Purdue Today.

September 18, 2020

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Faculty and Staff News

September recognized as National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month

To help raise awareness and open the dialogue about suicide, September is recognized as National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. According to HelpGuide, talking openly about suicidal thoughts and feelings can save a life.

Protect Purdue

Purdue COVID-19 dashboard
Reminder: Program the Protect Purdue Health Center number into your phone

Things to Know

Today's Butler Center talk canceled

Things to Do

Nominations sought for Violet Haas Award
Nominations sought for Leadership in Action Award
Research mentors, programs sought to participate in virtual Undergraduate Research Roundtable

In the Spotlight

Mia Brann in botany lab

Ag labs rise to COVID-19 challenge

Last fall in Plant Structure and Tissue Biology, Mia Brann and her classmates called over teaching assistants and their instructor to help determine if they had correctly focused on the plant cells they had just loaded into their microscopes. The 22 students pulled their faces from the scopes as TAs stepped in and pressed their eyes to the lenses to offer guidance. Such scenes had been routine in Purdue lab classes, but now they would violate the rules meant to keep students, faculty and staff safe from the COVID-19 virus. Now, teachers and students alike are finding ways to transform the lab experience and, often, enhance it.

Additional News

disinfectant being sprayed in building

New team tackles more frequent, intensive disinfection on campus

Nine zones, more than 80 buildings, thousands of high-touch surfaces and one, central mission – to help protect Purdue. The newly formed Expanded Disinfecting Operations Team (EDOT) is working each day to help protect the health and safety of the campus community.

Lovell Mitchell on campus

Boilermaker helps inspire exceptional students on the road to college

Before his first semester at Purdue, Lovell Mitchell enrolled in Summer Start, a five-week module designed to help students jump-start their college careers. Now a junior, Mitchell recently mentored several rising seniors from Purdue Polytechnic High School who spent a month on campus.

Research

Purdue research drives efforts toward cleaner air in California
Researchers in various studies looking for participants

General

Purdue police seek 2 men for questioning in theft of UTVs behind Stewart Center

Campus

Grants available to students for community service projects

People

Purdue fluid power research engineer wins international honor
NASA astronaut Fred Haise to virtually present Astronaut Scholarships to Boilermakers

Sports

Big Ten announces football to resume Oct. 23-24
NCAA approves Nov. 25 start for men's, women's basketball

Bringing Our Best

Video: Protect Purdue ambassador Molly Henley

Protect Purdue ambassador Molly Henley shares her pride in the Purdue community’s commitment to the Protect Purdue Pledge. She encourages Boilermakers to keep protecting each other through proper mask and sanitizing protocols, and to contact an ambassador if they need help following Protect Purdue guidelines.

Molly Henley

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Events

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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.

Campus Technology: Purdue shares look inside HyFlex classroom
Cheddar: Schools cracking down on Greek life amid COVID concerns
WBBM (Chicago): Purdue College of Veterinary Medicine launches League of ‘VetaHumanz’ to diversify veterinary workforce, inspire youth
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science: New theory hints at more efficient way to develop quantum algorithms
Inside INdiana Business: Purdue gets $2M NSF grant to build sustainability network
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