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September 14, 2007

CAMPUS NEWS

Purdue takes another step in using biofuel at power plant

Purdue researchers will take another step today (Friday, Sept. 14) toward using an alternative fuel at its power plant when it moves switchgrass from a university farm to the Wade Utility Plant for storage. More

Young Hall evacuated after small fire

A fire on Thursday (Sept. 13) forced the evacuation of a Purdue building. Purdue's fire department responded to an automatic alarm at Young Hall around 11:30 a.m. Assistant fire chief Kevin Clark said the fire was in an elevator equipment room located above the 10-story building's top floor. The fire was contained to the equipment room. More

Reminder: OnePurdue downtime this weekend

Because of scheduled system maintenance, OnePurdue, including Employee Self-Service, will not be available from 8 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, to 8 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 16. Please share this with members of your staff who do not have computer workstations.

PEOPLE

New Purdue Extension director to begin Nov. 1

**Charles Hibberd**

Charles Hibberd has been named as the next director of the Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service and associate dean of Purdue Agriculture.

Hibberd, currently district director of the Panhandle Research and Extension Center and Panhandle Extension District for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will assume his Purdue post Nov.1. More

GENERAL NEWS

Communication students producing video newsmagazine

Purdue communication students are producing a video newsmagazine that will air 12 shows this semester on a local cable channel. "Fast Track" will air twice a week on Insight's Channel 5. More

Krannert students learn from internships in China

**Krannert students in China**

Thirteen students from Krannert School of Management traveled to China this summer to intern at several companies in Beijing and Shenzhen.

The experience was part of an internship program arranged by Kwei Tang, Krannert School of Management associate dean for programs and student services and the Allison and Nancy Schleicher Chair in Management. More

CALENDAR AND EVENTS

Supriyo Datta to present at Graduate Student Seminar

Tuesday, Sept. 18. 3:30-4:30 p.m. Room G140, Forney Hall. Speaker: Supriyo Datta, professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Title: "Nanodevices & Maxwell's Demon."

Author-anthropologist to speak at Lilly lecture series

Author and anthropologist Elizabeth Marshall Thomas will speak about relationships between people and animals as part of the Lilly Lectureship Series on the Human-Animal Bond at 10:30 a.m. Sept. 26. More

Purdue conference to examine manufacturing competitiveness

Students, faculty and industry professionals will meet Oct. 5 at Purdue to discuss manufacturing competitiveness as part of the 2007 Fall Operations Conference. Krannert's Dauch Center for the Management of Manufacturing Enterprises and the Global Supply Chain Management Initiative are sponsoring the daylong operations conference from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Rawls Hall. More

Purdue teaming with governor's office for health summit, Eva Goble lecture

The College of Consumer and Family Sciences and Purdue are teaming with Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels' office to present the 2007 INShape Indiana Health Summit, "Live Healthy, Work Healthy," on Oct. 15. More

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