Purdue Today.

October 28, 2022

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Faculty and Staff News

Applications open for program assisting Purdue West Lafayette instructors developing online courses

Purdue University Online is now taking applications for the Spring 2023 session of CoPILOT: Cohort Program for Innovation and Leadership in Online Teaching, which provides expert assistance and funding to participating instructors in developing new online courses.

Things to Know

Virtual presentation on Medicare, Social Security, health savings accounts available
Nov. 11 deadline for Brightspace Innovation Program grant proposals for PWL, PFW, PNW, Global instructors, staff
Recap of University Senate’s Oct. 17 meeting

Things to Do

Safety Chair Meeting and safety fair returns on Nov. 9
CSSAC Chicago trip set for Dec. 3

In the Spotlight

Purdue campus

Eli Lilly, Purdue establish pharmaceutical manufacturing scholarship program and extend research collaboration

Purdue University and Eli Lilly and Company are establishing an innovative new pharmaceutical manufacturing scholarship program and have renewed their strategic research collaboration in a series of moves that will expand their impact in Indiana and improve lives on a global scale. Lilly has committed $92.5 million to the West Lafayette campus through these two programs. Share the news: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn

Additional News

To-go cup lid

How a drone wing could learn how to sense danger faster

The oddly satisfying small domes that you press on your soda’s to-go cup lid may one day save a winged drone from a nosedive. Purdue researchers have discovered that patterns of these invertible domes on a drone’s wings would give it a way to remember in microseconds what dangerous conditions feel like and react quickly. Share the news: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn

Phil Cook

Purdue alum, TikTok star Phil Cook celebrates ‘Chem-o-ween’

A new episode of “This Is Purdue” features Purdue alum and TikTok superstar Phil Cook. Listen as Cook, a chemistry teacher at Culver Academies, discusses his passion for education, his rise in internet fame after just one TikTok video and why he believes Purdue is the best place for science and engineering. Share the news: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn

Research

Researchers in various studies looking for participants

Teaching and Learning

College researchers to improve access to gifted and talented education

People

Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue names Michelle Giuda as director

Events

Purdue University Events Calendar

Bringing Our Best

Purdue staff support online students, colleagues in wake of Hurricane Ian

Some of Purdue’s online staff and students experienced Hurricane Ian’s destruction firsthand. In the wake of the disaster, Purdue’s online community came together to show support for those who were affected by sending check-ins, extending deadlines, and helping students and colleagues cope with what had happened.

Hurricane Ian

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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.

C-SPAN: Purdue University President Mitch Daniels on higher education
Forbes: Human fabs for silicon fabs
New York Times: Beyond catastrophe: A new climate reality Is coming into view (subscription required)
Indianapolis Business Journal, Inside INdiana Business, Lafayette Journal & Courier: Lilly commits $92.5M to Purdue for drug research, scholarships (subscription required)
WTHR: What Hoosier parents need to know about cyberbullying
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