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October 15, 2021

Booster shot update: Most individuals who received Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine 6+ months ago now eligible for booster shot

Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine booster shots are available to members of the Purdue University community at the West Lafayette campus vaccine clinic, and many Boilermakers may be eligible. Anyone 18 or older who is living, taking classes or working on campus...

September 30, 2021

Pfizer’s COVID-19 booster shots available to Purdue community at campus clinic

Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine booster shots are now available to eligible members of the Purdue University community at the West Lafayette campus vaccine clinic. Anyone age 65 or older who received two doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and whose second...

September 24, 2021

Protect Purdue efforts proving effective a month into semester

Campus vaccination rate climbs to 85%, COVID-19 positivity rates remain low WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A month into the 2021-22 school year, Purdue University’s Protect Purdue efforts continue to be successful in helping keep the campus vibrant, healthy and safe...

September 12, 2021

Purdue faculty, staff members win prizes for choosing to get vaccinated against COVID-19

Michele Brost, a 44-year university employee working in student services for Purdue Athletics, knew getting vaccinated against COVID-19 “was the right thing to do.” Purdue Police Sgt. Nick Crosby thinks he had the coronavirus in late 2019 – even before the...

September 10, 2021

84 Purdue students face disciplinary action for failing twice to comply with required COVID-19 test

Vaccination, surveillance testing rates remain strong overall at semester’s start through Protect Purdue efforts WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The vast majority of Purdue University students are in compliance with the Protect Purdue guidelines by either uploading their vaccine status or...

August 26, 2021

UPDATE: 80% of Purdue campus community documented as fully vaccinated against COVID-19

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Already one of the most vaccinated populations in the state of Indiana, the Purdue University campus community in West Lafayette has reached a milestone in the fight against COVID-19, with 80% of the overall population now fully vaccinated....