Faculty and Staff News

Human Resources announces new benefit enrollment system; action requested

Faculty and staff will see a new benefit enrollment process, as Human Resources rolls out a new benefits enrollment system beginning July 5. The new "BenefitFocus" system will take the place of the current EBenefits enrollment tool -- and the change calls for actions by employees.

Other Stories

• Increased car, pedestrian traffic expected as STAR program gets underway next week

• Return unused confidential carts to Grounds department

• REED system available for faculty with contracts that mandate strict IT controls

In the Spotlight

Fungi hunters uncover hidden worlds

Guyana, in the northeastern corner of South America, boasts some of the world's last remaining virgin tropical rainforests. There, in the upper Potaro Basin of western Guyana, Cathie Aime, professor of botany and plant pathology, and her colleagues have spent the past 17 years hunting for undiscovered fungi. The College of Agriculture's Envision magazine delves into their work. (In the photo: Aime and Rachel Koch, doctoral student)

Additional News

General

• Purdue entrepreneurship program receives national award for its engagement, innovation

• New center at Purdue to transform mechanical engineering education

• Two Purdue teams to compete in the annual Air Race Classic

• PALS program celebrates 16 years of teaching kids life skills

• Purdue students create startup to provide coaching, acclimation guidance to Chinese students, visiting parents

• Team of Purdue, Northeastern students to compete at International Supercomputing Conference

Research

• Undergraduates from premier Indian institutions spending summer conducting research at Purdue  »

• Neurotoxin in cigarette smoke worsens pain in spinal cord injuries

• Researchers in various studies looking for participants

People

• Purdue professors named winners of APLU's Innovative Teaching Award

Sports

• Charlton voted Big Ten Track Athlete of the Year

• Football Performance Complex update

• Men's basketball, as Team USA, to host Team Canada twice in August

Purdue in the News

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

• Techtly: Meet the teenager revolutionizing the way we analyze networks

• DNA India: New concept may meet human resource needs of 'full Earth'

• Inside Higher Ed: What the Purdue-Kaplan deal means for you

• Fort Wayne News-Sentinel: What if there was only one idea under which we prospered?

• Inside INdiana Business: Purdue launches mechanical engineering center

Events

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