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February 13, 2013
In the Spotlight
Preparing the football field at Ross-Ade Stadium for the annual spring scrimmage and the following season begins as soon as the previous season's final game ends. Off-season care of the field, which must be ready for the spring scrimmage each April, becomes paramount at the end of every regular season, says Al Capitos, superintendent of turf and maintenance for Intercollegiate Athletics.
Faculty and staff news
The University of Arizona has announced that Teri Lucie Thompson, Purdue vice president for marketing and media, will become senior vice president for university relations at UA effective May 20.
Purdue faculty and staff are invited to the Discovery Learning Research Center's annual Showcase and Symposium on Feb. 26.
General news
Engineering professors at Purdue are using a new teaching approach for large classes that allows students to interact with each other and faculty online while accessing hundreds of instructional videos and animations.
Finalists in the undergraduate and graduate student categories have been selected for the 26th annual Burton D. Morgan Business Plan Competition, a $100,000 event slated for Feb. 19 in Discovery Park.
If the asteroid rapidly approaching us this week were to impact rather than narrowly miss Earth, it would explode with a four-megaton force near what the military calls optimum height for damage.
A Purdue mechanical engineering technology professor has built a new air-powered bazooka that shoots pingpong balls at speeds faster than an F-16 fighter jet, blowing the doors off similar far less powerful devices peers use to explain physics properties.
Purdue sports
The Boilermaker volleyball team is set to play four times during the spring season, beginning March 30. Fans will have two opportunities to see the team at home on Belin Court, March 30 and April 20.
The Big Ten Conference has announced dates, starting times and television designations for the wildcard games of March 2 and 3.
For more information on Purdue sports, go to www.purduesports.com.
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