October 30, 2014

Faculty and Staff News

Daniels to strengthen Purdue's ties in India

President Mitch Daniels will embark on a five-day trip beginning Saturday (Nov. 1) to strengthen partnerships in India. Daniels and Suresh Garimella, executive vice president for research and partnerships, will visit with university and corporate partners in an ongoing effort to make a global impact with research and educational engagement.

In the Spotlight

Discovery Park launches global soundscapes research center to capture vanishing sounds of nature

Purdue ecologist Bryan Pijanowski gained international attention for an Earth Day effort to capture soundscapes from citizen scientists. Now, Pijanowski, a forestry and natural resources professor, is launching a research center aimed at preserving the sounds of the Earth and highlighting their bellwether role in alerting scientists to environmental habitat changes by species. Through the new Center for Global Soundscapes in Purdue's Discovery Park, he and his research team will examine how animals interact — even across species — amid global habitat modification as well as develop science-related K-12 education curriculum materials.