Purdue Today

News for faculty and staff

September 5, 2007

FEATURED NEWS FOR EMPLOYEES

Planning for retirement? Financial Learning Initiative receives high marks

More Purdue employees are finding out through the Financial Learning Initiative that it's never too early — or too late — to start planning for retirement. More

Participants needed for foods, nutrition program

Adult clients are needed to participate throughout the fall semester in a practicum course for senior students in the Department of Foods and Nutrition. More

CAMPUS NEWS

Purdue leaps 34 spots in research association's library rankings

Purdue Libraries gained 34 spots — the largest leap among 113 research universities — under a new set of criteria used for the recently released Association of Research Libraries rankings. More

Utilities project closes University Street

A Vectren gas line replacement project closed University Street to through traffic between State and First streets Tuesday morning (Sept. 4). Through Thursday (Sept. 6), motorists attempting to travel north from State Street are being detoured to Waldron Street. More

TLT upgrades labs for fall semester

Throughout the summer, ITaP's teaching and learning technologies (TLT) staff members installed more than 25 software upgrades on campus lab PCs and Macintosh computers. More

CALENDAR AND EVENTS

Purdue Theatre 2007-08 season

The familiar expression "from the sublime to the ridiculous" can give a sense for the range in the 2007-08 Purdue Theatre season. More

Physics Department General Colloquium

Thursday, Sept. 6. 4 p.m. Speaker: Ed Blucher, Title: “Using Nuclear Reactors to Search for the Last Neutrino Mixing Angle.” More

Equal Access Equal Opportunity briefings continue

The Equal Access Equal Opportunity Briefings continue during the fall 2007 semester. More

GENERAL NEWS

Purdue partners with community to weed out crime, seed success

Purdue is working with the Lafayette community to weed out local crime and plant seeds for crime prevention and neighborhood restoration. More

RESEARCH NEWS, SPECIAL REPORTS

Purdue researchers develop technology to detect cancer by scanning surface veins

A new technology for cancer detection that eliminates the need for drawing blood has been developed by Purdue researchers. More

Purdue, S. Korean teams plan symposium on nanomedicine project

Research teams from Purdue and the Korean Institute of Science and Technology will lead a symposium Sept. 14 to focus on their $4.5 million project to develop molecular imaging and nanotechnology tools for simultaneously diagnosing and treating cancer and chronic and infectious diseases. More

Textbook authors make history when recounting 9/11

Writing about 9/11 is not a textbook case for historians, says a Purdue history expert. "When students read about Pearl Harbor, World War II and the Cold War in their textbooks, it has always been clear what nations the United States was at odds with," says Randy Roberts, professor of American history. "The war on terror is not so clear." More

PEOPLE

Purdue alum named to high-level position

Vanita Banks, who graduated from Purdue with a degree in political science, was recently selected as the president of the National Bar Association. More

Scholarship to be created in honor of Purdue alumnus

The family of a Purdue alumnus has created an endowment that honors the founder of an Illinois-based plastics company and will provide need-based scholarships for undergraduate students in the College of Technology. More

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