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October 17, 2007

In the spotlight

Purdue's World Food Prize recipient the first in food science

**Philip Nelson**

To Philip Nelson, the phone call that he was the 2007 winner of the World Food Prize sounded at first like a sales pitch, with the caller quizzing Nelson about the prize.

"I thought he was hitting me up to buy a couple of tickets," said Nelson, a Purdue food scientist.

But as it turns out, Nelson won't need tickets because he will be the guest of honor. The man on the phone was Kenneth Quinn, president of the World Food Prize Foundation. More

Aseptic processing: The science of fresh

**Mark Morgan tests an experimental system**

When it comes to keeping it clean, Philip Nelson delivers.

As a professor of food science at Purdue, he spent years perfecting the primary method that today allows many juices and other liquid foods to be safely processed, packaged and shipped around the world in mass quantities. More

PEOPLE

Purdue professor shares Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore

A Purdue professor is among the co-recipients of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, alongside former Vice President Al Gore, "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about manmade climate change and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change." More

Honors and awards

— Jill P. May, professor of literacy and languages in the College of Education, has been chosen as the winner of the Children's Literature Association's Anne Devereaux Jordan Award for 2008. More

Purdue Research Foundation official to speak at international conference on financing technology based startups

**Steven Gerrish**

An official from the Purdue Research Foundation will speak during a panel discussion at the Fifth Annual Tech Transfer and Early Stage Investing Conference taking place Wednesday and Thursday (Oct. 17-18) at Boston University.

The conference, which is sponsored by the International Business Forum, is focused on starting, building and financing technology-based projects and spinouts from universities, national labs and corporations. More

CALENDAR AND EVENTS

Events today at Purdue

— Information sessions about the Patty Jischke Early Care and Education Center. Oct. 17. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Room 118, PMU. Presentations at 8 a.m., 10 a.m., noon, 2 p.m., 4 p.m. Open time for questions, as well as 30- to 45-minute presentations.
— October Cyber Security Awareness Month event. Oct. 17. 9-11 a.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. Cybercrime and Copyright Infringement. Speakers: Amber, a Purdue student who was sued by the RIAA for illegally
downloading songs; Chris Burgess, CISCO Senior Security Advisor and Chief Scientist, and Purdue Professor Marcus Rogers.
— Professional development lecture, sponsored by APSAC. Oct. 17. 10:15-11:45 a.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Speaker: John G. Miller, author. Title: "Personal Accountability and the QBQ."
— Jewish Studies Program Noon Lecture Series.Oct. 17. 12:30 p.m., Room 1232, Beering Hall. Speaker: Becka Alper, graduate student in the Department of Sociology. Title: "Avoiding Shaigetz and Shiksappeal: Factors Affecting Jewish Identity Maintenance." For information, https://www.cla.purdue.edu/jewish-studies/
— Cultural Nights @ Windsor. Oct. 17. 5-7 p.m. Windsor Dining Court. National Italian American Heritage Month will be celebrated with food, music and crafts. A meal offering Italian cuisine will be served. Admission is free for Purdue students on a meal plan. For those not on a meal plan, the cost to dine at Windsor is $8.25 for adults.
— World Film Forum and Experience Liberal Arts. Oct. 17. 5 p.m. the West Lafayette Public Library, 208 W. Columbia St. Elena Coda, assistant professor of Italian, will present "Excellent Cadavers" (In Un Altro Paese, 2005). This documentary, directed by Marco Turco, tells the story of the big mafia trial that resulted in the 1992 assassinations of the first Sicilian prosecutors to take on the mafia and win.

BCC to present coffeehouse about the Blues

The Performing Arts Ensembles from the Black Cultural Center recently returned from a research tour to Memphis, Tenn., and Clarksdale, Miss., and they are ready to share what they learned with the community.

Members and directors of four performing arts ensembles will dramatize their semester-long study of blues music at 7 p.m. Oct. 19 and 20 at the Black Cultural Center, 1100 Third Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907. The performances are free and open to the public. More

Costumes welcome at 'Creepy Classics' Halloween concert

The popular boy wizard Harry Potter will be conjured up in music when the Purdue Symphony Orchestra performs music from "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" at its "Creepy Classics" concert Sunday (Oct. 21). The concert will take place at 2:30 p.m. in the Long Center, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette. Admission is free. More

Monday: K.C.S. Pillai Memorial Lecture

— Oct. 22. 4:30 p.m. Room 175, MATH. K.C.S. Pillai Memorial Lecture. Speaker: Donald B. Rubin, John L. Loeb Professor of Statistics, Department of Statistics, Harvard University. Title: "Principal Stratification for Causal Inference with Extended Partial Compliance." A reception will precede the lecture at 4 p.m. in the Mathematical Sciences Library lounge. More

GENERAL NEWS

Leaded lipsticks a concern for young, frequent users, expert says

A Purdue expert says a recent study discussing levels of lead in lipstick should empower consumers with information to take more personal responsibility for their health. More

Still time to donate blood in Purdue, IU challenge

Fans of Purdue can help support the Boilers and a worthy cause by donating blood in the Purdue vs. Indiana University Blood Donor Challenge. Through Nov. 9, participants can give blood at their local blood agency in the name of Purdue. The university with the most donations will be honored during a ceremony at the Purdue-Indiana Old Oaken Bucket football game Nov. 17 in Bloomington. The winning university receives a blood bucket, similar to the oaken bucket, as a trophy. More

Listening study seeks children, ages 5-12

Purdue researchers are looking for children, ages 5-12, to participate in a speech perception study in the Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences. More

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