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Mixable blends Facebook with academics to improve student success

A new application lets university students create online study groups within Facebook, and lets the participants synch and share documents via Dropbox. Read more...

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Mukerjea receives Order of the Griffin, one of University's highest honors

Rabindra Mukerjea, Purdue executive director of strategic planning and assessment, has received the Order of the Griffin from President France A. Córdova. Read more...

* Video of Tuesday's President's Forum is available at mms://video.dis.purdue.edu/bns/General/Forum100928.wmv. The topic for the forum was "Discovery at Purdue."

Purdue faculty to address environmental issues during Green Week

Purdue faculty will sponsor a series of workshops and symposiums during Green Week (Oct. 4-8) that address biodiversity, global climate change and energy safety. Read more...

Purdue Discovery Lecture will examine safety, communication issues on major oil spills

Award-winning NPR correspondent Richard Harris, global industry safety expert Deborah Grubbe and congressional staffer Ana Unruh Cohen will speak Oct. 7 at Purdue University as part of a Discovery Lecture focused on safety and communication issues surrounding major oil spills. Read more...

Memo: Science Journalism Laureates

This memo from Tim Sands, executive vice president for academic affairs and provost, is regarding the Science Journalism Laureates program. Memo

ITaP sets training in collaboration and online instruction technology for October

Faculty and staff who are working with colleagues on the West Lafayette and regional campuses, at other universities or anywhere around the world can meet virtually by using Adobe Acrobat Connect Professional, a versatile web-conferencing software. ITaP will provide training for Adobe Connect from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Oct. 12 and Oct. 21. Attendees require only basic computing experience to participate in the class. Read more...

Rossmann to present Sigma Xi lecture

Purdue's own Michael Rossmann, whose research group has contributed pioneering knowledge of the structure of viruses, will present a Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecture on Tuesday (Oct. 5). Read more...

Research News & Special Reports

Model aims to reduce disaster toll on city's social, economic fabric

Researchers have created a computer model that predicts how a disaster's impact on critical infrastructure would affect a city's social and economic fabric, a potential tool to help reduce the severity of impacts, manage the aftermath of catastrophe and fortify infrastructure against future disasters. Read more...

General News

Purdue graduate programs fare well in NRC evaluation

More than half of Purdue ’s 46 programs included in a national evaluation of doctoral programs in the United States are highly rated in their respective disciplines. Read more...

'Boiler Bytes 13' to make debut on BTN

A new installment of a Purdue television program featuring Purdue people and programs will premiere today (Sept. 29) on the Big Ten Network. Read more...

Purdue class ring to salute ROTC seniors, alumni

Purdue will join a handful of other campuses with a new tradition honoring its ROTC seniors. Read more...

Registration opens for Purdue's $100,000 Burton Morgan business plan competition

Registration is under way for the 24th annual Burton D. Morgan Business Plan Competition, in which Purdue University undergraduate and graduate students will battle for $100,000 in prizes next February. Read more...

Purdue Research Park-based company named in Inc. 5000 list

Editors at Inc. magazine have named Officescape Inc., a Purdue Research Park-based company, to their fourth annual "Inc. 5000" list. Read more...

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