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News for faculty and staff

January 18, 2008
CAMPUS NEWS

Financial Aid ready for OnePurdue's new Banner system

With the Banner Financial Aid software on track to go live Feb. 11, several staff members from the Division of Financial Aid (DFA) in West Lafayette have been working with OnePurdue's Enrollment and Student Affairs (ESA) team to prepare and finish testing. More

Sessions to highlight working at Purdue

Purdue will offer three community outreach events to showcase the benefits of working at Purdue and to provide information on applying for a position. More
SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Mortar Board Dean Betty Nelson Service Award

Faculty and staff are asked to encourage Purdue students to apply for the Mortar Board Dean Betty Nelson Service Award. More

Scholarships available for quantitative physiology program

Feb. 1 is the deadline for undergraduate students to apply for new NSF-funded scholarships for the Purdue Program in Quantitative Physiology. These needs-based scholarships will assist qualified students to explore the dynamic interface between biology, medicine, mathematical analysis and computational analysis and modeling. More

RESEARCH NEWS, SPECIAL REPORTS

Purdue-designed Alzheimer's treatment completes first phase of testing

**Arun Ghosh (right), Xiaoming Xu**

A molecule designed by a Purdue researcher to stop the debilitating symptoms of Alzheimer's disease has been shown in its first phase of clinical trials to be safe and to reduce biomarkers for the disease.

CoMentis, the pharmaceutical company developing the drug, announced on Jan. 7 completion of its Phase 1 study of a treatment based on the molecule. Results from the study indicate that the treatment is safe and well tolerated. More

GENERAL NEWS

Center for Human-Animal Bond to present 2008 Lilly lecture series

The 2008 Lilly Lectureship Series, presented by Purdue's Center for the Human-Animal Bond, will feature a keynote address by psychiatrist Aaron H. Katcher next week at the North American Veterinary Conference in Orlando, Fla. More

Bigger Profits through Targeted Sales workshop set for Feb. 6

The Purdue New Ventures Team will lead the Bigger Profits through Targeted Sales workshop Feb. 6 at the Sand Creek Country Club in Chesterton, Ind. More

NEWS FROM OTHER PURDUE CAMPUSES

Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne

Purdue Calumet

Purdue North Central

CALENDAR AND EVENTS

Events this weekend

Here is a list of events happening Jan. 18-21 on the West Lafayette campus. More

Blues artists to return for encore performance

Two blues artists who have entertained Purdue audiences in the past are returning for "Déjà Vu Blues: An Encore Double Bill with Eric Bibb & Ronnie Baker Brooks," at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 31 in Loeb Playhouse. More

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