August 19, 2016

Faculty and Staff News

Five things you should know about using BoilerCast lecture capture in your course

BoilerCast is lecture capture, sure, but there’s a lot more to the system that can enhance teaching and students' learning -- and students love it.

In the Spotlight

College of Veterinary Medicine team treats wallaby's dislocated hip

Using a device called a Tightrope, a small animal surgery team at Purdue's College of Veterinary Medicine recently treated the dislocated hip of a female wallaby from Lafayette's Columbian Park Zoo. Wallabies are small or mid-sized marsupials, or pouched mammals, that belong to the kangaroo family and are found primarily in Australia and on nearby islands, according to National Geographic.

Additional News

Research

• Hybrid system designed to harvest 'full spectrum' of solar energy

General

• Purdue, West Lafayette to welcome students living off campus

• National Conference for Food and Agribusiness to focus on two new research initiatives

• PNW adds new sculpture to its Odyssey exhibit

Purdue in the News

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

• Christian Science Monitor, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, MacLean's: Media coverage of female Olympians is typical, but viewers' responses are not

• Phys.org: Software to more accurately predict structure of a drug, reduce drug discovery losses

• WXIN, WISH-TV, WLFI: New research shows how climate change may be shifting tornadoes

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

• Represent Tour to perform Oct. 21 at Purdue

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