Purdue Today. 150 Years of Giant Leaps

January 28, 2019

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Faculty and Staff News

Purdue University Fort Wayne student receives One Brick Higher Award for life-saving response

Chancellor Ron Elsenbaumer of Purdue University Fort Wayne surprised a student with the One Brick Higher Award for his heroic effort that saved the life of a person in need.

Things to Know

Campus community reminded to use subwalks during cold, winter weather
Faculty, staff reminded about University standard outlining responsibilities for partnerships, research in Purdue buildings
University Senate meeting set for today
Thumbs Up recipients

Things to Do

Mini-marathon, 5K participants invited to launch events
Registration due Feb. 4 for ‘Be Heart Smart’ series
Today: Finalist for dean of Libraries and School of Information Studies to make on-campus presentation

In the Spotlight

Ideas Festival event graphic

Don't Miss It!

PBS science correspondent Miles O'Brien will be joined Jan. 31 by neurosurgeon Ali Rezai to explore "What IF we could engineer better health?" in a live and livestreamed Ideas Festival discussion. They will note tie-ins at Purdue, where people know some things about engineering, betterment and health. This event is the first of four events in which O'Brien will welcome a renowned expert to talk. Don't Miss It!

Additional News

Nathan Stehle demonstrates MAXA Brace

Device could alleviate
discomfort for those
healing from leg injuries

A comforting innovation for those suffering from a lower-body injury is moving to the market all because one Purdue student wanted to alleviate his mother’s discomfort as she recovered from a leg injury.

Data Privacy Day graphic

Faculty reflect on state of data privacy both in and outside of academia

How do users reconcile their data being collected and sold? Whose responsibility is it to ensure ethical data collection and parsing — the user or the institution? Three Purdue faculty members explore these questions for Data Privacy Day.

Research

Purdue scientists nail down important plant compound pathway

General

State of the Union in this political climate? A nothingburger in public sentiment, says politicist
Division of Financial Aid reminds students to file their 2019-20 FAFSA

Campus

Engagement and Service-Learning Summit set for Feb. 28

Events

This Week's Events
Next Four Weeks
Don't Miss It!
Lectures and Guest Speakers

Purdue in the News

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

Washington Post: Opinions: The State of the Union is a tasteless, classless spectacle. It must go.
Washington Post: Compared with recent presidents, Trump does not like to travel — except when he’s campaigning
United Press International: Study: Tariffs on metals will cost U.S. agriculture billions
The Atlantic: It’s really hard to study artificial sweeteners
Yahoo News: Invasive species could spell trouble on China’s new ‘Silk Road’
LA Wave Newspaper: Kamala Harris to run for president
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