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November 30, 2012
In the Spotlight
Putting together the perfect College of Science event -- whether it's an awards ceremony, an alumni reception or a dinner with the dean -- is like creating art for Janelle Musch. As the college's director of alumni relations and special events, Musch makes sure that each event's details are carefully prepared. The goal, Musch says, is to ensure that every attendee leaves with a lasting impression of their great experience. Find out more at www.purdue.edu/momentummakers.
This month's Momentum Makers installment also features David Bowker, director of the Office of Future Engineers, and Becky White, assistant director of Sponsored Programs Administration-NEES Field Office.
Faculty and staff news
Nine Purdue professors have been awarded the distinction of fellow from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world's largest general scientific society.
General news
Purdue students will have the opportunity to build and operate their own miniature supercomputers in a new scientific computing class set for spring semester 2013. Besides earning three credits, students in the class may end up on Purdue teams competing at student supercomputing competitions in Denver and Germany.
A special reception set for Wednesday (Dec. 5) will honor the record number of Purdue students who made discoveries in the past year. In the 2011-12 fiscal year, 355 student inventors contributed to a Purdue discovery, up from 218 in 2010-11.
Researchers and students at Indiana universities and colleges are eligible for a Department of Energy competition seeking the nation's top business plans based on clean energy technologies.
Strength from the past and strength for the future are themes in the four segments in the newest installment of 'Boiler Bytes,' Purdue's video news magazine, to appear Sunday (Dec. 2) on the Big Ten Network.
About 70 university students pursuing a commission in the United States Marine Corps will take part in an outdoor forced hike on campus Saturday (Dec. 1).
Purdue sports
For more information on Purdue sports, go to www.purduesports.com.
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