Purdue is a Big Ten conference university. My understanding is it's your run of the mill major US college, though stuck in the middle of nowhere in the forsaken state of Indiana. Good academics, but a party life as well. Planning to attend there?
No, I'm pretty much done for schooling, though I have a standing offer to do my PhD at Kansas. Not likely I'd go though, I have a good job and my partner at work that does the same thing has a PhD and we get paid the same. I'm going up there for a meeting, nothing more. Arrive Friday, meetings Saturday through Tuesday, fly out Wednesday morning.
Spending any time in Indianapolis?
No time in Indy in March, other than at the airport. Going to this meeting more because I have to, rather than want to. And you're not helping

Hoping they at least have a Target/Walmart/something to shop at. As long as they have some bars somewhere that I won't get the **** kicked out of me at, just for being
different I'll be fine.
Where can I find out how much of this JD crew is gonna be there?
Conventions forum I think lists us, though there's something obscene like 8 of us staying in one room, depending on who all goes. There's more than that going as well. Jesse is going and staying with some Pittsburgh buddies and then more folks are going as well - darthshader, jadesfire, maybe Berry himself, though I recall no confirmation. I'll let Matt rattle off the list of folks, he'll know better.