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March 21, 2022
PNW hosts Mona Hanna-Attisha for One Book, One University program
Purdue University Northwest (PNW) hosts author and scientist Mona Hanna-Attisha during a visit to its Hammond campus on April 7 for its annual One Book, One University program.
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March 9, 2022
PNW welcomes back Academic Senior Super Bowl participants at annual invitational
Purdue University Northwest (PNW) is welcoming back over 300 local high school students to its annual Academic Senior Super Bowl invitational after a COVID hiatus in 2021.
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March 8, 2022
Purdue Northwest celebrates Women’s History Month with several events
PNW’s month-long recognition began March 7 and features a Frida Kahlo-themed celebration, a luncheon for student leaders, and interactive presentations on topics of intersectionality, representation, social justice, and equity.
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February 15, 2022
Lionhearted Leaders: Bethany Lee
Bethany Lee, assistant professor of English and director of the PNW Writing Center, feels her role as a creative writing instructor has helped her students find media to share their feelings as they navigate a complicated educational career affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
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February 10, 2022
Sharing Sad News of the Passing of Saul Lerner
It is with deep sadness that we share that Saul Lerner, a professor of history in the Department of History, Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Purdue University Northwest since 1967, died on Tuesday, February 8. He was 85 years old.
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January 27, 2022
Purdue University Northwest students earn fall semester Dean’s List honors
The Purdue University Northwest (PNW) 2021 fall semester Dean’s List recognizes 1,703 undergraduate students for their academic achievement.
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January 12, 2022
Lionhearted Leaders: LaVada Taylor
In a time of racial justice reckoning, LaVada Taylor challenges her students to think critically.
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January 12, 2022
PNW Faculty Awarded 2022 MLK Dreamer Award
Professor Deepa Majumdar and Associate Professor Karen Bishop Morris have been selected as recipients of the 2022 Purdue University Martin Luther King, Jr. Dreamer Award.
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January 5, 2022
Purdue University Northwest announces speakers for spring 2022 “Race, Racism, Anti-racism” series
This spring Purdue University Northwest (PNW) will present a series of interdisciplinary lectures and discussions on racism as a form of necro-being, racism and civic responsibilities, color-blindness and contemporary racism, inner versus outer beauty, the marginalization of certain groups and the racial face of war.
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December 11, 2021
Purdue University Northwest Graduates Urged to Embrace Life, Seek Solutions
PNW graduates should be willing to take risks and seek solutions as they begin their careers, keynote speaker Tom Dermody, mayor of the City of La Porte, advised as the university awarded 995 degrees during two commencement ceremonies at Purdue Northwest's Westville campus.