With 89% of the U.S. population and 68% of the world population projected to live in cities by 2050, concerns mount about how to address health and environmental issues such as excessive heat, poor air quality and rainwater runoff. Urban trees have the potential to improve these issues, but first, accurate tree inventories and information must be obtained, analyzed, shared and regularly updated to make effective data-driven decisions. This is the ambitious goal of a project led by two Purdue researchers.
Through extraordinary contributions that are advancing local and global health, American Academy of Nursing Fellows are some of the most accomplished leaders in the nursing field. Purdue College of Health and Human Sciences faculty members Libby Richards and Vicki Simpson are the latest to join the elite group to be inducted into the rigorous and competitive society. They will be honored Nov. 2 at the AAN’s 2024 Health Policy Conference Induction Ceremony and Soiree in Washington, D.C.
Purdue marked several exciting milestones for the John Martinson Honors College during an Aug. 30 event, including welcoming the new dean and associate vice provost of honors, professor Felisa Higgins. Higgins, who earned her PhD in industrial engineering from Purdue, joins the college from Pennsylvania State University, where she served as associate dean of undergraduate education at the Smeal College of Business.
Purdue University Archives and Special Collections has announced the digitization of paper transcripts used by Neil Armstrong for his public addresses and select speeches. The nearly 500 transcripts — totaling 7,700 pages — were generously donated by his wife, Carol Armstrong, in 2011. The speeches are available for public viewing and are text-searchable and accessible on Purdue’s online e-Archives platform.
