Purdue Today. 150 Years of Giant Leaps

May 6, 2019

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Faculty and Staff News

Finalists for executive vice president for research and partnerships to make on-campus presentations

Four finalists for the position of executive vice president for research and partnerships will be on the West Lafayette campus for one-day interviews this week.

Things to Know

Changes to nepotism policy
This week's 'Thumbs Up' recipients

Things to Do

Butler Center updating email list; faculty, staff must sign up to receive center updates
Deadline approaches for ‘Products to Quit Now’ workshop offered by the Center for Healthy Living
Finalist for director of Purdue Policy Research Institute to give on-campus presentation today

In the Spotlight

John Purdue statue

‘John Purdue’ tells his own story and that of Purdue’s dramatic beginnings

It’s the early 1880s. A scandal is brewing at newly founded Purdue University. A chemistry professor is wearing knickers in public, playing baseball with students and riding a bicycle to campus. Administrators are aghast. The professor gets a public tongue-lashing for his behavior from the Board of Trustees. Does he resign? Find out from John Purdue himself, as dramatized in this video by author and historian John Norberg. Norberg gives John Purdue’s first-person account of his own life and the early life of Purdue University, his namesake.

Additional News

Drone rescue

AI research offers more eyes and ears to search and rescue missions

Drone assistance in natural disaster response now is simplistic at best with a number of hurdles. New research led by Purdue professors is working to use artificial intelligence and learning algorithms to create a platform allowing multiple drones to communicate and adapt as mission factors change.

Graphic of human brain

Boosting the ‘brains’ of computers with less
wasted energy

Many internal components used in today’s computers reach temperatures that are hot enough to cook a Thanksgiving meal. Now, Purdue researchers are working on more energy-efficient technology to better mimic functions of the human brain and produce a fraction of the heat.

General

Purdue University Press offering discount today on 150th celebration books
For Mother’s Day, ditch the idea that mom has a favorite child

People

Appointments, honors and activities

Sports

Men's tennis junior Bennett earns All-Big Ten honors
Women's tennis senior Ambrosio receives All-Big Ten honors

Events

This Week's Events
Next Four Weeks
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Lectures and Guest Speakers
'Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Biomolecular Galaxy' symposium set for May 8-9

Purdue in the News

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

CBS: The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation with Mo Rocca
Washington Post: A genuine Big Idea that could fix the border problem
Houston Chronicle: Neil Armstrong’s Purdue class ring part of latest auction
Deccan (India) Chronicle: Bringing ‘space trash’ safely back to earth
Lafayette Journal & Courier, Indianapolis Star, Inside INdiana Business: Purdue plans single-family homes, second project in as many days for $1B west campus district
Gary Post-Tribune/Chicago Tribune, Times of Northwest Indiana: Purdue Northwest brings in $750,000 from ‘Day of Giving’
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