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November 13, 2025

Purdue Leads NSF-Funded Midwest Agrivoltaics Incubator to Boost Rural Energy and Economic Resilience to Extreme Weather

Purdue University has received a National Science Foundation grant to establish the Regional Resilience Innovation Incubator (R2I2): Midwest Agrivoltaics for Resilient Communities. This initiative aims to help rural Midwest communities withstand extreme weather by integrating agriculture with solar energy systems. The Phase 1 award positions Purdue to compete for up to $15 million in Phase 2 funding.

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June 11, 2025

ISF: Study Reveals How Eavesdropping Predators Develop Hunting Strategies

Dr. Ximena E. Bernal, a professor in Purdue University’s Department of Biological Sciences, and faculty affiliate of the Purdue Institute for a Sustainable Future, has co-authored a new study which has uncovered how young fringe-lipped bats (Trachops cirrhosis) learn to identify and hunt prey—not through instinct, but by listening, learning the mating calls of their prey, and observing mature bats.

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May 9, 2025

Kinley Award winners announced

Five Purdue faculty members have been named 2025 recipients of the Kinley Award.  This year’s awardees are: Natasha Jaiswal (health and kinesiology), Noori Kim (engineering technology), and Kristine Marceau (human development and family sciences), Eric Waltenburg (political science), and Xiang Zhou (educational studies).

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April 2, 2025

Karen Plaut’s Introduction to Dimensions of Discovery

At Purdue, we take great pride in the excellence of our research community. One of the highlights of my role is recognizing the passion, creative problem solving and intellectual curiosity of Purdue’s world class research faculty and their contributions.

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March 31, 2025

Purdue Excellence in Research Administration (PERA) rollout continues

During 2025, new modules and key functionality advancements are being introduced. In March, the institutional biosafety committee (IBC) module went live in PERA, and this summer the already-launched agreements module will gain new functionality to support some research security and export control activities.

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