive officers of [[S&P 500]] firms.<ref>{{cite news |title=Top 10 CEO Undergraduate Alma Maters |last=Ellis |first=James E. |url=http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_21/b4179020050124.htm |newspaper=Bloomberg Businessweek |date=May 13, 2010 |access-date=January 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303021641/http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_21/b4179020050124.htm |archive-date=March 3, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> They are [[Gregory Wasson]], president/CEO of [[Walgreens]]; Mark Miller, chairman/president/CEO of [[Stericycle]]; Charles Davidson, former chairman/CEO of [[Noble Energy]]; Samuel Allen, chairman /president/CEO of [[Deere & Company]]; [[Don Thompson (executive)|Don Thompson]], president/COO of [[McDonald's]]; and [[John C. Martin (businessman)]], chairman/CEO of [[Gilead Sciences, Inc.]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/general/2010/100601BloombergCEO.html |title=Purdue Newsroom – Purdue on Bloomberg list for undergrad alumni as CEOs |publisher=Purdue.edu |date=June 1, 2010 |access-date=November 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119200312/http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/general/2010/100601BloombergCEO.html |archive-date=January 19, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In government and culture, Purdue alumni include [[Pulitzer Prize]]–winners [[Booth Tarkington]] and [[John T. McCutcheon]], as well as Ginger Thompson, former New York Times reporter currently with ProPublica; [[Akinwumi Adesina]], former [[Nigeria]]n minister of Agriculture and Rural development and current President of the [[African Development Bank]]; [[Essam Sharaf]], former [[Egyptian Prime Minister]]; [[Tom Moore (director)|Tom Moore]], theater and television director; [[James Thomson (executive)|James Thomson]], CEO of [[Rand Corporation]]; [[Brian Lamb]], founder and CEO of [[C-SPAN]]; [[Harry G. Leslie]], former Governor of Indiana; [[Kirk Fordice]], former Governor of Mississippi; [[Earl Butz]], former [[United States Secretary of Agriculture]]; [[Birch Bayh]], former United States Senator; [[Herman Cain]], 2012 Presidential Candidate; [[David McKinley]], current West Virginia Congressman; [[Sun Li-jen]], former [[Kuomintang]] general; [[Rammohan Naidu Kinjarapu]], Indian Parliament member; [[Dulquer Salmaan]], Indian film actor; [[Blake Ragsdale Van Leer]], former [[Georgia Tech]] president; [[Anthony W. Miller]], former [[United States Deputy Secretary of Education]]; and [[Hugo F. Sonnenschein]], former [[University of Chicago]] president. [[Richard O. Klemm]], former CEO of Food Warming Equipment and Illinois state legislator, also graduated from Purdue University.<ref>'Illinois Blue Book 2002-2002,' Biographical Sketch of Dick Klemm, pg. 103</ref>

In sports, Purdue has produced basketball coach [[John Wooden]]; basketball Hall of Famers [[Stretch Murphy]], [[Piggy Lambert]], and [[Rick Mount]]; NBA Champions [[Paul Hoffman (basketball)|Paul Hoffman]], [[Herm Gilliam]], [[Frank Kendrick]], [[Jerry Sichting]], [[Glenn Robinson]], and [[Brian Cardinal]]; and NBA All-Stars [[Glenn Robinson]], [[Brad Miller (basketball)|Brad Miller]], [[Terry Dischinger]], and [[Joe Barry Carroll]]. Purdue has three NFL [[Super Bowl]]–winning quarterbacks in [[Drew Brees]], [[Bob Griese]], and [[Len Dawson]]. Additionally, a total of 19 Purdue alumni have been on a Super Bowl–winning team {{as of|2011|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pur/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/prospectus/prospectus.pdf |title=Boilermakers in the NFL |first=Matt |last=Rector |year=2011 |work=2011 Purdue Football Information Guide |page=180 |access-date=March 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083340/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/pur/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2011-12/prospectus/prospectus.pdf |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> Purdue also produced [[Super Bowl IV]] winning coach [[Hank Stram]]. [[Daytona 500]] winner [[Ryan Newman (racing driver)|Ryan Newman]] graduated from Purdue with a bachelor's degree in vehicle structure engineering.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.purduesports.com/genrel/021708aab.html |title=Ryan Newman Wins Daytona 500 |publisher=Purduesports.com |date=February 17, 2008 |access-date=November 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813212812/http://www.purduesports.com/genrel/021708aab.html |archive-date=August 13, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The Dauch Alumni Center acts as a showcase for the university's alumni. The {{convert|67000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} center houses the offices of the Purdue Alumni Association and University Development. It is a destination and gathering area for the Purdue Alumni Association's 69,000 members and more than 410,000 living alumni.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.purduealum.org/dauch/pages/about/index.html |title=Purdue University Dauch Alumni Center – About the Center |publisher=Purduealum.org |access-date=November 1, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120909032501/http://www.purduealum.org/dauch/pages/about/index.html |archive-date=September 9, 2012 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

 

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*{{Cite book |title=A University of Tradition: The Spirit of Purdue |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q0WLyLNc06kC |publisher=Purdue University Press |author=Purdue Reamer Club |year=2012 |isbn=9781557536303}}

*{{Cite book |title=R.B. Stewart and Purdue University |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zxBZAAAAYAAJ |publisher=Purdue University |author=Ruth W. Freehafer |year=1983 |isbn=9780931682148}}

*{{Cite book |title=One Small Step: The History of Aerospace Engineering at Purdue University |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ajNlqUT9zkUC |author1=Alten F. Grandt |author2=W. A. Gustafson |author3=Lawrence T. Cargnino |publisher=Purdue University Press |year=2010 |isbn=9781557535993}}

*{{Cite book |title=Celebrating a Continuum of Excellence: Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine, 1959–2009 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YVkTWg0mIuIC |publisher=Purdue University Press |year=2009 |isbn=9781557535436}}

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