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July 11, 2013
In the Spotlight
Diet beverages and other non-caloric, artificially sweetened foods and drinks may not be the healthy choice to manage weight that they appear, according to a Purdue expert's review of recent scientific studies. "Public health officials are rightfully concerned about the consequences of consuming sugar-sweetened beverages, such as soft drinks, but these warnings may need to be expanded to advocate limiting the intake of all sweeteners, including no-calorie sweeteners and so-called diet soft drinks," says Susan Swithers, professor of psychological sciences and behavioral neuroscientist.
Faculty and staff news
Procurement Services will present two showcases in July to introduce Purdue's coming Ariba Procure-to-Pay (P2P) purchasing system, helping raise awareness of the system and its basic functionality. Purdue will retire its SRM purchasing system Sept. 23.
The Purdue Board of Trustees has scheduled its committee meetings for July.
CIO Update, the bimonthly video message Gerry McCartney, CIO and vice president for information technology, sends to IT staff, is available on YouTube at www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcipFY3BDqo. In this Update, McCartney discusses the computing resources Purdue makes available for researchers, and why Purdue's resources are the best in the nation for faculty.
Faculty and staff can save money by getting their child's sports physical at the Center for Healthy Living.
In her new role as SharePoint application specialist for Purdue's recently launched SharePoint Center of Excellence, Vicki Brantner is working to help the University community take fuller advantage of the Microsoft collaboration software.
Qualtrics workshops for both beginners and more advanced users of the online survey tool are scheduled for Monday (July 15). Faculty and staff interested in using Qualtrics to do easy information gathering for teaching, research and more may reserve a seat by visiting the ITaP training calendar.
A session to help with pronouncing Chinese names and understanding Chinese culture and attitudes will be offered July 18, led by Wei Hong, director of the Confucius Institute at Purdue. All faculty and staff are welcome.
General news
Purdue has opened the Veterans Success Center to provide one-stop access to benefits and programming for military veterans, military personnel and benefit-using family members.
A group of Russian undergraduate students are spending much of their summer at Purdue University and the Purdue Research Park to expand their understanding of how to take a creative idea and turn it into a viable commercial business venture.
A much-anticipated tuition reciprocity agreement for Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne has recently been approved. Indiana's Commission for Higher Education and the Ohio Board of Regents endorsed a reciprocity agreement for county residents and campuses on both sides of the Indiana-Ohio border.
The Krannert School of Management and the College of Veterinary Medicine are teaming up to offer veterinarians and their staffs graduate-level business skills.
Research news
The Colombia-Purdue Institute for Advanced Scientific Research is reminding faculty and other researchers about Fulbright opportunities in Colombia.
Researchers from Purdue are spending a week aboard a scientific vessel in Lake Michigan, tracking a fluorescent plume of dyed water to study how currents transport contaminants and aquatic life.
Sibling baby boomers are likely to be more bothered by their fathers' favoring one over another than by their mothers' doing so, reports a new Purdue study.
Researchers have developed a concept to potentially improve delivery of drugs for cancer treatment using nanoparticles that concentrate and expand in the presence of higher acidity found in tumor cells.
Here is a list of research studies that currently are looking for participants.
Purdue sports
Rob Bradley, a former player of Devon Brouse's at North Carolina, has taken the reins as Purdue's men's golf head coach. Brouse remains the director of golf operations and will enter his 16th year as Purdue's women's golf head coach.
The value of a Purdue football season ticket and membership in the John Purdue Club both increased Monday (July 8) with the announcement that Intercollegiate Athletics will introduce dynamic pricing for single-game tickets in 2013.
For more information on Purdue sports, go to www.purduesports.com.
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