The top-seeded Purdue men's basketball team topped No. 6-ranked and second-seeded Tennessee 72-66 in the Midwest Regional Finals on Sunday in Detroit. The win moves Purdue to the Final Four for the third time ever and the first time since 1980. Purdue will now face North Carolina State on Saturday (April 6).
This spring marks four years since the COVID-19 pandemic created unprecedented shifts in the everyday work lives of millions of Americans. With those seismic changes, new attitudes and practices have emerged, challenging long-held beliefs of how people should think about their time on, and off, the clock. For Allison Gabriel, the Thomas J. Howatt Chair in Management in the organizational behavior and human resources area of the Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business, that conversation is overdue.
After more than a year of hosting family-friendly activities for the Purdue community, Purdue President Mung Chiang and First Lady Kei Hui proudly hosted the second annual Easter egg hunt on Saturday (March 30) at Westwood. The egg hunt featured four sessions from 1-4:30 p.m. for faculty, staff and student families with children ages 12 and under. Over 175 Boilermaker children ate special Easter-themed treats and took part in the egg hunts and photo opportunities.
The Sustainability department, part of the Administrative Operations organization, is partnering with other university departments and student organizations to celebrate Earth Month this April. Earth Month is an extended celebration of Earth Day, which is April 22. The campus community is invited to attend various events that will focus on sustainable initiatives.
I'd like to thank Joanna Harrell (College of Science) for taking the initiative to set up the College of Science Advising SharePoint site. Joanna not only took initiative but also went the extra mile by seamlessly organizing and transferring our Confluence material to their designated spaces within SharePoint. This is a large undertaking, and we would not be as far as we are without her! — Jaime Keyster (College of Science)
