Faculty and Staff News

DTA winners receive funding to enhance diversity

After two rounds of presentations to faculty panelists, nine initiatives have been selected by Purdue's Diversity Leadership Team to receive the Diversity Transformation Award (DTA). Several other projects will be supported through other mechanisms.

Other Stories

• Purdue Graduate Student Government to host free speech forum Tuesday

• Human Resources urges clerical, service staff to review vacation, holiday pay policies

• Schedule changes for 2016 Board of Trustees meetings

• Social media integration and attention management topic of next Wireless Wednesday

• Professor of 3-D animation employs Passport digital badges to help top students stand out in competitive job market

• This week's 'Thumbs Up' recipients

In the Spotlight

Don't Miss It

The expressive qualities of dance in "Winter Works" by the Purdue Contemporary Dance Company will span from ethereal to muscular. Art in any form interprets life and living through its range and focus. Don't Miss It!

Additional News

People

• Four Purdue professors elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

General

• Avian influenza expert raises concerns as USDA stockpiles vaccines

• Purdue students celebrate Thanksgiving holiday with Host-A-Boiler families  »

• Purdue offering new advanced degrees in environmental and ecological engineering

• Purdue researchers develop innovations to battle diabetes

• Purdue Press publishes book by Discovery Park research center on transforming STEM learning for undergraduates

Sports

• Purdue volleyball to make 10th NCAA appearance in past 12 years

Purdue in the News

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

• Wired: Mussels' sticky secretions make for super-strong adhesives

• Business Standard: Expectations get the better of Indian students abroad who are in search of jobs: Mitchell E Daniels

• Phys.org, Indianapolis Business Journal, Current in Zionsville: INSPIRE gift guide offers STEM, engineering toy ideas

• Indianapolis Business Journal: Defining value: Colleges partner with Gallup to learn more about grads

• Indianapolis Business Journal, Inside INdiana Business: Purdue signs firm to examine student income-share deals

• Inside INdiana Business: State OKs new advanced degrees at Purdue

Events

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