Purdue Notebook
September 29, 2006
• Campus activities:
— The fifth annual 5K Fun Run/Walk in memory of Yeunkyung Woo will be conducted at 8 a.m. Sept. 30 starting at Yeunkyung Woo Memorial Garden behind Lilly Hall. The entry fee is $10 for adults, $5 for students and children. Registration is available at the event; checks should be made payable to the Purdue Foundation. All proceeds will fund the biological sciences Achieve Excellence Fund in memory of Woo. She and her sister, Hyo Kyung Woo, were murdered five years ago in the Purdue Village apartments. For information, call Linda Johnson, (765) 494-4410, ljohnson@bio.purdue.edu, or Peter Hollenbeck, (765) 496-3378, phollenb@bio.purdue.edu— Barbara B. Diefendorf, professor of history at Boston University, will present "Blood Wedding: The Saint Bartholomew's Massacre in History and Memory," at 3:30-5 p.m. on Oct. 18 in the Purdue Memorial Union, Room 118. Diefendorf is author of "From Penitence to Charity: Pious Women and the Catholic Reformation in Paris." Her talk is part of the Department of History's colloquium. For more information, contact Stacy Holden, an assistant professor of history, at sholden@purdue.edu
— Jean-Pierre Dormois, professor of history at Université Marc Bloch in Strasbourg, France, will present "The Americanization of French Society" at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 25 in Stewart Center's Fowler Hall. Dormois is the author of "Classical Trade Protectionism" and "The French Economy in the 20th Century." His talk is part of the Purdue History Forum, which is sponsored by the Department of History.
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• Alumni honors:
— John D. Mumford, professor at Imperial College in London, United Kingdom, and a graduate of Purdue University, was recently awarded the John V. Osmun Alumni Professional Achievement Award in Entomology. Mumford is known internationally for his work in pest management and is a strong advocate for entomology as a profession. He has also served on advisory committees for international agencies within the United Kingdom and the United Nations. Mumford received his award on Sept. 22 during a presentation at Purdue University.
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