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Purdue University (pərdy `, -d `), main campus at West Lafayette, Ind.; land-grant with state support; coeducational; chartered 1865, opened 1874. It maintains campuses at Hammond (Calumet campus) and Westville (North Central campus) and, with Indiana Univ., at Fort Wayne and Indianapolis (including the medical school and the Herron School of Art). Purdue is noted for its engineering and agricultural programs and laboratories. Its libraries house especially fine collections in the fields of engineering, agriculture, history, and literature.
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Caption: CENTRAL INDIANA--In April, Matt Arvin (c), Purdue Univ. But with a berth in the Sweet 16 on the line, fifth-seeded UCLA went cold, missing 15 straight field goal attempts in the final eight minutes of a 61-54 loss to fourth-seeded Purdue Tuesday night in West Lafayette, Ind. Public debate over genetically modified organisms (GMOs) has largely focused around their benefits and drawbacks to human beings (see "Food Fight," cover story, July/August 2003), but a recent study conducted at Purdue University is likely to lead the discussion in a different direction: environmental safety. |
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