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Purdue Profiles:
Mindy Dalgarn

As a student at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Ore., as a residential dean at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., and as vice president of student affairs at Mercer University in Macon, Ga., Mindy Dalgarn lived on campus. During that 30-year time span, Dalgarn immersed herself in student life, and that did not change when she moved off campus and assumed her role as vice chancellor for student affairs at Purdue University Calumet. Read more...

Featured News for Employees

Purdue police seek help in Beering Hall vandalism

Purdue University police want to talk to a man whose image was recorded by a surveillance video camera on the same day that an act of vandalism caused a reported $50,000 to $60,000 in damage in Beering Hall. Read more...

Upcoming class stresses importance of dental care, its effect on general health

WorkLife Programs is offering a course on dental care Wednesday (Feb. 9) as part of its 12-week program, “Transform Your Health Habits.” Read more...

SharePoint upgrade coming in March

A March 1 upgrade to SharePoint 2010 -- Microsoft's web-based collaboration platform -- is poised to enhance and expand campus-wide use of the ITaP service. SharePoint incorporates document management, versioning and workflow to create a common online workspace for quick, easy collaboration -- whether for shared faculty research, administrative documents for staff, or coursework aid for students. Read more...

Purdue obituaries

A list of obituaries of recent and retired Purdue faculty and staff is available as a PDF file here.

Research News & Special Reports

MILabs imaging instrument to help Purdue expand life sciences research

Purdue's Bindley Bioscience Center has installed a high-end imaging instrument to advance research in the areas of cancer, neuroscience, and cardiovascular and musculoskeletal diseases. Read more...

General News

Purdue to help Indiana mayors, cities learn about working with China

Purdue is inviting Indiana mayors to participate in a workshop on Feb. 25 to learn more about China and economic development in Indiana. Read more...

People

History professor heads to Cyprus as Fulbright Scholar

At a time when millions of people around the world have fled ethnic conflicts, Purdue history professor Charles Ingrao is actively seeking them out. Read more...

11 receive Purdue Ag Alumni Association's top award

Eleven leaders in agriculture have received the Purdue University Agricultural Alumni Association's highest honor in recognition of their career-long service to their profession and communities. Read more...

Events

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• Women in Engineering Program to host K-8 open house

• First Blue Man Group tour promises new material, classic moments