table of contents
2 Quality of Life
Enhancing brain tumor
testing, solving theflu vaccine
conundrum, manipulating the
epigenetic code
10 Sustainability &
Emerging
Technologies
Bringing maizeback to Punjab,
creating a genomics platform
for sorghum, enhancing
communication during disasters
18 Education &
Engagement
C
reating a virtual accessible
lab, combatting thecomputer
scientist shortage, accelerating
nano's future
We live in a new global paradigm
where people can have their entire genome sequenced, drive
cars that run completely on electricity and communicate with inhabitants of remote areas where telephone lines have
never existed. And yet with all these advances, our world continues to struggle with challenges like hunger, poverty,
disease and sustainability.
As a land-grant university of the 21st century, Purdue University is obligated to address these problems for
the common good. Working in concert with other researchers and policymakers around the world, our faculty
members and students seek to solve challenges that can't be solved by individual disciplines or nations alone. Read
on to discover how their ideas are helping to improve quality of life, enhance sustainability, promote emerging
technologies, and advance education and engagement. These stories are the future — and the present — of a
university doing research that changes the world.
