Event featuring NSF Director Panchanathan, U.S. Sen. Young will be rescheduled due to vote in Congress

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. —

This week’s Presidential Lecture Series event featuring National Science Foundation Director Sethuraman Panchanathan and U.S. Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., will be rescheduled for April, when the Senate is in spring recess.

Panchanathan and Young were scheduled to join Purdue President Mung Chiang on Tuesday (Feb. 13) for a fireside chat as part of the Presidential Lecture Series. U.S. Sen. Young must remain on Capitol Hill this week and would be unable to participate.

See related news release.

Writer: Phillip Fiorini, pfiorini@purdue.edu, 765-430-6189
Media contact: Tim Doty doty2@purdue.edu, 765-494-2080

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