October 30, 2018

Faculty and Staff News

Traveling on campus? Purdue police provide safety tips for sharing the road and sidewalks

Purdue University police are reminding the West Lafayette campus community and visitors to travel attentively when on campus as pedestrians and those using other forms of transportation cross paths in heavily traveled areas.

In the Spotlight

Despite the headlines, news reports … What IF the world's actually getting better?

In the face of political and social upheaval, constant negative headlines and global threats, a common question that has emerged is, "Is the world getting worse?" Not necessarily. Steven Pinker, the Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University and author of "How the Mind Works" and "The Blank Slate," will address this question today (Oct. 30) in his lecture "What IF the world's actually getting better?"

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Additional News

General

• Purdue student housing project achieves commercial, financial close

• Roundtable at Purdue discusses solutions to election fakery »

• Space available for S.A.F.E. training for women

Sports

• Men's indoor and outdoor track to return to Purdue Fort Wayne

Purdue in the News

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

• Indianapolis Business Journal: Commentary: Mickey Mauer: Endocyte believers finally have their day

• Fort Wayne Journal Gazette: Chancellor shifts focus to future; adding housing, faculty now PFW priorities

• Inside Indiana Business: Anderson 'perfect environment' for Italpollina operation

Events


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John Purdue birthday celebration set for Wednesday

The Purdue community is invited to a birthday celebration for John Purdue, the University’s original philanthropist, from noon to 12:15 p.m. Wednesday (Oct. 31) around the John Purdue statue, east of University Hall on Memorial Mall.

• Cellist Gabriel Royal will present a series of free performances at Purdue

• 'Danny Carmo's Mathematical Mysteries' will perform at Purdue on Nov. 11

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