Faculty and Staff News

Purdue Alert test set for Thursday

Purdue will test its emergency notification system, including sirens, at 10 a.m. Thursday (Jan. 19). The alert system includes campus-wide emailing, text messaging, Twitter, information posted to the Campus Status page, All Hazards Outdoor Siren activation, Alertus beacons installed in large classrooms, desktop popup alerts on most classroom and lab computers, approximately 185 digital signs, and Boiler TV emergency alert system activation.

In the Spotlight

Purdue Jazz Festival to feature concerts, competitions

Purdue Bands & Orchestra will host the 27th annual Purdue Jazz Festival on Thursday through Saturday (Jan. 19-21). The weekend will feature concerts and clinics from esteemed jazz musicians as well as competitions for 95 high school and middle school bands and combos.

Additional News

Research

• Tumor suppressor key in maintaining stem cell status in muscle

• Shellfish chemistry combined with polymer to create new biodegradable adhesive

General

• Daniels to present budget request to House Ways and Means Committee; web streaming available

• Harry Belafonte speaks at Purdue's Martin Luther King Jr. celebration  »

• Purdue to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Diversity Awareness Week

• Purdue to host job fair in dining, catering, skilled trades

• 19 Purdue students will study presidential inauguration

• Health and Human Sciences to hold Study Abroad Fair

Sports

• Soccer's spring schedule announced

Purdue in the News

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

• Indianapolis Star, WRTV, WLFI: Astronaut, Purdue grad Gene Cernan dead at 82

• WISH-TV, WLFI: Living in space: Purdue researchers examine ways to live outside Earth

• Indianapolis Business Journal: Purdue-based firm could change radiation treatments

• Inside INdiana Business: Purdue represented at new robotics institute

• WLFI: Drone races fly through the Purdue Armory

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

• Bastille coming to Purdue's Elliott Hall of Music this April

• Purdue webinar set to help families in business maximize competitive advantages

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