January 8, 2016

Faculty and Staff News

Campus Safety Relations Committee formed, to meet in January

A committee designed to help ensure cooperation and collaboration between the Purdue University Police Department and the West Lafayette campus community will begin meeting in January.

In the Spotlight

Purdue device garners attention at Consumer Electronics Show

A technology of Karthik Ramani, the Donald W. Feddersen Professor of Mechanical Engineering, is creating strong buzz at the Consumer Electronics Show and is being called one of the "best gadgets of CES 2016."

The device, called Ziro, made its debut at this year's Consumer Electronics Show, the largest consumer electronics event in the world, which is running Jan. 6-9 in Las Vegas.

Additional News

General

• Purdue to invest more than $250 million in life sciences over next 5 years

• Purdue hosting international post-harvest loss reduction meeting

• Wabash Center honored with Purdue's community partner award

• Health and Kinesiology, YWCA to offer Cancer Wellness Program

• Family Health Clinic to serve Burlington, Indiana, area

• What less time on social media means for relationships in 2016

Sports

• Wrestling set for home, Big Ten opener on Friday

• Douglas to be honored Sunday at women's basketball game

Purdue in the News

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

• Indianapolis Business Journal: Purdue life sciences investment plan grows to $250 million

• Seattle Times: Extreme weather poses increasing threat to US power grid

• Fox News: How pets save us billions every year in health-care costs

• NPR: Why 2015 was the year of the period, and we don't mean punctuation

Events


	Don't Miss It! Lectures and Guest Speakers This week's events Events for the next four weeks Ongoing series and opportunities Deadlines for faculty and staff

• Free classroom business workshop open to K-8 teachers

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