Purdue Today. 150 Years of Giant Leaps

January 27, 2020

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Faculty and Staff News

Human Resources website offers new customer-focused layout

Human Resources is rolling out a redesigned website to help faculty, staff and other visitors to the site more easily navigate to the information they need.

Things to Know

University monitoring novel coronavirus; no reported campus cases
Employee engagement survey to invite feedback
University Senate meeting set for today
This week's 'Thumbs Up' recipients

Things to Do

Applications sought for Big Ten Academic Alliance Academic Leadership Program
Engagement and Service-Learning Summit set for Feb. 27
Upcoming Healthy Boiler workshop to focus on motivation
‘Advanced Planning’ seminar to provide information on the inevitable death of a loved one

In the Spotlight

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Purdue launches ‘This is Purdue’ podcast

A mother who lost three children to a rare disease returned to Purdue to study nursing to help others. A scientist who watched her Parkinson’s patients struggle to communicate with loved ones created a life-changing communication device. A high school student, now a Ph.D. student at Purdue, who lost the ability to walk relearned the game of basketball to play in a wheelchair for Team USA. These are just three of the best stories about Purdue students, faculty and alumni that will be featured in a new Purdue University podcast.

Additional News

Lunar Chinese dance

Don't Miss It! Lunar New Year Celebration set for Saturday

February kicks off with the Lunar New Year Celebration, organized by Purdue’s Asian American and Asian Resource and Cultural Center. The event, which celebrates the start of the Year of the Rat, will include activity booths, Chinese Performing Arts Troupe, Lion Dance, Taekwondo, BACI Indianapolis cultural performance, Okinawa Yuyukai and food. February also brings concerts, speakers, exhibitions, theatre and more. Don’t Miss It!

Tiffany Lyle

New 'road map' might make getting cancer drugs to the brain easier

The greatest obstacle when it comes to treating cancer that has spread to the brain is the blood-brain barrier, a collection of blood vessels that can filter out what goes in and out of the brain. Purdue scientists have provided the first comprehensive characterization of both the blood-brain and blood-tumor barriers in brain metastases of lung cancer, which will serve as a road map for treatment development.

Campus

On-campus walking group promoting activity, health awareness
Health and Human Sciences to hold Fair for Study Abroad and Intercultural Learning

People

Appointments, honors and activities

Events

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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.

Washington Post, Pharmaceutical Technology, WLFI: Scientists are unraveling the Chinese coronavirus with unprecedented speed and openness
Reader’s Digest/The Healthy: Do placebos work? Here’s why doctors sometimes 'prescribe' them
Marketplace: Marketplace Morning Report: What’s in a name when your name is linked to cancer?
Times Higher Education: Research intelligence: How to sniff out errors and fraud
Inside INdiana Business, WISH-TV: Purdue Polytechnic High School establishes scholarship fund
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