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October 27, 2022

Lilly commits $92.5 million to Purdue to establish an innovative pharmaceutical manufacturing scholarship program and to extend research collaboration

Eli Lilly and Company has committed $42.5 million to Purdue over 10 years to fund an innovative pharmaceutical manufacturing scholarship program for incoming undergraduate students. Also, Purdue and Lilly have renewed their strategic research collaboration efforts in a series of moves that will expand their impact in Indiana and improve lives on a global scale. (Photo/Brayden Williams, Purdue for Life Foundation)

May 25, 2022

Purdue, Rolls-Royce sign 10-year, $75 million strategic alliance agreement

Purdue University and Rolls-Royce officials have signed a research and testing agreement that will bring $75 million over 10 years; the investment will be focused primarily at Purdue’s Zucrow Laboratories, the largest academic propulsion laboratory in the world.

April 2021

Purdue’s Office of Industry Partnerships on a Roll

Purdue continues to blaze a path for business and corporations through its Office of Industry Partnerships. Nathan Utz has more on how it is bringing more than $100 million a year into the Indiana economy.

April 2020

Purdue renews, expands Sandia National Laboratories partnership

Purdue University and Sandia National Laboratories have signed a memorandum of understanding to renew and expand the strategic partnership that began in 2015.

March 2020

Rolls-Royce launches new electronics manufacturing capability at Purdue to support U.S. defense engines

Rolls-Royce has created a new engine controls capability near the campus of Purdue University to support its U.S. defense business, including the F130 engine competing for the U.S. Air Force B-52 program.

March 2020

Medical device company moves into Carr Workplaces at the Convergence Center in Purdue’s Discovery Park District

Zorion Medical Inc., an innovative medical device company developing fully absorbable implants for use in treating peripheral vascular disease, coronary artery disease, orthopedics and other surgical applications, is opening a project development center with Carr Workplaces adjacent to the Purdue University campus in the Convergence Center for Innovation and Collaboration.

February 2020

Animal health care receives boost through Elanco, Purdue strategic alliance

Elanco Animal Health Inc. (NYSE: ELAN) today (Feb. 4) announced a five-year collaborative research agreement with Purdue University and Purdue Research Foundation with a goal to collaborate and train talent as they seek solutions to some of the greatest challenges in animal health.

May 2019

Saab’s global defense and security company lands in Indiana, to open site near Purdue University

Global defense and security company Saab announced plans Wednesday (May 8) to locate a new U.S. manufacturing operation in Indiana. The facility, located at Discovery Park District Aerospace on the west side of the Purdue University campus, will support production of the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation T-X jet trainer and create up to 300 new jobs, with hiring starting in 2020.

April 2019

Cybersecurity workforce education and training is focus of new Purdue, Cyberbit partnership

Pilots have flight simulators, soldiers have firing ranges, and now cybersecurity professionals have an opportunity to test their own skills in a cyber range — a hyper-realistic, immersive simulated environment with the support of Purdue University’s world-leading cybersecurity faculty and professionals.

February 2019

Purdue Manufacturing Extension Partnership teams with city of South Bend to train companies to implement Lean principles

Workers from multiple South Bend manufacturing companies recently completed Purdue Manufacturing Extension Partnership’s (MEP) Team Member Lean Certificate Training and Lean Practitioner Implementation Certificate programs.

August 2017

Infosys, Purdue University build strategic alliance for technology innovation and US workforce development

Purdue University is entering into a five-year agreement with Infosys (NYSE: INFY), a global leader in consulting, technology and next-generation services.

May 2017

Purdue and Ford Motor Co. form research and development alliance, expanding on past research collaborations

Ford Motor Co. and Purdue University have inaugurated a research and development alliance designed to develop a wide array of technologies for automobiles, and more broadly for mobility solutions and transportation services.