April 15, 2015

Faculty and Staff News

Registration deadlines for Spring Fling events

Registration for the talent show at Spring Fling, the annual appreciation event for faculty, staff, graduate student staff and retirees, ends at 5 p.m. May 1. Registration for the vehicle show, fitness walk and volunteers ends at 5 p.m. May 8.

In the Spotlight

Grad student strives to be the 'Neil Armstrong of Mars'

Max Fagin, a Purdue graduate student in aerospace engineering, wants to be the first human on Mars. Fagin narrowly missed the final cut to be a Mars One astronaut, but he's also worked or trained at Mars-minded SpaceX and NASA. He also is contributing inventions and research toward solutions for landing on Mars and living there. Find out more about Fagin in this video.

Additional News

General

Purdue centers' partnerships set to assist Defense Department programs for military families

Purdue students' work to help town prompts gift from Thailand »

Purdue in the News

Here is a sampling of recent news reports about Purdue from media across the nation and the world.

Real Clear Politics: Three standards for genuine student-athletes (video; scroll down)

Tennessee Tribune (Nashville): Understanding processed foods

National Science Foundation (Science Nation): Engineers investigate possible lingering impacts from Elk River chemical spill

Lafayette Journal & Courier: Gallup-Purdue's recipe for on-time graduation

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