Faculty and Staff News

Kastberg, Morgan receive Murphy Awards

Signe Kastberg, associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, and Melanie Morgan, associate professor in the Brian Lamb School of Communication, have been named recipients of the 2017 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award in Memory of Charles B. Murphy. Kastberg and Morgan were surprised with the news on Monday (March 20).

Purdue to hold tuition flat through 2018-19

President Mitch Daniels announced Monday (March 20) that the University will hold tuition at 2012 levels through the 2018-19 academic year. In addition, Daniels announced that the University will offer a 2.5 percent merit raise pool for employees for 2017.

* Purdue tuition announcement garners media attention

Other Stories

• Transform Purdue: A look into the Enterprise Asset Management project transformation

• Non-tenure track faculty COACHE responses to be discussed at town hall

• Title IX mandatory reporters must complete annual training requirement

In the Spotlight

Purdue Profiles: Jiyeon Lee

Jiyeon Lee, assistant professor of speech, language, and hearing sciences, had always pictured herself as an English teacher in South Korea. That is until she had a professor who focused on aphasia, which is the loss of ability to understand or express speech, caused by brain damage. Now, Lee directs the Aphasia Research Laboratory, studying language disorders in stroke survivors and teaching courses on aphasia and related neurogenic communication disorders.

Additional News

Research

• Does Mars have rings? Not right now, but maybe one day

General

• Purdue University Northwest receives NSF grant to provide training for digital manufacturing technologists

• Professor succeeds in protein modeling competitions using Purdue's community clusters

• Purdue Alumni Association accepting applications for Class of 2017 representative

People

• WL high school student mentored by Purdue prof takes third in national science-math competition

Sports

• Ebikwo elected Boiler Student-Athlete Advisory Committee president

Purdue in the News

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

• Inside INdiana Business: Unique collaboration fueling Purdue aerospace building

• WISH, WLFI: Faculty members to live alongside students in Purdue's residence halls

• MilitaryTechnologies.net: Purdue Pugwash conference to focus on social, ethical dimensions of space technology

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

• Purdue Women's Club to welcome 2015 Indiana Teacher of the Year at Spring Luncheon

• MV-22 Osprey coming to Purdue University Airport as part of Purdue Research Park Aerospace dedication

• Four keynote speakers to highlight global engineering expo at Purdue

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