At his last President’s Council Annual Dinner as University president, Mitch Daniels spoke to our President’s Council family about gratitude, trust, and his unwavering pride for Purdue and our community. President Daniels’s tenure as president may be coming to an end, but his legacy will be felt for decades to come.

Back to Class: STEM Through Stories Dr. David J. Purpura, College of Health and Human Sciences, explores the importance of early STEM learning and shares

Back to Class: Designing Materials for Next-Generation Telehealth Devices Bryan W. Boudouris, College of Engineering, discusses advances in bioelectronic devices that have improved the quality

Back to Class: Can We Automatically Measure Every Single Tree on the Planet Dr. Songlin Fei, College of Agriculture, explores how the multidisciplinary digital forestry

President Daniels Spring 2022 Commencement Address As Purdue’s May commencement returned indoors for the first time since 2019, President Mitch Daniels told the class of

Laurent L. Couetil, Professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine talks about the causes of asthma in horses and its impact on these animals’ athletic performance. Through this session, you will also explore the latest equine research at Purdue into natural ways for preventing and treating asthma in horses.

Timothy J. Newby, Professor in the College of Education shares the teaching and learning challenges experienced during the pandemic and what K-12 and college educators, students, and parents learned. You also will explore a new repository of strategies and tools that promises to make learning more effective, efficient, and appealing in our post-pandemic school environments.

Robert V. Stahelin, Retter Professor of Pharmacy and Professor of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, explores how emerging viral pathogens, including coronaviruses (SARS-CoV-2), Ebola virus, and others hijack human cell machinery for their own replication cycle. You will learn about efforts at Purdue to combat these viral pathogens with new therapeutics aimed at halting virus spread from cell to cell.

Barbara Frazee, Assistant Vice Provost for Student Life, takes us on a “behind the scenes” look at how University Residences developed and implemented plans during the COVID-19 pandemic. From new room configurations and furniture to programming and student support, hear the story of how Purdue didn’t wait for a plan but forged ahead and created one to help make an on-campus experience possible for thousands of Boilermakers.

This one-minute video highlights the 49th President’s Council annual dinner where we celebrated being back together again and presented the President’s Council Crystal Boilermaker Special to Byron and Sue Harrod for their support of Athletics and the Davidson School of Chemical Engineering.