In the spotlight

Profile: Graphic designer promotes Union activities

On the second floor of the Purdue Memorial Union, not far from the Great Hall, is the office of graphic designer David Haan. As part of the Union's marketing team, Haan is in charge of art direction and design for all of its promotional materials, from UnionFest to Breakfast with Santa. Read more...

Featured News for Employees

Revisions, additions to University policies

Purdue's Executive Policy Review Group recently approved several new and revised policies. Read more...

Writing workshop to focus on disabilities

The Disability Resource Center and DiversiKey are sponsoring a free six-week writing workshop for students, staff and faculty. "Writing the Disability, Breaking the Myth" will focus on crafting poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction that tackles the subject of disability. Read more...

Research News & Special Reports

Protein study shows evolutionary link between plants, humans

Inserting a human protein important in cancer development was able to revive dying plants, showing an evolutionary link between plants and humans and possibly making it easier to study the protein's function in cancer development, a Purdue study has shown. Read more...

General News

Student Conference on Diversity to encourage campus dialogue

Intersections, the 2010 Student Conference on Diversity, will be held Wednesday through Saturday (Feb. 17-20) in Stewart Center. The annual conference, sponsored by the Diversity Resource Office/DiversiKey and the Office of the Dean of Students, aims to engage the campus community in dialogue on issues of domestic and global diversity at Purdue. Read more...

Student teams taking part in College of Technology Haiti Housing Relief Competition

Purdue's Building Construction Management Department is holding a College of Technology Haiti Housing Relief Competition. Teams of six students will develop proposals for a design-construction-delivery concept for secure, long-term temporary housing for the millions of Haitians left homeless by the Jan. 12 earthquake. Read more...

From Purdue Calumet

Purdue Calumet reveals new Web home page

Purdue University Calumet has unveiled a new Web site home page designed to convey a cleaner, more attractive and progressive look while incorporating a dynamic, user-friendly feel. Read more...