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News for faculty and staff

February 11, 2009

RESEARCH NEWS, SPECIAL REPORTS

Simple method strengthens schools, other buildings against earthquakes

Large-Scale Civil
Engineering Research
Civil engineers using a specialized laboratory at Purdue have demonstrated the effectiveness of a simple, inexpensive method to strengthen buildings that have a flaw making them dangerously vulnerable to earthquakes. The flaw is widespread in China, Latin America, Turkey and other countries. The buildings have too many "partial-height" walls between structural columns and could be easily strengthened by replacing some windows with ordinary masonry bricks, said Santiago Pujol, assistant professor of civil engineering at Purdue. More

GENERAL NEWS

Series gives students, faculty and others chance to talk about race

The Black Cultural Center, in collaboration with the American Studies Department, continues its "Difficult Dialogues on Race" series this spring. More

Workshop for grant writing will be March 18 and April 22

A workshop to help grant writers of all skill and experience levels learn how to write a grant proposal will be held by Purdue Cooperative Extension Service. More

PEOPLE

PNC, chancellor and staff honored by LaPorte County United Way

Purdue University North Central, Chancellor James B. Dworkin and several PNC staff members were honored recently by the United Way of LaPorte County. More

CALENDAR AND EVENTS

Today's events

Here is a list of events happening Wednesday, Feb. 11, at the West Lafayette campus. More

Events this week

Here is a list of events happening Feb. 9-15 at the West Lafayette campus. More

'The Physics of Star Trek' author to speak at Purdue Calumet

Internationally respected physicist and bestselling author Lawrence Krauss will deliver a wide-ranging lecture focusing on such topics as time travel, warp speed, Big Bang and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, as well as his Top Ten Physics Bloopers in a lecture on Feb. 16 at Purdue Calumet. More

Purdue gallery to feature 'Sad Girl/Clever Boy' project

A collaborative performance-based exhibit will be on display through Feb. 20 in the West Gallery of the Patti and Rusty Rueff Galleries located in Purdue's Yue-Kong Pao Hall of Visual and Performing Arts. More

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Today's tip:
Wellness
Make olive oil and other plant-based oils like canola oil the staple fats in your diet. One way to accomplish this is by sauteing vegetables in heart-healthy olive oil rather than flavoring with LDL cholesterol-raising butters and margarines.

-- Martha Lowry, wellness coordinator, Purdue University Calumet

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