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President Mitch Daniels announced today (March 20) the launch of a national search for the University’s next executive vice president for research and partnerships and senior research officer. The search will be led by Jay Akridge, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs and diversity.
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The public will have a chance to get a closer glimpse into Purdue alumnus Neil Armstrong’s life through an exhibition presented by Purdue Archives and Special Collections. “Apollo in the Archives: Selections from the Neil A. Armstrong Papers” commemorates the 50th anniversary of the first manned spaceflight that landed on the moon – where Armstrong took those famed first steps. The exhibition coincides with the University’s July celebration of the moon landing, as well as the University’s sesquicentennial celebration, 150 Years of Giant Leaps.
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Derek Pacheco, associate professor in the Department of English, and Yvonne Pitts, associate professor in the Department of History, have been named recipients of the 2019 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award in Memory of Charles B. Murphy. Pacheco and Pitts were surprised with the news on Tuesday (March 19).
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Heather Howard, assistant professor in Purdue University Libraries, has received the Exceptional Early Career Award, and Cynthia Harwood, continuing lecturer in the Department of Chemistry, has been recognized with the Excellence in Instruction Award for Continuing Lecturers. Howard and Harwood were surprised with the news on Tuesday (March 19).
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Vint Cerf, Google chief internet evangelist, who is widely known as a “Father of the Internet,” will take a “non-expert” look at artificial intelligence with an Ideas Festival talk on “What IF Machines Thought Like Humans?” on April 5.
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Here is a sampling of recent news reports about Purdue from media across the nation and the world. | |
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