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Three Purdue professors -- Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth, Evgenii Narimanov and Sabre Kais -- will present lectures today (Oct. 28) in Stewart Center's Fowler Hall as part of the University's most prestigious research awards -- the Aday, Bement and McCoy, respectively.
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It has been said in many ways: Where you stand has a lot to do with what you see and think. Many thought it a great advance when some behaviors began to be counted as diseases or symptoms of diseases. But Dr. Sally Satel, a psychiatrist, author and expert on addiction, is coming Tuesday (Oct. 29) to Purdue to speak on “What IF We Went Beyond a Disease Model of Addiction?” In part, she and President Mitch Daniels will discuss opioids — and the turmoil over recent misguided efforts to make sudden drastic reductions in their use — as well as vaping in this Ideas Festival event. Don’t Miss It!
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With too few antibiotics under development to keep up with the rise of antibiotic-resistant infections, the world is starting to run out of antibiotics. That also means hospitals will start seeing more patients with infections they can’t treat, and more infections that were once easily treated are becoming fatal. A Purdue scientist is trying to keep that from happening.
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The common myth that flu shots can cause the flu actually allows the flu to spread, says Libby Richards of Purdue’s School of Nursing faculty. A flu shot’s inactive virus prompts the body to prepare to fight off the real thing if it comes. An October or early November flu shot helps with readiness for the December-February peak flu season. Flu shot availability (take your ID)
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Novalima, a band joining old and new genres and instruments, mixing Peruvian roots and modern Lima urban sounds, is coming to Purdue.
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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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