In the spotlight

Presidential retrospective:
2009 highlights

This week, Purdue Today will focus on the key events and initiatives that have taken place during President France A. Córdova's administration. Córdova, Purdue's 11th president, will end her five-year term as president in July. Presidential highlights from 2009 include:

• Córdova spends a week in Asia forging ties with education and business leaders in Taiwan, South Korea and China.

• The National Science Foundation awards $105 million to a Purdue-led team to spearhead a center that will serve as headquarters for the George E. Brown Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation, or NEES. The grant is the largest in Purdue history.

• Gebisa Ejeta, Distinguished Professor of Agronomy, earns the World Food Prize -- called the Nobel Prize of agriculture.

Featured News for Employees

Community clusters, storage to undergo upgrades and maintenance May 15-17

Scheduled maintenance May 15-17 will require Purdue's community cluster supercomputers, related high-performance data storage and Fortress archival data storage system to be offline for up to three days, although most systems won't be affected the entire time. Read more...

Purdue Today special issue

A special Board of Trustees issue of Purdue Today will be sent Friday (May 11) at the conclusion of the board's scheduled meeting. The agenda for the meeting is available on the Board of Trustees website.

Purdue Today schedule for summer

Purdue Today will reduce its publishing schedule May 14 through Aug. 10. Regular publishing days during the summer will be Monday and Thursday. Daily publication will resume Aug. 13.

General News

Purdue unveils new comprehensive energy plan

Purdue officials on Monday (May 7) presented the new Comprehensive Energy Master Plan to the Board of Trustees Physical Facilities Committee. The plan calls for $33.1 million to be used to demolish an old coal-burning boiler, convert another coal-burning boiler to natural gas, install a natural gas-fired combined heat and power unit, and increase steam distribution along Martin Jischke Drive. Read more...

Purdue partners with 3 IndyCar teams for 2012 season

Purdue has agreements with three IndyCar racing teams, which will provide opportunities for students and faculty to participate in motorsports while offering the teams help with engineering and technology. Read more...

Warehouse and Surplus wins RecycleMania's electronics division

In a competition including 66 other universities and colleges, Purdue University Warehouse and Surplus has won the inaugural electronics division of RecycleMania 2012. Read more...

Crisis Center earns first Purdue community partner award

Purdue has named the Lafayette Crisis Center as the inaugural winner of the University's Exemplary Community Partner Award. Read more...

People

Purdue president, Nobel Prize winner to receive honorary doctorates

Two people who have carved their own spots in Purdue's treasured history will be honored during the University's spring commencement. President France A. Córdova and Ei-ichi Negishi, winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in chemistry, will receive honorary doctorates during the 2:30 p.m. Saturday (May 12) commencement ceremony. Read more...

Purdue to award 7 honorary doctorates

Purdue will award seven honorary doctoral degrees during spring commencement ceremonies Friday-Sunday (May 11-13) in Elliott Hall of Music on the West Lafayette campus. Read more....

Purdue Sports

Huddle in Heels football clinic set for June 2

The Purdue football staff will present the fourth annual Huddle in Heels on June 2. The clinic is designed for women who love Purdue football, who want to gain basic football knowledge and who want to learn more about the Purdue football family. Read more...

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

Events

• This week's events
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• Family Caregiver Fair set to take place today

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