Faculty and Staff News

Finish approved tobacco cessation program by Nov. 14 to avoid added premium on 2015 plan

The $500 per person tobacco-user additional premium will continue for 2015 Purdue medical plans. The additional premium applies to employees and covered spouses/same-sex domestic partners (SSDPs). Employees and spouses/SSDPs who have used tobacco during the past 12 months may qualify for a waiver of the additional premium by completing an approved tobacco cessation program.

Other Stories

Purdue joins National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity

Purdue police encourage bicycle registration

In the Spotlight

Did You Know?: Big Ten+ Graduate School Exposition

Each fall, Purdue hosts the Big Ten+ Graduate School Exposition, which is one of the largest university-hosted recruitment and information events in the country for potential graduate students. This year's event will be Sunday and Monday (Sept. 21-22).

Additional News

Research

Purdue mapping technology could help farmers better understand their soil's functionality  »

Boosting global corn yields depends on improving nutrient balance

Researchers in various studies looking for participants

General

IU, Purdue to begin discussions regarding future management of IPFW

Purdue expert says airborne transmission of Ebola not an impossibility

Students trust technology, but have concerns about privacy and robotics, poll shows

C-SPAN bus to visit Purdue on Tuesday as part of Big Ten tour

Purdue to participate in inaugural bike ride for Hoosier troops

Purdue in the News

Here is a sampling of recent news reports about Purdue from media across the nation and the world.

CNBC, WRCB (Chattanooga, Tenn.), Yahoo! Finance: The 'monumental failure' of today's colleges: Survey

HealthCanal: Purdue startup commercializing innovation to reduce neurotoxin that damages nerve cells, triggers pain

Phys.org, Yuma (Ariz.) News: Sensors everywhere could mean privacy nowhere, expert says

Bio-Medicine: Boosting global corn yields depends on improving nutrient balance

Events

	Don't Miss It! This week's events Events for the next four weeks Ongoing series and opportunities Deadlines for faculty and staff

Technology's future effects on society to be discussed today at Purdue summit

Krannert dinner to honor alumni, feature talk by NASA's Kranz

Documentary photography exhibit and symposium at Purdue

Science on Tap talk to focus on deceptive characteristics of coronaviruses

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