West Lafayette, Indiana - Purdue University, Fort Ouiatenon, Purdue Exponent, Mackey Arena, Purdue Grand Prix (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Purdue University, Fort Ouiatenon, Purdue Exponent, Mackey Arena, Purdue Grand Prix, Purdue University School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Ross-Ade Stadium, William Henry Harrison High School, Purdue Research Park, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Discovery Park, Greater Lafayette Public Transportation Corporation, Lambert Fieldhouse, Edward C. Elliott Hall of Music, Great Lakes Chemical Corporation, Electric Vehicle Grand Prix, WBAA, West Lafayette Junior-Senior High School, Dow Jones and the Industrials, Slayter Center of Performing Arts, Purdue Memorial Union, Purdue University Horticulture Gardens, Rawls Hall, Purdue Homeland Security Institute, Copient Technologies, West Lafayette Community School Corporation. Excerpt: Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University System. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and money from Lafayette businessman John Purdue to establish a college of science, technology, and agriculture in his name. The first classes were held on September 16, 1874, with three buildings, six instructors, and 39 students. Today, Purdue enrolls the second largest student body of any university in Indiana as well as the second largest international student population of any public university in the United States. Overall, Purdue is ranked 18th among U.S. public universities, and 56th among all U.S. universities, according to U.S. News and World Report. Purdue offers both undergraduate and graduate programs in over 210 major areas of study. Purdue has produced multiple Nobel Prize winners, Fortune 500 executives, Super Bowl MVPs, Grammy Award nominees, and Pulitzer Prize winners, and the u...