Gaming with historical context

Scott Phillips

As a young gamer, Scott Phillips loved to program, assemble computers, and complete other technical tasks. However, Phillips knew he needed to develop his artistic side if he wanted to achieve his career goal of working in the video game industry. It turned out to be a brilliant strategy. After graduating from Purdue in 2001 […]

Bringing epic journey to community

The Odyssey

In the first two years of “The Big Read” community reading project, the Purdue English Department invited the renowned author of that year’s selected text to campus, allowing a local audience to hear them discuss their work. That will not be possible in year three since the author has been dead for thousands of years, […]