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Purdue Today on Twitter

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Purdue Extension to post about crop report on Twitter

Purdue Extension Twitter feed will post live from the annual Indiana State Fair crop report starting at 9:30 a.m. Aug. 12. Read the posts here.

FEATURED NEWS FOR EMPLOYEES

Wellness screenings available on West Lafayette campus

The School of Nursing has summer wellness screening appointments. More

Managing e-mail -- delete items a second time

In early August, ITaP will begin migrating e-mail accounts for Exchange users to Exchange 2007, which will offer a new look and new features. Individual users will experience a brief outage window during their migration, and remembering to delete items a second time can help lessen outage windows. ITaP offers tips on deleting, archiving and organizing here.

Update: Traffic, parking disruptions

Here are notes on some current and upcoming disruptions on the West Lafayette campus. More

Presentations to focus on visual desktop infrastructure

Three vendors will demonstrate virtual desktop infrastructure, or VDI, at open forums today and Friday. The VDI "Bake-Off," sponsored by the Purdue IT community and the College of Science, will give information technology staff the chance to see three visions for VDI at Purdue. Multiple presentations will be made in Rawls Hall by each vendor. Times and specific locations are available here.

GENERAL NEWS

Purdue partnership for putting idle computers to work on research wins international award

Purdue's DiaGrid team

Ag Econ to help sponsor global trade analysis course

The Seventeenth Annual Short Course in Global Trade Analysis will be held Aug. 8-14 in Bangkok, Thailand. The course is being jointly organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and the Center for Global Trade Analysis in the Purdue Department of Agricultural Economics. More

PURDUE SPORTS

Purdue football's Danny Hope talks about upcoming season at Big Ten Media Day

A transcript of Purdue football head coach Danny Hope's press conference at the Big Ten Media Day is available here.

CALENDAR AND EVENTS

Events this week

Here is a list of events happening July 27-Aug. 2 at the West Lafayette campus. More

Farmers market to be held today near Dauch

Local Indiana growers and merchants continue to offer fresh fruits and vegetables, baked goods, homemade crafts and more at a farmers market on the West Lafayette campus. Check out the market from 3 to 6:30 p.m. today at the corner of Sheetz and Wood streets, just west of the Dick and Sandy Dauch Alumni Center. The market, sponsored by Purdue Physical Facilities, will be held Thursdays through Aug. 13.

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