Skip to Main Content

Top stories of 2023

The Top Story of 2023

The Inside Scoop: Purdue’s new ice cream

ice cream containers, boiler chips, and vanillaWe may all scream for ice cream, but few are more enthusiastic about it than Purdue’s new president, Mung Chiang. At the 2023 Ag Alumni Fish Fry, Chiang tried some of Purdue’s own Ever Truly Mint ice cream and knew immediately he wanted to add an ice cream flavor of his own to a long Purdue tradition.

Ice cream has a long history at Purdue. The Purdue University Creamery, run from the 1910s to 1969 in Smith Hall, processed milk into everything from butter to cottage cheese to ice cream. When it closed down, the ice cream churn and vanilla ice cream formula were passed onto Glover’s Ice Cream Inc, which made several beloved flavors for Pappy’s Sweet Shop in the Purdue Memorial Union, a retro-style diner that ran from 1927 to the summer of 2020. 

Most Read Stories

corn leaf with tar spot Fighting Tar Spot, A New Foe for Farmers
Purdue researcher’s short corn has far-reaching potential for growers, industry and the environment Purdue researcher’s short corn has far-reaching potential for growers, industry and the environment
Bernie Engel Lifelong commitment leads to top college position
Hattie Duncan Purdue Animal Sciences selects Hattie Duncan as Livestock Judging Coordinator
Mina Reising Cultivating the Future: Mina Reising
Dr. Gebisa Ejeta Awarded National Medal of Science Gebisa Ejeta awarded National Medal of Science
College of Agriculture welcomes new faculty members College of Agriculture welcomes new faculty members
Purdue’s College of Agriculture rises in national and international rankings Purdue’s College of Agriculture rises in national and international rankings
Cultivating the Future: Dev Patel, Disha Lalit and Makinzie France Cultivating the Future: Dev Patel, Disha Lalit and Makinzie France

Most Viewed Exposure Galleries

Fish Fry 2023 2023 Ag Fish Fry Comes Home
SEED TO SALES: PURDUE STUDENT FARM Seed to Sales: Purdue Student Farm
Spring Fest 2023 Spring Fest 2023

Top 3 Instagram Photos

Milk Monday Milk Monday
Gripp reel Cultivating the Future: Alex Hokey, Ryan Liebermann and Tyler Ziehm
May Commencement Reel May Commencement

Top 3 YouTube Videos

Featured Stories

Veterans learning how to care for bee hives.
From service to soil: veterans find new purpose in agriculture through AgrAbility

In 2022, after serving in the Army for 30 years, Colonel Joe Ricker began exploring his next...

Read More
a female smiling
Graduate Student Spotlight: Opeadura Osunbami

Opeadura Osunbami is a Ph.D. candidate in the Purdue Animal Sciences Department, and she also...

Read More
a male in a suit smiling
Texas Tech master’s student to join Purdue’s meat judging program as coach

Cade Snethen, a native of Otterbein, Indiana, was named the new coach of the Purdue Meat Judging...

Read More
a farm during a storm
Weathering the storm: How agribusinesses and farms can prepare for natural disasters

Major natural disasters, like Hurricanes Helene and Milton, caused severe economic and...

Read More
a group of people holding art pieces
Purdue Animal Sciences hosts its first annual art show

The Purdue University Department of Animal Sciences hosted its first annual art show on October...

Read More
Memorial Mall
Farmer sentiment in October rebounded ahead of the U.S. election

Farmer sentiment saw an unexpected surge in October ahead of the upcoming U.S. election,...

Read More
To Top