Purdue Notebook
Purdue Notebook
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September 8, 2000 Faculty and staff honors– Erik Props, a Krannert School undergraduate academic advisor, has been named the 2000 Advisor of the Year by the National Academic Advising Association. He will be recognized at the Special Awards Presentation at the NACADA National Convention at the Disney Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando, Fla., on Oct. 7. – Raghu Rau and Michael Cooper, both assistant professors of at the Krannert School of Management, received The Barclay's Global Investor Award for the Best Paper at the European Finance Association Meetings. The paper, "A Rose.Com by Any Other Name," investigated stock price reaction to firms that change their names to dotcom names. The prize money was 3000 pounds. – Philip Nelson, head of the Department of Food Science, has begun his one year term as president-elect of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT). Founded in 1939, IFT is a non-profit scientific society with 29,000 members working in food science, technology and related professions in industry, academia and government. Nelson will assume the presidency in September 2001.
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