Faculty and Staff News

Moving of Blackboard Learn will require it to be offline July 22-24

Blackboard Learn, Purdue's course management system, will be offline from 7 p.m. July 22 until 7 p.m. July 24 while ITaP staff moves the system from Freehafer Hall. Freehafer is slated to be demolished in 2017 as part of the State Street Redevelopment Project.

Other Stories

• Supervisors encouraged to use new employee orientation for all new hires

• Showcases to highlight status of Student Reporting Adoption Project

• Class uses virtual reality to gain perspective on real-world issues

In the Spotlight

Purdue celebrates another record year

Record totals in annual giving, research awards, and patents and startups were announced today (July 14) by Purdue for the fiscal year that ended June 30. The successes come as Purdue continues to emphasize affordability and a commitment to investing in priority areas of transformative education, world-changing research and STEM leadership.

Additional News

General

• Purdue named in top 15 for worldwide universities granted U.S. patents in 2015

• Purdue Northwest part of national manufacturing initiative

• Cantabio Pharmaceuticals, PRF sign cooperation agreement to investigate targeting of DJ-1 protein for treating Parkinson’s disease

• Purdue graduate develops gamified fitness tracker to help increase children's physical activity

• High school students attend Purdue camp on teaching

Research

• Health sciences prof receives $1.68 million to study if dietary factors may have a role in Parkinson's disease  »

• ‘Freeform Classroom’ could counter engineering’s sophomore slump

• Researchers in various studies looking for participants

Sports

• Reto earns Olympic bid in golf

• Boeljon secures Olympic golf spot

• Lucian Tabic named Purdue Northwest tennis head coach

• Rosters taking shape for men's basketball alumni game

Purdue in the News

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

• BBC: How to stop lying to yourself

• Food Technology: Biodegradable cellulose-based films; floating urban dairy farm; protein boosts rice yield

• NPR: Americans really dislike Trump, Clinton. So why aren't third parties doing better?

• TechWorld: 6 colleges turning out open source talent

• Inside INdiana Business: U.S. auto sales set record, what it means for Indiana

Events

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