Faculty and Staff News

Purdue Farmers Market returning Thursday

The Purdue Farmers Market will reopen Thursday (May 4) at the north end of Memorial Mall. Each week from May 4 through July 27, the market will be open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursdays, and from Aug. 3 through Oct. 26, the market will be open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursdays.

Other Stories

• Supervisor Springboard training to kick off spring 2017 sessions

• Meeting set to begin planning Homecoming 2017

• Update: Presentation schedule for director of exploratory studies position

• Butler Center to honor four fellowship winners on Thursday

• Purdue to honor fallen military members with flag retirement ceremony, community service

In the Spotlight

Purdue Profiles: Chunhua Zhang

Agriculture has always been an important part of Chunhua Zhang's life. As a child growing up in Northeast China, she was familiar with growing and managing different types of crops such as maize, soybean and rice. Now, as an assistant professor of botany and plant pathology, it is her goal to benefit agricultural crop production by studying the mechanisms of plant growth and development at the cellular level.

Additional News

General

• SPEAK MODalities wins Milken-Penn GSE Education Business Plan Competition, Gold Edison Award

• April barometer shows slight uptick in producer sentiment

People

• Deere and Co. CEO to receive honorary doctorate during Purdue commencement

Sports

• College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America honors Burke

Purdue in the News

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

• Wall Street Journal: Colleges rush to ramp up online classes (Subscription required to view full story)

• Indianapolis Star: Salute to Nurses 2017: Fifteen years of honoring central Indiana's nurses

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