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The Knowledge Lab celebrates its 2nd anniversary

February 19th, 2025

On February 14, the Knowledge Lab hosted festive button-making, crochet, and origami activities to celebrate its second anniversary. Students also stopped by throughout the day to create and write a Valentine’s message for the lab on paper hearts, which are now on display. 

On February 14, the Knowledge Lab celebrated its second anniversary with an exciting array of activities, including button-making, crochet, and origami. These hands-on crafts brought students together for a fun and festive day and provided a perfect opportunity to develop creative thinking skills while exploring new technologies and techniques.

Throughout the day, students were invited to express their appreciation for the lab by writing Valentine’s messages on paper hearts. Now displayed in the lab, these messages reflect the community the Knowledge Lab has fostered over the years. The anniversary event highlighted the lab’s mission to expose students to innovative offerings and showcased the lab as a space for exploration, experimentation, and skill-building.

About the lab

Located on the third floor of the Wilmeth Active Learning Center, the Knowledge Lab is a rapid prototyping space where the Purdue community can experiment with exploring and presenting their ideas using various materials, equipment, and software. 

The space offers low-stakes resources such as a vinyl cutter, sewing machines, a Riso printer, a podcast booth, a heat press, yarns, cardboard, fabrics, and more. It serves as a first stop within a pipeline of opportunities on campus to actualize an idea and integrate the left-brain and right-brain. 

Visit the Knowledge Lab website to learn more, borrow equipment, and view workshops and events.