Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette,Indiana,and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and money to establish a college of science,technology,and agriculture;the first classes were held on September 16,1874.
Tippecanoe County is a county located in the west-central portion of the U.S. state of Indiana about 22 miles east of the Illinois state line and less than 50 miles from the Chicago and the Indianapolis metro areas. As of the 2020 census,the population was 186,251. The county seat and largest city is Lafayette. It was created in 1826 from Wabash County portion of New Purchase and unorganized territory.
Lafayette is a city in and is the county seat of Tippecanoe County,Indiana,United States,located 63 miles (101 km) northwest of Indianapolis and 125 miles (201 km) southeast of Chicago. According to the 2020 census,the population of Lafayette was 70,783. West Lafayette,on the other side of the Wabash River,is home to Purdue University,which contributes significantly to both communities. Together,they form the core of the Lafayette metropolitan area,which had a population of 235,066 in 2020.
West Lafayette is a city in Tippecanoe County,Indiana,United States,approximately 65 miles (105 km) northwest of the state capital of Indianapolis and 113 miles (182 km) southeast of Chicago. West Lafayette is directly across the Wabash River from its sister city,Lafayette. As of the 2020 census,its population was 44,595. Home to Purdue University,it is a college town and the most densely populated city in Indiana.
John Purdue was a wealthy American industrialist in Lafayette,Indiana,and the primary original benefactor of Purdue University.
WBAA and WBAA-FM (101.3 FM) are jointly operated non-commercial educational radio stations licensed to West Lafayette,Indiana,United States,both serving the Lafayette metro area and the Indianapolis area with public radio formats. The stations were founded by Purdue University,but in 2022,100 years after WBAA's start,ownership was transferred to Metropolitan Indianapolis Public Media,Inc. (MIPM),which also owns WFYI radio and television in Indianapolis. Both stations originate from studios in the Edward C. Elliott Hall of Music on the Purdue campus,with transmitter sites south of Lafayette at the Throckmorton Purdue Agricultural Center.
The Purdue University system is a public university system in the U.S. state of Indiana. A land-grant university with nearly 75,000 students across three institutions comprising five physical campuses,a statewide technology program,extension centers in each of Indiana's 92 counties,and continuing education programs. Additionally,there are another ~44,000 students enrolled in an online university. Each university in the system maintains its own faculty and admissions policies which are overseen by the Purdue University Board of Trustees. Purdue's main campus in West Lafayette is the best-known,noted for its highly regarded programs in engineering and adjacent subjects.
The Purdue Exponent is an independent student newspaper that serves Purdue University in West Lafayette,Indiana. It is published on Mondays and Thursdays during university semesters by the Purdue Student Publishing Foundation,and is Indiana's largest collegiate newspaper.
Purdue University Airport is a public-use airport in Tippecanoe County,Indiana,United States. It is owned by Purdue University,and is 2 nautical miles southwest of the central business district of Lafayette,Indiana,in West Lafayette.
The 1989 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by second-year head coach John Mackovic the Fighting Illini compiled an overall record of 10–2 with a mark of 7–1 in conference play,placing second in the Big Ten. Illinois was invited to the Florida Citrus Bowl,where the Illini beat Virginia.
The 1989 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Spartans played their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing,Michigan and were coached by George Perles. The team finished the season 8–4 overall and 6–2 in conference play. The Spartans were invited to the 1989 Aloha Bowl where they defeated Hawaii,33–13. The Spartans were ranked No. 16 in the final AP Poll and Coaches Poll.
Elmer Harold Burnham was an American football coach and all-around athlete,known particularly for his basketball skills both in college and in amateur YMCA play in Indiana. He was the head football coach at Purdue University in 1942 and 1943. Burnham's 1943 Purdue squad went 9–0 and shared the Big Ten Conference title with Michigan. From 1944 to 1960,Burnham served as the head coach at the University of Rochester,where he compiled a record of 82–48–6 in 17 seasons. Burnham served as Purdue's freshman football coach for seven years before assuming the role as varsity head coach in 1942. Before coming to Purdue,Burnham coached football at Central High School in South Bend,Indiana,for 16 seasons,tallying a mark of 118–30–8.
David Sanders is an associate professor of biological sciences at Purdue University. He grew up in Teaneck,New Jersey,and then attended the Horace Mann School in Riverdale,New York. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Yale College in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry. He conducted his Ph.D. research in Biochemistry with Daniel E. Koshland,Jr.,who was then editor of the journal Science,at the University of California at Berkeley. Sanders demonstrated that the response regulators in the two-component regulatory systems were phosphorylated on an aspartate residue and that they were protein phosphatases with a covalent intermediate. In 1995,he joined the Markey Center for Structural Biology at Purdue University. In 2016,Sanders was elected to the West Lafayette City Council. He has opposed the plan to divert hundreds of millions of gallons of water from Tippecanoe County aquifers to the LEAP project in Boone County,and he sponsored the West Lafayette City Council resolution opposing the pipeline.
The 1989 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by third-year head coach Fred Akers,the Boilermakers compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 2–6 in conference play,placing eighth in the Big Ten. It was Purdue's fifth straight losing season. The team played home games at Ross–Ade Stadium in West Lafayette,Indiana.
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church is the Catholic university parish at Purdue University. It is in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette in Indiana. It is often referred to as "St. Tom's" by parishioners.
Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity House,also known as Maltese Manor,is a historic fraternity house located at Purdue University in West Lafayette,Indiana. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 20,2002. In 2023,it was adapted into the Revive 314 student apartment complex.
David Marshall Blough is an American football coach and former quarterback who is the assistant quarterbacks coach for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Purdue Boilermakers and signed with the Cleveland Browns as an undrafted free agent in 2019. Following an injury to Matthew Stafford and Jeff Driskel,Blough started the final five games of the Detroit Lions' 2019 season. He is married to Colombian-American hurdler Melissa Gonzalez.
Purdue University Global,Inc. is a public online university that is a separately accredited part of the Purdue University system. Its primary focus is educating working adults.
David A. Reingold is an American sociologist and higher education administrator. He is the Senior Vice President for Policy Planning and the Justin S. Morrill Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Purdue University on the West Lafayette campus where he is a professor of sociology.
Erin Easter is the current mayor of West Lafayette,Indiana,United States.
