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Purdue Today
January 8, 2025
| SCHOLARLY EXCELLENCE
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PARI students successfully test full-scale, additively manufactured scramjet
A team of graduate students at the Purdue Applied Research Institute successfully tested a full-scale, 3D-printed scramjet, an engine that allows aircraft to travel at speeds of Mach 5 and beyond. The test, which took place at the Maurice J. Zucrow Laboratories, will provide insights that help increase the engine’s efficiency and reduce hypersonic manufacturing costs.
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  • Purdue Innovates Accelerator accepting applications
| AWARDS & RECOGNITION
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Honors College’s Melissa Jasek receives 2024 Martin Award
If you step into the National and International Scholarships Office with a question, there’s a pretty good chance Melissa Jasek will have the answer or can direct you to someone who does. As the lead administrative assistant for NISO and the John Martinson Honors College’s community engagement team, that’s just part of her job. But it’s Jasek’s patience, kindness, enthusiasm and professionalism that led her to be selected as the winner of the university’s 2024 Eudoxia Girard Martin Memorial Staff Recognition Award.
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| THINGS TO KNOW
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Video: Tips to stay safe from norovirus
As Boilermakers return for the spring semester, Dr. Jerome Adams, former United States surgeon general and executive director of the Center for Community Health Enhancement and Learning at Purdue, shares tips on keeping safe from norovirus.
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Benefits reminder: What’s new in 2025
As 2025 gets underway, Human Resources is reminding employees what’s new and what to expect this year regarding their Purdue benefits.
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FACULTY AND STAFF
  • Healthy Boiler workshop focuses on optimizing your health for a balanced life
  • Training available for hiring processes
  • This week’s ‘Thumbs Up’ recipients
EVENTS
  • Purdue University Events Calendar
PEOPLE
  • Purdue alumnus Mark Aronson selected as U.S. Digital Corps Fellow
PURDUE IN THE NEWS
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