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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.