November 1, 2017

Faculty and Staff News

'Enhancing Teaching in a Digital Age' online conference to kick off Monday

Purdue's campuses along with Kaplan University are offering "Enhancing Teaching in a Digital Age," a five-day online conference for educators running Monday (Nov. 6) through Nov. 10 in celebration of National Distance Learning Week.

In the Spotlight

Inventors & Innovators: R. Games Slayter

Purdue graduates continue to develop innovations and breakthroughs that help move the world forward. Purdue Today will highlight these inventors and innovators by featuring two each month in the Purdue Today newsletter and on social media. Today we are featuring R. Games Slayter, who is credited with the development of Fiberglas, the world's first commercial fiberglass product.

Additional News

General

• Transformed learning environment leads to record Polytechnic enrollment

• Purdue Family Weekend coming Friday through Sunday

People

• Garimella receives open access award from Purdue Libraries

Purdue in the News

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

• Forbes: Mitch Daniels and the Purdue miracle: Lessons for the rest of us

• Forbes: Surprise! Shoppers are confused about food and GMOs

• Inside Indiana Business: Zhou awarded prestigious Lamkin Fellow

• KPVI (Pocatello, Idaho), Orangeburg (South Carolina) Times & Democrat: Product packaging that can power itself

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

• Daymé Arocena's Nov. 11 performance canceled

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