Purdue University associate professor Monica Cox in the School of Engineering Education says her funding from the National Science Foundation will help the three-phase study look at topics including how women overcome the barriers many traditionally face in engineering.

For 13 years, Purdue University, Indianapolis Public Schools and the Indianapolis business community have provided a pathway for low income and first-generation college-bound students at IPS to graduate and attend Purdue. But the program -- Science Bound -- has remained largely under the radar. Now how a new name and alignment with a future school could change that.

The National Institutes of Health's funding will allow comparative pathobiology professor Suresh Mittal to continue working on that vaccine.

Scientists at Purdue University say they've found a corn disease not previously found in the U.S. in plant samples from a field in north-central Indiana.

Purdue said Monday its 6,800 first-year students represents an increase of more than 300 over last year's entering class.

Groundbreaking for the Purdue Polytechnic and Maker Space project is set for Sept. 15. Plans call for the construction of a 94,000-square-foot facility, with completion expected in late 2016.

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan will be making stops in Indianapolis and West Lafayette later this month as a part of a seven-state "back to school" bus tour.

Indiana farmers interested in industrial hemp's economic potential can learn about the best production practices for that still-illegal crop at an upcoming Purdue Extension event.

The 21st Century Cures Act would dedicate $1.75 billion dollars for the National Institutes of Health in each of the next five years. That money would be divided into grants to places like Purdue's Center for Cancer Research.

Organizers say female Purdue engineering students will guide students through in hands-on engineering and science projects. Girls also will work on a project with their mothers.