February 22, 2018

Faculty and Staff News

'Be Heart Smart' program available, qualifies for Heathy Boiler incentive

The Center for Healthy Living on Purdue's West Lafayette campus, in partnership with Purdue Extension, is offering a four-week program focused on learning how to reduce the risks for heart disease. Attending the "Be Heart Smart" program will count toward needed wellness activities to receive the Healthy Boiler incentive.

In the Spotlight

Inventors & Innovators: Herbert Brown

Purdue graduates, faculty and staff continue to develop innovations and breakthroughs that help move the world forward. Purdue Today will highlight these inventors and innovators by featuring them in the Purdue Today newsletter and on social media. Today, we are featuring Herbert Brown, whose Nobel Prize-winning work with boron compounds revolutionized synthetic organic chemistry.

Additional News

General

• Chemical-free, low-cost crop storage bags that preserve food longer now commercially available

• MOOCs help Purdue program expand reach to middle and high school students

• Space available for S.A.F.E. training for women

Research

• Researchers in various studies looking for participants

Purdue in the News

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

• New Atlas: Proposed injectable drug homes in on bone fractures and speeds up healing

• BrightSurf: MicroRNA could help treat cancer and asthma

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

• Student engineering group to host annual Bridge Bust event

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