Purdue Today. 150 Years of Giant Leaps

September 30, 2019

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Faculty and Staff News

Reminder: Staff must set 2020 annual performance goals by Friday

Earlier this year, staff completed evaluations in SuccessFactors for the first time. It is now time to develop performance goals for 2020, which must be entered into SuccessFactors by Friday (Oct. 4). Once entered, supervisors and employees can easily edit goals and track progress toward completion.

Things to Know

This week's 'Thumbs Up' recipients

Things to Do

Registration open for treasurer's A/P staff recognition luncheon
Workshop to cover investment planning

In the Spotlight

 Walter J. Koroshetz event graphic

Don't Miss It!

The human brain long has remained a mysterious frontier. Advances in medical technology are helping add to knowledge — and with that, to options. Dr. Walter J. Koroshetz, a leader in the National Institutes of Health, will be at Purdue on Wednesday (Oct. 2) to talk about what is being studied and proposed. His Ideas Festival event is one of several still to come before Homecoming on Oct. 12 officially closes the Giant Leaps Sesquicentennial Campaign. Don’t Miss It!

Additional News

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Epigenetics offers
possible cancer therapies

Learning how to switch certain genes on or off — the focus of the field of epigenetics — could make cancer therapies such as chemotherapy or immunotherapy much more effective, says Purdue scientist Emily Dykhuizen.

Chen Guangcheng at event

Recap: Chen Guangcheng on AI, human rights

Chen Guangcheng, a Chinese civil rights activist and self-taught lawyer, shared his insights about the threat of artificial intelligence technologies to human rights during a Giant Leaps Series event Sept. 17 at Purdue.

General

Pilot safety training technology wins Air Force grant for app-based simulator

People

Appointments, honors and activities

Events

Today: 'Ethics of Eating' keynote speaker

Jessica Fanzo from Johns Hopkins University will discuss "Eating Our Way Through the Anthropocene: The Challenges, Risks and Ethics of Actions" at 7 p.m today (Sept. 30) as the keynote speaker for the "Ethics of Eating" conference. The conference is part of Purdue's Ideas Festival.

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This Week's Events
Next Four Weeks
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Lectures and Speakers

Purdue in the News

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

Interesting Engineering: New research brings scientists one step closer to a fully functioning quantum computer
The Conversation: Why the flu shot cannot give you the flu
Inside INdiana Business: Lilly Endowment grants to address digital ethical concerns
WXIN: Computer science students at Purdue work to make technology more transparent
Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly: PFW School of Music pitch-perfect program for the most passionate of musicians
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