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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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| The Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) announces the launch of the Excellence in Management Initiative (EMI), a partnership between ARA, Purdue University and ABG. 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. Moviegoers aren't the only ones "Finding Nemo" this year--two Purdue University professors found that placing aquariums in long term care facilities prompt Alzheimer's patients to eat more, curbing weight loss--a significant symptom of the disease. |
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