Past News
Karen Plaut - January Dimensions of Discovery Introduction
January 31, 2024
Earlier this month, Lilly Endowment Inc. announced that it was committing $100 million to Purdue, the largest gift in the university’s history. This generous grant will have enormous impact in advancing two major Purdue initiatives: the Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business to construct of a state-of-the-art educational building, and Purdue Computes to enable the next generation of Boilermaker research breakthroughs.
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Academic and Research Excellence Update
January 10, 2024
We begin an exciting new year by building on your many successes of last year: distinguished recognitions and faculty awards, research breakthroughs in the headlines, and world-class teaching. These are all important markers on our drive toward academic and research excellence at scale.
Office of Research recognizes employees for years of service and outstanding performance
January 4, 2024
The annual Office of Research Employee Recognition event recently celebrated 38 colleagues for reaching years-of-service milestones, including Stephanie Willis from Sponsored Program Services, who hit a rare 50-year milestone, and presented Bravo Awards to 30 faculty and staff members. Jennifer Rettig received the 2023 Stacy L. Brown Outstanding Performance Award, which recognizes an Office of Research business staff member demonstrating excellence and commitment in providing customer-focused service.
Karen Plaut - December Dimensions of Discovery Introduction
December 21, 2023
Each month, Dimensions of Discovery highlights examples of cutting edge, Purdue-led research, but these of course tell only part of our impressive story. I know this because my role allows me to see the wide variety of life-changing research projects taking place across Purdue. So, as we head into the holiday break, I want to acknowledge the remarkable successes seen across the Purdue research enterprise during 2023.
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Karen Plaut - November Dimensions of Discovery Introduction
November 30, 2023
It is my privilege to serve you as executive vice president for research. In this role, it is so exciting to see the vast array of research projects and scholarly activities across campus that show immense potential for impact. The breakthroughs you create move science forward through high-profile journal articles and applications that have a short- or long-term benefits for humanity.
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PERA, Purdue’s new research administration system
November 15, 2023
Beginning next fall, researchers at Purdue will have access to PERA, the Purdue Excellence in Research Administration tool. PERA is an online platform designed to simplify all processes associated with grant applications and regulatory compliance.
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Deadline approaching: Nominations for Purdue’s Distinguished Research Awards Due Dec. 1
November 7, 2023
The Office of Research is seeking nominations for Purdue’s three most prestigious annual research awards. The deadline for nominations has been extended to Dec. 1.
Deadline approaching: Nominations for Purdue’s Distinguished Research Awards Due Dec. 1
Malign Foreign Talent Recruitment Program Notice
October 31, 2023
In recent weeks, research faculty at several universities, including Purdue, have been flooded with solicitations to participate in a foreign talent recruitment program (FTRP). These may have subject lines such as: “2024 Invitation for overseas talents to apply for the Global Excellent Scientists Fund in China” or “Global Excellent Scientists Fund 2024 in China.”
Karen Plaut - October Introduction
October 30, 2023
Dear Colleagues, It is my privilege to serve you as executive vice president for research. In this role, it is so exciting to see the vast array of research projects and scholarly activities across campus that show immense potential for impact. The breakthroughs you create move science forward through high-profile journal articles and applications that have a short- or long-term benefits for humanity.
Academic and Research Excellence Update
October 24, 2023
Since January, we have regularly shared key investments and initiatives that support, incentivize, and reward scholarly impact and research excellence at Purdue. As we approach the final months of 2023, we write to provide you with the latest updates on those initiatives and to share some additional news, including some outstanding achievements of our Purdue faculty and staff.
