In the spotlight

Murphy Award winner: Cliff Fisher

Five exceptional teachers were honored with 2011 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Awards in Memory of Charles B. Murphy at the Faculty Awards Convocation on April 28. This week, Purdue Today will feature a profile on each of the recipients. Today, we focus on Cliff Fisher, clinical associate professor of management and academic director for Krannert undergraduate programs. Read more...

Featured News for Employees

Everyday Wellness: Celebrate women's health in May

Heart disease, cancer and stroke are the leading health risks for women today. Thankfully, these problems and many others can be prevented or successfully treated with early detection. That's why it's so important to get routine health screenings. Your Purdue benefits can help you get the screenings you need. Read more...

ITaP to offer instructors online help in posting final grades to Blackboard

Educational technologists from ITaP's Academic Technologies unit will be available through an Adobe Connect meeting room to assist instructors in real time with questions about posting final grades to Blackboard. The Connect online environment will be open weekdays from 9 to 11 a.m. and 2 to 4 p.m. through Tuesday (May 10). Read more...

Purdue Today schedule for summer

Purdue Today will reduce its publishing schedule May 9 through Aug. 12. Regular publishing days during the summer will be Monday and Thursday. Daily publication will resume Aug. 15.

Research News & Special Reports

Researchers in various studies looking for participants

Here is a list of research studies that currently are looking for participants. Read more...

General News

Ener1 equips Purdue students with battery technology, expertise

Energy technology company Ener1 is providing lithium-ion battery technology and expertise to Purdue's College of Technology to help students understand the intricacies of building electric vehicles. Read more...

Purdue to study nutrition needs of low-income, rural children

Purdue will help develop nutrition programs in two Indiana communities as part of a $4.5 million U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to study obesity in preschool-age children of low-income rural families in seven North-Central states. Read more...

Purdue gets funding for second phase of hermetic storage for crops

Purdue will receive $1.1 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to determine whether a storage technology developed for cowpeas and now widely used by farmers in sub-Saharan Africa will work for other African crops. Read more...

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