WEST LAFAYETTE — With the game hanging in the balance, Akeem Shavers put Purdue on his shoulders in a wild ride of the annual Oaken Bucket game. Shavers scored three touchdowns in just over four minutes in the fourth quarter to separate Purdue from Indiana, 56-35, at a crisp Ross-Ade Stadium. After Indiana receiver Cody …read more.

Superstorm Sandy could put a major dent in what had been shaping up as a decent holiday season for retailers, a Purdue University expert says. Residents of the areas hardest hit by Sandy likely will be reluctant to spend much money, whether insurance payments or savings, on holiday gifts, says Richard Feinberg, a professor of …read more.

The Department of Geosciences at Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne will dedicate the Argast Family Imaging and Analysis Lab at 1 p.m. Nov. 2,  in the Science Building, Room 263. The dedication ceremony and news conference will recognize a major donation made by James Argast, father of Anne Argast, professor of geology at IPFW. The …read more.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — State climatologists are saying Indiana’s long-term forecast calls for the weather to remain cool through early October, but then turn warmer later in the month and could continue that way through November. The climatologists at Purdue University say the wet trend Indiana has experienced so far this month is forecast …read more.

Indiana’s pumpkin crop, for the most part, has fared well despite a drought that has gripped the Midwest. Consumers should have an abundance of healthy pumpkins to choose from this autumn. Initially, there were fears that the crop would not germinate properly because of the drought and heat, said Dan Egel, a Purdue Extension plant …read more.

If Purdue University researchers have their way, the term “biofuel plant” will take on a whole new meaning. A team received a $5.2 million U.S. Department of Energy grant to develop a plant that can make substances that could be used directly as a biofuel. The idea is to reroute carbon that plants currently use …read more.

The nation’s pork industry will continue to experience some of its worst economic losses in recent history as record-setting drought decimates feed supplies, says Purdue Extension agricultural economist Chris Hurt. Producers could lose about $30 per head this summer and nearly $60 per head during the final quarter of the year as continuedliquidation of herds …read more.

West Lafayette, Ind. — As a new class of students settles in for the academic year on the Purdue University campus, a new initiative is in place to help them earn a bachelor’s degree in four years. 4-3-2-1-Graduate! is an initiative developed through the Indiana Commission for Higher Education that is being modified and promoted …read more.

Purdue Student Government will hold a memorial service for university alumnus and Apollo astronaut Neil A. Armstrong at 5:30 p.m. this evening at the West Lafayette campus. The service will be at the Neil Armstrong statue in front of Neil A. Armstrong Hall of Engineering, 701 W. Stadium Ave. Armstrong, who died Saturday, Aug. 25, …read more.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Indiana will be featured on an episode of “History Detectives” this evening at 8 p.m. for the role the Ku Klux Klan. The PBS show will feature Cornelius “Neil” Bynum, an associate professor of history at Purdue University who specializes in 20th century African American History. He will answer questions about …read more.

Mr. and Mrs. David Ernst, Lebanon, Ohio, announce the engagement of their daughter, Erin, to Scott Harman. Scott is the son of John and Ann Harman, Warsaw. Erin is a graduate of Purdue University in chemical engineering and will start her new job with Kraft Foods. Scott is also a graduate of Purdue University in …read more.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Purdue University says a new process for creating biofuels developed by one of the school’s researchers has potential to be priced competitively with crude oil. The H2Bioil method was created in the West Lafayette laboratory of chemical engineering professor Rakesh Agrawal. The process exposes biomass such as switchgrass to pressurized …read more.