Purdue Today

News for faculty and staff

October 8, 2007

FEATURED NEWS FOR EMPLOYEES

Libraries accepting grant applications

Purdue Libraries is now accepting applications for the Library Scholars Grant. More

This week's construction and traffic update

Here is the latest report on construction and traffic disruptions. More

CAMPUS NEWS

Purdue to celebrate $153 million in new facilities; dedicate Neil Armstrong Hall

Purdue's fall celebration will include a series of events Oct. 19-31 highlighting the dedication of two buildings, groundbreaking for another and the success of fundraising for four others. More

Native American Educational and Cultural Center dedicated

**Blanket presented to Purdue president**

Verónica Hirsch (left) and graduate student Candice Guy (right) present a Pendleton blanket as a gift to President France A. Córdova during the dedication ceremony Saturday (Oct. 6) of the University's Native American Educational and Cultural Center. More

Archives and Special Collections marks American Archives Month with 'Griffin's Gold' exhibit

Purdue Libraries' Archives and Special Collections will showcase unusual treasures and old artifacts during a monthlong October exhibit titled Griffin's Gold.

The exhibit, which is free and open to the public, features Purdue documents, photographs, diaries, letters, and journals and rare books among the artifacts. More

University Residences expands recycling efforts

**Marita Jarvis recycles cans and bottles**

University Residences will recycle more than 400 tons of glass, plastic, aluminum, steel, grease and paper this year, about 25 percent of the University's total recycling volume.

More than 800 recycling bins are placed throughout the residence halls in central areas, on individual floors and at loading docks. Each dining court has a larger recycling trailer parked in the rear, as do all but one of the residences. More

GENERAL NEWS

'All-American' Marching Band to begin drive for China trip

Purdue on Saturday (Oct. 6) announced that its "All-American" Marching Band is heading to China this spring, and alumni are stepping up to help. More

Second serious gaming forum to engage public, researchers, industry

Purdue's Discovery Learning Center will hold a two-day forum Oct. 11-12 aimed at showcasing and discussing the latest advances in using video games and virtual environments as teaching tools. More

PEOPLE

Golden Taps ceremony to honor 5 Purdue students

Five Purdue students who have died since April 23 will be remembered on Oct. 15 during Golden Taps, one of the University's most solemn traditions. More

**George B. Adams III**

Appointments, promotions and honors

— George B. Adams III has been named associate director for programs at Purdue's Network for Computational Nanotechnology.
— David Denis, the Burton D. Morgan Chair of Private Enterprise at the Krannert School of Management, is one of eight new experts to join the Analysis Group, a provider of economic, financial and business expertise to law firms.
— Tina Parker has been named manager of Boiler Television.
— Robert Kail, professor of psychological sciences, has been named the editor of the Psychological Science journal for a five-year term.
— Todd Wetzel, director of Purdue Convocations, received the 2007 John Corey Award for Arts Leadership at the Bravo Breakfast for the Arts on Oct. 2.
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CALENDAR AND EVENTS

Wednesday: CRI seminar

Oct. 10. 4-5 p.m. Room 111, HAAS. Speaker: Mikhail Ivanov, head, computational aerodynamics, Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ITAM), Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Division. Title: "Computational Analysis of Hysteresis Phenomena in Shock Wave Reflection." See flier.

ECE TechMakers

Oct. 11. 1:30-2:30 p.m. Room 1154, BRWN. Speaker: Sam Endy, vice president and general manager, Mobile Wireless Business Unit, Atheros Communcations. Title: Surviving in a Right Half Brain World!" See flier.