Purdue Today.

July 11, 2022

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Persistent Pursuit

Faculty and Staff News

July pay increases affect more than base pay, provide opportunity to review or adjust benefits

For the 2022-23 fiscal year, the salary tier for medical benefit premiums will be increased from $46,900 to $48,800, which is a 4% increase to match the merit pay distribution amount. This means employees who will have annual base pay below $48,800 after pay increases will pay the lower tier premiums, and those above the tier will pay the higher tier premiums for their medical insurance.

Things to Know

Offer letter templates updated to reflect new Form I-9 process
This week's 'Thumbs Up' recipients

Things to Do

Faculty invited to apply to Health Equity Faculty Champions Program
Training series to help employees become better job candidates
‘Asthma Care for Adults’ lifestyle program begins Aug. 2; register by July 26
Nominations sought for Title IX service award
Deadlines for faculty and staff

In the Spotlight

Discovery Park District at Purdue

Discovery Park District at Purdue highlights success, visible impact of university-private-community partnerships

Live. Work. Play. From an ambitious goal to create an entrepreneurially driven and innovative ecosystem for researchers to work together across disciplines in tackling the grand challenges of our time, Purdue is taking the next steps to lift that concept to even greater heights. The $1 billion mixed-use development of housing, high-end manufacturing, and industry and research-driven partnerships, called Discovery Park District at Purdue, is already an economic and commercial success.

Additional News

Legally Blonde – The Musical

Purdue Convocations announces lineup for its 120th season

Purdue Convocations presents its 120th season with a lineup of innovative performances from around the world, outdoor spectacles, award-winning country, jazz and chamber musicians, a repertory theater residency, thought-provoking lectures, family-friendly engagements and award-winning Broadway musicals. The list includes “The Book of Mormon,” “Legally Blonde – The Musical,” “CATS" and “Jesus Christ Superstar."

Marching band with bass drum

Innovation at all levels: Purdue University’s best in marketing

The only university chosen as a Fast Company Magazine “Brand That Matters” and the first and only university selected to speak at Google Marketing Live 2022, Purdue University is making waves for more than providing a transformative, accessible education. The Purdue Marketing and Communications team strives to share the world-changing work of the Purdue community through methods just as impressive as the work itself.

Teaching and Learning

Purdue meets health care needs with new online health care operations and quality improvement certificates

Campus

International Friendship Program seeking new hosts

People

Appointments, honors and activities

Bringing Our Best

‘Cradle of Humankind’ fossils may be older than previously thought

The earth doesn’t give up its secrets easily – not even in the “Cradle of Humankind” in South Africa, where a wealth of fossils relating to human evolution have been found. Now, a dating method developed by a Purdue geologist just pushed the age of some of these fossils found at the site of Sterkfontein Caves back more than a million years.

Darryl Granger

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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.

Big Think: New dating method shatters our understanding of human evolution
Washington Post: What climate policies do Americans want from their legislatures?
Conde Nast Traveller: Here's what it feels like to spend 3 mins in space
Today Online/NBC News: How to save money at the grocery store amid rising prices
WISH-TV: Intense heat, humidity buckle section of State Road 9 near Fairmount
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