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title: Member Spotlight—Purdue University
description: What’s happening at Purdue University? News about Purdue University. Accomplishments by Purdue University students, faculty and alumni.
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# [Member Spotlight—Purdue University](https://blog.bccresearch.com/member-spotlight-purdue-university)

 Written by [Sarah Greenberg](https://blog.bccresearch.com/author/sarah-greenberg) | Nov 17, 2020 3:00:00 PM

If you read our blog or follow us on social media ([here](https://twitter.com/bccresearch), [here](https://www.linkedin.com/company/62171/admin/) and [here](https://www.facebook.com/BCCResearch/)), you know how much we love to [brag](https://blog.bccresearch.com/what-our-members-are-up-to-pt.-5) about our members.

Today’s blog is dedicated to one member in particular: Purdue University.

From Purdue’s team of student ambassadors to promote COVID-19 safety to breakthroughs in space technologies, this school is continuing its status as a trailblazer in solving many of the problems facing our world today.

Trailblazing alums from Purdue include: Neil Armstrong, Orville Redenbacher and Drew Brees.

**Campus COVID-19 Response**

- Purdue University recognized that keeping the campus community safe during COVID-19 requires peer engagement, so the school created a team of students called Protect Purdue Ambassadors. Ambassadors make presentations to campus clubs/organizations, create COVID-19 awareness videos on social media, educate peers in regular conversations and more. Here are just a few of their videos we love:   
    - [Share Why](https://twitter.com/LifeAtPurdue/status/1318937718588583936)
    - [Don’t Share Food](https://twitter.com/LifeAtPurdue/status/1319259773112635392)
    - [Protect Purdue On Weekends](https://twitter.com/LifeAtPurdue/status/1319315237607247873)
    - [Get Your Game Face On](https://twitter.com/LifeAtPurdue/status/1319700627052728321)
    - [Face Mask Penalty](https://twitter.com/LifeAtPurdue/status/1320017546062536704)
    - [Halloween](https://twitter.com/LifeAtPurdue/status/1321852103762071553)
- To ensure safe access to Purdue’s theater performances, the school’s Department of Theatre is experimenting with [digital platforms](https://www.kokomotribune.com/news/local_news/purdue-university-to-host-online-theatrical-performances/article_efd38ece-1f87-11eb-a189-6bee6057209d.html). Many performances will be produced by artists of color and focus on social justice and equity.

**Research and Innovations**

As usual, Purdue researchers are hard at work on both COVID19 and non-COVID19 innovations, moving us closer to a cleaner, healthier world.

- [Purdue and 3M](https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2020/Q2/purdue-teams-up-with-3m-to-produce-ppe.html?utm_content=133006783&hss_channel=tw-106360602&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_IxGJGeKCGk3IcmB0QyPdnurAfFaT0M5YAHdIZ6fQGt5hMoFjRHHRHdaVILa-CCVN_Sw6K) (another BCC member!) teamed up to manufacture thousands of pieces of personal protective equipment. Teamwork makes the dream work!
- Researchers worked with Purdue’s Office of Technology Commercialization to create a [printing process](https://scienceblog.com/518278/your-paper-notebook-could-become-your-next-tablet/) that turns paper/cardboard packaging into a keyboard, keypad or other interface, which can be used for safer user interaction with food packaging and even additional music playing options.
- To help local public health officials reopen their buildings safely during COVID-19, Purdue created [Building Water Essentials](https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2020/Q4/purdue-short-course-covers-building-water-system-basics,-offers-guide-for-bringing-idled-systems-back,-operating-safely.html), a research-backed online short course that serves as a unified resource on how to clean idle water systems in buildings that were shut down for a period of time.

**Purdue Pride**

Fun, inspiring stories about Purdue students, faculty, staff and alums.

- About 20% of Purdue’s undergrads are first generation college students. Here’s how Purdue is [honoring](https://www.wlfi.com/content/news/Purdue-celebrating-first-generation-students-this-week-573022101.html) them.
- Purdue was recently [honored](https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2020/Q4/purdue-receives-top-honor-for-its-work-in-regional-economic-development.html) by the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) for making STEM-based education available in urban communities and for developing online degree programs to support adult learners.
- Did you know that Purdue has a [podcast](https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/podcast/index.html)? It’s worth a listen!
- [NASA](https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2020/Q4/nasa-selects-promising-purdue-space-technologies-for-commercial-flight-tests.html) awarded funding to several researchers in Purdue’s School of Aeronautics and Astronautics and School of Mechanical Engineering
- [U.S. News](https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/innovative) ranked Purdue as the 5th Most Innovative School in the country.
- Oh and Purdue just got a shoutout in [Vogue](https://www.vogue.com/article/harry-styles-bode-senior-cord).

To support their research, projects and decision making, Purdue students and faculty use BCC’s market research library, which includes thousands of reports covering 25 industries. Explore our library [here](https://www.bccresearch.com/).

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