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March 31, 2021

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Faculty and Staff News

Purdue announces 3% merit pay pool for 2021-22

Purdue University President Mitch Daniels announced today (March 31) that the University will provide a 3% salary merit pool for its West Lafayette faculty and staff for the fiscal year that begins July 1.

Protect Purdue

As state expands vaccine eligibility, University awaits supply for vaccination site
Guidance on 2021-22 academic year work location
Archives and Special Collections seeking submissions for COVID Stories project
Indiana Department of Health expands COVID-19 vaccination eligibility to individuals age 16 and older

Things to Know

Grief support essential especially as individuals continue to experience grief at unprecedented rate

Things to Do

Training series to help employees become better job candidates
Nominations sought for award recognizing exceptional teaching, instructional support during pandemic
Applications due today for QPR instructor training sponsored by Human Resources – Benefits
Staff, faculty invited to nominate nontraditional undergraduate students for Ewing Memorial Scholarship

In the Spotlight

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U.S. News rankings: Purdue graduate engineering No. 4, ABE now perched atop graduate and undergraduate lists

U.S. News & World Report on Tuesday (March 30) released its annual rankings of Best Graduate Schools, and for Purdue, it continues to tell a story of success. In fact, even more success. Purdue’s College of Engineering moved up three spots – from No. 7 to No. 4 – in this year’s rankings. It is No. 2 among all U.S. public universities, trailing only the University of California, Berkeley. Purdue shares the fourth spot with the California Institute of Technology and Carnegie Mellon University.

Additional News

Convergence center

Wabash National set to open collaboration space in Discovery Park District

Wabash National Corp., an innovation leader of engineered solutions for the transportation, logistics and distribution industries, is expanding its Greater Lafayette presence with a new space in Purdue’s Discovery Park District. Wabash National, headquartered in Lafayette, will open a 2,000-square-foot space in the Convergence Center for Innovation and Collaboration.

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Remote work tip: Minimize multitasking during video meetings

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 avoiding multitasking, like checking your email, during video meetings, which may distract you from listening and engaging.

Research

Evolution proteomics approach opens view into how new gene functions arise

Campus

Provost’s Office awards instructional equipment grants

Teaching and Learning

Online course from Purdue hastens, heightens disaster recovery planning and execution

Sports

Soldati named Big Ten Diving Coach of the Year for 10th time

Bringing Our Best

Purdue Veterinary Hospital, Wolf Park collaborate to treat an unusual patient

The Purdue University Veterinary Hospital works with many patients across species. None are more unusual perhaps than Joker, an 8-year-old silver-phased red fox undergoing treatment for lymphoma.

Veterinarian Chris Fulkerson fox named Joker

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Discovery Park to welcome environmental scientist Diana Wall for distinguished lecture

Purdue in the News

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

FYI Podcast by ARK Invest: How online education prepares us for the future of work with Mitch Daniels
Axios: We’re starting to answer some big questions about Mars
KITV (Honolulu): Study on Native Hawaiian moms and babies focuses on diet
Travel Weekly: The new overtourism debate
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