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Mayo Clinic Trustees Welcome New Member, Honor New Named Professors

The Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees today welcomed Purdue University President France Córdova, Ph.D., as a new member and recognized four awardees of Mayo Clinic named professorships. More

 

Córdova elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has elected Purdue University President France A. Córdova to its 2008 Class of Fellows.

The Academy, one of the nation's oldest honorary societies and independent policy research centers, draws its members from the sciences, arts and humanities, business, public affairs and the nonprofit sector. This year, 190 new fellows and 22 foreign honorary members were elected. An induction ceremony for the new class will be held Oct. 11 at the Academy's headquarters in Cambridge, Mass.

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Purdue inaugural launches new efforts for students, 'discovery with delivery'

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Purdue President France A. Córdova introduced a number of new initiatives, including ones to enhance student success and provide better channels to encourage interdisciplinary research, during her inaugural address Friday (April 11) at the Elliott Hall of Music.

Córdova, who became Purdue's 11th president in July, said helping both undergraduate and graduate students succeed is a top priority, along with fostering an environment in which Purdue discoveries can be put to use to help solve the world's challenges in a process she calls "discovery with delivery."

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Inauguration week launches new programs, showcases Purdue

Purdue University made a series of major announce­ments this week during its inauguration week for President France A. Córdova.

"These events are the launching pad for some major initiatives, as well as an opportunity to showcase our campus to national and global academic leaders," Córdova said. "We are using this occasion to outline many of the specifics of the university's new strategic plan, which our faculty, staff and students have been working on for many months. This also has been an opportunity to invite government, business and academic leaders to visit our campus to learn more about Purdue and our global vision for the future."

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Purdue convocation highlights role, importance of global universities

Global University Convocation panel
The Global University Convocation, presented Thursday (April 10) in conjunction with Purdue University's presidential inauguration this week, highlighted the role universities will play in innovation, creativity and preparing an international work force for the 21st century.

The convocation, part of the Discovery Lecture Series, was funded in part by the Lilly Endowment Inc. and was moderated by Purdue alumnus Brian Lamb, C-SPAN's president and chief executive officer. More than 300 people attended the event at Stewart Center's Loeb Playhouse.

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Purdue launches $304 million drive for scholarships, programs

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Starting this fall, new students enrolling at Purdue University will benefit from a $304 million campaign called Access and Success that will expand student aid and programs, President France A. Córdova announced Wednesday (April 9).

The fund drive and internal reallocations will expand the university's student aid contribution to at least $77 million annually. Much of the money raised will be placed in endowments, and endowment earnings will be used to fund the efforts.

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$42 million raised toward Purdue's $304 million Access and Success Campaign

A professor, two Purdue alumni and a friend of the university have stepped forward to fund scholarships in a variety of disciplines, helping launch the university's new $304 million Access and Success Campaign.

The university has raised more than $42 million toward the fundraising goal since July 1, 2007, President France A. Córdova announced at a news conference Wednesday (April 9).

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$1 million gift will establish engineering technology labs in New Albany

A Jeffersonville, Ind.-based foundation has given $1 million to the Purdue University College of Technology at New Albany to establish advanced-technology laboratories for two of the college's programs.

The Paul Ogle Foundation Inc. is donating the money to construct the Paul W. Ogle Electrical Engineering Technology and Mechanical Engineering Technology Laboratories. The laboratories will be located in the Purdue Technology Center of Southeast Indiana in New Albany, which is set to open in fall 2008.

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Purdue Research Park breaks ground, announces gift for new tech center

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The Purdue Research Park broke ground Monday (April 7) on a nearly 13-acre expansion for which the wife of a Purdue University alumnus has donated $3 million to help fund a new technology center.

The deferred gift from Heddy Kurz of Louisville will be applied toward construction of Purdue Research Park's $14.5 million Purdue Technology Center II building, which will be located at 1280 Win Hentschel Blvd. The center will support about 275 jobs and 26 companies. The average annual wage of employees working in the park is $52,000.

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Gift to build new home for Purdue Musical Organizations

 Bettye J. Holder Bailey and Ralph E. Bailey
A Purdue alumnus on Sunday (April 6) kicked off the university's presidential inauguration week with a pledge of $4 million to help build a new home for Purdue Musical Organizations.

Ralph E. Bailey and his wife, Bettye J. Holder Bailey, of Naples, Fla., and Greenwich, Conn., made the lead gift to construct a facility expected to cost as much as $8 million. The music groups currently are housed in a corner of Elliott Hall of Music.

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Regenstrief Foundation, Purdue center strengthen efforts to improve health care

Telehealth model
The Regenstrief Foundation and Purdue University will expand their partnership in designing a new prescription for the nation's health-care system, officials announced Thursday (April 3).

The foundation, which helped create the university's Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering with a $3 million gift in 2005, is investing $11 million more over the next five years, Purdue President France A. Córdova announced at the President's Executive Roundtable Luncheon at the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown. The Purdue center's charge is to use systems engineering, management, science and information technology to improve patient safety and patient care.

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International flag procession planned for Global University Convocation

A procession of more than 120 flags representing Purdue's international reach will provide a colorful kickoff to the Global University Convocation in conjunction with the university's presidential inauguration next month.

The Global University Convocation is scheduled for 2:30-4:30 p.m. April 10 in Stewart Center's Loeb Playhouse. Purdue alumnus Brian Lamb, C-SPAN's president and chief executive officer, will serve as the convocation's moderator. The convocation, part of the Discovery Lecture Series, is funded in part by the Lilly Endowment Inc.

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Panelist added to Global University Convocation

The president of the University of Houston will join higher education leaders on April 10 at the Global University Convocation, one of the events taking place in conjunction with Purdue's presidential inauguration.

Renu Khator, who also is chancellor of the University of Houston system, received her master's and doctoral degrees in political science from Purdue. She is a scholar in the field of global environmental policy.

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DR. FRANCE A. CÓRDOVA ELECTED TO SAIC BOARD OF DIRECTORS

SAIC, Inc. (NYSE: SAI) announced today that Dr. France A. Córdova, president of Purdue University and an internationally recognized astrophysicist, has been elected as a member of the SAIC board of directors effective Feb. 21, 2008. She will serve on the Compensation Committee and the Ethics and Corporate Responsibility Committee.

Córdova became the eleventh president of Purdue University in July 2007. Prior to joining Purdue, she served as chancellor at the University of California, Riverside, from 2002 to 2007. Córdova has also served as professor of physics and vice chancellor for research at the University of California, Santa Barbara. 

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Córdova keynote for NIH address on women in science

Purdue University President France A. Córdova on Tuesday (Nov. 27) gave the keynote address at a National Institutes of Health conference  in Bethesda, Md., on mentoring women for careers in biomedicine.

Córdova, an astrophysicist, drew on her own experiences as well as Newtons' Laws:

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Purdue president starts process for university's next strategic plan

Purdue President France A. Córdova on Friday (Sept. 28) told the university's board of trustees that she is commencing a new strategic planning process.

She announced that she will form working groups focused on key areas identified during her visits with students, staff, faculty and administrators at the West Lafayette and regional campuses, as well as seek input from community groups, alumni, the governor and lieutenant governor, local legislators, other Indiana universities, and the Indiana Commission on Higher Education. She aims to have a draft plan ready for discussion in early spring and to present it to the trustees in May.

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Córdova to speak at national conference on future of space exploration

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Purdue University President France A. Córdova is among a list of speakers prominent in the U.S. space program who will headline a Sept. 19-21 event celebrating the nation's first 50 years in space.

Córdova is an invited speaker during a Sept. 20 session on the future of space exploration at the event, called 50 Years in Space: Aerospace Conference Celebrating 50 Years of Space Technology. The conference, at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, will reflect on how far the U.S. space program has come in the last 50 years and where it is going.

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Córdova welcomes incoming Purdue students

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Purdue President France A. Córdova meets with incoming freshmen and their parents on Saturday (Aug. 11) outside McCutcheon Hall. Córdova and her husband Christian Foster were touring residence halls as freshmen began moving in for the start of the Boiler Gold Rush orientation program, which leads up to the beginning of fall semester classes on Aug. 20. More

 

New Purdue president speaks during summer commencement

Córdova with graduates
President France A. Córdova spoke at her first Purdue University commencement ceremony, which took place at 9:30 a.m. Saturday (Aug. 4) at Elliott Hall of Music.

Among the 1,234 degrees being awarded 602 were undergraduate degrees, three were professional degrees, 374 were master's degrees and 255 were doctoral degrees.

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Córdova meets public at Indiana Black Expo

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Purdue President France A. Córdova talks with Pharmacy students Jasmin Pettigrew and Tanicius Lapsley on Friday (July 20) during the Indiana Black Expo in Indianapolis.  Córdova was the keynote speaker at the Expo's Youth Summit as part of Purdue Day at the Expo, which Purdue has sponsored for each of the past three years. It was her first major public appearance as Purdue's 11th president. Córdova began her term as president July 16. The Black Expo runs through Sunday (July 22). More

 

Photo gallery of France A. Córdova

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Purdue inaugurates its 11th president

 

Purdue launches Access and Success campaign

 

Research park announces gift for new technology center

 

President France A. Córdova speaks at her first Purdue commencement.

 

France A. Córdova introduces herself to the Purdue community

 

Purdue trustees select new president

 

 

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