Faculty and Staff News

Submissions deadline nears for Diversity Transformation Award ideas

Submissions from West Lafayette faculty principal investigators for the Diversity Transformation Award Program are still being accepted. The deadline for abstracts is Friday (Oct. 9), and PowerPoint presentations are due Oct. 14. Round 1 presentations will be on Oct. 19.

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In the Spotlight

From theory to reality: College of Science delves
into 3-D printing

As 3-D printers have become cheaper to produce, research has gone from creating practical objects for everyday use to encoding objects to foil cybercriminals. Perhaps one of the most promising areas of research is bioprinting of human parts for medical purposes. In the College of Science, researchers are exploring all of these areas and more.

Additional News

Research

• U.S. Navy awards Purdue $3 million to advance alternative energy-related research, course development efforts

• Purdue DARPA (ElectRx) project focuses on developing implantable, nerve- stimulating 'bionode' to treat inflammation

General

• Conference this week at Purdue focusing on managing disasters

Sports

• Football to host Minnesota on Saturday

Purdue in the News

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

• Philadelphia Inquirer, The Fiscal Times: Of course college is worth it

• Reuters, Philadelphia Inquirer, Yahoo News: Heating up hair science

• Houston Chronicle, Miami Herald, Indianapolis Star: Purdue student simulates NASA mission to Mars

• New York Times: From 'Compton' to 'The Black Panthers' to 'Peace Officer,' a raw and resonant conversation

• Cook County Daily Herald, Dayton Daily News, WXIX (Cincinnati): Purdue researcher gets $1.4M to study women in engineering

Events

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

• Concussions in youth sports to be featured Oct. 22 at Indiana State Museum's Science Night

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