In the spotlight

Game Starters: Amanda Cogdill and Casey Dexter, catering

Amanda Cogdill and Casey Dexter thrive in the adrenaline pumping, "controlled chaos" of planning and implementing catered events during Purdue's football season. With early morning wake-up calls, unpredictable Indiana weather and thousands of Boilermaker fans, these PMU staffers are always on their toes. Read more...

* The Boiler Bridge Walk will start at 5:30 p.m. Friday (Sept. 2) at the fountain on the West Lafayette side of the John T. Myers Pedestrian Bridge. Read more...

* The Purdue football team takes on Middle Tennessee State at noon Saturday (Sept. 3). Ticket information and Coach Hop's video discussion of the opponent are at www.purduesports.com.

* Before the game, Purdue Bands & Orchestras will present the Jazz Tailgate at 9 a.m. and "Thrill on the Hill" at 10 a.m. at Slayter Center. After the game, Purdue's "All-American" Marching Band will march from the stadium to Purdue Mall for a concert.

* Purdue students are invited to a pregame tailgate at 9-11:40 a.m. Saturday (Sept. 3) under the Purdue "Gateway to the Future" arch at Stadium Avenue and University Street. Read more...

Featured News for Employees

Fidelity workshops can help employees get on the path to retirement savings

Fidelity is offering a workshop during September titled "Getting on the Right Path with Your Workplace Savings Plan." This beginner-level workshop is for individuals not yet participating in Purdue's voluntary retirement savings plan or who would like to learn ways to save more. Read more...

New offering from WorkLife Programs focuses on improving eating habits

WorkLife Programs is introducing a new six-week program, designed to gradually improve eating habits at home and away through a visual approach. Half of the series will be presented in the classroom, and the other half will be conducted via emailed educational lessons. Read more...

Did You Know?: Wellness Screenings

In an effort to keep Purdue's campus healthy while providing convenient and cost-effective care, Human Resources WorkLife Programs and the School of Nursing offer wellness screenings to faculty and staff throughout the year. Read more...

Academic Success Center moves to Provost's Office

The Academic Success Center's unique role at Purdue in teaching learning strategies and fostering academic support is being recognized with a broader mission. Effective July 1, the Academic Success Center became part of the Provost’s Office, reporting to Dale Whittaker, vice provost for undergraduate academic affairs. Read more...

Procurement Services announces new process for requests of procurement contract or agreements

The new Procurement Contract/Agreements process has been posted on the Business@Purdue website under the Buying/SRM category. Read more...

Research News & Special Reports

Engineers test effects of fire on steel structures, nuclear plant design

Ten years after 9/11, researchers at Purdue are continuing work that could lead to safer steel structures such as buildings and bridges and also an emerging type of nuclear power plant design. Read more...

General News

Purdue announces $74 million worth of in-kind gifts

Purdue has announced gifts of goods and services worth nearly $74 million to benefit students and researchers in the colleges of Engineering, Science and Technology. Read more...

7 Purdue students receive new Stamps Scholarships

Seven of Purdue's top first-year students will receive tuition and education assistance for the next four years thanks to Stamps Scholarships, which are from the Penny & Roe Stamps Scholars Foundation and are available at Purdue for the first time this year. Read more...

HHMI selects Purdue to help create new interdisciplinary science curriculum

Purdue is part of a team of four universities chosen to participate in a $1.8 million Howard Hughes Medical Institute project to create and share effective models for teaching interdisciplinary science, with Purdue faculty focusing on transforming the chemistry curriculum. Read more...

Farm incomes to reach record levels despite low crop yields

High worldwide grain demand coupled with lower-than-expected yields means U.S. farmers can look forward to a record-high farm income total from the 2011 crop, according to a new U.S. Department of Agriculture report. Read more...

Purdue Sports

Peludat, Williams named assistant athletics directors

Purdue athletics director Morgan Burke has announced the hiring of two assistant athletics directors as part of an ongoing transition in the senior leadership of the department. Read more...

For more information on Purdue sports, go to www.purduesports.com.

Events

• This week's events
• Events for the next four weeks

• C-SPAN founder to interview Indiana governor during Lamb School celebration

• Actor-activist Ed Begley Jr. to speak at Purdue as part of Green Week, China-U.S. EcoPartnership activities

• Krannert operations conference to focus on onshoring