The centerpiece of Purdue’s Giant Leaps Sesquicentennial Campaign will be an Ideas Festival that connects world-renowned speakers and Purdue expertise in a conversation on the most critical problems and opportunities facing our world.
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Purdue launches ‘Giant Leaps’ Ideas Festival for sesquicentennial celebration
Fall 2018
Purdue University
The Purdue University Sesquicentennial Campaign, 150 Years of Giant Leaps, is a yearlong celebration of Purdue, its remarkable people, its unique history and its visionary drive to meet the world’s future challenges.
From Homecoming 2018 to Homecoming 2019, the Purdue community will spend the year celebrating its unique legacy, which has included giant leaps across every field of endeavor, and further advancing the mission set forth since its founding as a land-grant university in 1869.
With the campaign serving as a springboard for a renewed commitment to growth, innovation and discovery, Purdue’s call is simple: Whatever your pursuit, take Giant Leaps.
The centerpiece of Purdue’s Giant Leaps Sesquicentennial Campaign will be an Ideas Festival that connects world-renowned speakers and Purdue expertise in a conversation on the most critical problems and opportunities facing our world. Cross-disciplinary discussions and events aligned with the four Giant Leaps themes will run the course of the entire year.
The festival topics, which provide an opportunity for debate across all academic units, are:
- Giant Leaps in Space Exploration and Economics
- Giant Leaps in Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms and Automation
- Giant Leaps in Health, Longevity and Quality of Life
- Giant Leaps to a Sustainable World
Look for stories on these and related topics in this issue and follow the University-wide celebration at takegiantleaps.com.
