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September 26, 2012 In the Spotlight
Purdue students build business acuity, patent discoveries in record numbersPurdue undergraduate and graduate students from all disciplines are inventing, patenting, and commercializing discoveries, in addition to fulfilling their academic commitments. In fiscal year 2008-09, 218 Purdue students patented discoveries through the Purdue Office of Technology Commercialization. Last year, 355 students filed patents through the office. Purdue Alumnus magazine highlights some of these students and their discoveries in its September/October issue. Faculty and staff newsPresident's Forum set for TuesdayActing President Timothy Sands will host his second President's Forum from 8 to 9 a.m. Tuesday (Oct. 2) in Stewart Center, Fowler Hall. Purdue to test emergency notification system todayPurdue will test its emergency notification system, including sirens, at 10 a.m. today (Sept. 26). Blackboard Learn tools, tips and training offered for facultyBlackboard Learn has a variety of ways to help faculty customize their courses online, whether it is working with text from Word documents, adding ITaP social media applications for the classroom or incorporating video. This list from ITaP includes tips and tricks covering those things and more. Applications, nominations sought for GPRI director positionThe search committee for the next Global Policy Research Institute director is seeking applications and nominations for the position. Details are available in a PDF file. Questions should be addressed to Jay Akridge, GPRI director search committee chair, at akridge@purdue.edu. Sept. 28 opening of Recreational Sports Center delayedThe next phase for partially opening the Recreational Sports Center has been postponed from Friday (Sept. 28) until Oct. 9 due to testing of the fire alarm systems. Research newsScientists have way to control sugars that lead to diabetes, obesityScientists can now turn on or off the enzymes responsible for processing starchy foods into sugars in the human digestive system, a finding they believe will allow them to better control those processes in people with type 2 diabetes and obesity. Students prefer apps to the Web when using smartphonesStudents prefer using apps on their smartphones instead of being pointed to mobile app sites, according to a survey of Purdue students. This runs counter to a move toward mobile Web development using HTML 5 by many Web developers. Signature of long-sought particle that could revolutionize quantum computing seen by Purdue physicistA Purdue physicist has observed evidence of long-sought Majorana fermions, special particles that could unleash the potential of fault-tolerant quantum computing. General newsPurdue offering new degree in environmental and ecological engineeringPurdue will award its first bachelor's degrees in environmental and ecological engineering next May. 
EAB likely in most Lafayette-area trees, Purdue expert saysThe highly destructive emerald ash borer has been discovered in the city after being found in neighboring Lafayette last year, suggesting that most ash trees in the area now are infested, a Purdue entomologist and expert on the invasive beetle said. Purdue sports$1 faculty/staff tickets available for Friday's soccer gamePurdue Athletics will be offering $1 tickets for Purdue faculty and staff for the women's soccer team's Big Ten home opener Friday evening against Northwestern. For more information on Purdue sports, go to www.purduesports.com. Boilermaker Depot: One-stop online resource for all game-week activities and spirit initiatives. |
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