Fourteen members of the Taraia Object expedition — the Archaeological Legacy Institute, Purdue Research Foundation and Purdue University’s joint expedition to explore a Pacific island lagoon for Amelia Earhart’s missing plane wreckage — arrived Tuesday (Oct. 6) at Tarawa, Kiribati, the expedition’s staging area. After linking up with the expedition’s three Kiribati representatives on Tarawa, the team is now complete and ready to begin the sea voyage to Nikumaroro, a remote atoll halfway between Australia and Hawaii.
The Your Path Wellness Fair gives benefits-eligible faculty and staff an opportunity to explore Purdue benefits and wellness resources, learn what’s available at Purdue and beyond, ask questions, and make connections based on individual needs and goals. The fair takes place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET on Wednesday (Oct. 7) in the Purdue Memorial Union North and South ballrooms.
Artificial intelligence is reshaping the nature of work across industries, including financial services. But rather than viewing AI as a threat, John Waldron, president and chief operating officer at Goldman Sachs, encouraged Mitch Daniels School of Business students to see the technology as an opportunity to become more capable, adaptable professionals.
At Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies, with a joint appointment in the School of Applied and Creative Computing within the Purdue Polytechnic Institute, Dongfang Liu is helping build a new model for applied AI, bringing together advanced AI expertise, library and information science, research data, and disciplinary knowledge from across the university.
Over the past six weeks, the Research Starts Here campaign has introduced the people, training, services and tools available throughout Purdue’s research community. For the final installment, Purdue’s Office of Research looks ahead at where a researcher’s work could go next, including helping them share discoveries, explore applications and advance their careers.
Fabio Ribeiro, the William Nicholas and Elizabeth Holstein Delgass Distinguished Professor in Chemical Engineering, has been named the recipient of the American Chemical Society’s 2027 George A. Olah Award in Hydrocarbon or Petroleum Chemistry. The national award recognizes outstanding research in the field, with particular emphasis on original, independent thinking.
Purdue faculty and staff are invited to join a live session Thursday (Oct. 8) hosted by Microsoft to explore how Copilot can enhance everyday work. During this free session, attendees will learn the difference between Copilot Chat and Microsoft 365 Copilot; explore practical prompting techniques; and see real-world examples of how Copilot can assist with writing, summarizing information, analyzing content, brainstorming ideas and more.
