Purdue Today. 150 Years of Giant Leaps

April 26, 2019

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Faculty and Staff News

Skin cancer awareness is focus of upcoming Center for Healthy Living workshop

As summer approaches, the Center for Healthy Living on Purdue’s West Lafayette campus is offering a workshop focused on skin cancer awareness from 2 to 3 p.m. May 1 in Stewart Center, Room 313. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, despite efforts to address skin cancer risk factors, skin cancer rates have continued to increase in the United States and worldwide.

Things to Know

Resources, benefits available to support breastfeeding mothers

In the Spotlight

Farmers market

Purdue Farmers Market to return Thursday

The Purdue Farmers Market will return at the north end of Memorial Mall along Oval Drive on Thursday (May 2) for the start of its 10th season. The market will be open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. each Thursday from May 2 through Aug. 1. Hours will extend from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. from Aug. 8 through Oct. 31.

Additional News

Linnes

Building self-tests
for infectious diseases – with paper

When an HIV outbreak hit Indiana's rural Scott County in 2015, the sparsely staffed health department was stretched to confirm cases among an entire community with lab tests that aren't portable and could take weeks to return results. This meant that it took over a year to confirm 235 HIV cases for the area. What if patients could reliably test themselves at home and know results in minutes?

State street

Then & Now: State Street redevelopment

In the fall of 2013, Purdue University, the Purdue Research Foundation and the City of West Lafayette began work to reimagine the State Street corridor running through the heart of campus. The plan: Transform State Street into an attractive and easy-to-navigate city point of pride. Groundbreaking came in June 2016, and the $120 million project finished last fall. Purdue Today's "Then & Now" feature takes a look at the many changes involved.

General

Purdue to award alumnus, NASA administrator an honorary doctorate during spring commencement

Campus

Mortar Board announces winners of annual awards

Sports

Men's golf traveling to Philadelphia for Big Ten Championships
Women's golf advances to NCAA Norman Regional

Events

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

Other Events

Discovery Park, Purdue Quantum Science and Engineering Institute to welcome Carlos Gonzalez

Purdue in the News

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

Reuters: Floods stall fertilizer shipments in latest blow to U.S. farmers
WBAA: Monthly Conversation with Mitch Daniels: A civics slowdown and an Armory skirmish
Lafayette Journal & Courier, WISH-TV, WLFI: Purdue alums pump $41.6 million into Day of Giving, new 24-hour record for any school
WRTV: Hiring Hoosiers: Future jobs depend on vision and demand
Kendallville Star: Study finds $8.9 billion impact from Purdue University Fort Wayne
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