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Space available for SAFE training for women
The Purdue Police Department is offering Self-Defense Awareness and Familiarization Exchange (SAFE) training for women.
MoreUniversity Residences creates new housing master plan
University Residences has developed a new housing master plan to guide the next 20 to 30 years of development on campus.
MoreOld Masters visit Purdue Nov. 8-10
Ten leaders in a variety of fields will visit Purdue University Nov. 8-10 for the 60th annual Old Masters program, which will give students the opportunity to interact with successful professionals.The Old Masters program, which is sponsored by the Office of the Dean of Students, got its start in 1950. Since then, more than 500 Old Masters have visited campus and shared their ideas and experiences with students.
MorePurdue Research Foundation recognized 32 faculty and staff entrepreneurs, inventors
Thirty-two Purdue University faculty and staff were recognized at the Purdue Research Foundation's seventh annual Inventors Recognition Dinner on Thursday (Nov. 5) in the Purdue Memorial Union North Ballroom.The event highlighted the accomplishments of university faculty and staff whose discoveries already have, or may soon, result in commercial applications taken to the marketplace.
MorePurdue-IU led team wins global entrepreneurship competition
GlucaGo LLC, a life sciences company led by a trio from Purdue and Indiana universities, captured the 2009 Global Idea to Product Competition and claimed the $10,000 top prize, beating 14 other teams that qualified by winning local competitions.The Global I2P entrepreneurship event, held Oct. 30 and 31 in Austin, Texas, featured teams from 19 universities and eight countries - Great Britain, Portugal, Japan, Sweden, Germany, Ireland and Brazil, and U.S. competitors from Georgia, Indiana, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Texas, Colorado and New Hampshire.
MoreEleanor O. Kaplan Award accepting nominations
Nominations are now being accepted for the Eleanor O. Kaplan Award for Exceptional Customer Service.
MoreFinal wellness screening dates for fall semester
Additional dates and times are now available for wellness screening appointments with the School of Nursing.
MoreTIAA-CREF to hold educational session on Nov. 12
TIAA-CREF is offering an educational session on Nov. 12 at the West Lafayette campus.
MoreCommon Reading Program invites book suggestions for 2010-11
Faculty, staff, students, and community members are invited to suggest a book to be used with incoming students for 2010-11. This book will be the second selected as part of Purdue's Common Reading Program.
MoreParking Services aiming to meet needs today, tomorrow
The campus parking system, serving a population of 50,000 people, balances competing factors while striving to provide the best possible customer service today and in the future.
MoreForbes named head of Department of Ag Communication
Beth Forbes, a 21-year communications and public relations specialist at Purdue University, has been named the head of the College of Agriculture's Department of Agricultural Communication.Jay Akridge, Purdue's Glenn W. Sample Dean of Agriculture, announced the appointment Monday (Nov. 2).
MorePurdue professor wins commercialization award
Karthik Ramani, a professor of mechanical engineering, has won the 2009-2010 Outstanding Commercialization Award for Purdue University Faculty.Ramani is being honored for his work as chief scientist with Imaginestics, now called VizSeek, a Purdue Research Park company that provides an online shape search engine for businesses.
MoreThis week's 'Thumbs Up' recipients
"Thumbs Up" gives faculty and staff the chance to recognize others on campus for a job well done.
MorePurdue sees upswing in flulike illness
The number of students reporting flulike illnesses continues to rise following a steady decline.Between Monday (Oct. 26) and Friday (Oct. 30), 165 students with flu symptoms contacted the Purdue Student Health Center, bringing the totals since Aug. 30 to 739. Since then, 115 samples were sent to the state for testing to determine if they were H1N1; 59 were positive and 24 were negative. The results for the remainder are pending.
MoreBoiler Volunteer Network gathering donations for food bank
The Boiler Volunteer Network kicked off its ninth annual Fall Harvest Food Drive on Oct. 26.
MoreNew policy sets process for developing systemwide policies
A new policy goes into effect today (Oct. 30) that outlines the new process for developing system-wide policies.
MoreStauffer, Cornell receive distinguished veterinary alumni honors
Lawrence Stauffer and Karen Cornell were recently selected as distinguished alumni of the Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine.Stauffer, of Delphi, Ind., earned his DVM from Purdue University in 1967. In addition to his duties as owner of the Delphi Veterinary Clinic, he has provided veterinary care at the Indiana State Fair for 38 years and has served two terms on the Indiana Veterinary Medical Association (IVMA) Board of Directors. He was the IVMA representative on the Indiana Controlled Substances Committee and the Purdue/Indiana Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory Advisory Committee.
MoreHelp sessions, other resources available during open enrollment
Walk-in session for one-on-one assistance with benefit questions or with the completion of an enrollment form will be held during open enrollment, which goes through Nov. 13.
MoreReminder: Changes made to scheduled flu shot events
Due to an unexpected shortage of seasonal flu shot vaccine, WorkLife Programs has rescheduled three previously scheduled flu shot events on the West Lafayette campus.
MorePurdue's Leslie Geddes had distinguished teaching, research career
Leslie Geddes, a Purdue University distinguished professor of biomedical engineering and recipient of the National Medal of Technology, died on Sunday (Oct. 25). He was 88.The Showalter Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Engineering, Geddes created innovations ranging from burn treatments to miniature defibrillators and ligament repair to tiny blood pressure monitors for premature infants.
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