Purdue Today

March 10, 2016

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Faculty and Staff News

River Road travel restricted from March 2016 through May 2017

The City of West Lafayette is undertaking a Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Relief Interceptor Project along River Road, from approximately Quincy Street to Ahlers Drive, that will significantly affect travel adjacent to campus.

Other Stories

Campus-wide tornado drill scheduled for March 22

Family-friendly workshops to provide expert advice, networking for parents and caregivers

Purdue Today schedule for spring break

In the Spotlight

Shirley Rietdyk

Don't let youth trip you; more than 50 percent of young adults fall, trip

Shirley Rietdyk, professor of health and kinesiology, found that young adults fall more frequently than expected and most falls occur during everyday activities such walking and talking. These research findings are published in Human Movement Science.

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Additional News

Research

Purdue innovation uses faster, less expensive method to discover two drugs that repurposed, could better treat bacterial, fungal infections

Researchers in various studies looking for participants

General

Poster applications due Friday for Undergraduate Research and Poster Symposium

Spring weather outlook: Warmer than normal, but extent of wetness less certain

Sports

Alumni make football complex gifts

NCAA diving berths to be decided at Zones

Purdue in the News

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

• Times of India: Cyclone forecasting for Indian coast improved: Purdue University researcher

• Phys.org: Modern corn hybrids more resilient to nitrogen stress, crowded planting conditions

• WTHR: Purdue grad among over 18,000 applying for NASA astronaut program

• FierceDrugDelivery.com: In vitro testing methods needed due to failure of animal models to predict drug delivery in humans

Events

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