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March 17, 2021

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Faculty and Staff News

Recording available of Protect Purdue Conversation on COVID-19 vaccines, Fall 2021

A recording of Provost Jay Akridge's Protect Purdue virtual conversation from Monday (March 15), which focused on vaccines and planning for fall, is now available for viewing. This series of conversations was initiated last fall to answer faculty and staff questions and to keep the campus community updated on the Protect Purdue Plan.

Protect Purdue

Indiana Department of Health expands COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to individuals age 45 and older
Looking to get the COVID-19 vaccine? Here are some tips to navigate the process
Reading Day set for Thursday
Reading Day programming for students

Things to Know

Reminder: Colon cancer screening made easy via Center for Healthy Living’s Cologuard campaign
Human Resources shares campus, community and online mental health resources

Things to Do

'Best Practices in Recruiting' training offered for hiring managers

In the Spotlight

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Photo, video gallery: Celebrating Purdue's Murphy Award winners

Winners of Purdue University's 2021 teaching awards – Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Awards in Memory of Charles B. Murphy, the Exceptional Early Career Award and the Excellence in Instruction Award for Lecturers – are being surprised with the news this week (March 15-19). Today, Purdue Today celebrates the five professors recognized with the Murphy Award: Shelley Claridge, Natasha Duncan, Andrew Freed, Esteban Garcia Bravo and Karen Marais.

Additional News

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'This is Purdue' podcast: Polytechnic High School

In the new episode of "This is Purdue" podcast, listeners will learn more about Purdue Polytechnic High School (PPHS) and how it is providing a pathway to Purdue for underrepresented students. Gary Bertoline, dean of the Purdue Polytechnic Institute, and Scott Bess, head of Purdue Polytechnic High School, discuss their roles with PPHS.

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Remote work tip: Embed meeting URL in invitation

Purdue is offering weekly tips to help alleviate some of the challenges associated with managing remote workloads and participating in web-based (video) business meetings. This week’s tip recommends organizers embed the meeting URL link in the calendar invitation to participants for ease of access.

Research

Purdue professor leads international team’s research into deepfakes, manipulated media

Sports

Men's cross country places 29th at NCAA Championships
Williams garners two men's basketball All-District accolades

Bringing Our Best

Thumbs Up: Tony Hayden

Tony Hayden from ITAP spent a couple of hours one day helping me fix a problem with my laptop and remote docking station. Not only did he fix the problem and have a great attitude about it though it was a process, he made several things work better than before. Thanks, Tony! – Valerie Taylor

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PURCE webinar to focus on who uncovers fraud

Purdue in the News

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

Brinkwire: Meet NASA astronaut – Artemis team member Scott Tingle
Control Engineering: Computer developed to act more in tune with nature
Kokomo Tribune: Indiana In-Depth: State’s hemp industry going through growing pains
Times of Northwest Indiana: White Lodging partnering with Purdue on hospitality lab
Chalkbeat Indiana: This Indianapolis principal wants to prepare students for jobs that don’t exist yet
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