Purdue hosts 'Boilermakers in the Big Apple' NYC alumni reception on Oct. 13, 2026
On Oct. 13, 2026, Purdue University held “Boilermakers in the Big Apple,” a New York City reception for about 200 alumni and friends at the New York Athletic Club featuring a fireside chat with interim President Mitch Daniels and Jim Bullard, the Dr. Samuel R. Allen Dean of the Mitch Daniels School of Business, the university said in a news release published Oct. 20, 2026.

On Oct. 13, 2026, Purdue University hosted “Boilermakers in the Big Apple,” a reception at the New York Athletic Club for about 200 New York City–based alumni and friends that included a fireside chat with interim President Mitch Daniels and Jim Bullard, the Dr. Samuel R. Allen Dean of the Mitch Daniels School of Business, Purdue said in a news release published Oct. 20, 2026.
Student members of the Daniels School’s Investment Banking Academy, who were visiting New York City with the Daniels School Finance Career Trek, attended the reception to get a firsthand look at how firms across investment banking and private markets operate, the university said.
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