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December 19, 2022

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Faculty and Staff News

Understanding Tomorrow's Nuclear Energy lecture series continues in January; registration open

Purdue University and Duke Energy will host the next installment of the Understanding Tomorrow’s Nuclear Energy lecture series in January. Kathryn D. Huff, assistant secretary for nuclear energy in the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy, will present “Nuclear Power in 2050” from 3:30-4:30 p.m. ET on Jan. 18 in Stewart Center’s Fowler Hall and via livestream. Registration is required for both in-person and virtual attendance.

Things to Know

Protect Purdue updates for the Spring 2023 semester
Employees, students encouraged to review university reporting resources
Purdue Global’s School of General Education accepting proposals for 2023 conference
This week's 'Thumbs Up' recipients
Purdue Today announces semester break schedule, new daily publication

Things to Do

January 2023 instructional workshops highlight Brightspace, educational technologies, at-risk students
Purdue West Lafayette Certificate of Foundations in College Teaching begins Jan. 23
Program focused on taking control of Type 2 diabetes, prediabetes offered in the new year
Virtual HealthKick program to focus on physical activity, nutrition, more; register by Jan. 4

In the Spotlight

Phil Low

FDA approves new use of drug to help doctors during lung cancer surgery

A new use of an imaging agent that will help surgeons find even more cancerous cells has been approved by the FDA. Based on pioneering work by Purdue College of Science professor Philip Low, Cytalux, the first fluorescent marker for ovarian cancer, is now authorized for use in lung cancer surgeries, too. Share the news: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn

Additional News

Winter commencement graduates

Photo gallery: Winter 2022 Commencement marks giant leap milestone

Years of persistence and thousands of small steps together culminated for nearly 3,000 Boilermakers at Purdue’s three Winter 2022 Commencement ceremonies Dec. 17-18 in Elliott Hall of Music. Eligible to participate in Purdue’s winter commencement were 2,957 students, including 1,679 undergraduates and 946 master’s, 326 doctor of philosophy and six professional program candidates. Share the news: Facebook, Twitter

Greatest Hits Part 2

Greatest hits of 2022: Celebrating Boilermaker education and innovation

On Thursday (Dec. 22), “This Is Purdue” will celebrate even more popular episodes from 2022. Part 2 of the podcast’s “Greatest Hits of 2022” episode focuses on the academic side of Purdue. Listen as these Boilermakers — from an IndyCar, Indy 500-winning engineer to a NASA flight director to a new Purdue Board of Trustees member — share their small steps and giant leaps. Share the news: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn

Research

2022 in Purdue research: Combining brilliance with persistence
2022 Purdue research partnerships: Forging alliances to accelerate world-changing impact

General

Purdue Online is now Purdue University Online, with a new resource website for online students

Campus

Presidential Safety Award from Radiological and Environmental Management presented to three winners
How to avoid common recycling mistakes on campus
Purdue Information Technology collects $1,400 and 2,323 pounds of food for local food bank
Women in Engineering Program to host free Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day

People

Purdue’s first CFO of the Year honoree, Chris Ruhl describes his role with the university as ‘incredibly rewarding and fun’
Desire to help others led Purdue Global dean to her calling as a nurse
Purdue Fire Chief Kevin Ply reflects on successful career in public service, looks forward to retirement
Appointments, honors and activities

Events

Purdue University Events Calendar

Bringing Our Best

Bowl-bound Boilers stay healthy thanks to HHS alumnus

Dr. Alberto Oseguera will add “Bowling” to his sports medicine resume on Jan. 2. Oseguera, a 2013 Department of Health and Kinesiology alumnus, joined Boilermaker football as the team doctor in October, and he will travel with the program when it faces LSU at the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida.

Dr. Alberto Oseguera

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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.

Dubai Tech News: Perseverance heard a dust devil on Mars, and now you can too
Inside INdiana Business: Purdue prof: Air cargo seeing slump despite holidays
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