October 16, 2015

Faculty and Staff News

Green Week begins Monday

Purdue Green Week kicks off Monday (Oct. 19), offering many events throughout the week to educate the campus community on sustainability.

* Ford Motor Co. vice president to keynote Purdue Green Week

In the Spotlight

Purdue, Amazon team up to reduce textbook costs

Launched in February, the Amazon@Purdue partnership already has saved students some $580,000 on textbooks and school supplies, and has contributed approximately $400,000 to the student affordability and accessibility fund. In this video, President Mitch Daniels and Paul Ryder, Purdue alumnus and Amazon vice president for media and student programs, explain more about the innovative partnership and share some of the early results for students.

* Find out more about Purdue Moves

Additional News

General

• Purdue launches two statewide initiatives, gives innovation edge to Indiana entrepreneurs, companies

• Daniels to discuss future of higher education at ACTA anniversary event

• Students celebrate philanthropy, direct $1,000 in donations »

• Purdue startup commercializes assistive wheelchair technology, develops first prototype

• WBAA fall member drive continues through Oct. 23

• Indiana grain yields to be better than expected

• Phytoption wins 2015 BioCrossroads New Venture Competition

Sports

• Purdue swimming and diving teams set for season's first home meets

• Women's tennis hosting regional championships

Purdue in the News

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

• FarmWeekNow: Where's the beef? Economist explains bump in supply

• University Business: Purdue to advance freeze-drying technology through rocket science

• Campus Technology: Purdue students interning in new state security ops center

• CIO: CIOs eye Dell-EMC merger with cautious optimism

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

• 'The Lightning Thief' will bring book to life on stage at Purdue

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