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December 5, 2018 |
Faculty and Staff News
Leave policies, practices updated in preparation for transition to SuccessFactors
To prepare for the upcoming transition to SAP SuccessFactors as part of the Human Capital Management Transformation Project, Purdue’s leave policies and practices have been updated, effective Jan. 1, 2019. No changes have been made to the amount of leave employees earn.
Other Stories
• Faculty-staff informational meeting planned on Eli Lilly Connected Solutions Program Area
• Office of Risk Management updates driver approval process
In the Spotlight
Flint, Michigan, lead crisis should have buried the city in water bottles. So, why didn't it?
One hundred thousand residents of Flint, Michigan, could use water only from bottles or filters during a years-long lead contamination crisis. Purdue researchers found that during the first three weeks of the disaster alone, anywhere from 31 to 100 million bottles were generated as waste. This means that Flint should have been buried in plastic by the time the crisis ended in 2017. But it wasn't. Through investigating why not, the researchers suggest ways to plan for waste so that figuring out what to do with it during a crisis doesn't slow down an emergency response.
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Additional News
General
• Purdue Research Foundation raises $10.2 million for Back a Boiler Income Share Agreement Fund II
• Purdue Online, Taiwanese university pact to help fill crucial need for engineers on global scale
• Asthma-suffering horses get help from Purdue respiration diagnostic tool
• Photo gallery: Lighting of Purdue Memorial Union's Christmas tree »
• Beautiful bodies: Purdue research aims to solve a sticky situation for beauty products, salons
• Producer sentiment holds steady, but lack of new farm bill concerns farmers
• INSPIRE takes giant leaps to teach children about artificial intelligence
Research
• Young, hip farmers: Coming to a city near you
Teaching and Learning
• A slam dunk for the 'Engineering in the World of Data' learning community
Purdue in the News
Here is a sampling of recent news reports about Purdue from media across the nation and the world.
• WLFI: 2018 Purdue Memorial Union Christmas tree delivered
• Fort Wayne Journal Gazette: Five questions with Heather Tierney, associate professor of economics at Purdue Fort Wayne
• Northwest Indiana Business Magazine: A spark for launching ideas: Society of Innovators has new purpose with Purdue University Northwest
• Forbes: Purdue University takes giant leaps in democratizing higher education
Events
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• Microbiome Symposium sets keynote speaker lineup for May 13-14 event
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