Purdue News Roundup
Purdue News Roundup
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September 18, 1998
Winter commencement times moveWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Winter commencements at Purdue University have returned to a morning and afternoon schedule starting this December.Commencement ceremonies will be conducted at 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Dec. 20 in Elliott Hall of Music. Since 1987, they have been at 1:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. The first winter commencement was in 1984. The afternoon ceremonies were necessary because members of the Lafayette Symphony Orchestra, which provided music during winter and summer commencement, often were committed to morning church performances during the Christmas season, when Purdue has winter commencement, Registrar Marlesa Roney said. A morning commencement became possible because student musicians now will perform at the commencements, said Roney, who is chairwoman of the commencement committee. CONTACT: Roney, (765) 494-6133; e-mail, maroney@reg.purdue.edu
McCoy Award winner to present distinguished lectureWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A Purdue University researcher known for his discovery of new kinds of molecular "coaches" that can be used to assemble pharmaceuticals, plastics and other useful compounds will present this year's McCoy Distinguished Lecture on Friday, Sept. 25.Ei-ishi Negishi, professor of chemistry, will speak on "Magic of Metal Empty Orbitals Played in the Synthesis of Substances of Benefit to Mankind" at 3:30 p.m. in Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. The one-hour talk is open to the public. A reception for Negishi will be held in the Stewart Center Art Gallery immediately following the talk. Negishi is the winner of the 1998 Herbert Newby McCoy Award, presented annually to a Purdue student or faculty member for outstanding contributions to science. His talk will feature highlights from his work in organometallic chemistry, a field that focuses on molecules containing carbon-metal links. Negishi is internationally recognized in the scientific community for developing chemical reactions that are catalyzed or promoted by metal-containing compounds. These reactions have allowed scientists to develop a wide range of compounds that can be used in biological and medical applications. Negishi grew up in Japan and graduated in 1958 from the University of Tokyo with a bachelor's degree. He first worked as a research chemist at Japanese chemical fiber producer Teijin. Between 1960 and 1963, he became a Fulbright scholar and obtained a doctorate in organic chemistry from the University of Pennsylvania. He initially resumed his post at Teijin in Japan, but returned to the United States in 1966 to work as a postdoctoral associate in Herbert C. Brown's laboratory at Purdue. After holding a series of academic positions at Syracuse and Purdue, he joined the Purdue faculty in 1979 as professor of chemistry. In 1987, Negishi received a J.S. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship. In 1997, he received a Chemical Society of Japan Award, and is until the year 2000 holding an Alexander von Humboldt Senior Researcher Award. Earlier this year, Negishi received the 1998 American Chemical Society Award for Organometallic Chemistry. The McCoy Award was established in 1964 by Ethel Terry McCoy in memory of her husband, a Purdue alumnus. The McCoy lecture series later was established to honor the recipient of the award and to present his or her research to the Purdue community. CONTACT: Elaine Lambert-Happ, Division of Sponsored Programs, (765) 494-6776; e-mail, elambert@purdue.edu
Adaptive Programs to showcase accessibility resourcesWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Purdue University resources for people with disabilities will be on display Oct. 2.Adaptive Programs of the Office of the Dean of Students will sponsor the display from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the conference room in Student Services Annex 1 as part of National Disability Awareness Month. Thomas Robinson, vice president for student services, will read a proclamation from West Lafayette Mayor Sonya Margerum at noon. "The event gives attention to the many accessibility resources available on campus," said Paula Micka, assistant dean of students. "It also gives Adaptive Programs an opportunity to show off its new facilities." Exhibitors will include Adaptive Programs and Tactile Access to Education for Visually Impaired Students (TAEVIS) of the Office of the Dean of Students; the School of Agriculture's Breaking New Ground Resource Center; Counseling and Psychological Services; the Multimedia Instructional Development Center; Adaptive Learning Programs Lab; and the student organization Purdue Advocates for Disability Issues. Activities will include a wheelchair obstacle course and tours of the new Adaptive Programs facilities. CONTACTS: Micka, (765) 494-1245; e-mail, pjmicka@odos.purdue.edu; Janet Beattie, Adaptive Programs specialist, (765) 496-2973 (V/TTY); e-mail, jebeattie@odos.purdue.edu
Super Saturday registration under way for fall coursesWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Registrations are being accepted for the Super Saturday program offered by the Purdue University Gifted Education Resource Institute.The program, featuring 33 high-level, fast-paced enrichment courses for able learners ages 5 to 14, will be offered from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on nine fall Saturdays starting Sept. 26. The cost is $120 per student per course. Fall sessions will feature classes such as "Creepy Crawlers" and "Math in Action" for age 5 to kindergarten; "Chinese," "Insects" and "Math Magic" for grades 1 and 2; "Anatomy and Physiology" and "Story Adventures" for grades 2 and 3; "Astronomy," "Inventions" and "Alternate Fairy Tales" for grades 3 and 4; "Working in Abstracts" and "Above Ground Archaeology" for grades 4 and 5; "Criminology" and "Leadership" for grades 5 and 6; and "Cultures of the World" and "Creative Writing" for grades 6 to 8. Registrations are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. For additional information and a course brochure, call the Super Saturday office at (765) 494-7243, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Information also is available at the Gifted Education Resource Institute site on the World Wide Web. CONTACT: David Ehle, director of student programs in the School of Education, (765) 494-7241; e-mail, ehle@purdue.edu
Week of activities to highlight nuclear engineeringWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The field of nuclear engineering will be the focus of a variety of events at Purdue University during Nuclear Activities Week, Sept. 28-Oct. 2.Purdue's School of Nuclear Engineering is sponsoring the events to highlight the school and opportunities in the field. The public can view poster displays, attend discussions on global warming and career opportunities for nuclear engineers, and tour labs and facilities used on campus for nuclear engineering research, including Purdue's research nuclear reactor. Poster displays of various aspects of Purdue's nuclear engineering program will be on display from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sept. 28 and 29 and Oct. 1 in the atrium of the Materials Engineering Building. Several laboratory tours will be available, including tours of the Purdue research reactor from 3:30 p.m. to 4:20 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30, and from 10:30 a.m. to 11:20 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 1. The tours begin at the Nuclear Engineering Building. Three topical discussions also will be held during the week:
Purdue sponsors Women in Engineering Career DayWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A Women in Engineering Career Day for high-school seniors will be held at Purdue University on Monday, Oct. 19.The daylong event, sponsored by Purdue's Schools of Engineering and the Society of Women Engineers, is open to any young woman in her senior year of high school. A similar program will be held in the spring for high-school juniors. The cost is $10 per person, which includes lunch. The registration deadline is Oct. 5. The career day will give students information about the various areas of engineering. Students will be able to talk with practicing women engineers and Purdue women engineering students and faculty. A Purdue engineering alumna will deliver the keynote speech. Parents are invited to attend the program with their daughters. They will participate in some of the sessions and will have a separate question-and-answer session with Jane Daniels, Women in Engineering Programs' senior program manager. For more information, contact a high-school counselor or Lisa Harker with the Women in Engineering Program at (765) 494-3889 or e-mail at puwie@ecn.purdue.edu
Purdue NotebookCampus activities:-- A resource for learning about American religion is available via the American Religion Data Archive (ARDA). The Internet-based archive was developed with a Lilly Endowment grant awarded to Roger Finke, Purdue University associate professor of sociology. The data base at http://www.arda.tm includes dozens of leading studies on American religion. The ARDA is intended to be a research tool and resource for persons studying or interested in religion in America. -- The Council on the Status of Women will sponsor a welcoming reception for Alysa Rollock, interim vice president for human relations, at 3:30 p.m. Thursday (9/24) in the Krannert Drawing Room, Krannert Building. The event also will feature the installation of the Violet Haas Legacy Plaque at 3:45 p.m. -- Purdue's chapter of Pi Tau Sigma, the honor society for mechanical engineering students, will sponsor a public seminar titled "Enhancing Personal Creativity" at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30 in the North Ballroom of the Purdue Memorial Union. The seminar will be conducted by Michael T. Bagley, an international expert on stimulating creativity in the corporate environment. The first 200 participants will receive Bagley's video tape on creativity. The free seminar is co-sponsored by Ingersoll-Rand Co.
Compiled by J. Michael Willis, (765) 494-0371; e-mail, mike_willis@purdue.edu Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu
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