50K breached: Another enrollment record shattered at Purdue

Plus, Purdue awaits visit today by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo to talk semiconductor research. And could a Hulu series trip up the Barnett trial?

First up, thanks to the sponsors of today’s Based in Lafayette edition:

Thanks to the Tippecanoe County Historical Association, as it prepares for the Feast of the Hunters’ Moon. The 55th annual Feast returns Oct. 1-2 to Fort Ouiatenon. For advance tickets, weekend passes and more on the recreation of 18th century life along the Wabash River, click on the links below.

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Thanks to support from the Long Center for the Performing Arts, which presents MasterChef Junior Live at the downtown Lafayette theater 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23. For tickets and more, go to longpac.org.

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SECRETARIES OF STATE, COMMERCE HEAD TO PURDUE TO CHECK ON, TOUT SEMICONDUCTOR WORK

Two White House cabinet members – Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo – will be at Purdue Tuesday to tour the West Lafayette campus’ microelectronic research facilities, at time when a new influx of federal incentives meets a concerted university push into the semiconductor field.

“It will be a day of national attention brought to our university,” Purdue President Mitch Daniels told faculty on the University Senate Monday afternoon.