Campus Feature Loeb Fountain at Founders Park The Loeb Fountain was originally located on the Purdue Mall in front of Hovde Hall. It was built in the summer of 1959 through funds donated by Bert and June Loeb to honor Solomen Loeb, a local merchant. In 1988, Loeb Fountain was placed in storage in preparation for the renovation of Purdue Mall. During that renovation, the Purdue Mall Fountain was built in its place. Loeb Fountain remained in storage until 1993, when it…
Campus Feature Lynn Hall Courtyard Inside Purdue’s Lynn Hall, the Continuum Café overlooks the Lynn Hall Courtyard, a common gathering space for Purdue’s Veterinary Medicine students and faculty.
Campus Feature M. Katherine Banks Green Roof Laboratory The green roof laboratory was constructed atop the Delon and Elizabeth Hampton Hall of Civil Engineering to give students the opportunity to study sustainability in a real-world setting. The roof contains different plant and soil media, instruments to measure energy flux and a weather station, along with benches and tables for students to gather. More information Purdue Exponent Website .
Campus Feature Man and Technology Artist: Don Lawler A monumental 13 foot hand made of limestone with gears and wires underneath. This piece, located in Pickett park, entices users to climb into the palm and view the campus from a new perspective.
Campus Feature Marriott Hall Stormwater Infiltration Beds Buried in the front yard of the $13 million Marriott Hall, housing the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, are long subsurface gravel infiltration beds to allow roof runoff to infiltrate into the ground. The infiltration beds, completed in 2011, are not visible to the naked eye, however. There is also porous concrete on the surface drive at the north side of the building, to help water infiltrate into the ground. Marriott Hall was designed…
Campus Feature Matthew Kern Garden Native Plantings The Matthew Kern Memorial Garden, located between Russell Street and the Purdue golf course, was the university's first native planting. The garden was dedicated in 1996, after the untimely demise of Purdue student Kern, by his parents. The garden was planted by Kern's family, friends, and volunteers across campus. In addition to planting native varieties, such as purple and yellow cone flowers, bluebird houses were also built to promote greater bio-diversity. To honor Kern's memory,…
Campus Feature McCormick Woods Property Information: 38 acres 2.95 miles of trails for walkers, runners, and bikers No horses or motorized vehicles on trails Carry out trash No painting or defacing of trees Dogs must be on a leash at all times Open all year to foot traffic Bikers rules and conditions: Helmets required No riding Nov.1 to Mar.31 No riding when trails are wet No constructing jumps Stay on established trails McCormick Woods, located on the edge of…
Campus Feature McGinley Plaza and Fountain The fountain and plaza are dedicated to J. Timothy McGinley, an Indianapolis businessman who has served for two decades on Purdue's board of trustees. The plaza's design, created by David Young from the firm Second Globe, incorporates math, geometry and science, and shows how these disciplines relate to natural phenomena. One of the key themes is the ancient Indian numerical sequence used by the Italian Renaissance mathematician Fibonacci. This sequence can describe a logarithmic spiral,…
Campus Feature Metaconglomerate Part of the EASP Geology Walk Metaconglomerates are conglomerates that have experienced some metamorphism. Conglomerates are detrital sedimentary rocks, meaning they were formed from the weathered remains of other rocks. Conglomerates are mainly composed of rounded gravel-sized particles held together with certain minerals, usually clay minerals or quartz. The intense heat and pressure of metamorphism might slightly deform the gravel within the metaconglomerate. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Campus Feature Midwest Hardwoods Display Introduction to Midwest Hardwoods Tour the hardwood panels in the basement of PFEN Hall Information compiled by Forestry and Natural Resources students in a Wood Properties Related to Manufacturing course Go to the tour page
