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March 18, 2013
In the Spotlight
With the proliferation of video technology and a shift in the way students prefer to learn, Larry Nies, professor of civil engineering, is incorporating instructor- and student-produced online video into his courses on engineering environmental sustainability.
ITaP can help with a variety of applications available for video production by faculty and students.
Faculty and staff news
Winners of the 2013 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Awards in Memory of Charles B. Murphy will be announced this week.
A new website called DiscoverU is promoting Purdue's undergraduate research opportunities just in time for the Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium, which is scheduled for March 26.
A forum on March 27 will continue the Foundations of Excellence (FoE) initiative's conversation about collaborating for student success at Purdue.
Faculty and staff are encouraged to nominate students they consider Home Makers -- whether in terms of construction, green technology, landscape or interior design, or human relationships -- for the June "5 Students Who ..." website. Deadline for nominations is Friday (March 22).
Purdue's Global Policy Research Institute has modified its criteria for incentive award proposals for research projects, international workshops and international conferences relevant to GPRI’s mission and theme areas. The revised details are available in this PDF file, and the deadline is 5 p.m. April 1. For more information, contact Tia Tracy, GPRI project coordinator, at tttracy@purdue.edu.
"Thumbs Up" gives faculty and staff the chance to recognize others on campus for a job well done.
* Purdue Today would like to hear about those people whose hard work and commitment contribute to the success of the University as well as make Purdue a wonderful environment within which to work. To submit an item for "Thumbs Up," click here.
Research news
New optical technologies using "metasurfaces" capable of the ultra-efficient control of light are nearing commercialization, with potential applications including advanced solar cells, computers, telecommunications, sensors and microscopes.
General news
Purdue's Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering has been selected by U.S. News & World Report for the fifth consecutive year as offering the best such graduate specialty program in the nation.
President Mitch Daniels talks to Purdue student Joseph Calamusa (right) and Julie McDonald (center), who was visiting campus, on Wednesday (March 13) at Westwood. Daniels invited a number of students who were staying around campus during spring break to join him for dinner.
People
Energy Systems Network (ESN), Indiana’s industry-driven clean technology initiative, has elected President Mitch Daniels to its board of directors.
Here is a list of recent appointments and honors for faculty, staff and students.
Purdue sports
The Purdue men's basketball team has accepted a bid to the 2013 College Basketball Invitational (CBI). Purdue will host Western Illinois at 7 p.m. Wednesday (March 20).
Purdue baseball opens its home schedule Tuesday with the premiere week at Alexander Field, and Intercollegiate Athletics has a number of game day promotions and season-long ticket specials in place for the inaugural season at the new stadium.
For more information on Purdue sports, go to www.purduesports.com.
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