Purdue Today.

March 12, 2021

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Protect Purdue

Faculty and Staff News

Daylight saving time to begin Sunday

Daylight saving time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday (March 14), meaning campus clocks will have to "spring forward" this weekend. Individual departments are reminded that they are responsible for changing clocks in their offices, research laboratories and departmental spaces. Buildings and Grounds staff will ensure that clocks in public areas and outdoor clocks are changed.

Protect Purdue

Coming Monday: Provost’s Protect Purdue ‘Conversation’ to discuss vaccines and Fall 2021
Kimberly Clark nitrile gloves available through Fisher Scientific for discounted price

Things to Know

Campuswide tornado drill set for Tuesday

Things to Do

Indiana Commission for Higher Education accepting applications for next faculty commission member
Butler Center, ACE-Women’s Network of Indiana to hold leadership conference, panel discussion
CSSAC offering education grants for employees, dependents
Spring 2021 Road to Retirement event wrapping up today; sessions take place until 5 p.m.
Nominations due March 19 for 2021 Jischke Outstanding International Student of the Year

In the Spotlight

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Video: Travel guidance to Protect Purdue

Boilermakers are encouraged to remember their duty to Protect Purdue by avoiding large crowds, staying safe while traveling, and getting tested upon returning from travel.

Additional News

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Team continues to tackle intensive disinfection on West Lafayette campus

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

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Creating a new type of computing that’s ‘naturally probabilistic’

Purdue researchers are building a probabilistic computer that could bridge the gap between classical and quantum computing to more efficiently solve problems in areas such as drug research, encryption and cybersecurity, financial services, data analysis and supply chain logistics.

Research

New technology aims to improve battery life
Researchers in various studies looking for participants

General

Indiana State Climate Office provides spring outlook
Mobile technology helps give voice to nonverbal autistic children during pandemic

Campus

Mortar Board taps Class of 2022
PALS camp suspended for summer 2021

Sports

6 more Purdue swimmers going to Greensboro for NCAAs
NCAA Wrestling Championships seeds announced

Bringing Our Best

Thumbs Up: Rhonda von Werder

Rhonda von Werder in Global Engineering Programs and Partnerships jumped in on very short notice to help finalize a complex data set description that was an important additional deliverable for our team. Her multiple skill sets and eye for detail made me feel more comfortable that what we submitted ultimately was polished and exceeded the donor's expectations. Thanks, Rhonda! -- Jennifer DeBoer

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Purdue Global Concord Law School to focus on ‘The Power of Black Women in the Law’ in Distinguished Speaker Series event

Purdue in the News

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

ABC News, Los Angeles Times, U.S. News & World Report: Clinics wait to vaccinate farmworkers: ‘Our hands are tied’
Indianapolis Monthly: Amelia Earhart was the first woman to wear the pants at Purdue
WISH-TV - IndyStyle: Scientists use Doppler to treat infections and improve lives like never before
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