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Purdue Pest Control

Purdue's Pest Control unit has the animal instinct. From chinchillas, mice and badgers to ants, bedbugs and snakes, the four-member team monitors wildlife, rodents, insects and other pests around the West Lafayette campus. Read more...

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Featured News for Employees

SharePoint group to discuss 2010 upgrade status, tips and tricks

The SharePoint 2010 upgrade project will be discussed at the Tuesday (April 26) meeting of the SharePoint Users and Developers (SPUD) group. The meeting is from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. in Lawson Computer Science Building, Room 1142. A user question-and-answer session will be held from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. in the same room, and a developer Q&A session will be held from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. in Room 1106. Read more...

Research News & Special Reports

Purdue-led team studies Earth's recovery from prehistoric global warming

The Earth may be able to recover from rising carbon dioxide emissions faster than previously thought, according to evidence from a prehistoric event analyzed by a Purdue-led team. Read more...

Concrete recycling may cut highway construction cost, landfill use

Purdue civil engineers are working with the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) to perfect the use of recycled concrete for highway construction, a strategy that could reduce material costs by as much as 20 percent. Read more...

General News

Displaced workers earn 4-year degrees in just 2 years at Kokomo

Laid-off Chrysler and Delphi workers will graduate in May with bachelor's degrees earned in only two years as part of a novel program through Purdue College of Technology at Kokomo. Read more...

'Smart' power grid needed for electric vehicles

Though an upcoming Electric Vehicle Grand Prix may reflect a growing popularity of electric vehicles, their widespread adoption will require innovations to the power grid, say researchers at Purdue. Read more...

People

Cox named interim statewide director for LSAMP Indiana

Monica Cox, associate professor of engineering education, has been selected to serve as interim statewide director of the Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation program in Indiana. Read more...

Purdue Sports

Mackey Celebration Weekend to showcase four Boilermaker teams in four days

Intercollegiate Athletics will host Mackey Celebration Weekend from Nov. 10 to 13, and over the four days, four Boilermaker teams will compete a total of five times in their respective home venues. Read more...

No. 4 women's golf at Big Ten Championships

The 2011 Big Ten Women's Golf Championships will be held April 22-24 at the Lake Shore Country Club, a 6,303-yard, par-72 venue in Glencoe, Ill. The fourth-ranked Purdue women's golf team has taken the short trip up I-65 looking for its fourth consecutive Big Ten individual and team championship. Read more...

Mackey seat selection set to begin Monday

The Mackey Arena seat selection and allocation phase is set to begin Monday. Seat selection order will be based upon John Purdue Club priority point standings as of March 31. Read more...

Men's basketball to host full slate of summer camps

The Purdue men's basketball program will play host to a variety of camps in the month of June as part of the 2011 Matt Painter Basketball Camps. Read more...

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