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News for faculty and staff

January 22, 2009

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Students, faculty, staff help community on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Volunteers from Purdue helped agencies in the community Monday (Jan. 19) as part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration. More

FEATURED NEWS FOR EMPLOYEES

Change today expected to decrease spam for Exchange users

As Purdue continues efforts to reduce spam, ITaP is making a change today (Jan. 22) that affects incoming e-mail for all Exchange users. Most Purdue Exchange users will not notice anything different, but some need to prepare for the change. More

SecurePurdue newsletter available online

The latest issue of the SecurePurdue newsletter has been posted on the SecurePurdue Web page. More

RESEARCH NEWS, SPECIAL REPORTS

Purdue technology detects contaminant in milk products

Detecting melamine
in milk products
A new analysis method can detect the kidney-damaging chemical melamine, used to contaminate infant formula in China last September, at very low levels within a matter of seconds. A research team at Purdue created the analysis method to detect levels of melamine in the low parts-per-billion in milk and milk powder in about 25 seconds. More

Researchers cooking up new gelled rocket fuels

Testing gelled
rocket fuels

Engineers and food scientists are teaming up to develop a new type of gelled fuel the consistency of orange marmalade designed to improve the safety, performance and range of rockets for space and military applications. "This is a very multidisciplinary project," said Stephen Heister, the Purdue professor of aeronautics and astronautics who is leading one of two teams on the project, which is funded by the U.S. Army Research Office. More

Research institute seeking Purdue students for fellowships

The Indiana Clinical and Translational Research Institute (CTSI) is seeking applicants from Purdue for special research fellowships in translational research.  More

GENERAL NEWS

New program offers community language, translation services

Purdue's College of Liberal Arts is offering a program on language and translation services to help non-English-speaking individuals and organizations in the Lafayette-West Lafayette community starting this month. More

PEOPLE

Appointments and honors

Here is a list of recent appointments and honors for faculty and staff. More

CALENDAR AND EVENTS

Today's events

Here is a list of events happening Thursday, Jan. 22, at the West Lafayette campus. More

Events this week

Here is a list of events happening Jan. 20-25 at the West Lafayette campus. More

Books and Coffee series to warm February with science fiction and fantasy

The weekly February Books and Coffee series will begin on Feb. 5 and will feature four books that all have elements of fantasy. More

NAACP chief executive officer to speak at Purdue

The chief executive officer of the nation's oldest civil rights organization will speak during the Black History Keynote Lecture on Feb. 4 at Purdue. More

 

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