It may not be the fastest food, but teams from around the country will try their best to make a hamburger sandwich in the most inefficient way possible during the 21st annual national Rube Goldberg Machine Contest on April 5 at Purdue University.
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Video of the 2007 national Rube Goldberg Machine contest conducted at Purdue University in West Lafayette Indiana.
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For the third time in the last four years, the Purdue Society of Professional Engineers earned the top spot in the 21st annual national Rube Goldberg Machine Contest on Saturday (April 5) at the Purdue Armory.
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, placed second, and the University at Buffalo, Buffalo, N.Y., was third.
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Purdue and at least 16 of its astronaut alumni on Saturday (Oct. 27) dedicated the university's Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering, hailing the new $53.2 million building as a gateway to engineering research and education.
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Purdue Pride is a program highlighting campus people and activities that is broadcast on the Big Ten Network. This segment features the dedication of several new campus facilities, including Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering, and a recap of the 2007 football team.
Purdue Pride is a program highlighting campus people and activities that is broadcast on the Big Ten Network. This segment features information about the end of the $1.5 billion Campaign for Purdue and the end of the Martin C. Jischke presidency.
Want to recruit high-tech business? Take note: Quality of life is just as important as a business plan for a company's success, says a Purdue University expert on economic development.
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Baseball will continue to score with fans despite the national pastime's steroids scandal, says a Purdue University professor of history.
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Purdue University President France A. Córdova encouraged new graduates to not only reach for the stars when pursuing their own dreams, but to advance the dreams of people everywhere.
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Purdue Pride is a program highlighting campus people and activities that is broadcast on the Big Ten Network. This segment features spring activities including the Rube Goldberg contest, the Purdue Grand Prix and the concrete canoe race.
Purdue Pride is a program highlighting campus people and activities that is broadcast on the Big Ten Network. This segment features 2007 Homecoming activities.
Purdue buildings and grounds workers erect a 27-foot Christmas tree in the Purdue Memorial Union Great Hall. The blue spruce, donated by Harry and Ruth Shedrow of Lafayette, Ind., is one of the largest indoor Christmas trees in the state and serves as the centerpiece for the Holidays Around the World celebration.
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Purdue President France A. Córdova introduced a number of new initiatives, including ones to enhance student success and provide better channels to encourage interdisciplinary research, during her inaugural address Friday (April 11) at the Elliott Hall of Music.
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Spring Fest took place at various locations across the Purdue campus. In its ninth year as a campuswide event, Spring Fest this year drew attention to the lighter side of higher education with hands-on games, experiments and programs.
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