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June 20, 2013 In the Spotlight
12th PALS camp to help more than 500 local youthAn annual Purdue summer program that has benefited nearly 3,000 low-income Tippecanoe County children for more than a decade by providing lessons about sports and healthy living, also is boosting campers' self-esteem and interest in physical activity, according to new research. The Purdue Athletes Life Success program, which serves children who qualify based on income guidelines, began its 12th year on June 13 and will run through July 12. Faculty and staff newsOffice of Institutional Equity names Web Accessibility Award recipientsThe Office of Institutional Equity has announced the 2013 Web Accessibility Award recipients: the Krannert School of Management undergraduate website and the Institute for Accessible Science Hub. Rollout of Concur Travel and Expense progressingBusiness Services has provided an update on the implementation of Concur Travel and Expense, which began in January, and a summary of the system's features such as software, travel agency support, Visa travel cards and ongoing training. Purdue Today presenting profiles on Title IX service awardeesTo celebrate the 40th anniversary of Title IX, Purdue has recognized 40 individuals with the Title IX Distinguished Service Award for their significant contributions to the advancement of gender equity in education. Profiles on the recipients will be presented in Purdue Today each month. This month features Carolyn E. Johnson, Beverly Davenport Sypher, Sarah J. "Sally" Watlington, Helen Bass Williams and Clara Bell Sessions. General newsMitch and Cheri Daniels fund scholarships for 2 to attend PurdueA student from New Albany High School and one from The Oaks Academy have received a newly established Purdue scholarship, which will cover many of their undergraduate academic expenses for four years. President Mitch Daniels and his wife, Cheri, are funding the new scholarships. Purdue builds nation's fastest campus supercomputer – againFor the third year in a row, Purdue has confirmed its lead in the rarified realm of supercomputing by unveiling Conte, the nation's fastest university-owned supercomputer, developed in a collaboration with HP, Intel, and Mellanox. Purdue ag college is ranked sixth-best in worldA British company that specializes in information about higher education and careers has ranked the Purdue College of Agriculture sixth among agricultural institutions worldwide. IPFW announces new degree completion programThe Division of Continuing Studies at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne has developed a new degree completion program to better accommodate working adults with busy schedules. The program, called General Studies Advantage, offers a hybrid classroom approach so that students come to campus only one night per week. Applications being taken for disabled veterans' programApplications are being accepted for the fifth class of the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities. Indiana high school students to learn entrepreneurial process, economic development at academyFifty Indiana high school students from 28 counties could grow the economies of their hometowns when they learn about the entrepreneurial process at a nationally award-winning program hosted at Purdue. Research newsPurdue researchers seek treatment for new MERS coronavirusA pair of Purdue researchers who in the past created compounds to block the SARS virus are now tackling the new Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, or MERS-CoV. Researchers in various studies looking for participantsHere is a list of research studies that currently are looking for participants. Purdue sportsIntroducing '211 Session'Tradition will redefine itself this fall, when a major pep rally featuring the Purdue "All-American" Marching Band, football head coach Darrell Hazell and the Boilermaker football players becomes a pregame tradition in Mackey Arena. For more information on Purdue sports, go to www.purduesports.com. |
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