Purdue Today. 150 Years of Giant Leaps

January 29, 2019

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Faculty and Staff News

Purdue assessing weather conditions, will communicate any changes

Purdue’s administration and public safety team are actively monitoring the weather forecasts and planning should extreme wind chill and temperatures arrive this week. Purdue officials will communicate any change in class schedule or university operating schedule by email and text alert. Any new information also will be posted on the campus websites, shared via social media and sent to area television, radio and print media outlets. West Lafayette campus procedures on extreme weather conditions can be found here.

Things to Do

"Taking Control of My Diabetes" program registration deadline approaches
Butler Center Roundtable series to focus on collegiality in higher education
Deadline approaching for Purdue Global’s School of General Education annual conference
Nominations sought for 2019 Focus Awards
Workshop to offer tips for safer infant sleep

In the Spotlight

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Giant Leaps Research: Eugene H. Spafford

Eugene H. Spafford, professor of computer science and a preeminent leader in the field of cybersecurity, has worked for years to build secure computer systems and, in computer forensics, help investigate and prosecute by pushing through the deceit used by hackers.

Additional News

big city street downtown

Toxic publicity? Socially
edgy ads like Gillette’s
gaining popularity

Gillette’s controversial advertisement denouncing toxic masculinity earlier this month had the look and feel of a Super Bowl commercial, yet the men’s hygiene supplier came out on top of other companies hoping to capitalize on social movements.

Craig Sager hospital room

Drug compound could be
next-generation treatment
for aggressive leukemia

Researchers have been struggling for years to find a treatment for patients who have a recurrence of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), an aggressive blood cancer that is one of the most lethal cancers. About 19,520 new cases are diagnosed a year, and 10,670 people a year die from it, the American Cancer Society states.

General

Grow strong: African farmers, entrepreneurs revamp agriculture norms through Purdue partnership
Losing focus groups: New technology gives stronger voice to people, helps companies improve service

Campus

While witnesses may laugh, more than ego may be bruised. How to avoid icy falls.
Health and Human Sciences postpones study abroad and intercultural learning fair

Events

This Week's Events
Next Four Weeks
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Lectures and Guest Speakers

Other Events

Books and Coffee series to feature great books of the present
Author Gabrielle Calvocoressi to appear at Purdue Literary Reading Series

Purdue in the News

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

Space.com, Voice of America: GRAIL: NASA’s mission to study the gravity of the moon
WTTV, Kansas City Star, Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Hoosier farmers struggle without key USDA crop reports
WLFI: Purdue researchers created a drug to fight one of the most deadly cancers
Lafayette Journal & Courier: Successful Farming names Purdue-based Solinftec a 2019 startup to watch
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