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October 2, 2007

FEATURED NEWS FOR EMPLOYEES

Information sessions planned for child care center

Progress on the Patty Jischke Early Care and Education Center moved forward at the Board of Trustees meeting on Friday, and information sessions are being planned to provide parents with details on the new facility and its programs. More

2008 medical plan information

Today's issue of Inside Purdue (Oct. 2) features information about the 2008 health plans, including health plan cost charts and news about enhanced coverage of weight management and nutrition counseling, free immunizations for children and adults, and more help for smoking cessation. The Oct. 3 issue of Purdue Today also will include the information.

Flu shot news coming this month

WorkLife Programs is currently working on schedules for Purdue's annual free flu shot program for faculty, staff, spouses and same-sex domestic partners. Information will be available in the Oct. 23 issue of Inside Purdue.

CAMPUS NEWS

Veterinary homeland security program becomes certified

The Veterinary Homeland Security Certificate Program, a graduate-level distance-learning program at Purdue, has gained national certification as a curriculum for response personnel in the event of a major animal health emergency. More

Córdova, student leaders to be honored at annual dinner

President France A. Córdova and hundreds of student leaders will be honored at an annual dinner on Wednesday (Oct. 3).

The Eighth Annual Presidents Dinner will take place at 5:30 p.m. in the Purdue Memorial Union North Ballroom and honors the accomplishments of Córdova and the 815 students organization presidents. More

Pedestrian, student report assaults on Purdue campus

Purdue police are looking for two men who allegedly attacked a male pedestrian around 9:50 p.m. Friday (Sept. 28) near Rawls Hall. In an unrelated incident, police also are looking for three men who assaulted a female Purdue student around 9:10 p.m. Sunday (Sept. 30) near First Street and Martin Jischke Drive. More

RESEARCH NEWS, SPECIAL REPORTS

Nanotube forests grown on silicon chips for future computers, electronics

**Baratunde Cola (l) and Placidus Amama**

Engineers have shown how to grow forests of tiny cylinders called carbon nanotubes onto the surfaces of computer chips to enhance the flow of heat at a critical point where the chips connect to cooling devices called heat sinks.

The carpetlike growth of nanotubes has been shown to outperform conventional "thermal interface materials." Like those materials, the nanotube layer does not require elaborate clean-room environments, representing a possible low-cost manufacturing approach to keep future chips from overheating and reduce the size of cooling systems, said Placidus B. Amama, a postdoctoral research associate at the Birck Nanotechnology Center in Discovery Park. More

CALENDAR AND EVENTS

Native American Educational and Cultural Center dedication to highlight heritage

Purdue will dedicate its new Native American Educational and Cultural Center on Saturday (Oct. 6) with the help of several Native American leaders and elders. More

Annual McCoy lecture set for Oct. 10

Joseph Francisco will present the annual McCoy Distinguished Lecture at 3:30 p.m. Oct. 10 in Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. More

Events today at Purdue

— Oct. 2. 10:30 a.m. Room 224, Class of 1950 Lecture Hall. Bruce White, founder, chairman and CEO of White Lodging Services Corporation, a hotel ownership, development, and operating company responsible for 115 hotels in 14 states. He will speak as part of the 2007 Darden Series, sponsored by the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management as part of department's Career Day.
— Oct. 2. 6:30 p.m. Room 2290, Beering Hall. Peace Corps information session. Purdue's representative from the Peace Corps will offer information about the organization. Open to anyone. For information, visit https://www.peacecorps.gov/

Purdue Climate Change Research Center Distinguished Lecture

Oct. 4. 3 p.m. Room 241, Auditorium, Pfendler Hall. Speaker: Barry Rabe, University of Michigan. Topic: "States on Steroids: the Intergovernmental Odyssey of American Climate Policy." For more, go to https://www.purdue.edu/climate/.

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