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January 3, 2011

A message from President Córdova

The eyes of the world were on Professor Ei-ichi Negishi and Purdue last month as Negishi accepted the Nobel Prize in Chemistry from King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. Read more...

In the spotlight

Marching to a
different beat

Some Boilermakers' diplomas are framed in leadership and stamped with character. Many of these are earned by the men and women in ROTC, the Reserve Officer Training Corps. These students virtually take leadership as their second major. While other students sleep in, they are up at O-dark-30 several mornings a week for a six- mile run or an eight-mile march, topped with pushups, pull-ups, lunges, crunches, and weight lifting that would make Atlas cringe. Read more...

Featured News for Employees

Changes to overtime and callback pay effective today

Changes to overtime and callback pay are effective today (Jan. 3). The changes have been implemented as a recurring cost savings option, as identified by the Sustaining New Synergies initiative, and are in keeping with the Fair Labor Standards Act. Read more...

CIE to offer workshops on college teaching

The Center for Instructional Excellence will offer two workshop series during spring semester on the fundamentals of teaching at Purdue. Read more...

This week's 'Thumbs Up' recipients

"Thumbs Up" gives faculty and staff the chance to recognize others on campus for a job well done. Read more...

General News

Police search campus area for missing mother of student

Purdue University Police are searching for a woman who had been visiting her son on campus and was last seen at about 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Read more...

Research News & Special Reports

Purdue, NIST working on breathalyzers for medical diagnostics

Researchers have overcome a fundamental obstacle in developing breath-analysis technology to rapidly diagnose patients by detecting chemical compounds called "biomarkers" in a person's respiration in real time. Read more...

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• 'Performative Objects' features two figurative sculptors