Current News
Governor Daniels to speak at manufacturing summit
Leaders of manufacturing enterprises will meet May 25 on the Purdue campus to discuss how the university's 1-year-old Center for Advanced Manufacturing can work with Indiana industry to develop new processes and products. Manufacturing Summit IV: Advancing Manufacturing in Indiana, which is free and open to the public, will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Stewart Center. Related Links: Read More | Registration

New Homeland Security executive director named
A Purdue University homeland security project leader who recently retired from the U.S. Army after a 22-year career will be the first executive director of the state’s Department of Homeland Security. Governor Mitch Daniels announced today that J. Eric Dietz, Ph.D., a Michigan City native who is the associate director of the e-Enterprise Center at Purdue’s Discovery Park, will lead the department, which combines the state’s emergency management and homeland security efforts. Read More

Construction Update
Live Video: Bindley Bioscience | Birck Nanotechnology
New centers are currently under construction in Discovery Park on Purdue's West Lafayette campus.

The Birck Nanotechnology Center, funded through major gifts from Michael and Kay Birck and Donald and Carol Scifres, will include offices for 45 faculty, 21 staff, and 180 graduate students.

The Bindley Bioscience Center, funded by a major gift from William Bindley, will include research laboratories and staff offices to support interdisciplinary research in biosciences and biotechnology.