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Purdue University, a top public research institution, offers higher education at its highest proven value. Committed to affordability, the university has frozen tuition and most fees at 2012-13 levels. Purdue has about 40,000 students at its West Lafayette campus and was ranked as the fourth best public university in the nation by the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings 2019. With 25 alumni who became astronauts, including the first and last person on the moon, Purdue is known as the “Cradle of Astronauts.” Committed to pursuing scientific discoveries and engineered solutions, Purdue has streamlined pathways for faculty and student innovators who have a vision for moving the world forward.

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ABC briefly suspended ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ after the host made controversial remarks about the shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Turner

Even as Jimmy Kimmel returns to the airwaves, TV networks remain more vulnerable to political pressure than ever before

President Nixon tried and failed to cancel ‘The Dick Cavett Show.’ Since then, deregulation and consolidation have made media conglomerates more willing to accommodate those in power.
Brooke M. Henderson hits a bunker shot during a tournament in Grand Rapids, Mich., on June 12, 2025. Michael Miller/ISI Photos via Getty Images

Why is the object of golf to play as little golf as possible?

Golf is one of a handful of sports that reward low scores, not high ones. That means getting around the course efficiently and not wasting strokes.
Simulação de um conjunto de galáxias usando o PhoSim: programa permite simular como os fótons viajam pela atmosfera e instrumentos de telescópios para produzir imagens “falsas” do céu que podem ser usadas para ajudar a treinar programas que vão analisar as imagens reais dos observatórios. John Peterson/Purdue

A Astronomia tem um grande problema de dados, e simular imagens realistas do céu pode ajudar a treinar algoritmos

Para criar uma imagem “falsa” realista de uma galáxia é preciso modelar exatamente como os fótons, as partículas da luz, viajam pela atmosfera e pelo telescópio até chegar ao sensor.
A simulation of a set of synthetic galaxies. Photons are sampled from these galaxies and have been simulated through the Earth’s atmosphere, a telescope and a sensor using a code called PhoSim. John Peterson/Purdue

Astronomy has a major data problem – simulating realistic images of the sky can help train algorithms

To make a truly realistic fake picture of a galaxy, you can model exactly how light particles travel through the atmosphere and telescope to reach its sensor.
AI literacy is a lot more than simply knowing how to prompt an AI chatbot. DNY59/E+ via Getty Images

AI literacy: What it is, what it isn’t, who needs it and why it’s hard to define

President Trump’s executive order calling for AI literacy highlights its importance. The order also underscores its amorphous nature. Here’s how to develop and measure effective AI literacy programs.

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