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February 11, 2008FEATURED NEWS FOR EMPLOYEES
Physical Facilities implements Level 1 of heating steam curtailment
Due to a combination of forecasted extremely cold temperatures and limited steam production capability, Wade Utility Plant officials have asked that campus heating steam curtailment Level 1 be implemented beginning late afternoon Sunday, Feb. 10. More
APSAC still accepting membership applications
Administrative and professional staff have until Feb. 25 to submit membership applications to APSAC. MoreTraffic disruptions
Here is a list of current projects that may affect vehicular and pedestrian traffic on the West Lafayette campus. MoreHelp Libraries evaluate new citation management resource
Purdue University Libraries has partnered with RefWorks, an online citation management software provider, to offer a free trial from Feb. 11 to March 21. MoreCAMPUS NEWS
Purdue continues pursuit of workers' rights, commends students' concern
Purdue has decided to continue monitoring a proposed business plan that would give an outside group authority to decide who can manufacture university-licensed clothing in other countries. MorePurdue literary magazine celebrates 20 years
Sycamore Review, Purdue's nationally recognized journal of literature, opinion and arts, will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a gala on Feb. 29. MoreForum will allow Purdue students to give input on strategic plan
Purdue students will have a chance to contribute ideas for the university's next strategic plan at a Feb. 13 open forum. The forum will take place from 5-6:30 p.m. in the Purdue Memorial Union North Ballroom. More
PEOPLE
2 Purdue professors elected to National Academy of Engineering
The National Academy of Engineering has elected two Purdue engineering professors into its society.Kumares Sinha, the Edgar B. and Hedwig M. Olson Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering, and Andrew M. Weiner, the Scifres Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, are among the 65 new members and nine foreign associates elected to the academy this year. More
Faculty and staff honors
-- Melissa Dark, professor of computer and information technology and assistant dean in the College of Technology, has received a Faculty Fellowship for Study in a Second Discipline for the fall 2008 semester. More
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Purdue advances engineering wing, athletic complex, Calumet housing, energy efforts
The Purdue Board of Ttrustees on Friday (Feb. 8) approved financing and construction of a new energy-efficient addition to the School of Mechanical Engineering Building and granted authority to plan a new athletic complex.The board also approved a construction contract for a new residence hall at Purdue Calumet, energy conservation work in three buildings and a lease for Lafayette Aviation. More
Trustees OK IUPUI motorsports program, honor professor, ratify administrator, name change
The Purdue Board of Trustees on Friday (Feb. 8) ratified a bachelor's degree program in motorsports engineering at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.Trustees also approved the appointment of Bruce R. Hamaker as the Roy Whistler Chair in Carbohydrate Science in the Department of Food Science and the appointment of Lawrence M. Barrett as the vice chancellor for student services and enrollment management at Purdue North Central. More
GENERAL NEWS
Purdue cancer research, Science Bound receive $2.5 million injection from alumni gift
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A $2 million gift from Peter and Sally Kay of Cincinnati will create an endowed professorship in clinical cancer research. Another $500,000 will support the university's mentorship and scholarships for students in Indianapolis Public Schools. More
CALENDAR AND EVENTS
Events this week
Here is a list of events happening Feb. 11-17 on the West Lafayette campus. MoreSagamore Room to host special Valentine's Day dinner
The Sagamore Room in Purdue Memorial Union will host a special dinner on Valentine's Day. Reservations are being accepted now at (765) 494-8945. For a look at the menu, click here.Author, leadership consultant to speak about businesswomen at Purdue
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Shambaugh, who earned a bachelor's degree in communication from Purdue's College of Liberal Arts in 1978, will speak at 3:30 p.m. in Discovery Park's Burton D. Morgan Center, Room 121. The lecture is sponsored by the Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence and the College of Liberal Arts. More
Purdue's presidential inaugural to feature Global University Convocation
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C-SPAN President and CEO Brian Lamb, a Purdue alumnus, will moderate the convocation, which will be held 2:30-4:30 p.m. April 10 in Loeb Playhouse. At least seven panelists from four continents will form the discussion group. A symposium of Purdue faculty also is being planned for April 11 around selected interdisciplinary topics. Both of those events will be open to the public. The inauguration ceremony will take place at 2 p.m. April 11 in Elliott Hall of Music. More
Poetry event at Black Cultural Center to honor women
Poems about women is the theme of a Project Respect collaboration between Purdue's Black Cultural Center and the Women's Resource Office on Feb. 22.Poets from the campus community will share poems about women's talents, abilities, experiences, dreams, vision and art beyond the boundaries of race, class and sexual orientation at "Women's Art, Women's Vision, Women's Dreams ... A Womanist Poetry Event!" Free and open to the public, it will be at 7 p.m. in the BCC Multipurpose Room. More
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