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Jeff Kanable

It didn't take Jeff Kanable long to become involved with Purdue's United Way Campaign. Only 12 weeks after starting at Purdue as assistant director of sponsored program services contracting, Kanable didn't hesitate when asked to serve as a loaned campaign representative for the University. Read more...

Featured News for Employees

Purdue implements interim medical amnesty policy

An interim policy, pending input from the University Senate, assures students they will not face University discipline if they seek medical assistance when they or someone they help is intoxicated. Read more...

Proposal letters due Sept. 2 for GPRI incentive awards

Purdue's Global Policy Research Institute is accepting incentive award proposals for research projects, international workshops and international conferences relevant to GPRI’s mission and theme areas. Letters of intent must be submitted by 5 p.m. Sept. 2. Read more...

BoilerCast's new capabilities give faculty more ways to deliver course content

BoilerCast, Purdue's system for recording lectures and making them available to students online, has new features that make it easy for faculty members to add prerecorded video clips and incorporate content from outside sources. Read more...

People

Purdue researcher tapped for U.S. energy, climate fellowship

Suresh V. Garimella, Purdue's R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering, has received a senior fellowship for the U.S. State Department's Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA). Read more...

General News

Grieving students benefit from rare university academic leave policies

College students deal with the death of family members more often than realized, and that is why formal bereavement policies are essential to help students if a family member dies during the school year, says a Purdue expert. Read more...

Purdue highlights the best of undergraduate research in new journal

Enhancing aerospace propulsion systems and improving food production to prevent food-borne illness are two of the featured topics in the new Journal of Purdue Undergraduate Research. Read more...

Study Abroad holding reception, inviting all to fair

The Office of Programs for Study Abroad will celebrate the return to campus of more 1,500 study abroad students Wednesday (Aug. 24) and conduct the annual Study Abroad Fair on Aug. 31. Read more...

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