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News for faculty and staff

April 3, 2008

In the spotlight:

Purdue Presidential Inauguration

France A. Córdova became Purdue's 11th president on July 16, 2007, and will be formally inaugurated April 11 in Elliott Hall of Music. Leading up to the inauguration, Purdue Today will take a look at Purdue's past leaders. Today, our fifth president, Winthrop Stone.

Presidents of Purdue's past:
Winthrop E. Stone, 1900-1921

After he served as the University's first vice president, the Purdue Board of Trustees named him the University's fifth president. Stone came to Purdue as a professor of chemistry. He appointed Purdue's first dean of women, Carolyn E. Shoemaker, in 1913. The schools of Agriculture and Engineering grew rapidly during his tenure, which ended tragically when he was killed in a mountain-climbing accident in Canada in 1921.

The Purdue Presidential Inauguration

MEMOS

To faculty and Center for Families partners: Opportunities at the center

This memo from the director of the Center for Families offers opportunities for fellowships and interships for faculty and graduate students. Memo

To faculty: Senate minutes online

This memo from the Secretary of Faculties is regarding the posting of University Senate minutes from the meeting of March 17. Memo

GENERAL NEWS

Crop acreage is back to soybeans, but economist says hold on

A Purdue agricultural economist says farmers getting ready to hit the fields for planting season might want to go against the grain. More

CALENDAR AND EVENTS

Today's events

Here is a list of events happening Thursday, April 3, at the West Lafayette campus. More

This week's events

Here is a list of events happening March 31-April 6 at the West Lafayette campus. More

Holocaust Remembrance Conference to take place April 6-10

The 27th annual Greater Lafayette Holocaust Remembrance Conference will take place April 6-10 at various locations on the Purdue campus and the surrounding community. More

Discovery Park lecture to focus on nanobiotechnology

The chief scientist of Tata Chemicals Innovation Centre in Mumbai, India, will speak April 9 in the Burton Morgan Center. Murali Sastry will speak about "Nanobiotechnology: A Different Perspective." More