The official account of Purdue University, home of the Boilermakers! The persistent pursuit of #TheNextGiantLeap 🚂
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As a land-grant university, our mission has always been to serve all. 🇺🇸
This year, we come together to celebrate America’s 250th birthday — and our own legacy of persistently pursuing the next giant leap. ⬇️ purdue.university/4ucRoHL
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🔴 Livestream today at 2 p.m. Director of National Intelligence @odnigov Dan Coats is talking about the national security challenges posed by rapid advances in technology and smart systems. #TakeGiantLeaps #Purdue150 #PurdueWhatIF kaltura.com/index.php/extwid…
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What a night to be a Boilermaker football fan! Purdue dominates No. 2 Ohio State 49-20! 💛🖤🏈
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You heard @SHAQ. BOILER UP! 👏
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"Hixtape ready" is an understatement! Maybe @PurdueGolduster could perform something from J-Hope's mixtape when it FINALLY drops...?
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It’s been a phenomenal season, @BoilerBall. Thank you to the team for all your hard work and to the fans who never stopped showing up, cheering on and hammering down.
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#Boilermakers, we’re heading to the @NCAA national championship! 🚂
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It’s about the name on your chest. It’s ours. It’s yours. It’s Purdue. 🏀
So close to seeing @BoilerBall in the @NCAA Final Four. We’re ready — and we cannot wait to cheer with you.
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(1/3) Today #PurdueUniversity President Mitch Daniels announced the immediate expulsion of undergraduate student Maxwell Lawrence.
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Purdue was named the best university in Indiana! (But we already knew that 😉) #BoilerUp 💛🚂🆙
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IT'S HAPPENING!!!
How many of you saw this Purdue shirt on the recent episode of @Stranger_Things?! Like and retweet if you would rep it! @PurdueTeamStore @LifeAtPurdue @Learfield
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We're heartbroken by the result, but we couldn't be prouder of @BoilerBall. What a fantastic season, and we know that every member of that team gave it everything they had. 🚂💛🖤#EverGratefulEverTrue #BoilerUp #MarchSadness
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We definitely agree! 🤣
This person literally wins Halloween @LifeAtPurdue @barstoolsports
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Whose state? Our state. Thirty-six thousand square miles of #Boilermaker country. Home of @BoilerBall. Home of the Old Gold and Black. 👀
Watch this video and make some noise for #Purdue — Indiana’s highest-ranked, most innovative, best value school. 🚂🆙
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On Tyler Trent’s birthday, we remember the ways that he uplifted everyone around him and showed true strength during his battle against cancer. #TylerStrong
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What is Purdue? 🚂⬆️
#PurdueUniversity has now frozen tuition through the 2024-25 academic year, marking 12 straight years tuition has remained unchanged.
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Hello, I’m a public land grant university. You may know me from my greatest hits, including: “Do you push or pull the Stewart doors?”, “Neil Armstrong went here”, "It's only a 10-minute walk", and the all-time favorite “Boiler up, hammer down.”
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Happy Fourth of July, Boilermakers! 🇺🇸🎇
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We’re heartbroken to hear about Tyler. He was an amazing example for all Boilermakers. RT @PurdueSports: We will always be #TylerStrong 🚂💪
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After nearly two decades, commercial air service will return to the Purdue University Airport in 2024 with nonstop flights connecting Greater Lafayette and Chicago. ✈️🚂🆙 purdue.university/3t8hhP5
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This is a story you helped write, and the road starts here. 🏀
Get excited for the big dance. @boilerball is back in the @NCAA men’s basketball tournament!
We’re here together. We cheer together. We bleed old gold and black — together.
#BoilerUp #MarchMadness
@PurdueSports
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You think WE'RE going out there?! Have you SEEN how icy it is?? nitter.app/krileyh/status/9561997…
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Just in via @TheAthletic: "The number of tickets purchased on StubHub from Indiana surpasses those purchased from fans in North Carolina, Connecticut and Alabama combined." 🏀 LET'S GO! #BoilerUp
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Congratulations, Tyler! WE are the ones who are blessed by you. 🖤💛
Well.. today I graduated from the amazing @LifeAtPurdue! God has blessed me so much! #boilerup #OnlyTheStrong
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Happy #4thOfJuly, Boilermakers! 🇺🇸
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Victory in Music City #BoilerUp
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A top 10 public university. An unmatched basketball program. A history of excellence for over 150 years.
#Boilermaker pride never stops. Tomorrow, we’ll cheer for @BoilerBall in the @NCAA national championship. 🏆
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Just in: Purdue trustees endorse an unprecedented 14th consecutive year of frozen tuition for fall 2026. Base undergrad tuition will remain $9,992 for in-state students & $28,794 for out-of-state through 2026-27. Decision requires formal approval in June. purdue.edu/newsroom/2025/Q2/…
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See you in Indy, @BoilerBall! 👏
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UPDATE: Purdue has rescheduled the campus memorial for Tyler Trent to 6 pm Wednesday (Jan. 9) in front of Hovde Hall. His funeral is at 6 pm Tuesday at College Park Church, Indianapolis: 2606 W. 96th St. Both are open to the public. #TylerStrong
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The Purdue community will honor and remember the remarkable life and spirit of Boilermaker Tyler Trent during a candlelight memorial at 6 pm on Tuesday (Jan. 8). purdue.edu/newsroom/releases… #TylerStrong
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Happy Birthday, Purdue! Founded this day in 1869, Purdue has become one of the top institutions in the country for higher education.
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AMAZING space-themed halftime show by @PurdueBands. This one might just be our all-time favorite! 🚀🖤💛 #BoilerUp #TakeGiantLeaps #Purdue150
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This has a nice ring to it. #BoilerUp 🚂⬆️
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"We are America's team this weekend." 🏀
Hear what @PurduePresident Mung Chiang, President Emeritus Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. and @GovHolcomb have to say about @BoilerBall's powerful advance to the @NCAA national championship!
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A Boilermaker win makes for a great Homecoming 🖤💛 #BoilerUp
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Halloween may have been a week ago, but we’re still not over this little #Boilermaker and his costume with The World’s Largest Drum™. Here's your newest Big Bass Drum Crew member, @PurdueBands! #BoilerUp
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🎶Happy Birthday to...US!🎶 It’s been a great 150 years and we cannot WAIT to see what the next 150 bring! #TakeGiantLeaps #Purdue150
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UHHHHHH DOES SOMEONE WANT TO EXPLAIN TO US WHERE THIS WENT? 😡
Who remembers spending hot #summer days at the pool outside the #Purdue Co-Rec?! It was a popular destination when students returned to campus after all their summer adventures! Pictured here in August 1980. #TBT
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Purdue ranks 5th best public institution in the U.S., based on a survey released by @WSJ ow.ly/Zj4W30fsEQN
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Boilermakers must persist, now more than ever, to build a better world together. #PurdueTogether
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Boilermakers: Thank you for being with us for every step of this historic @BoilerBall season.
You stand by one another. You show your pride. You put respect and resilience into everything you do, and it’s always appreciated.
Ever grateful. Ever true. 🚂
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No worries @brooksallison_ @jimmyfallon, we've been explaining it for over a century. Back in the 1890s, a newspaper called our football team the “Burly Boiler Makers.” The name stuck, and over time, it came to mean a whole lot more than just sports. #BoilerUp
A studio audience member (@brooksallison_) helps Jimmy break down this year's @MarchMadnessMBB Sweet 16 mascots with a rap 🏀 #FallonTonight #MarchMadness
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This Homecoming weekend was out of this world 🚀👩🚀👨🚀 From our astronaut alumni, winning the football game, and our favorite halftime show EVER, there were many memories made! Here's to the next 150 years. #TakeGiantLeaps #Purdue150
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"Mr. Daniels, 69, is the most innovative university president in America." - @WSJ #TakeGiantLeaps
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Adriana Harmeyer, Clinical Assistant Professor and Archivist for University History, is your new @Jeopardy champion! She’ll be back tonight to defend. Who's watching? 👀
@PurdueLibraries @PurdueArchives
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Last night, @PurduePresident and trustees celebrated @BoilerBall's winningest season in program history. 34 wins, 5 back-to-back wins in March Madness & the first national championship game in 55 years. All done with character, sportsmanship and Boilermaker values. #BoilerUp!
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We are Purdue University and our eyes are set on the future. Ready to take on the world's most pressing challenges. With 150 years worth of footprints behind us that prove that we will be the one's to take the next Giant Leaps. #TakeGiantLeaps #Purdue150
TakeGiantLeaps.com
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Mask up, 🧤 wear mittens, keep your distance and stay warm this winter. #ProtectPurdue #berniesmittens #InaugurationDay
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We felt the same way, Isaac!
RT @PurdueOnBTN: What did you like more, @BoilerBall fans:
The Carsen Edwards highlight flush, or the Isaac Haas reax?
Purdue On BTN
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Proudly ranked #1 Public University in the state 6 years in a row. #BoilerUp and Hammer Down! 🚂🆙 #TheNextGiantLeap
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The Bell Tower might look best under a full moon. 🌕🌌
📸: Justin Lin, @PurdueAeroAstro student
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🏈 Aidan O'Connell started as a walk-on.
💪 Earned his way into the starting role.
🚂 Now @BoilerFootball wants more.
See you tomorrow night, under the lights. #BoilerUp
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Wow, tonight has been an amazing one for Boilermakers! 🏈💛🖤 RT @BTNMikeHall: Show me another team as exciting as Purdue. I dare ya. Wow.
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Ross-Ade at night. 😍
#BoilerUp 🚂
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Just in: A new ranking from @Forbes names #Purdue to its list of "New Ivies" that are "outpacing the Ivy League in the eyes of employers."
"Perhaps Boilermakers are creating a new kind of Ivies in America.” - President Mung Chiang 🚂🎓
Learn more. 👇 purdue.university/4jaf4XW
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"Purdue has the best fans in the country. It's the best college in the world.” @BoilerBall legendary coach Gene Keady speaks the truth, right @ThePaintCrew?! 👏
Listen in to #ThisIsPurdue to hear his full interview: purdue.university/3th1JWr
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#PurdueUniversity is proud to be named the #1 Public University in the state 6 years in a row. #BoilerUp and Hammer Down! 🖤💛🚂 #TheNextGiantLeap
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Happy Halloween! 🎃 This little #Boilermaker is showing his Purdue pride as The World’s Largest Drum™. Do you have a Purdue-inspired costume? Share below! ⬇️
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Happy New Year, Boilermakers! May this year bring you happiness, success, and great memories. 💫
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#Purdue named fourth best public university in CNBC ranking of U.S. colleges that pay off the most. #BoilerUp
purdue.university/3jQev7z
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With an ⚡️electric⚡️ OT win over Tennessee, your Boilermakers are now #ELITE8 bound. See you Saturday and BOILER UP! 🏀🚂
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Purdue lights the fountain & Bell Tower in rainbow colors in honor of Orlando victims at request of @Purdue_SG
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12/10 Downright regal. Would snug so hard @dog_rates
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Purdue decides to suspend classes Wednesday (1/30); employees to report for normal operations. Details: purdue.edu/newsroom/releases…
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Happy #4thOfJuly, Boilermakers! 🇺🇸
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Best h*ckin love story on campus; 12/10 would match again @dog_rates
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Aaron Lai walked 100 miles in February to raise awareness and donations in honor of Tyler Trent. On #PurdueDayofGiving, he walked in our door with $29,655 from Delta Chi for the Tyler Trent Cancer Endowment. Thank you, Aaron—we're proud to call you a fellow Boilermaker.
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💛 Ever grateful, ever true,
🖤 Thus we raise our song anew
💛 Of the days we’ve spent with you,
🖤 All hail our own Purdue!
🚂 Congratulations, class of 2023 and #HailPurdue forever! #PurdueWeDidIt
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"Picking the harder way is not just about working harder. It’s a reflection of deeper thinking about principles, priorities and trade-offs. Choices are made at every juncture in life. Perhaps choose the harder way - the Boilermaker way." - @PurduePresident purdue.edu/newsroom/releases…
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Best. Fans. Ever. #BoilerUp
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What does it mean to be a Boilermaker? Watch Carsen Edwards, Drew Brees, Captain Sully and a cast of campus luminaries share their Purdue pride and boiler up for #PurdueDayofGiving! bit.ly/2HMrVRp
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Trophy secured. 🏆🏆
Congratulations to @BoilerBall on the 2023 #B1GMBBT Championship WIN! 👏🔥
#BoilerUp
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On Wednesday, @purduemitch will announce a permanent campus memorial to @theTylerTrent and the first recipient of the Tyler Trent Courage and Resilience Award. Join us at 11 am at the student entrance of Ross-Ade for the announcement!
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#SWEET16 as 🍬
FINAL:
#Purdue 87
Villanova 61
HOW #SWEET16 IT IS!
Third straight year in the Sweet 16.
A career-high 42 points by Carsen Edwards.
What a performance.
#BoilerUp 🚂 / #MarchMadness
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Student COVID-19 testing results show a 99.26% negative rate for Purdue University. #ProtectPurdue #Boilermakers
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Happy first day of classes, Boilermakers! Here's to 2017-18 being the best school year yet!
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Our thoughts are with our peers at @OhioState during this tragic day. #OhioState
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🥁 Drum roll for ... the world's largest, fastest, heaviest and loudest collegiate mascot, the #Boilermaker Special. 🚂 #NationalMascotDay
@ReamerClub @PurdueTrain
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And, that's the end! Purdue finishes off Arizona, 38-35, in the Foster Farms Bowl! Go Boilermakers! #HailPurdue
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