March 24, 2017

Faculty and Staff News

Wassgren receives Murphy Award

Carl Wassgren, professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering, has been named a recipient of the 2017 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award in Memory of Charles B. Murphy. Wassgren was surprised with the news on Thursday (March 23).

Other Stories

• Purdue to add BoilerKey two-factor authentication for all faculty and staff this fall

• Search underway for new director of Butler Center

• Nominations sought for intercultural award

• Judges sought for Undergraduate Research and Poster Symposium

• Women in High-Performance Computing group to kick off 2017 event series on Wednesday

• Hadley Series talk by Nimmer available online

• Routing of AP documents due to Accounts Payable's move to Purdue Technology Center Aerospace

• Discovery Park to hold informational session with director of Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity

In the Spotlight

Inventors and Innovators: Ruth Siems

Purdue graduates continue to develop innovations and breakthroughs that help move the world forward. Purdue Today will highlight the alumni featured on the Inventors & Innovators website each month, continuing today with home economist Ruth Siems, who took a simple recipe and fed America.

Additional News

General

• Rolls-Royce, Purdue aerospace takes flight with new jet engine facility

• 2016 record year for electing minority women

• Purdue Nobel laureate will welcome students from his alma mater

• Borlaug Fellowship provides Kenyan student with opportunity to end maize virus

Sports

• Men's basketball falls to Kansas in Sweet 16

• Johnson wins third career NCAA diving title

• PNW's Deno named second-team NAIA All-American

• Softball to open Big Ten play at home

• Baseball TV, webcast schedules unveiled

Purdue in the News

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

• Daily Breeze (Los Angeles County), Whittier Daily News: Aerospace start-ups pitch futuristic concepts to military defense, private companies in El Segundo

• Inside INdiana Business: Showcase to feature agbiosciences startups

• TenLinks: Concepts NREC, Purdue University partner for CAE

• Plant Services: Partnering to fuel fleet efficiency

• The Independent: Gas power plants emit up to 120 times more methane than previously thought, study finds

Events


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