please add purduetoday@purdue.edu to your address book.
Current issue is at https://www.purdue.edu/uns/PurdueToday/current.htm
| To ensure you receive your Purdue Today e-mails, please add purduetoday@purdue.edu to your address book. Current issue is at https://www.purdue.edu/uns/PurdueToday/current.htm |
|
|
News for faculty and staffAugust 21, 2008CAMPUS NEWSCDFS study seeks youngsters, their mothersResearchers in the Department of Child Development and Family Studies are recruiting families with children from 3.5 to 4 years old for a study on child-mother relationships and children’s behavior with peers and other adults. MoreConfucius Institute to offer conversation, calligraphy coursesTwo non-credit courses -- Elementary Chinese Conversation and Fun with Chinese Calligraphy -- will be offered this fall through the Confucius Institute at Purdue (CIP) and Purdue Continuing Education. The courses are open to anyone with an interest in Chinese language and culture. More Nobel laureate to speak at Discovery Lecture Series
Nobel laureate Phillip Sharp, an American biochemist and molecular biologist who co-discovered gene splicing, is the keynote speaker for Purdue's Discovery Lecture Series event on Sept. 12. The lecture, sponsored by Discovery Park's Oncological Sciences Center, Purdue Cancer Center and other units at Purdue, begins at 3:30 p.m. in Stewart Center's Fowler Hall. Sharp's lecture, "The Roles of Short RNAs in Cancer and Biology," is free and open to the public. More Sigma Xi's distinguished lecture series focusing on climate changePeter Raven, director of Missouri Botanical Garden and the George Englemann Professor of Botany at Washington University in St. Louis, will be the first speaker in the Purdue chapter of Sigma Xi's series of distinguished lectures on climate change and global sustainability. MoreRESEARCH NEWS, SPECIAL REPORTSHealthy honey bees is goal of multi-institutional research team
A combination of pathogens, pesticides and parasites may underlie such a massive disappearance of honeybees that agricultural production may be threatened, says a Purdue researcher. Greg Hunt, a Purdue apicultural researcher and geneticist, is collaborating with 19 scientists from around the country to launch an in-depth study of bees' behavior, lives, illnesses and deaths to define the syndrome known as colony collapse disorder (CCD). The investigators' goal is to find ways to restore bee colonies and keep them safe. More New 'nano-positioners' may have atomic-scale precisionEngineers have created a tiny motorized positioning device that has twice the dexterity of similar devices being developed for applications that include biological sensors and more compact, powerful computer hard drives. The device, called a monolithic comb drive, might be used as a "nanoscale manipulator" that precisely moves or senses movement and forces. The devices also can be used in watery environments for probing biological molecules, said Jason Vaughn Clark, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering and mechanical engineering, who created the design. MoreGENERAL NEWSPurdue leadership course begins Sept. 2 in CrawfordsvillePurdue's College of Technology at Lafayette is accepting enrollment for a leadership course in critical thinking offered in Crawfordsville beginning Sept. 2. MorePEOPLEInternational symposium to honor retiring professorPurdue's School of Industrial Engineering will hold an international symposium Saturday (Aug. 23) in honor of Gavriel Salvendy, who is retiring after 37 years with the school. MoreCALENDAR AND EVENTSEvents this weekHere is a list of events happening Aug. 18-24 at the West Lafayette campus. More
Archives and how to submit items to Purdue Today Problems? Contact Mike Willis, Purdue News Service, (765) 494-0371, jwillis1@purdue.edu Purdue Today: (765) 494-2036; purduetoday@purdue.edu |
|
