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How organizations operate day to day has changed dramatically over the past year because of the global pandemic. And that has been the case at Purdue, where up to 70% of employees at the West Lafayette campus have been working in a fully or partially remote status since March 2020. To reimagine how to support an increasingly mobile and virtual workforce, Purdue has created the Future of Work Project Team to develop new workplace strategies that meet the needs of that evolving workforce.
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Don’t look now, but you’re surrounded. Really. Within arm’s reach — probably even touching you — are troublesome, sticky, potentially even toxic, substances. They are adhesives. Vital to daily life, nearly unnoticeable, but also deeply problematic. They can be toxic and are usually permanent. Purdue chemists are studying shellfish to develop new, safer and more sustainable adhesives for uses ranging from bandages and medical applications to clothing, household items, electronics and more.
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This Thursday (June 10), listen in to "This is Purdue" podcast as President Mitch Daniels discusses his decision to fully open the University amid a pandemic and communicate that to the world back in 2020. Plus, hear what the president missed most during the past school year, what he’s looking forward to this fall (hint: It involves Purdue Athletics), and his favorite IndyCar driver. |
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Jay Akridge, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs and diversity, has announced that Marcy Towns, the Bodner-Honig Professor of Chemistry, is Purdue's Morrill Award winner for 2021. Initiated in 2012 to honor the Morrill Act of 1862, the Morrill Award is the highest honor that Purdue confers on a member of its faculty.
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A new Protect Purdue Summary Report highlights the many small steps that 50,000+ students, faculty and staff took to complete in-person instruction safely and successfully. |
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Here is a sampling of recent news reports about Purdue from media across the nation and the world. | |
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