News for faculty and staffOctober 30, 2007 FEATURED NEWS FOR EMPLOYEES PEAP offers Dec. 1 trip to ChicagoThe Purdue Employees Activity Program, a subcommittee of the Clerical and Service Staff Advisory Committee, has planned a bus trip to Chicago in December just in time for some holiday shopping. MoreMEMO To faculty and staff: Request for nominations for student leadership programThis memo is from Pablo Malavenda, associate dean of students. Memo CAMPUS NEWS Purdue to celebrate plan for new home for hospitality and tourism managementThe J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation made the $4 million lead gift to construct Marriott Hall, a state-of-the-art facility for teaching, research and additional dining options for the campus and community. More Hanley Hall celebration focuses on families, leadershipBill and Sally Hanley Hall will house the Human Development Institute, which will include programs and centers from the College of Consumer and Family Sciences and the Purdue Center for Aging and the Life Course. The institute, which will provide space for centers focused on key areas of family and the life course, is made possible in part by a $3 million gift from the Hanleys, who are Purdue alumni, and $1.5 million from the Lilly Endowment. Alumni Ben and Maxine Miller also provided funding toward the institute. More RESEARCH NEWS, SPECIAL REPORTS New system would use rotating magnetic field to detect pathogensResearchers at Purdue and Duke universities have developed a technique that uses a magnetic field to selectively separate tiny magnetic particles, representing a highly sensitive method for potentially diagnosing disease by testing samples from patients. MoreGENERAL NEWS Homecoming queen, king crowned at pep rallyAmanda Fox of Indianapolis and Tom Seto of Evansville, Ind., on Friday (Oct. 26) were crowned Purdue's Homecoming queen and king during the pep rally at Slayter Hill. Fox is senior in the College of Education and Seto is a junior in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. MoreCALENDAR AND EVENTS Events today at PurdueHere is a list of events happening today at the West Lafayette campus. MoreThis week's events: Oct. 29-Nov. 4Here is a list of events happening this week at the West Lafayette campus. More Purdue Student Union Board, Envision Center to offer Halloween eventsPeople looking for a good scare on Halloween will have the choice of two haunted experiences this week at Purdue. The Purdue Student Union Board will have its Haunted Hotel from 7 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Wednesday (Oct. 31) in the Union Commons. MoreChief scientific officer of Howard Hughes Medical Institute to return to Purdue as visiting distinguished lecturerDixon, who was Purdue's Harvey W. Wiley Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry from 1986-1991, will present two lectures during his visit. Both events are free and open to the public. More How to submit items to Purdue Today Problems? Contact Mike Willis, Purdue News Service, (765) 494-0371, jwillis1@purdue.edu Purdue Today: (765) 494-2036; purduetoday@purdue.edu |
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