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November 19, 2013 In the Spotlight
Purdue Profiles: Neeti ParasharNeeti Parashar has an insatiable appetite for learning about nature's smallest building blocks -- and how they came to exist. A professor of physics at Purdue Calumet, Parashar is a member of the research team that earlier this year confirmed the existence of the Higgs boson subatomic particle. The groundbreaking discovery solidified theories about how all matter in the universe came to exist. In addition to her research activities, Parashar was named an Outstanding Teacher and Outstanding Scholar during Purdue Calumet's Faculty-Staff Convocation in August. Faculty and staff newsReport on comprehensive policy review availableA report on the recently completed comprehensive review of system-wide policies is available on the University Policies website at www.purdue.edu/policies/comp_review.html. APSAC, CSSAC collecting cost-savings ideasIn conjunction with the University's cost-savings initiative, APSAC and CSSAC are collecting ideas from Purdue employees to improve efficiency and decrease expenses on campus. The survey will be available until midnight Friday (Nov. 22). Entrepreneur-in-residence mentors speech app to marketWhen Professor Oliver Wendt launched a speech-training tablet application for children with severe autism, he didn't plan on starting a business. But as demand grew beyond the support capabilities of Wendt and his students, the Foundry, a new Purdue entrepreneurship center, was able to provide mentoring to help Wendt commercialize the app. General newsPlaque to honor Golden Gate Bridge designer Charles EllisCharles Ellis, a Purdue civil engineering professor long overlooked for his role in the Golden Gate Bridge project, will be honored with a plaque on Thursday (Nov. 21). MFRI applauds companies that focus on hiring veterans, spousesTo assist both large and small employers in hiring veterans and military spouses, and to help veterans who are seeking employment, the Military Family Research Institute at Purdue has released the second edition of its "Matching Quality Employees with Quality Employers." Parents can build on preschoolers' learning with gift of blocksParents looking for preschooler gift ideas will find that not much else stacks up to a basic set of blocks, says a Purdue child development expert. PeopleRetirement reception to honor longtime dean HawkinsThe Purdue community is invited to a Dec. 5 retirement reception for L. Tony Hawkins, who was dean of students from 1995 to 2011, when he became associate vice president for student affairs. Purdue sportsFor more information on Purdue sports, go to www.purduesports.com. |
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