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October 30, 2007

FEATURED NEWS FOR EMPLOYEES

PEAP offers Dec. 1 trip to Chicago

The Purdue Employees Activity Program, a subcommittee of the Clerical and Service Staff Advisory Committee, has planned a bus trip to Chicago in December just in time for some holiday shopping. More

MEMO

To faculty and staff: Request for nominations for student leadership program

This memo is from Pablo Malavenda, associate dean of students. Memo

CAMPUS NEWS

Purdue to celebrate plan for new home for hospitality and tourism management

**John Purdue Room**

Purdue will hold a celebration at 11 a.m. today (Oct. 30) for a new $12 million building to house the top-ranked Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management.

The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation made the $4 million lead gift to construct Marriott Hall, a state-of-the-art facility for teaching, research and additional dining options for the campus and community. More

Hanley Hall celebration focuses on families, leadership

**Hanley Hall dedication**

A new $11.5 million facility aimed at fostering research on families, aging and leadership moved one step closer to reality Monday (Oct. 29) with a ceremony to celebrate the success of fundraising efforts.

Bill and Sally Hanley Hall will house the Human Development Institute, which will include programs and centers from the College of Consumer and Family Sciences and the Purdue Center for Aging and the Life Course. The institute, which will provide space for centers focused on key areas of family and the life course, is made possible in part by a $3 million gift from the Hanleys, who are Purdue alumni, and $1.5 million from the Lilly Endowment. Alumni Ben and Maxine Miller also provided funding toward the institute. More

RESEARCH NEWS, SPECIAL REPORTS

New system would use rotating magnetic field to detect pathogens

Researchers at Purdue and Duke universities have developed a technique that uses a magnetic field to selectively separate tiny magnetic particles, representing a highly sensitive method for potentially diagnosing disease by testing samples from patients. More

GENERAL NEWS

Homecoming queen, king crowned at pep rally

Amanda Fox of Indianapolis and Tom Seto of Evansville, Ind., on Friday (Oct. 26) were crowned Purdue's Homecoming queen and king during the pep rally at Slayter Hill. Fox is senior in the College of Education and Seto is a junior in the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. More

CALENDAR AND EVENTS

Events today at Purdue

Here is a list of events happening today at the West Lafayette campus. More

This week's events: Oct. 29-Nov. 4

Here is a list of events happening this week at the West Lafayette campus. More

Purdue Student Union Board, Envision Center to offer Halloween events

People looking for a good scare on Halloween will have the choice of two haunted experiences this week at Purdue. The Purdue Student Union Board will have its Haunted Hotel from 7 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Wednesday (Oct. 31) in the Union Commons. More

Chief scientific officer of Howard Hughes Medical Institute to return to Purdue as visiting distinguished lecturer

**Jack E. Dixon**

Jack E. Dixon, the vice president and chief scientific officer of Howard Hughes Medical Institute, will speak at Purdue on Thursday and Friday (Nov.1 and 2) as the visiting lecturer for the annual Varro E. Tyler Distinguished Lectureship.

Dixon, who was Purdue's Harvey W. Wiley Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry from 1986-1991, will present two lectures during his visit. Both events are free and open to the public. More

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