Faculty and Staff News

Seats available for upcoming Skills for Performance training classes

Employee Training and Development's Skills for Performance training -- available to all employees with supervisor approval -- has opened registration for two upcoming training classes.

Other Stories

• Andrew Place entrance to Grant Street Parking Garage open for use

• New bar code sheets to be used for USPS mail

In the Spotlight

Purdue sets records for research funding and giving

Purdue on Tuesday (July 10) announced record totals in both giving to Purdue and in sponsored research funding for the 2018 fiscal year, which ended June 30. Giving to Purdue hit a record $451.5 million, the first time that contributors -- alumni, faculty, staff, retirees, students, corporations, foundations, parents and friends -- have contributed more than $400 million to the university in one year. Sponsored research programs also set a record for the 2018 fiscal year with $454.5 million, which was an increase of $36 million over the previous year.

Additional News

Research

• Study: Airbnb benefits white neighborhoods; not so for black and Hispanic areas

• Researchers in various studies looking for participants

General

• Discovery Park to lead new Innovation Hub for Connected and Autonomous Transportation Technologies  »

• Purdue delegation meets key Colombian officials to advance sustainable development

• National Law Enforcement Exploring Conference to draw nearly 2,000 to campus

• New online master's program in applied behavior analysis for educators, clinicians working with children on the autism spectrum

• Support sought for Vietnam War 50th anniversary luncheon

• Purdue enters into new exclusive merchandising agreement

• INDY International Wine Competition announces winners

Sports

• 42 honored as Big Ten distinguished scholars

• Fort Wayne's Carlsen, Chesnutt and Dorner named WGCA
All-American scholars

Purdue in the News

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

• Journal & Courier, Inside Indiana Business, WISH: Purdue breaks record for research funding, number of donors, hitting over $451 million

• The Atlantic: Drake's 'Scorpion,' as explained by an astrologer and an entomologist

• The Citizen (South Africa): How to choose the perfect holiday destination to relax and recharge

• Vogue India: Exploring the psyche of a horror movie junkie

• WFYI, WBAA: Most Hoosiers don't meet physical activity recommendations

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• Summer Concert Series set to begin at the Union

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