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Purdue Profiles:
Tom Eismin

Tom Eismin, hot air balloon pilot, sailor, woodworker and former art glass studio co-owner, says there are too many toys and not enough hours in the day to support all of his interests, but he still finds time to promote artwork on campus. Read more...

Featured News for Employees

President's Forum to be held today

Faculty and staff are invited to attend a President's Forum from 9 to 10 a.m. today (Sept. 28) in the North Ballroom, Purdue Memorial Union. The topic is "Discovery at Purdue." President France A. Córdova will open the forum with remarks, and Richard Buckius, vice president for research, will talk about research trends, faculty contributions and Purdue's research facilities and infrastructure. A live webcast of the forum will be available at mms://video.dis.purdue.edu/PresidentsForum.

Enrolling on Fidelity site requires customer ID and PIN

When Purdue faculty and staff are ready to enroll in the new 2011 retirement plan lineup, they will need to log in at the Purdue-dedicated Fidelity website. Read more...

Purdue, students celebrate Green Week 2010

Purdue faculty, staff and students are sponsoring several events to celebrate the University's Green Week 2010 (Oct. 4-9), including a Wabash River cleanup, an alternative energy transportation show, and contests to reduce water and energy usage and increase recycling. Read more...

CSSAC adds nine to ranks

Deborah Luedtke became chair and nine new members began their terms on the Clerical and Service Advisory Committee for the 2010-11 session on Sept. 14 during the group’s meeting. Read more...

Research News & Special Reports

Dicamba-glyphosate combo works well in resistant soybeans

Soybeans engineered to be resistant to the herbicides dicamba and glyphosate performed well in field tests with weeds that have become resistant to glyphosate alone. Read more...

General News

Institute awards more than $8,000 to benefit student service members, veterans

The Military Family Research Institute at Purdue has awarded $8,300 to six student veterans' organizations across Indiana. Read more...

Events

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• Events for the next four weeks

• College to celebrate fourth Experience Liberal Arts month
• Fancy Fortune Cookies founder to speak at fundraising bootcamp