In the spotlight

Purdue Profiles:
Chenn Zhou

Growing up in a family of educators, Chenn Zhou dreamed of someday fulfilling a similar role. Now, as a professor of mechanical engineering, director for engineering outreach and director for the Center for Innovation through Visualization and Simulation at Purdue Calumet, she does this on many levels and in many roles. Read more...

Featured News for Employees

One Brick Higher
presented to
Tony Hawkins

L. Tony Hawkins was honored Tuesday (Oct. 25) with the One Brick Higher Award. Hawkins, associate vice president for student affairs, received the award at the President's Forum in the South Ballroom, Purdue Memorial Union. The One Brick Higher Award is presented to faculty, staff and students who go beyond the requirements of their role to improve the lives of those around them, increase the effectiveness of the workplace and/or prevent or solve problems. Read more...

* How to make a One Brick Higher nomination

* Archived webcast of today's forum

Ongoing data center consolidation project reduces energy costs, cooling problems

Purdue's ongoing data center consolidation project has improved data security for faculty, reduced power and cooling problems for faculty and administrative staff, and saved the West Lafayette campus more than $186,000. Now, the project's leaders are encouraging others managing their own data centers to participate; as an incentive, faculty and staff are eligible to receive funding for server and data center consolidation efforts. Read more...

Purdue Sports

Purdue gets high marks for graduation success rate

Purdue student-athletes are graduating at a rate just shy of their Division I counterparts, according to statistical information released today by the NCAA, and the gap is expected to close over the next two years. Read more...

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Events

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

• Purdue to mark 50th anniversary of human space flight

• Purdue Galleries to showcase evocative large-scale installations