Purdue Today.

February 15, 2023

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Persistent Pursuit

Faculty and Staff News

Purdue receives $21 million art donation of Degas sculptures

Purdue University has accepted a major collection of sculptures by prominent French impressionist artist Edgar Degas as a donation from Chicago businessman Avrum Gray (ME ’56). The collection includes 74 bronze works and features “La Petite Danseuse de Quatorze Ans (Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen).” Share the news: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn

Degas sculpture

Things to Know

Remote work website, guidelines updated
Try a moment of mindfulness to help reduce stress, benefit behavioral health

Things to Do

Nominations sought for 2023 Outstanding Leadership in Globalization Awards
Due Friday: Office of Institutional Equity seeking nominations for 2023 Focus Awards
Healthy Boiler workshop focuses on basics of nutrition
Purdue community invited to reception honoring 2022 Title IX Distinguished Service Award recipients

In the Spotlight

Mark French

Hands-on ‘guitar lab’ is one of Purdue’s most popular courses

A supportive professor, an immersive project and lessons that prepare for post-graduation life – MET 34900 strikes a chord with students. Better known as "guitar lab," the course combines manufacturing with musical instruments for a one-of-a-kind college experience that results in a hand-built guitar. Share the news: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn

Additional News

Tiffany Stergar

‘Purdue Pursuits’: MaPSAC professional development grants

Tiffany Stergar, assistant director of advising professional development in the Purdue University Undergraduate Academic Advising office, discovered a new way to fund her passion for learning: through professional development grants offered by the Management and Professional Staff Advisory Committee. Share the news: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn

Student Avery Fess works in the field with Professor Songlin Fei

$10M USDA grant to fuel economic resilience and sustainability in forests

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a $10 million grant to Purdue to help landowners and stakeholders better adapt their forests to increasingly complicated economic and climate conditions in the Eastern U.S. The project is led by Songlin Fei, a professor of forestry and natural resources and the Dean’s Chair of Remote Sensing. Share the news: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn

Research

Proposed quantum device may succinctly realize emergent particles such as the Fibonacci anyon

Campus

What you should know for Lab Safety Awareness Week
M.D. Steer Audiology Clinic offering free hearing screenings on World Hearing Day

Sports

Women's swimming and diving arrives in Ann Arbor for Big Ten Championships

Events

Purdue University Events Calendar

Bringing Our Best

Thumbs Up: Paul Nikhilesh Chintala

Paul Nikhilesh Chintala (Purdue Memorial Union) graciously toured my class of international students around every part of the Purdue Memorial Union, showing us useful, inspiring and beautiful aspects of the building. He was especially generous with his time, going above and beyond his normal duties as building manager. – C. Joseph Sorell (College of Liberal Arts)

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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.

Poets & Quants for Executives, Forbes, Inside Higher Ed: Purdue's newly renamed B-school secures largest donation in its history
WTHR: Robotic dog project at Purdue University
Inside INdiana Business: Purdue study: Food spending habits curtailed
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