In the spotlight

5 Students Who Invent: Danielle Carpenter

This month's "5 Students Who …" focuses on Purdue students who have used their imaginations and materials from the world around them -- from pieces of fabric to soybeans -- to make an impact, by creating everything from life-saving medicines to designer apparel. One of the featured students is Danielle Carpenter, who won the 2010 Soybean Innovation Competition in March. Read more...

Featured News for Employees

University to continue offering benefits for part-time employees

Eliminating benefits for part-time employees is no longer one of the options being considered as Purdue looks for cost-saving measures to avoid a projected $67 million budget deficit by 2013. Read more...

Energy Center director search under way

Discovery Park is launching an internal search for the director of the Energy Center. Details on the search are available in a PDF file. Questions about the search should be directed to Jon Harbor, search committee chair, at jharbor@purdue.edu.

Changes to University's FMLA policy

At its April 9 meeting, the Executive Policy Review Group approved revisions to the University's Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) policy (IV.10.1). Read more...

General News

Purdue College of Technology team wins national social entrepreneurship competition

A student-led team from Purdue's College of Technology won the 2010 national Idea to Product Competition for Social Entrepreneurship on Saturday (April 17), showcasing a computer software product for the hearing-impaired. Read more...

Purdue student sees thyroid hormone's link to vision, wins Sigma Xi award

Purdue police arrest student on drug-related charges

Purdue police on Monday (April 19) arrested a University student at Hilltop Apartments in connection with alleged drug-related offenses. Read more...