Purdue Today.

June 16, 2022

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Persistent Pursuit

Faculty and Staff News

No-cost preventive screening mammogram campaign to take place in mid-July

Purdue is again partnering with the Franciscan Health Lafayette Breast Center in an effort to increase the University’s mammogram screening rate. The no-cost screening mammogram program supports the physical health pillar of the Healthy Boiler Program.

Things to Know

Compassion fatigue affects many; Purdue has resources available to assist
University Senate minutes available

Things to Do

Spring 2022 personnel activity reports open in SEEMLESS for faculty certification

In the Spotlight

PPHS graduation

Photo gallery: Purdue Polytechnic High School Graduation

It was a day of pomp and circumstance for 113 students at Purdue Polytechnic High Schools’ Indianapolis and South Bend locations as they celebrated graduation on June 10 in Indianapolis. Established in 2017, the growing, multischool PPHS system immerses students and their families in an innovative learning community.

Additional News

artificial intelligence

Purdue’s new Institute of Hard AI connects AI with the physical world

Purdue’s College of Engineering announced the formation of the Institute of Hard AI on Tuesday (June 14) during the 11th annual meeting of the National Academy of Inventors in Phoenix. The collegewide institute positions Purdue as a national leader in artificial intelligence at the interface of the virtual and physical worlds.

Umesh Patel and Logan Noster

Chance encounter reveals Purdue engineers’ remarkable connection

Cook Biotech president and Purdue alumnus Umesh Patel rarely gets to meet patients who have benefited from the SIS technology that he helped create in the 1990s as a College of Engineering graduate student. Patel never expected to meet one like fellow Boilermaker and recent Purdue graduate Logan Noster.

Research

Purdue receives 2021 DEPSCoR grants from Department of Defense
Researchers in various studies looking for participants

People

Purdue Northwest chancellor receives Sagamore of the Wabash award

Campus

Recreation & Wellness offering F45 training program; free classes available through Sunday

Sports

Byrd named head coach for women’s golf
Purdue diver Bramley selected for Academic All-America honor again
2022 Big Ten volleyball schedule released

Events

Purdue University Global Concord Law School to discuss expeditionary law with New York Times ‘super lawyer’ in next Distinguished Speaker Series

Bringing Our Best

MaPSAC Excellence Award honors Fields for high initiative, leadership

After a career at Purdue that has spanned more than 40 years, Jeff Fields has learned a thing or two about what it means to be persistent, especially when it comes to the day-to-day responsibilities of farming. Fields, the senior farm manager at Purdue’s Animal Sciences Research and Education Center, was recently recognized for his efforts with the 2022 MaPSAC Excellence Award.

Jeff Fields

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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.

Bloomberg, Nasdaq: Purdue, Zebra and Groupon on AI in customer experience
Communications of the ACM, EE Times, Inside Indiana Business, KDVR (Fox Denver): Eligible QR code takes shot at fake whiskey
Marketplace Online: Some prices take longer than others to drop – and longer than inflation
Think Global Health: Seeds: an unlikely casualty of the war in Ukraine
WLFI: Purdue alumnus reconnected with doctor at awards banquet
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