January 22, 2018

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. 25). 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, digital signs, and Boiler TV emergency alert system activation.

In the Spotlight

Don't Miss It!

Troker, a widely acclaimed Mexican jazz ensemble, is coming to Purdue with its taste for mixing elements of other genres. That same taste flavors the music of Korean guitarist Jiji, another soon-to-visit standout. Such performers can stretch the audience's perceptions, experience and pleasure. Don't Miss It!

Additional News

Teaching and Learning

• Christine Hrycyna named 150th Anniversary Professor »

People

• Appointments, honors and activities

Purdue in the News

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

• Indianapolis Star: 5 reasons Amazon HQ2 will land in Indy (and 2 reasons why it won't)

• Chronicle of Higher Education: Colleges are key players in cities' bids to host Amazon's 2nd headquarters

• Space Daily, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Houston Chronicle: US electronics innovation leaps forward via joint university microelectronics program

• Phys.org, Space Weekly: Hormone keys plant growth or stress tolerance, but not both

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

• The Nature Conservancy's Fargione to give Discovery Park Distinguished Lecture

• College of Engineering to host its first distinguished lecture series

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