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June 21, 2018 |
Faculty and Staff News
June 30 is quarterly deadline to complete Healthy Boiler activities, receive incentive pay in July
Second-quarter activity for the Healthy Boiler Wellness Program -- introduced to promote wellness within the University community -- ends June 30. The third and final quarter of the 2018 Healthy Boiler initiative begins July 1 and ends Sept. 30.
Other Stories
• Notice: Purdue Farmers Market will not operate today (June 21) due to the forecast of inclement weather throughout the midday
• Mark your calendar: Campus Resource Fair set for Aug. 28
• Classroom and computer lab updates
• Seats available for upcoming 'Skills for Performance' training classes
• Grant Street Parking Garage changing to card payments only on July 2
• Thumbs Up entries made June 11-18 must be resubmitted
In the Spotlight
Now you can 3D print clay, cookie dough – or solid rocket fuel
It's now possible to 3D print extremely viscous materials, with the consistency of clay or cookie dough with fine precision, thanks to work done at Purdue University. This development may soon allow the creation of customized ceramics, solid rockets, pharmaceuticals, biomedical implants, foodstuffs, and more.
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Additional News
Research
• New drug technology may improve treatment options for aggressive types of breast cancer
• Interaction of paired and lined-up electrons can be manipulated in semiconductors
• Indiana's top research institutions receive $33 million to improve health statewide
• Purdue receives $2.6 million DOE grant for high-energy physics research
• Researchers in various studies looking for participants
General
• Purdue data visualization tool allows high school students to see path to career
• Purdue workshop encourages teachers to focus on fiscal responsibility in the classroom
• Purdue NOW videos: Service dogs and PTSD; Able Flight; Tree Campus USA
• Space available for S.A.F.E. training for women
Sports
• Swim-dive teams recognized as CSCAA Scholar All-America again
• Purdue University Fort Wayne unveils new athletics logo and identity
Purdue in the News
Here is a sampling of recent news reports about Purdue from media across the nation and the world.
• Indianapolis Star: Purdue trustees: What Boilermakers should know about first graduating class of new online university
• Fox News, WTHR, WXIN: Deaf woman hopes to earn pilot's license through scholarship program
• The Economist: Always on, always working?
• Gizmodo: Researchers develop tech that lets surveillance cameras text to say hello
• WLFI: Purdue University to introduce fermentation minor this fall
Events
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• Foodborne disease prevention to be topic tonight for Science on Tap
• 88rising will bring a group of performers to Purdue
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