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December 6, 2021

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Arm Yourself Against COVID-19

Faculty and Staff News

Teaching and Learning Community of Practice session to review fall, brainstorm for spring instruction

All Purdue West Lafayette instructors, teaching assistants, staff and students are invited to join the Teaching and Learning Community of Practice (TLCoP) at 3-4 p.m. Thursday (Dec. 9) in Stewart Center, Room 320, to debrief fall and brainstorm spring instruction.

Protect Purdue

Purdue COVID-19 dashboard

Things to Know

This week's 'Thumbs Up' recipients

Things to Do

Fourth Annual Conference for Associate Professors set for Feb. 23-24
Nominations sought for Purdue University’s Dreamer Award

In the Spotlight

Purdue Global graduation ceremony at Elliott Hall of Music

‘This is where your race starts’: More than 1,700 Purdue Global graduates take part in commencement ceremonies

In August, Aron Lee took part in Purdue University Global commencement ceremonies, having earned his Bachelor of Science degree in health and wellness. On Saturday (Dec. 4), Lee was back on the graduation stage, this time addressing more than 1,700 Purdue Global graduates who took part in in-person and virtual ceremonies in Elliott Hall of Music on the Purdue West Lafayette campus. It marked Purdue Global’s 12th commencement since its formation in 2018 and the first in West Lafayette.

Additional News

Purdue football bowl graphic

Purdue football to take on Tennessee on Dec. 30 at Music City Bowl

With its best season in 15 years, Purdue football has accepted an invitation to play in the TransPerfect Music City Bowl. The Boilermakers (8-4, 6-3 Big Ten) will battle the Tennessee Volunteers (7-5, 4-4 SEC) on Dec. 30 at Nissan Stadium in Nashville. Kickoff is set for 3 p.m. ET on ESPN. Tickets are on sale now.

Professor Issam Mudawar and his students

Electric vehicles could fully recharge in under 5 minutes with new cable

Purdue University engineers have invented a new, patent-pending charging station cable that would fully recharge certain electric vehicles in under five minutes – about the same amount of time it takes to fill up a gas tank. The project was funded by a research and development alliance between Ford Motor Co. and Purdue.

Research

Training computers to tease out the subtext behind the text

Campus

Student-authored submissions sought for service-learning and international engagement journal

People

Appointments, honors and activities

Sports

Purdue volleyball storms back in historic NCAA tournament 2nd round victory
Purdue soccer's Sarah Griffith earns All-America honor

Events

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Bringing Our Best

Persistence matters: Jerome Adams

Purdue is a Fast Company magazine Brand That Matters because of persistent Boilermakers like Dr. Jerome Adams, former U.S. surgeon general and executive director of health equity initiatives at Purdue. Hear him discuss his plan to promote health equity throughout Indiana.

Jerome Adams

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