Purdue Today. 150 Years of Giant Leaps

May 9, 2019

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Faculty and Staff News

Advising call center will support new web portal
to Purdue’s online offerings

A call center with trained advisors to assist students looking to enroll in online programs from throughout the Purdue system will go online this summer in connection with a new unified web portal designed to direct students of all types to online and hybrid programs and classes available from Purdue.

Things to Know

Blackboard Learn will be down for upgrade Saturday evening
Purdue obituaries
Purdue Today summer schedule

Things to Do

Purdue Farmers Market to return today

In the Spotlight

Saab announcement

Saab’s global defense and security company lands in
Indiana, to open site near Purdue

Global defense and security company Saab announced plans Wednesday (May 8) to locate a new U.S. manufacturing operation in Indiana. The facility, located at Discovery Park District Aerospace on the west side of the Purdue University campus, will support production of the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation T-X jet trainer and create up to 300 new jobs, with hiring starting in 2020. A photo gallery of the announcement is available here.

Additional News

Eryn Sale

‘It changed my life’: Plan
helping low-income
Indiana students succeed

Growing up, Eryn Sale experienced firsthand how mental illness can affect a family. Sale knew early on she wanted to channel those experiences into something that would help others by studying the root causes of mental illnesses, and what can be done to treat them. What she didn’t know was how she was going to make that happen. That’s where the Purdue Promise program came in.

Caregiver with older woman

Brain-like model provides
hope for millions with
neurological disorders

Up to 1 billion people, nearly one in six of the world’s population, suffer from neurological disorders. The number of people with those disorders, including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, has been steadily increasing in recent decades. Drug discovery and development efforts to mitigate these diseases have been increased. However, translating efforts into clinical practices and medications has come slowly.

Research

Creating a global map of the protein shape universe
Researchers in various studies looking for participants

General

Smart software tool could pave the way for changing how things get designed, made, and supplied

Campus

Winner of Peacebuilding Big Idea Challenge to be named Friday on livestream
Parking information for Purdue spring commencements

Sports

Purdue women's golf advances to NCAA Championships
Softball trio collects Big Ten postseason honors

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, New York Times, ABC News: Saab plans Air Force jet facility near Purdue campus
The Atlantic: The engineers’ plan for creating border security with clean energy
Washington Post: Why rumors of a royal home birth were greeted so differently in the U.K. and the U.S.
United Press International: America’s farm workers are aging, not being replaced
Inside INdiana Business: Purdue scientist elected to prestigious academy
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