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Gebisa Ejeta will be inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame Class of 2026 on May 7 in Washington, D.C. His research on grain sorghum has saved millions from starvation and is part of Purdue's One Health initiative, addressing challenges in human, animal, and plant health.

The event is in partnership with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The class also features posthumous inductee Frank S. Greene Jr., an electrical engineering alumnus from Purdue, recognized for developing high-speed semiconductor memory systems for the ILLIAC IV supercomputer.