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Did You Know?:
Boilermaker
Butcher Block

With offerings from filet mignon, mesquite butterfly chops and hot Italian sausage to beef tongue, oxtail and chicken feet, Boilermaker Butcher Block on Purdue's West Lafayette campus has been making carnivorous mouths water since 1973. Read more...

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Featured News for Employees

Córdova reacts to governor's budget proposal

In response to Gov. Daniels' proposed budget released Thursday (Jan. 13), President France A. Córdova issued the following statement. "The new round of cuts to higher education that have been proposed by the governor will severely challenge our ability to provide a high-quality education and generate the new knowledge that benefits the state of Indiana." Read more...

Training available for Web designers to meet March 15 Web accessibility deadline

Purdue faculty and staff members who design or develop websites can learn techniques to make sites more accessible to users with disabilities. Training is scheduled for 8:30-10 a.m. Thursday (Jan. 20), 3-4:30 p.m. Jan. 26 or 3-4:30 p.m. Feb. 1. Anyone with knowledge of HTML coding is welcome to participate in the training, scheduled in conjunction with a University mandate to make all Purdue websites fully accessible over the next four years. Read more...

Spring issues of Inside Purdue, 'Arts at Purdue' now available

The spring issue of Inside Purdue, the University's resource guide for faculty and staff, is now being delivered to campus mailboxes. Read more...

Nominations sought for 2011 Awards for Excellence in Distance Learning

This memo from Mickey A. Latour, associate dean for distance learning, is to request nominations for the 2011 Awards for Excellence in Distance Learning. Read more...

Submissions sought for Sigma Xi Graduate Student Research Awards Competition

The Purdue University Chapter of Sigma Xi, the scientific research society, is conducting a Graduate Student Research Awards Competition in the format of a scientific poster session. More details on the competition are in a PDF file.

Research News & Special Reports

Purdue wraps up emission study, starts crunching numbers

Purdue researchers have delivered data to the Environmental Protection Agency on a two-year National Air Emissions Monitoring Study that gives a look at air quality on and around livestock farms. Read more...

General News

Electricity pricing policies may make or break plug-in hybrid buys

California policies aimed at reducing electricity use and curbing greenhouse gas emissions have the unintended consequence of making new plug-in hybrid vehicles uneconomical, according to a Purdue economist. Read more...

Economist: Higher wheat acreage a return to normal

Winter wheat is making a mini-comeback in Indiana, but how long that comeback lasts could be determined by weather and other crop opportunities, said Purdue agricultural economist Chris Hurt. Read more...

Events

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• Events for the next four weeks

• 2011 Purdue Jazz Festival to premiere new composition

• Purdue to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day