The university, known for its engineering, took its name-calling from others to heart. In 1940: "The Boilermaker Special (the official Purdue mascot in the form of a locomotive mounted on an ...

Purdue University's mascot, the Boilermakers, originated from a newspaper taunt in 1891 after a football victory against ...

meet students from student organization Scope Consulting at the Build Your Boilermaker Pipeline guided expo. Credit: Lena Kovalenko. Chelsea Schripsema (left) led a fireside chat and Q&A with fellow ...

The road to getting another Boilermaker in the family was unexpected — and shrouded ... Edwards ultimately chose Purdue for its mechanical engineering program. She lived in Earhart Residence Hall for ...

The university, known for its engineering, took its name-calling from others to heart. In 1940: "The Boilermaker Special (the official Purdue mascot in the form of a locomotive mounted on an ...

The nickname "Boilermakers" was intended to be an insult, referencing Purdue's focus on engineering and agriculture, seen as working-class professions at the time. Purdue embraced the nickname ...