http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/ Faculty, Staff News Feed from Purdue University News Service en-us Fri, 14 Jun 2013 01:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-retirees-honor-department-of-biochemistry.html Purdue University's Department of Biochemistry has won the 2013 Arthur G. Hansen Recognition Award for its relationship with its retirees. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-retirees-honor-department-of-biochemistry.html Fri, 14 Jun 2013 01:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-treasure-the-deans-bible-to-get-home-in-university-archives.html A hand-me-down that has spanned more than 100 years, eight deans and is a Purdue University tradition will soon be open book to the masses. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-treasure-the-deans-bible-to-get-home-in-university-archives.html Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:24:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/indots-cline-selected-as-purdues-vp-for-physical-facilities.html Purdue University officials on Thursday (June 13) announced that Michael B. Cline, a Purdue civil engineering graduate, has been appointed as the university's vice president for physical facilities, effective July 1. Ted Weidner has been serving as interim vice president since the departure of Robert McMains on June 7. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/indots-cline-selected-as-purdues-vp-for-physical-facilities.html Fri, 07 Jun 2013 01:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/appointments,-honors-and-activities6.html Appointments and promotions, faculty and staff honors, and notables. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/appointments,-honors-and-activities6.html Thu, 06 Jun 2013 08:57:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/arizona-state-associate-dean-to-lead-new-honors-college.html Rhonda Phillips, associate dean of Barrett, The Honors College of Arizona State University, will be the dean of Purdue University's new Honors College. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/arizona-state-associate-dean-to-lead-new-honors-college.html Fri, 17 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/appointments,-honors-and-activities5.html Appointments and promotions, faculty and staff honors, notables and alumni honors. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/appointments,-honors-and-activities5.html Fri, 10 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-retirement-and-savings-plan-changed-for-new-non-exempt-hires.html Purdue's Board of Trustees on Friday (May 10) approved placing future non-exempt employees in a defined contribution retirement and savings plan, providing a competitive retirement savings program while reducing costs for the university. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-retirement-and-savings-plan-changed-for-new-non-exempt-hires.html Tue, 07 May 2013 13:54:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/ferruzzi-chosen-for-purdue-agricultural-research-award.html Professor of food and nutrition sciences Mario Ferruzzi will receive Purdue University's 2013 Agricultural Research Award for his work in helping to improve food quality and human health and to reduce chronic disease. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/ferruzzi-chosen-for-purdue-agricultural-research-award.html Fri, 03 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/appointments,-honors-and-activities4.html Faculty and staff honors and student honors. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/appointments,-honors-and-activities4.html Thu, 02 May 2013 14:55:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-professor-elected-to-national-academy-of-sciences.html A Purdue University professor has been elected into the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors given to a scientist or engineer in the United States. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-professor-elected-to-national-academy-of-sciences.html Fri, 26 Apr 2013 01:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/appointments,-honors-and-activities3.html Campus activities, faculty and staff honors and student honors. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/appointments,-honors-and-activities3.html Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:44:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-professor-elected-to-the-american-academy-of-arts-and-sciences.html A Purdue University professor has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious honorary societies. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-professor-elected-to-the-american-academy-of-arts-and-sciences.html Fri, 19 Apr 2013 01:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/appointments,-honors-and-activities2.html Appointments and promotions, faculty and staff honors, alumni honors, and student honors. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/appointments,-honors-and-activities2.html Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/daniels-announces-changes-to-purdue-wage-proposal.html Following the second meeting of the new President's Council on Budget and Affordability, Purdue University President Mitch Daniels announced changes in his original proposal for wage restraint as a contributor to holding tuition constant during the 2013-14 and 2014-15 academic years. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/daniels-announces-changes-to-purdue-wage-proposal.html Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:43:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/2-purdue-professors-named-ace-fellows.html Two Purdue University professors are among 50 fellows selected nationwide this year by the American Council on Education. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/2-purdue-professors-named-ace-fellows.html Fri, 12 Apr 2013 01:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/appointments,-honors-and-activities1.html Faculty and staff honors. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/appointments,-honors-and-activities1.html Mon, 08 Apr 2013 01:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-trustees-approve-faculty-promotions.html Purdue University's Board of Trustees on Friday (April 5) approved faculty promotions. The following promotions are effective with the 2013-14 academic year: http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-trustees-approve-faculty-promotions.html Fri, 05 Apr 2013 01:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/appointments,-honors-and-activities.html Appointments and promotions, campus activities and notables. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/appointments,-honors-and-activities.html Fri, 05 Apr 2013 01:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-reorganizes-printing-operation,-reduces-staff.html Fewer printing projects and loss of revenue have forced a reorganization of Purdue University's Printing Services, resulting in staff layoffs and reduced services. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-reorganizes-printing-operation,-reduces-staff.html Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:07:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-professor-receives-koreas-highest-research-honor.html Purdue University distinguished professor Sangtae Kim has received the 2013 Ho-Am Engineering Prize from South Korea, the highest engineering research award issued by that nation. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-professor-receives-koreas-highest-research-honor.html Wed, 03 Apr 2013 01:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-research-foundation-to-recognize-university-researchers-who-received-patents.html Forty-seven Purdue University faculty and staff whose discoveries were patented during the 2011-2012 fiscal year will be recognized Wednesday (April 3) at the Purdue Research Foundation's eighth annual Inventors Recognition Reception. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q2/purdue-research-foundation-to-recognize-university-researchers-who-received-patents.html Fri, 29 Mar 2013 01:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/appointments,-honors-and-activities9.html Campus activities, facultya nd staff honors and student honors. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/appointments,-honors-and-activities9.html Thu, 28 Mar 2013 12:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/purdue-names-winners-of-first-engagement-awards.html Purdue University has announced its first awards for outstanding effort in engagement with local, state, national and global organizations. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/purdue-names-winners-of-first-engagement-awards.html Wed, 27 Mar 2013 01:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/faculty,-staff-applications-for-trask-innovation-fund-awards-due-april-12.html Purdue University researchers in all disciplines seeking funds to develop discoveries can submit proposals through Friday, April 12 to receive up to $50,000 for a six-month period from a fund managed by the Purdue Research Foundation (http://www.prf.org). http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/faculty,-staff-applications-for-trask-innovation-fund-awards-due-april-12.html Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:58:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/electrical-engineering-professor-honored-with-purdue-research-award.html Andrew Weiner, the Scifres Family Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is the 2013 recipient of the Herbert Newby McCoy Award, the most prestigious research honor in the natural sciences given by Purdue University. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/electrical-engineering-professor-honored-with-purdue-research-award.html Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:16:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/federal-reserve-leader-henderson-to-head-purdue-extension.html Jason Henderson, a Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City vice president who leads the Bank's agricultural and rural outreach and research programs, has been appointed associate dean of the Purdue University College of Agriculture and director of Purdue Extension. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/federal-reserve-leader-henderson-to-head-purdue-extension.html Mon, 25 Mar 2013 01:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/farkas-chosen-to-lead-purdues-department-of-food-science.html Brian E. Farkas, professor of food science at North Carolina State University since 1994, has been appointed professor and head of Purdue University's Department of Food Science. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/farkas-chosen-to-lead-purdues-department-of-food-science.html Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/computer-science-professor-wins-commercialization-award.html Mikhail Atallah, distinguished professor of computer science in the College of Science, is the recipient of the 2013 Outstanding Commercialization Award for Purdue University Faculty. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/computer-science-professor-wins-commercialization-award.html Fri, 15 Mar 2013 01:00:00 EDT http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/appointments,-honors-and-activities8.html Faculty and staff honors, student honors and notables. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/appointments,-honors-and-activities8.html Fri, 08 Mar 2013 01:00:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/appointments,-honors-and-activities7.html Appointments and promotions and faculty and staff honors http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/appointments,-honors-and-activities7.html Fri, 01 Mar 2013 01:00:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/appointments,-honors-and-activities6.html Campus activities, faculty and staff honors, alumni honors and student honors. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/appointments,-honors-and-activities6.html Fri, 15 Feb 2013 01:00:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/appointments,-honors-and-activities5.html Appointments and promotions, faculty and staff honors and alumni honors. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/appointments,-honors-and-activities5.html Mon, 11 Feb 2013 14:03:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/land-olakes-foundation-creates-endowed-chair-at-purdue-ag-.html Agricultural economics professor Allan Gray has been named the newly created Land O'Lakes Chair in Food and Agribusiness at Purdue University. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/land-olakes-foundation-creates-endowed-chair-at-purdue-ag-.html Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:51:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/mechanical-engineering-alum-gives-gift-for-professorship,-celebrates-daniels-arrival.html A Purdue University College of Engineering alumnus has given a gift under the Faculty Excellence Challenge Match program. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/mechanical-engineering-alum-gives-gift-for-professorship,-celebrates-daniels-arrival.html Fri, 08 Feb 2013 01:00:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/appointments,-honors-and-activities4.html Notables, alumni honors and student honors. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/appointments,-honors-and-activities4.html Thu, 07 Feb 2013 10:45:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/daniels-names-delsanto-as-chief-of-staff.html Gina DelSanto will join Purdue University on Feb. 18 as chief of staff to President Mitch Daniels. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/daniels-names-delsanto-as-chief-of-staff.html Fri, 01 Feb 2013 01:00:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/appointments,-honors-and-activities3.html Faculty and staff honors, notables and student honors. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/appointments,-honors-and-activities3.html Mon, 28 Jan 2013 10:45:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/purdue-hires-steven-r.-schultz-as-legal-counsel.html Purdue University has hired its first in-house legal counsel to help the university better manage its legal function within the complex environment of a major public research university. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/purdue-hires-steven-r.-schultz-as-legal-counsel.html Fri, 25 Jan 2013 01:00:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/appointments,-honors-and-activities2.html Campus activities, faculty and staff honors and student honors. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/appointments,-honors-and-activities2.html Fri, 18 Jan 2013 12:41:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/an-open-letter-to-the-people-of-purdue.html I have spoken to a host of experts across the spectrum of higher education, including more than a dozen current and past university presidents. I have visited campuses including Harvard, Yale, and Chicago, and attended seminars on topics such as the impact of technology and the restructuring of student assistance. And I have read as much as I could manage of the gusher of books, articles, and interviews which are everywhere these days, predicting major change or even upheaval in American higher education. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/an-open-letter-to-the-people-of-purdue.html Fri, 18 Jan 2013 01:00:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/appointments,-honors-and-activities1.html Appointments and promotions, faculty and staff honors. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/appointments,-honors-and-activities1.html Fri, 11 Jan 2013 01:00:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/appointments,-honors-and-activities.html Faculty and staff honors; student honors. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/appointments,-honors-and-activities.html Wed, 09 Jan 2013 09:39:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/inaugural-dean-ladisch-becomes-dean-in-new-college-of-health-and-human-sciences.html Christine Ladisch has been named the first dean of Purdue University's new College of Health and Human Sciences. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2013/Q1/inaugural-dean-ladisch-becomes-dean-in-new-college-of-health-and-human-sciences.html Fri, 21 Dec 2012 01:00:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/appointments,-honors-and-activities6.html Faculty and staff honors, notables http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/appointments,-honors-and-activities6.html Sat, 15 Dec 2012 09:50:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/purdue-trims-presidents-pay,-breaks-new-ground-for-executive-compensation.html The Purdue University Board of Trustees on Saturday (Dec. 15) approved an employment contract for incoming president Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. that lowers the base pay and includes performance bonuses based on critical goals such as increased graduation rates and affordability. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/purdue-trims-presidents-pay,-breaks-new-ground-for-executive-compensation.html Sat, 15 Dec 2012 09:15:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/trustees-approve-academic-appointments.html The Purdue University Board of Trustees on Saturday (Dec. 16) ratified appointments to two named chairs and three distinguished professorships. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/trustees-approve-academic-appointments.html Tue, 04 Dec 2012 14:55:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/one-brick-higher-presented-to-faculty-members-leading-core-curriculum-effort.html Two faculty members who have led the core curriculum initiative, Teresa Taber Doughty and Teri Reed-Rhoads, were honored Tuesday (Dec. 4) with Purdue University's One Brick Higher Award. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/one-brick-higher-presented-to-faculty-members-leading-core-curriculum-effort.html Mon, 03 Dec 2012 09:32:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/purdue-takes-action-to-streamline-construction-management.html Purdue University announced Monday (Dec. 3) that it will close its construction inspection department on March 2. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/purdue-takes-action-to-streamline-construction-management.html Fri, 30 Nov 2012 01:00:00 EST http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/appointments,-honors-and-activities5.html Faculty and staff honors, alumni honors and student honors. http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2012/Q4/appointments,-honors-and-activities5.html