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April 2, 2024
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Ejeta receives Purdue’s highest award from President Chiang
Gebisa Ejeta, a Presidential Fellow for Food Security and Sustainable Global Development and Distinguished Professor of Agronomy, received the Order of the Griffin, Purdue’s highest honor, on Monday (April 1) at an event that also focused on Ejeta’s research and commitment to end hunger in Africa. Related: More about the Order of the Griffin honor.
Purdue researchers are developing and validating patent-pending poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid), or PLGA, nanoparticles modified with adenosine triphosphate to enhance immunotherapy effects against malignant tumors. The nanoparticles slowly release drugs that induce immunogenic cell death in tumors.
A fireside chat on Wednesday (April 3) will feature Arati Prabhakar, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy director; U.S. Sen. Todd Young of Indiana; and Arvind Raman, Purdue’s John A. Edwardson Dean of the College of Engineering. The discussion, set for 4:30-5:15 p.m. ET, will focus on how students in engineering and science can help solve the greatest challenges of our time and help the U.S. meet its great aspirations.
On April 15, Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies will host “A Celebration of Books” to recognize the achievements of faculty members who have had scholarly books published. The event will be held 4-6 p.m. in the Cornerstone Reading Room on the first floor of HSSE Library.
Everybody faces hard times at some point, but Purdue Global grad Desiré Hunter decided she’d call hers an opportunity – and says her master’s degree in psychology showed her she was capable of so much more.
