Purdue Today.

May 16, 2022

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Faculty and Staff News

With MFA in place, compromised account issues plummet

Since the initial implementation of Microsoft Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for University email that began in October 2021, the number of compromised email accounts at Purdue has fallen significantly – from 1,200 last September to approximately 100 instances last month.

Things to Know

Fidelity is Purdue’s official provider of retirement plan education, guidance, assistance
Pierce Street parking lot now a pay lot
This week's 'Thumbs Up' recipients

In the Spotlight

Family taking photo by Neil Armstrong statue

Photo gallery: Happy grads cross Elliott stage during spring ceremonies

The small steps they’ve taken over the past few years culminated for many Purdue students May 13-16 as they graduated into the next phases of their lives. Purdue celebrated its graduates during seven commencement ceremonies on campus, each in Elliott Hall of Music.


President Daniels to grads: 'I'm talking to you'

As Purdue’s May commencement returned indoors for the first time since 2019, President Mitch Daniels told the class of 2022 that he wanted to speak to each graduate individually to say, “There will be no exact copies, no one just like you, and therefore no one box anyone can stick you in.” Read and watch the speech.

Additional News

Bill Pappas with car driver

Purdue alum turns love for racing into storied career with IndyCar

At 6-feet, 7-inches tall, a career in racing as a driver wasn’t in the cards for Purdue alumnus Bill Pappas. That didn’t stop him from dreaming big. His persistence has led him to work with some of the biggest names in racing – Juan Pablo Montoya, Emerson Fittipaldi, A.J. Foyt – and not one, but two teams that won the Indianapolis 500. Today, he is the vice president of competition and race engineering for the IndyCar series.

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Purdue students earn prestigious Goldwater Scholarships

Solving the seemingly unsolvable in the realms of math and science is what propels the research conducted by three distinguished Purdue students and guides their academic accomplishments in STEM. Ethan Brady, Colton Griffin and Arianna Meenakshi McNamara have been named 2022 Goldwater Scholars, the nation’s premier scholarship for undergraduates in the natural sciences, engineering and mathematics.

General

Purdue faculty and staff collaborate on $15 million USAID project in Peru
Professor developing numerical tools for astrophysical modeling with the help of Anvil supercomputer

Teaching and Learning

Wabash and Purdue University Online form educational partnership aimed at digital transformation

Campus

Purdue for Life Foundation to celebrate diversity at inaugural Day of Unity
You & Purdue community campaign begins today
Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s 'Mexican Gothic' to be featured Big Read book
Host families needed for summer program participants
Tree removals and new plantings in Academy Park begin today
Purdue Federal Credit Union branch temporarily closed in Purdue Memorial Union

Sports

Wills wins triple jump title at Big Ten Outdoor Track & Field Championships
Softball's Becker named first-team All-Big Ten
Baseball’s Smeltz honored as Academic All-District again

Bringing Our Best

Motivated to help

The passion is pure. You can see it in Jennifer Dobbs-Oates' ear-to-ear grin and hear it in her spirited voice. Dobbs-Oates truly enjoys her dual positions as teacher and administrator. Most of all, however, she values the role she plays in preparing students to do meaningful work that improves people’s lives.

Jennifer Dobbs-Oates

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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.

CNN: US farmers under pressure and on the front lines of food inflation amid price spikes
24Tech: Doomed to collide: Astronomers announce discovery of supermassive binary black holes
Fast Company: Too poor for space? Ballooning to the stratosphere is the next best thing
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