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March 14, 2013 In the Spotlight
Did You Know?: HHS machinesResearchers in the College of Health and Human Sciences often maintain their scientific cutting edge using a variety of helpful machines, many of which look downright futuristic. The machines vary from a body composition measurer that looks like a miniature space vehicle to a cap that can record the brain's activity to eyeglasses that can track what the wearer reads to a high-tech -- and ultrarealistic -- patient simulator.Faculty and staff newsEmployees who opted out of Purdue medical coverage still eligible to use Center for Healthy LivingAll benefits-eligible employees may use the Center for Healthy Living, even if they have chosen not to participate in a Purdue medical plan. BOT Physical Facilities Committee to meet TuesdayThe Board of Trustees' Physical Facilities Committee will hold a public meeting at 3 p.m. Tuesday (March 19) in Stewart Center, Room 326. The committee will hear reports on Purdue's West Lafayette campus master plan, repair and rehabilitation program and land use master planning. The committee will hold an executive session at 4 p.m. Tuesday. Campus-wide tornado drill on March 27As part of Indiana's Severe Weather Preparedness Week, the Emergency Preparedness and Planning Department will coordinate a campus-wide tornado drill on March 27. Diversity Resource Office to host noted speakers at two eventsThe Diversity Resource Office will host a series of nationally recognized speakers March 20-23 as part of two conferences that will champion identity and religious diversity. Safety Chair Meeting on March 20 to include new safety fairPurdue's Radiological and Environmental Management (REM) department will hold its annual Safety Chair Meeting from 8 to 11 a.m. Wednesday (March 20) in Stewart Center, Room 214. Promotion and tenure forum postponedA forum at which faculty members are invited to provide feedback about four topics addressed in the Promotion and Tenure Task Force Report has been rescheduled for March 25. General newsPurdue's graduate programs ranked among best by U.S.NewsPurdue's programs in engineering, education and business continue to be ranked among the best in the country in U.S.News & World Report's graduate school rankings released Tuesday (March 12). Marketing and Media wins five national ad awardsPurdue's Office of Marketing and Media recently won five awards in the 28th annual Higher Education Advertising Awards competition, which is the largest educational advertising contest in the country. Computational science and engineering student conference comingGraduate and undergraduate students are invited to submit abstracts for and attend the interdisciplinary Computational Science and Engineering Student Conference, which will feature faculty addresses as well as poster presentations. DeBoer: Revenue forecast update has special significance
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