News for faculty and staff
February 24, 2009
In the spotlight: Purdue Saves Week
Today's tip: Getting out of debt
The first step in getting out of debt is to stop borrowing. To do that, you have to stop spending more than you earn. It may help to cut up your credit cards or lock them away in a safe place. For more information, go to www.americasaves.org/strategies/debt.asp or stop by the Purdue Saves table, which will be in the main lobby of Stewart Center each day this week between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
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FEATURED NEWS FOR EMPLOYEES
NSF director Arden Bement to speak at Purdue
Arden Bement
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Arden Bement Jr., director of the National Science Foundation and a former Purdue University distinguished professor, will speak at Purdue on March 4. Bement is the featured speaker for the inaugural Moshe M. Barash Distinguished Lectureship for Manufacturing Engineering, which is named for the late Purdue professor emeritus. Bement’s talk, titled "In the Barash Tradition: Imagining the Shape of Things to Come," will be at 3:30 p.m. in the East Faculty Lounge of the Purdue Memorial Union. A reception will follow in the union's Lafayette Room. More
Memo to faculty: Senate minutes
This memo to faculty regarding the posting of minutes of the University Senate is from Joseph Camp, secretary of faculties. Memo
RESEARCH NEWS, SPECIAL REPORTS
Shredding corn silage could produce more ethanol at less cost
Shredding corn plant residue
 | A Purdue researcher has found a way to get more bang for fewer bucks when it comes to processing cellulosic material to make ethanol. By shredding corn stover instead of chopping, as is commonly done, about 40 percent less energy is needed to gain access to more of the material stored in the plant. Dennis Buckmaster, associate professor of agricultural and biological engineering, said that by shredding corn stover there is better access to cellulose, which is the main part of plant cell walls necessary to make ethanol. More
GENERAL NEWS
Nominations for Purdue Research Park Entrepreneurship Academy under way
Indiana high school administrators and teachers have until April 24 to nominate juniors and seniors for the third annual Purdue Research Park Entrepreneurship Academy. More
Local Purdue students create Web site for Madison County Recycling Center
Students at the Purdue University College of Technology at Anderson have developed a Web site for the Madison County Recycling Center that allows customers to get all the information they need to use the center's services. More
CALENDAR AND EVENTS
Today's events
Here is a list of events happening Tuesday, Feb. 24, at the West Lafayette campus. More
Events this week
Here is a list of events happening Feb. 23-March 1 at the West Lafayette campus. More
Panel to discuss affirmative action at Purdue
The Diversity Resource Office, the LEAD Peer Mentors Program and the Office of Institutional Equity are sponsoring "Affirmative Action at Purdue" at 4 p.m. today (Feb. 24) as part of the Project Respect series. More 'Lunacy' to take over Purdue Armory
2008 competition
 | Thirty-five teams of students from the Midwest will attempt to defy gravity for the fifth annual FIRST Boilermaker Regional Robotics Competition March 19-21 at Purdue. FIRST -- For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology -- combines sports with science and technology to create a high-tech event for high school students. The 2009 game, called Lunacy, features fast-paced matches in which robots race around a track and toss "moon rocks" into trailers attached to opposing teams' robots. The track will be covered with plastic sheets, which will simulate the low-gravity surface of the moon. More
Aspiring engineering students to make, break bridges
Ten high school teams from throughout north central Indiana will construct bridges only to see them destroyed in the 30th annual Bridge Bust contest March 6 at Purdue. More
Donating clothes to those in need the goal of Nearly Naked Mile
Purdue students will have the opportunity to give those in need the clothes off their backs -- literally -- during the second annual Nearly Naked Mile. More
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Today's tip:
To your benefit
Discover how to focus on tomorrow and set some long-term savings goals through a variety of methods, such as planning for two-pronged savings, thinking long-term, knowing your education and retirement savings options, and building a personal savings program.
Source: www.choose
tosave.org
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