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BTN LiveBIG: Purdue event helps girls' interest in STEM flower
BTN LiveBIG: Purdue event helps girls' interest in STEM flower
Women have made great professional strides in the past few decades, to the point where they now comprise nearly half of the entire U.S. workforce and the majority of American college students. Still, when it comes to careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), they have a long way to go. Today, women hold […]
BTN LiveBIG: Purdue helps flight students with disabilities soar on wings of confidence
BTN LiveBIG: Purdue helps flight students with disabilities soar on wings of confidence
Just a few years ago, Wes Major didn?t know he could fly. The Wilmington, Del., native lost the use of his legs in a motorcycle accident at the age of 20, and his dream of learning how to pilot an aircraft seemed like something that would be forever out of reach. But after hearing about […]
BTN LiveBIG: Purdue cooks up 'Rice' supercomputer in a single day
BTN LiveBIG: Purdue cooks up 'Rice' supercomputer in a single day
The saying ?Rome wasn?t built in a day? is generally taken to mean that complex systems and solutions can?t be developed quickly. But whoever came up with the aphorism clearly wasn?t familiar with Purdue University?s ?Install Day.? That event took place on May 8, when a veritable village of Purdue staff and volunteers assembled a […]
BTN LiveBIG: Purdue student aims to be the 'Neil Armstrong' of Mars
BTN LiveBIG: Purdue student aims to be the 'Neil Armstrong' of Mars
Inspired by their experiences in college and elsewhere, these Pathfinders are passing by the typical, well-trod career paths and blazing their own trails. We?ll explore the unconventional approaches these Big Ten alums are taking to work. Most of us dreamed of fantastic, far-fetched careers when we were kids. Cowboy. Pop star. Professional athlete. Astronaut. That […]
BTN LiveBIG: Purdue promotes the joys of engineering education among young students
BTN LiveBIG: Purdue promotes the joys of engineering education among young students
If Tamara Moore, an associate professor of engineering education at Purdue University, had the power to do so, she probably would strike a certain four-letter word from the dictionary. That word is ?nerd.? ?Believe or not, I?ve heard that before,? Moore said, laughing. But Moore turns serious when she discusses how the U.S. public education […]
BTN LiveBIG: Boilermaker rallies her fellow students to fight human trafficking
BTN LiveBIG: Boilermaker rallies her fellow students to fight human trafficking
Students at Big Ten universities aren?t waiting until they get out into the ?real world? to make a difference. Find out how they?re working together to create positive, meaningful change in this BTN LiveBIG series: the Student Section. Many college students spend their freshman year thinking mostly about what classes to take, which fraternity party […]
