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Today is the first Monday of open enrollment for 2021 benefits. Employees can enroll for 2021 benefits using Benefitfocus via the OneCampus portal. Select the "Benefits Open Enrollment for Faculty & Staff" icon and then log in with PUID username and BoilerKey. Or they may enroll using the Benefitplace mobile app, for which the Benefitplace App video has more information.
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Many patients with pancreatic cancer have only about a 10% chance of survival within five years of their diagnosis because they tend to become resistant to chemotherapy, past studies have indicated. A “time machine” that Purdue engineers designed to observe pancreatic cancer behavior over time suggests a new drug testing approach that could help scientists better catch resistance.
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To support the academic needs of undergraduate students in isolation or quarantine due to COVID-19, Purdue launched the academic case manager (ACM) initiative. ACMs are full-time University employees (such as academic advisors, student success coaches, and student life administrators) who provide students with one-on-one outreach and support. |
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Workforce education in manufacturing has traditionally been very low-tech, but some manufacturers are now turning to augmented and virtual reality to teach their workers new skills. A Purdue team has entered into a $5 million cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation (NSF) to create an augmented and virtual reality experience prototype called Skill-XR.
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As sophomore Isabella De Salvo Fontoura awaits COVID-19 travel restrictions to end, she continues her Purdue studies from home in Brazil. Last summer, she completed ProjectX Safe Campus, a virtual consulting experience designed to help protect Purdue this fall.
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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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