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September 16, 2026
| TOP NEWS
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Save the date: Open enrollment for health plans, flu shots and other important benefits
Human Resources is reminding benefits-eligible faculty and staff about upcoming events this fall — including open enrollment for 2027 benefits and flu shots.
| SCHOLARLY EXCELLENCE
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Purdue expands partnership with Rittal, Eplan with launch of engineering technology labs
Purdue celebrated the opening of two new learning labs in Dudley Hall, developed with sister companies Rittal and Eplan. Part of a five-year partnership, the labs bring industrial, electrical and automation engineering technology into Purdue’s classrooms, strengthening workforce development and preparing students for careers in advanced smart manufacturing.
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ICYMI: 15 faculty chosen for NSF CAREER awards
Fifteen professors have been recognized by the National Science Foundation for exceptional achievements early in their research careers. Each has received a 2026 Faculty Early Career Development award in support of early-career faculty who show great promise as future academic role models in research and education.
| THINGS TO KNOW
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Senior international officer Heidi Arola explains new federal immigration rules
A series of federal regulatory changes in recent months means significant impacts for international students and scholars at Purdue and around the country. With an important new rule scheduled to take effect this week but temporarily paused, Heidi Arola, Purdue’s senior international officer, shares how anticipated changes stand to impact Boilermakers and how the International Student Services and International Scholar Services offices (ISS) have been preparing the university to support them.
FACULTY AND STAFF
  • Delegates now able to manage missing travel receipts in Concur
  • Office of Research to host ‘Write Winning Grants’ workshop Oct. 20
  • Purdue Employee Activity Program opens registration for Nov. 21 Chicago bus trip
  • Purdue launches new accessibility app that converts handwritten text to compliant HTML
  • Center for Working Well Research Awards accepting proposal
  • This week’s ‘Thumbs Up’ recipients
EVENTS
  • Purdue University Events Calendar
PURDUE IN THE NEWS
  • Based in Lafayette: Purdue enrollment up, just shy of campus record for fall 2026 semester
  • Scientific American: Are darker egg yolks really healthier?
  • RealClearDefense: Chimeras fly again. The synthetic life of drone warfare.
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