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How Purdue John Martinson Honors College students are making sure Indiana Avenue's history lives on

When Logan Sancewich started at Purdue University, he didn’t know much about the city of Indianapolis. “I knew the races happened there, the 500,” said Sancewich, who just finished his sophomore year. “But that was it.” That changed in fall 2025 when he enrolled in Community of Inquiry, a required course for honors students. Sancewich spent the fall semester researching Bethel A.M.E Church to contribute to a class project about the buildings on and around Indiana Avenue.

John Martinson Honors College Student honored with One Brick Higher Award after saving 2 lives

Purdue President Mung Chiang on Monday (Dec. 1) presented Kellyn Bucceri, a senior majoring in biomedical health sciences with a pre-medicine concentration in the College of Health and Human Sciences, with the One Brick Higher Award. The One Brick Higher Award is a special recognition given to Purdue faculty, staff and students who go beyond the requirements of their role and through extraordinary effort improve the lives of those around them, increase the effectiveness of the workplace, or prevent or solve problems.

Two John Martinson Honors College students named Goldwater Scholars

Purdue juniors Charles Behrman, Shreya Krishnan and Ishaan Singh have been named recipients of the 2026 Barry Goldwater Scholarship. The award is the nation’s premier undergraduate scholarship for students studying the natural sciences, engineering and mathematics. Presented by the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation, the scholarship offers up to $7,500 toward tuition and fees to sophomores and juniors. The goal of the Goldwater Scholarship is to provide a continuing source of highly qualified scientists, mathematicians and engineers wishing to pursue research careers in these fields.

Golden Hammer Awards recognizes 13 Purdue John Martinson Honors College students’ impact in Indianapolis

Inside America’s first Union Station — a crossroads once traveled by presidents and pioneers — a new generation of leaders took the spotlight April 23. Purdue University honored 27 undergraduates at the second annual Golden Hammer Awards dinner, celebrating students in Indianapolis whose influence extends well beyond the classroom.

John Martinson Honors College Indianapolis profile: Jaden Ko

A sophomore student studying mechanical engineering in Indianapolis, Jaden Ko enjoys the balance between his educational experience and the many activities that the capital city has to offer.

John Martinson Honors College students among 2026 student life award recipients

The persistent pursuit of excellence extends beyond the classroom at Purdue. We would like to congratulate the Student Life Honors Awards recipients who were recognized on April 19, 2026, for demonstrating commitment to leadership and the Purdue community through their involvement in student activities, student employment, community service and learning. These students and staff represent what it means to be a Boilermaker.

Purdue honors college laureates to participate as student responders in Spring 2026 commencement ceremonies

More than 10,000 Purdue University graduates will take their next giant leap during nine spring commencement ceremonies May 14-16 at Elliott Hall of Music. This marks the second consecutive year the university has surpassed 10,000 graduates during spring commencement. Purdue also conducts winter commencement.

Purdue May 2026 grad advances to medical school after making her mark on campus and beyond

Whether she was leading a group of Boilermaker women to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, empowering the University Blood Initiative (UBI) to collect more than 1,000 units of blood, serving as president for the national championship equestrian team or helping students as a Resident Education Assistant, Yasmin Pirbhai’s giant leap in the Purdue University College of Health and Human Sciences (HHS) has reverberated throughout the university and beyond.

Purdue senior is turning an Eli Lilly internship into a career improving health care accessibility

Solving problems has always come naturally to Jordan Reynolds. In elementary school, you could find her tackling Sudoku in the mornings. As a Purdue senior majoring in data science and applied statistics with minors in Spanish and bioinformatics, she’s presented with some of today’s toughest challenges. Medicine is being made more effective through her work with the Eli Lilly and Company and Purdue University Research Alliance Center. After she graduates, she’s joining Lilly full time as a software product engineer.

Purdue Polytechnic sophomore develops ‘agentic AI’ to create adaptive cybersecurity defenses

Many cybersecurity systems rely on static, rule-based defenses. At Purdue Polytechnic, Milica Slavkovic is developing a new approach that is more fluid and dynamic by incorporating some of the latest innovations in artificial intelligence.

John Martinson Honors College celebrates student achievement at inaugural Level Up pinning celebration

The John Martinson Honors College hosted its first Level Up pinning celebration in West Lafayette on April 12 and in Indianapolis on April 24.

All-Boilermaker team to crew Virgin Galactic suborbital mission Purdue 1

Spaceflight expected to carry Purdue engineering professor, graduate student conducting human-tended research experiments, accompanied by Purdue alumni in space classroom

Alumna Claire Wolfer-Jenkins awarded Marshall Scholarship for graduate study in U.K.

Purdue alumna Claire Wolfer-Jenkins has been selected as a recipient of the 2026 Marshall Scholarship, a program that supports the pursuit of graduate education in the United Kingdom.

First-year courses, Learning Community highlight Mizzi's EHP experience

Abby Mizzi didn’t want to be comfortable. At least at it related to academics. That meant an important requirement in Mizzi’s college search was identifying ones with Honors colleges. Mizzi wanted a “challenge” — though she usually reframes that word as “opportunity” — and a rigorous addition to an engineering course schedule would qualify.

3 Purdue students named 2025 Astronaut Scholars

Three Purdue University students have been named by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF) as 2025 Astronaut Scholars — one of the nation’s most prestigious merit-based scholarships for undergraduates in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The Purdue recipients are:

Purdue juniors awarded prestigious 2025 Goldwater Scholarships for excellence in research

Purdue University juniors Deniz Eksioglu and Christina Sowinski have been offered 2025 Barry Goldwater Scholarships.

Purdue’s John Martinson Honors College ranked among nation’s best by College Transitions

Purdue University’s John Martinson Honors College (JMHC) has been recognized as one of the top 10 honors colleges in the country in the recent rankings by College Transitions.

In Print: ‘Forging the Future: A History of the John Martinson Honors College, 2013-2023’

Much like the creation of the college that inspired it, a new book about the John Martinson Honors College is a collaborative and interdisciplinary effort.

Venture capitalist Martinson gives $25 million to Purdue’s Honors College

The Purdue University Board of Trustees on Friday (April 8) approved naming the Honors College for alumnus John Martinson in recognition of a $25 million gift.