Purdue Today.

May 6, 2020

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Faculty and Staff News

From President Daniels: Protection of faculty and staff top priority in fall 2020 plan

Your safety is at the heart of the actions we must take over the next 110 days in order to welcome our students, protect your job and those of your colleagues, and continue the vital missions of our university.

Things to Know

Things you need to know about COVID-19

Things to Do

COVID-19 Social Science Research Pop-Up Lab to focus on pandemic informatics
Thursday: Discovery Park to welcome Katepalli Sreenivasan as first WebEx distinguished lecturer

In the Spotlight

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Video: Singing together to 'Hail Purdue'

On Founders Day, Purdue honors future, past and present Boilermakers with a rendition of "Hail Purdue," performed by members of the Purdue community who submitted video to be part of the virtual choir.

Additional News

farm to table

Today's Top 5: Farm to table, post-pandemic factories, special delivery

Purdue’s College of Agriculture offers questions and answers to provide background and insight into how COVID-19 is impacting the food supply chain and animal welfare. Find out more about the road from farm to table in today's Top 5 roundup.

cms detector

Scientists ‘at the bleeding edge’ with upgrade to CMS detector

The huge detectors providing a window to the world’s tiniest particles are set for a $153 million upgrade, and a team of Purdue scientists will play a key role — continuing the University’s legacy with the experiments at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN.

Research

System designed to improve database performance for health care, IoT

General

Indiana state chemist warns against false COVID-19 protection claims
Ag Barometer index drops below 100 as coronavirus disrupts agriculture

Sports

Athletics announces flexible payment options for football season tickets

Bringing Our Best

Purdue ranked 3rd in U.S. in startup creation

A report covering an 11-year period of technology commercialization activities lists Purdue University as third in the U.S. for startup creation. Purdue also is in the top 20 for patents issued compared with legal expenditures and for the most invention disclosure forms when compared with published research.

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Events

Virtual events this week
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Purdue in the News

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

National Geographic: Why NASA plans to slam a spacecraft into an asteroid
Miami Herald, Sacramento Bee, Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Is online voting the answer during a pandemic? Cybersecurity experts say no
U.S. Department of Energy: Engineers make a promising material stable enough for use in solar cells
Engineering 360: Purdue is investigating the feasibility of 3D printing concrete for wind turbine architecture
Indianapolis Star, Lafayette Journal & Courier: Baseball analytics gains Purdue freshman Jeremy Frank large following
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