Purdue Today.

September 25, 2020

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Faculty and Staff News

A video message from President Daniels

One month into the fall semester, President Mitch Daniels shares a few highlights of how the Purdue community worked together to make the first month of classes possible, and what faculty, staff and students need to do to keep it going.

President Mitch Daniels

Protect Purdue

Purdue COVID-19 dashboard
Need a flu shot? Campus events available next week

Things to Know

HSAs: A smart way to manage health care dollars
Instructors: See your Brightspace course as a student sees it with Demo Student view

Things to Do

Virtual faculty recruitment training available
Applications due Oct. 1 for MaPSAC professional development grants

In the Spotlight

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Video: Protecting the next giant leap

For generations, Boilermakers have made giant leaps through the toughest challenges and greatest opportunities. Together, we are stepping up behind our masks to protect the next giant leap.

Additional News

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How the hybrid teaching model is succeeding in College of Agriculture

Purdue adopted the hybrid teaching model -- a combination of both in-person and online instruction -- to de-densify campus and allow students to return. In the College of Agriculture, there are already examples of how the hybrid teaching model is succeeding.

Tiffany Lyle and Sandra San Miguel

League of VetaHumanz aims to diversify veterinary workforce

Role models can help children see themselves in a future career. A new initiative at the College of Veterinary Medicine called the League of VetaHumanz is helping develop veterinary medical role models every child can relate to while striving to diversify the veterinary workforce.

Research

Ultrapotent compound may help treat C. diff, reduce recurrence

Sports

Baseball's fall scrimmages streamed live for free

Bringing Our Best

Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Ed puts Purdue among country’s best

Purdue University continues to be recognized as one of the nation’s top institutions with another top-10 ranking, this week via the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education 2021 U.S. Rankings.

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Events

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Other Events

‘Pursuing Racial Justice Together’ announces upcoming speakers
College of Engineering to hold webinar on 'Future of Robotics and Healthcare'

Purdue in the News

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

WLFI, Chronicle of Higher Education: Universities across the country are adopting Purdue’s Cornerstone program
Inside Higher Ed: Beyond crisis communications
IEEE Spectrum: Electron hole, meet your fractional cousin
National Geographic: What is the Autumn equinox? Here’s what you need to know.
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