In the spotlight

Visitor Information Center middle school tour gives students
day-in-the-life glimpse

Every year, more than 2,000 middle school students gain a glimpse of college life through the Visitor Information Center's middle school tour program. After more than a decade of hosting tours, the center convened a focus group with middle school teachers and administrators in summer 2010. That group established a new direction in order to meet both the hopes of the educators and the interests of the students. Read more...

Featured News for Employees

Online tool calculates difference between 2011 and 2012 medical plan premiums

Human Resources has introduced a new online tool to calculate an employee's medical premium increase or decrease for 2012, depending on the medical plan option the employee chooses. Read more...

Today's benefit enrollment events

A walk-in lab will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today (Nov. 7) in Stanley Coulter Hall, Room 189. For a schedule of remaining live sessions and additional help during benefits open enrollment, visit the open enrollment home page at www.purdue.edu/hr/Benefits/enroll.html. Open enrollment ends at midnight on Nov. 24.

'Taste of Admissions' benefits United Way

Support for Purdue's United Way Campaign comes in many forms, including individual pledges, volunteers' time and special events across campus. In the photo, the Office of Admissions holds its first "Taste of Admissions" event on Oct. 26 to benefit the campaign. Participants had the chance to sample more than 15 dishes and purchase the first "Taste of Admissions Recipe Book." Admissions staff raised almost $200 for United Way.

Purdue's 2011 United Way Campaign is making a final push to reach its $740,000 goal with just three days left until all pledge cards should be returned. Read more...

Wellness screenings available in Freehafer and Johnson

Wellness screening appointments with the School of Nursing are available this fall. Read more...

Purdue obituaries

A list of obituaries of recent and retired Purdue faculty and staff is available as a PDF file here.

This week's 'Thumbs Up' recipients

"Thumbs Up" gives faculty and staff the chance to recognize others on campus for a job well done. Read more...

* Purdue Today would like to hear about those people whose hard work and commitment contribute to the success of the University as well as make Purdue a wonderful environment within which to work. To submit an item for "Thumbs Up," click here.

General News

Purdue continues to build connections with Colombia

President France A. Córdova (center) on Friday (Nov. 4) meets with Jaime Restrep Cuartes (second from right), the director of Colciencias, the Colombian government's Administrative Department of Science, Technology and Innovation, which supports Colombia's fundamental and applied research. Córdova thanked Restrep Cuartes for his efforts in helping develop a relationship between Purdue and in fostering a biodiversity research engagement between Colombia and Purdue. Also pictured are (from left) Juan Ernesto DeBedout, Group President, Latin American Operations Kimberly-Clark Corporation, and member of Purdue's Engineering Advisory Council; Arden Bement, director of Purdue's Global Policy Research Institute; Marcela Ramirez, Colciencias; and Cecilia Tenorio, continuing lecturer in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature. More information on Purdue's growing initiative with Colombia is available here.

Finalists selected for Purdue's $100,000 life-sciences competition

Eight life-sciences startup companies from California to Missouri and Indiana have been selected as finalists for the $100,000 Purdue University Life Sciences Business Plan Competition. Read more...

People

Appointments, honors and activities

Here is a list of recent appointments and honors for faculty, staff and students. Read more...

Purdue Sports

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

Events

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

• Public invited to meet science laureates at town hall forum

• Purdue Theatre to present 'Iphigenia and Other Daughters'

• Best-selling political journalist to speak as part of Impact forum series

Sites of interest

• Momentum Makers
• Difference Makers
• 5 Students Who ...