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Purdue Profiles:
Jacque Frost

As director for the Office of Institutional Research (OIR), Jacque (pronounced like "Jackie") Frost leads the office that serves as the go-to resource for information about Purdue students, faculty, staff and resources. Recall of these facts and figures would require an almost superhuman memory, but the six-person OIR team has networks of resources capable of drawing University data from campus and beyond. Read more...

Featured News for Employees

New Windows-based cluster supercomputer now available to Purdue researchers

A new cluster supercomputer running on Microsoft's Windows HPC system makes high-performance computing even more accessible for Purdue faculty researchers and their students, while also making Windows-only research software available. Read more...

Proposals sought for next IMPACT cohort

Purdue's IMPACT initiative is inviting full-time faculty, clinical faculty and continuing lecturers to propose courses to be included in its third cohort. Read more...

Register to participate in new offering on mental illness

WorkLife Programs is partnering with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) to bring the NAMI Family to Family Education Program to Purdue. Read more...

Research News & Special Reports

Purdue institute awards over $150,000 to support 6 research teams in energy, transportation, food security

Renewable energy, damage from severe drought and the use of solar energy are some of the grand challenge-type research topics that are receiving grants from Purdue's Global Policy Research Institute. Read more...

General News

Purdue's 2011 highlights captured on video

The 57th edition of the "Purdue Newsreel," a video collection of University highlights from 2011, is now available. Read more...

Purdue Sports

All tickets $5 for Thursday's Purdue-Penn State women's basketball showdown

First place in the Big Ten Conference will be on the line when the Purdue women's basketball team plays host to Penn State at 6 p.m. Thursday. Read more...

Tickets available for men's basketball vs. Michigan State

Some 300 general admission tickets are available for the Purdue men's basketball game vs. Michigan State at 1 p.m. Sunday. Read more...

Legends of Mackey Arena: Week 6

Brad Miller and Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton were two of the most versatile post players ever to play at Purdue. They have both been selected among the 24 Legends of Mackey Arena. Read more...

Women's cross country All-Academic for sixth year in a row

The Purdue women's cross country team earned All-Academic honors for the sixth consecutive year, the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced Monday in its annual release. Read more...

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

Events

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

• Alumnus ex-ambassador to speak at Purdue about democracy, Arab world

• Faculty, staff group's symposium to explore 'The Problem of God'

Sites of interest

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