Purdue Today.

July 13, 2020

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Protect Purdue

Faculty and Staff News

Coming Tuesday: Provost to revisit health and safety in next virtual ‘Conversation’

The provost’s Protect Purdue weekly virtual conversations will continue at 1-2 p.m. Tuesday (July 14). The discussion will revisit health and safety questions related to the Protect Purdue Plan and also cover inquiries about human resources.

Protect Purdue

New process for ordering COVID-19 essential supplies will begin today
Protect Purdue student ambassador applications due Friday
West Lafayette campus reopening status timeline

Things to Know

State Street daytime road closure to begin Thursday; sidewalk closure underway
This week's 'Thumbs Up'

Things to Do

Academic dishonesty to be focus of presentations for faculty, staff

In the Spotlight

Georgia Malandraki in lab

Not just a reflex: Swallowing is complicated, but this researcher is making it easier

People swallow hundreds of times a day – often without realizing they’re doing it. But for some people, being able to swallow safely means the difference between life and death. Georgia Malandraki, associate professor of speech, language, and hearing sciences at Purdue, is uncovering the relationship between the brain and swallowing to develop treatments for children and adults who have difficulty swallowing. This condition, also known as dysphagia, affects 10 million adults and more than a half-million children in the United States every year.

Additional News

Chi Hwan Lee in lab

Wearable patch may provide new treatment option for skin cancer

Less invasive topical chemotherapies have emerged as an alternative to conventional therapies for treating melanoma, but issues with pain from microneedles and dissolving by polymers have hindered their widespread use. Now, Purdue innovators have created a novel wearable patch to provide an improved treatment.

Saurabh Bagchi in lab

Google fixes smartwatch security problem found by Purdue researchers

A Purdue engineering professor and his team uncovered a serious vulnerability in Google’s Wear OS smartwatches — think crashed or unresponsive apps, an unresponsive watch, or uncontrollable rebooting. After the team collaborated with the company’s security team, Google released a patch and reported a successful fix.

Campus

Daniels, Purdue work toward full student voter participation

Research

New treatment approach uses killer cells to treat deadly brain tumors

General

SpeechVive raises over $1.5 million in syndicated funding round to accelerate growth
Purdue-affiliated Poly Group partners for new antimicrobial material options

People

Appointments, honors and activities

Bringing Our Best

Purdue teams up with 3M to produce PPE

You can't spell Boilermaker without "maker." During the COVID-19 pandemic, Purdue University has manufactured thousands of pieces of personal protective equipment, thanks to a donation of raw materials from 3M.

team in production lab

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Events

Virtual events this week
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Purdue in the News

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

The Healthy: COVID-19 alert: Two cleaning products that kill coronavirus, according to science
Science Magazine, Nature: Physicists have ‘braided’ strange quasiparticles called anyons
Inside INdiana Business: Purdue formula unlocks potential of ‘Dark Side’ of solar panels
Inside Indiana Business: Purdue University Global offers new dual degree
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