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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 ninth president, Steven Beering.

Presidents of Purdue's past:
Steven C. Beering, 1983-2000

Purdue's ninth president, its second to hold a medical degree, came to Purdue after 10 years as the dean of the Indiana School of Medicine and director of the IU Medical Center. Beering's tenure at Purdue was marked by sustained growth in academics, facilities, and private support. Enrollment and scholarship set records. More than 20 new buildings were constructed on the West Lafayette campus, and 13 others were expanded or renovated. Among the construction projects completed under his administration include the Steven C. Beering Hall of Liberal Arts and Education; a $32 million power plant expansion; Hillenbrand Hall, a student residence; and major additions to the engineering, veterinary medicine and athletic complexes. He also fostered efforts to make Purdue an international university. Private gifts grew more than fourfold to $90 million a year. Purdue's endowment became one of the largest in the nation, exceeding $1.3 billion. During his administration, annual support for sponsored research grew to more than $130 million. Beering's name appears on the diplomas of more than half of the University's living alumni. President Emeritus Beering and his wife, Jane, continue to serve as ambassadors and fund-raisers for the University.


The Purdue Presidential Inauguration

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RESEARCH NEWS, SPECIAL REPORTS

Manufactured Buckyballs don't harm microbes that clean the environment

Needle-size device created to track tumors, radiation dose

Babak Ziaie shows the prototype wireless device

Engineers at Purdue are creating a wireless device designed to be injected into tumors to tell doctors the precise dose of radiation received and locate the exact position of tumors during treatment.The information would help to more effectively kill tumors, said Babak Ziaie, an associate professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and a researcher at Birck Nanotechnology Center.

Ziaie is leading a team that has tested a prototype "wireless implantable passive micro-dosimeter" and said the device could be in clinical trials in 2010. More

GENERAL NEWS

Alumnus donates $2 million to College of Technology, Purdue Libraries

Week set aside to honor Purdue student employees

Students to launch eggs in the name of science

Animal Sciences alumni award nominations due May 1

CALENDAR AND EVENTS

Today's events

Here is a list of events happening Wednesday, April 9, on the West Lafayette campus. More

This week's events

Purdue Bands to present 'Percussion Under Construction'

Ford dining room named for pioneering housing director

Page Dining Room

The semiprivate dining room in the loft of Purdue's first standalone dining court is being named for the late Robert Page. As director of men's housing, Page is largely credited for guiding the consolidation of men's and women's housing into a single organization in the 1960s, a period in which the number of residence halls on campus nearly doubled. More

Purdue Theatre to present rock musical 'Hair'

"Hair"

BCC's Jahari Dance Troupe to salute Stax Records in spring revue

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