September 16, 2011
In the spotlight
Game Starters:
Ryan Dale, sports video services specialist
Before the team takes the field and the referee calls for kickoff, Purdue staff members play their part in making football games successful. Each Friday before a home game, as Ross-Ade Stadium waits to come alive with cheering Boilermakers, a staff member who is integral to game day will be featured in Purdue Today's Game Starters series. This week's Game Starter is Ryan Dale, sports video services specialist in Intercollegiate Athletics. Read more...
* The Boiler Bridge Walk will start at 5:40 p.m. today (Sept. 16) at the fountain on the West Lafayette side of the John T. Myers Pedestrian Bridge. Read more...
* The Purdue football team takes on Southeast Missouri State at noon Saturday (Sept. 17). Ticket information is at www.purduesports.com.
* Before the game, Purdue Bands & Orchestras will present the "Thrill on the Hill" at 10 a.m. at Slayter Center. And it's Band Day, bringing hundreds of high school musicians to join Purdue's band at halftime.
Featured News for Employees
CIGNA offers education sessions on health savings accounts
Faculty and staff have an opportunity to learn more about health savings accounts (HSAs) at September sessions being presented by CIGNA. No registration is required. Read more...
Affordable, portable 3-D display and virtual reality system offered for demonstration
A cost-effective, portable 3-D stereoscopic display and virtual reality system for potential use in Purdue’s classrooms and research labs is the result of a project repurposing off-the-shelf hardware, including a big-screen 3-D television and a Kinect motion-tracking device normally used for playing Xbox games. Read more...
Get Smart: Using your mobile device securely
In celebration of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which takes place in October, ITaP security experts offer the following tips for keeping information secure on smartphones, laptops or other mobile devices. Here are some things users should consider to protect their information and mobile devices from potential threats. Read more...
General News
Lectures in Ethics, Policy, and Science to kick off Tuesday
A lecture on the morality of animal pain by an expert in animal cognition will launch the 2011-12 Purdue Lectures in Ethics, Policy, and Science series Tuesday (Sept. 20). Read more...
Cricket Club to help launch innovative Indy sports park
Purdue's Cricket Club will help open the new Indianapolis World Sports Park with an exhibition match Sept. 24 against a team from Indiana University. Read more...
PPDA callout will be Thursday
The Purdue Postdoctoral Association will hold its callout at 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Thursday (Sept. 22). The callout, which will be held in Lawson Computer Science Building, Room B151, marks the second anniversary of the organization. All students, scholars, faculty and staff are welcome to attend. Read more...
Purdue Sports
Women's basketball to conduct walk-on tryout
The Purdue women's basketball staff will hold a walk-on tryout for
females interested in competing for the Boilers. The tryout will be
at 6 a.m. Oct. 3 in Holloway Gymnasium in the Intercollegiate
Athletic Facility. Read more...
For more information on Purdue sports, go to www.purduesports.com.
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Events
• This week's events
• Events for the next four weeks
• Grammy-winning jazz musician Esperanza Spalding returning to Purdue
• Krannert operations conference to focus on onshoring
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