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The Knowledge Lab celebrates its 3rd anniversary

February 16th, 2026

On February 12, the Knowledge Lab celebrated its third anniversary with an exciting array of activities, including button-making, origami, card-making, and more. 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. 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.