Faculty and Staff News

Purdue events planned to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.

Several activities this month at Purdue will celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Among the highlights of the 2016 celebration, "The Fierce Urgency of Now," will be the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Address by Freeman A. Hrabowski III, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, at 7 p.m. Tuesday (Jan. 19) in Stewart Center's Loeb Playhouse.

Other Stories

• Coumadin Clinic now available at Center for Healthy Living

• Common Good voice and data service package yields over
$1 million in savings for Purdue departments

In the Spotlight

Did You Know?: Purdue Interdepartmental NMR Facility

Deep in the bowels of the Brown Laboratory of Chemistry are three magnets with internal field strengths of up to 380,000 times that of Earth's magnetic field at the surface. These magnets (the largest standing almost two stories tall) as well as four in Wetherill Laboratory of Chemistry, two in Heine Pharmacy Building, and one in Drug Discovery Research Facility make up the Purdue Interdepartmental NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) Facility.

Additional News

Research

• Microbots individually controlled using 'mini force fields'

General

• Nutrition prof contributes to dietary guidelines

Sports

• Softball season tickets on sale

Purdue in the News

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

• Phys.org: Researcher at forefront of new field of macrosystems ecology

• Photonics: Incandescent bulb redesign recycles waste radiation

• New York Times: Rick Cluchey dies at 82; prison theater was his redemption

• Sky Blue Window: Roxane the Riveter

• Inside INdiana Business: Purdue-developed robotics toy becomes CES standout

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

• Digital publishing expert to present 'Promises and Pitfalls: ARL Institutional Digital Scholarship and Collaboration'

• Purdue Libraries hosting IHS exhibition examining Indiana's centennial

• Books and Coffee talks to explore new, popular literary works

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