Recent Projects

Purdue Libraries led four out of five awarded Innovation Hub Grant Awards
Innovation Hub Grant Awards - October 2022
The Innovation Hub, a part of the Innovation College and funded by the Lilly Endowment, has announced the awards for its inaugural round of Innovation grants on the West Lafayette campus.

Institute for Information Literacy at Purdue
Maybee, Clarence - November 2022
The Institute for Information Literacy brings together researchers, and educators, to investigate information literacy challenges. Our purpose: developing information literacy models to navigate the perilous world of information.

Three Libraries Faculty Awarded Research Seed Grants
Chao Cai, Heather Howard, Gang Shao - March 2023
The Libraries Research Council has voted to support three research seed grant proposals that will advance the Research Excellence Areas in Libraries (REALs). The selected seed grant projects will occur between now and the end of August.

NSF REU Site Grant for New Undergraduate Research Experience at Purdue
Cai, Chao - April 2022
Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies assistant professor and principal investigator Dr. Chao Cai has received a prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)

Undergraduate Student Research Takes Center Stage at Spring Conference
OUR - May 2022
Sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR), almost 500 research talks and poster presentations were delivered that represented nearly 800 student researchers’ work on projects that spanned each Purdue college.

Diplomacy Lab
Matt Hannah - January 2023
At Libraries and School of Information Studies, we are actively seeking solutions to the misinformation epidemic. One faculty member at the forefront, Dr. Matthew N. Hannah, is exploring the public impacts of information technology and the way it facilitates the growth of viral online conspiracy theories.

Spring Undergraduate Research Conference
OUR - April 2023
The Purdue Undergraduate Research Conference is the largest showcase of undergraduate research. This judged event highlights the scholarly work and creative endeavors undergraduate students have been engaged in through oral or poster presentations.