August 31, 2007
Reporters' Calendar: Purdue Events for Journalists
JOURNALISTS: Here is a list of upcoming events at Purdue that reporters may want to consider covering.PURDUE EVENTS
* Sept. 5 - First national homeland security career fair taking place at Purdue
* Sept. 6 - U.S. Patent and Trademark Office rep to speak
* Sept. 14 - Bindley symposium to bring Korean researchers to Discovery Park
* Sept. 14 - Open house kicks off Latino Heritage Month celebration
* Sept. 15 - Family Day to include presidential Pancake Breakfast, Boilermaker BBQ
* Sept. 18 - Regenstrief symposium to address Purdue health-care research
* Sept. 19 - Latino Scholars Forum to highlight research
First national homeland security career fair taking place at Purdue
Sept. 5. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Purdue Memorial Mall. Eta Sigma Iota, the nation's first homeland security professional fraternity in the country, in collaboration with Purdue's School of Health Sciences and the Purdue Homeland Security Institute, has put together the first national homeland security career fair. More than 30 companies will be in attendance, including the U.S. Secret Service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. For more information, contact Brian Whittaker, vice president of Eta Sigma Iota, at bwhittak@purdue.edu, or David Tate, Purdue director of clinical and forensic sciences, at (765) 494-1392, dgtate@purdue.edu.
CONTACT: Elizabeth Gardner, Purdue News Service, (765) 494-2081, ekgardner@purdue.edu
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office rep to speak
Sept. 6. 7-8:30 p.m. Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship. A representative of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will give a presentation in Room 121 of the Burton D. Morgan Center at Discovery Park. John Calvert will present an overview and talk about the office Web site, intellectual property and Supreme Court rulings that affect patents and trademarks. A question-and-answer session will follow the presentation.
CONTACT: Dave Kitchell, Purdue News Service, (765) 496-9711, (574) 601-6499 (cell), dkitchell@purdue.edu
Bindley symposium to bring Korean researchers to Discovery Park
Sept. 14. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Discovery Park's Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship. Researchers from Korean Institute of Technology and Discovery Park will offer an international symposium called "Molecular Imaging and Theragnosis." The symposium will focus on a $4.5 million project to develop molecular imaging and nanotechnology tools to simultaneously diagnose and treat cancer and chronic and infectious diseases. Symposium sponsors are Purdue's Bindley Bioscience Center and Birck Nanotechnology Center, the Purdue Research Park and Billerica, Mass.-based Bruker Optics Inc. For more information, contact Kathy Beaver at the Bindley Bioscience Center at (765) 496-1464, kbeaver@purdue.edu.
CONTACT: Phillip Fiorini, Purdue News Service, (765) 496-3133, (765) 427-3009 (cell), pfiorini@purdue.edu
Open house kicks off Latino Heritage Month celebration
Sept. 14. 4:30 p.m. Latino Cultural Center, 600 N. Russell St. An open house at the Latino Cultural Center will kick off a monthlong celebration of Latino Heritage Month. Purdue President France A. Córdova is scheduled to attend. A related news release is available at https://www.purdue.edu/uns/x/2007b/070817AlvaradoHeitage
.html
CONTACT: Maggie Morris, Purdue News Service, (765) 494-2432, maggiemorris@purdue.edu
Family Day to include presidential Pancake Breakfast, Boilermaker BBQ
Sept. 15. Various times and locations on Purdue's campus. President France A. Córdova will help serve up pancakes from 8-9 a.m. at the Purdue Armory during a breakfast to kick off Family Day. Following the football game versus Central Michigan, the Boilermaker BBQ will take place in Academy Park. Live music, food and various family activities will be featured. A list of other Family Day events is available online at https://www.union.purdue.edu/HTML/PSUB/FamilyDaySchedule
.aspx
CONTACT: Christy Jones, Purdue News Service, (765) 494-1089, christyjones@purdue.edu
Regenstrief symposium to address Purdue health-care research
Sept. 18. 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Stewart Center. The Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering will hold its fall symposium, Transforming Health-Care Delivery: Advancing Multidisciplinary Research, for Purdue researchers to learn about the progress of health-care research on campus. The Discovery Park event will highlight research advances in liberal arts, science, nursing, social sciences and management. For more information, contact Mary Schultz of the Regenstrief Center at (765) 494-9828, mschult@purdue.edu.
CONTACT: Phillip Fiorini, Purdue News Service, (765) 496-3133, (765) 427-3009 (cell), pfiorini@purdue.edu
Latino Scholars Forum to highlight research
Sept. 19. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Stewart Center, Room 210. Presented by the Latino Faculty and Staff Association, the multidisciplinary forum will give Latino faculty and graduate students an opportunity to present their scholarly interests in an academic setting and discuss research with their peers for purposes of promoting Latino scholarship activity and the Latino community. A roundtable discussion on career development issues will follow, and university President France A. Córdova will give welcoming remarks.
CONTACT: Maggie Morris, Purdue News Service, (765) 494-2432, maggiemorris@purdue.edu
Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu
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