In the spotlight

Summer construction has campus poised for fall

Summer construction readies campus for fall

Orange may be the operative color on campus this summer. The highlighted signs of construction zones and street detours have alerted pedestrians and passers-by to Purdue's many rising buildings and restoration projects. Grand openings for several new and renovated facilities are anticipated for the fall, and rehabilitation and repair work began in full with the majority of the students away. Read more...

* A photo gallery by University photographers Andrew Hancock and Mark Simons shows major construction projects here.

Featured News for Employees

Women's Resource Office merges into Butler Center

The Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence is pleased to announce that beginning Aug. 1, the Women's Resource Office has joined the Butler Center. Read more...

Mixable application engages students in nontraditional ways

Mixable, a new ITaP-developed technology to help drive student engagement, is available for use by any faculty member or student this semester. Mixable is an easy-to-use collaboration tool that integrates with students use of Facebook, Twitter and other social media applications to enable discussion of course materials, study groups, team projects, and more. Read more...

WorkLife Programs provides financial services, classes to employees

Through a partnership between Human Resources WorkLife Programs and Purdue Federal Credit Union, all employees have access to free, confidential credit counseling services. Read more...

'5 Students Who …' nominations wanted this week

Students who are the first in their family to go to college are special people. Any faculty or staff member just might know one of them and the story that brought that student to Purdue. Read more...

General News

Purdue informs former math students of computer security incident

Purdue is informing 7,093 former students who took mathematics courses, faculty and some others that an unauthorized user may have gained access to information about them. Those affected have been notified by personal letter. Read more...

Purdue's global business initiative reaches out to parents of international students

Parents of incoming international students are invited to participate in a Wednesday (Aug. 17) workshop that helps them learn about Purdue and the state of Indiana as a business resource. Read more...

Purdue Sports

Athletics responds to football fan survey

Last fall, Purdue Athletics conducted a survey of Boilermaker football fans on their game-day experience at Ross-Ade Stadium. Now the results are in and some changes are being made, notably in concessions and the video board. Read more...

For more information on Purdue sports, go to www.purduesports.com.

Events

• This week's events
• Events for the next four weeks

• Purdue tornado expert to highlight next Science on Tap discussion

• Workshop to discuss forage selection and management