February 3, 2016

Faculty and Staff News

New initiative aims to improve student success via big data analysis

As part of efforts to spur student success and improve academic achievement, Purdue is launching the Institutional Data Analytics Platform (IDAP). By analyzing data from a variety of sources, data scientists working on the IDAP initiative -- with help from faculty, academic advisors, other staff and students -- hope to better understand student behaviors and how they relate to academic success.

In the Spotlight

Purdue ag students deliver water to Flint, Michigan

Two College of Agriculture students proved even a small effort can go a long way. They took more than 250 cases of donated water to Flint, Michigan, where residents in the city of about 100,000 people were exposed to water contaminated with lead.

Additional News

Research

• Bedbug genome uncovers biology of a pest on the rebound

General

• Purdue in Princeton Review's top 200 'best value' colleges

• Purdue startup receives funding to accelerate innovation to treat MS pain

• New book looks at secret friendship between Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X

• AgReliant Genetics collaborates with AgSoil Analytics to provide unique functional soil mapping technology

• Students gain networking opportunities with CLA Influentials

Purdue in the News

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

• EE Times: Transparent metamaterials boost prospect of low power photonic circuits

• China.org, Phys.org: 'Die and let live' strategy dramatically boosts drought resistance in rice: study

• Inside INdiana Business: Ziro robot to hit shelves soon

• Inside INdiana Business: Partnership brings Colombian students to Purdue

• Indianapolis Star, Lafayette Journal & Courier, WLFI: Kerrigan pledges gift to Purdue FB project

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