Purdue prof to be featured in documentary on 50th anniversary of JFK assassination

Posted On Wednesday, November 13, 2013 By . Under INDIANA  Tags: , , , ,   
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University historian is part of a new documentary tracing the final 48 hours of Lee Harvey Oswald that will air for the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's assassination. Randy Roberts, distinguished professor of history, will appear in the History channel's "Lee Harvey Oswald: ...

Purdue University development, investment offices to transfer to Purdue Research Foundation

Posted On Tuesday, November 5, 2013 By . Under INDIANA  Tags: , , , , ,   
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Executive Committee of Purdue University's Board of Trustees on Friday (Nov. 1) approved the transfer of its fundraising and investment offices to Purdue Research Foundation. The move, which becomes effective Jan. 1, puts Purdue in alignment with its peer institutions. Currently, nine schools out of 14 ...

Purdue Conference Helps Minority Business Owners Network

Posted On Monday, October 28, 2013 By . Under INDIANA  Tags: , , , ,   
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.— Purdue University's Office of Supplier Diversity Development, in partnership with the Supplier Diversity Development Coalition of Greater Lafayette, will host the annual Relationships to Partnerships Sessions on Nov. 15 to help minority and women business owners in Indiana connect with other businesses. The daylong conference, themed "Growing Your ...

Purdue President Daniels creates Bicycle Task Force

Posted On Monday, October 21, 2013 By . Under INDIANA  Tags: , , , ,   
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – More than one mile of marked bicycle routes will be added to the north academic area of the West Lafayette campus thanks to a Bicycle Task Force established by President Mitch Daniels earlier this month. These new marked bicycle routes represent a 58 percent increase in ...

Verdy honored with President’s Medal at IU Ballet’s celebration of her legacy

Posted On Monday, October 14, 2013 By . Under INDIANA  Tags: , , ,   
IU Jacobs School of Music Distinguished Professor Violette Verdy received the President's Medal BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie presented the President's Medal for Excellence to Jacobs School of Music Distinguished Professor Violette Verdy over the weekend. The medal was awarded to Verdy just before the start of IU Ballet Theater's fall ballet, "Classical Europe: Celebrating Violette," on Oct. 5. She ...

Gravity-defying ‘LEO’ to perform at Purdue University

Posted On Sunday, October 6, 2013 By . Under INDIANA  Tags: , , , , ,   
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.— "LEO," a night of gravity-defying theatrical magic, will come to Purdue University's Loeb Playhouse at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 24-26, with a special matinee at 3 p.m. Oct. 25. The performances are presented by Purdue Convocations. What would happen if the law of gravity suddenly changed? "LEO" defies this ...

Purdue to host National Conference for Agribusiness

Posted On Friday, September 27, 2013 By . Under INDIANA  Tags: , , , ,   
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Agribusiness professionals will better understand what drives loyalty and buying decisions of commercial producers by attending the National Conference for Agribusiness Nov. 4-5 at Purdue University. Guest speakers will discuss information from the Large Commercial Producer Project, a nationwide survey of the buying behaviors of commercial farmers ...

Medical Tourism is One of the Growing Trends Across the World

Posted On Friday, September 20, 2013 By . Under ARKANSAS, DELAWARE, FEATURED, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, HAWAII, INDIANA, LOUISIANA, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MINNESOTA, MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI, NEBRASKA, NEW JERSEY, NEW MEXICO, NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH DAKOTA, PUERTO RICO, SOUTH CAROLINA, SOUTH DAKOTA, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, VERMONT, WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON DC, WEST VIRGINIA  Tags: , , , , , , ,   
Medical Tourism is One of the Growing Trends Across the World Medical tourism is one of the growing trends across the world. Due to high increase in the cost of health care facility, individual as well as companies are providing incentives to travel across the countries to get the surgeries they need. While travelling other countries for the medical tourists not ...

New Purdue Lab Focused on Finding Drugs to Prevent Vision Loss

Posted On Thursday, September 19, 2013 By . Under INDIANA  Tags: , , , , ,   
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University is collaborating with the Joint Shantou International Eye Center to search for new drugs based on traditional Chinese medicines to improve vision and treat retinal degeneration. Purdue and the Joint Shantou International Eye Center of Shantou University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong established ...

Interlocking Segments Might be 3-D Printed, Assembled into Parts

Posted On Thursday, September 12, 2013 By . Under INDIANA  Tags: , , , ,   
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University researchers are working with the U.S. Army Research Laboratory to develop a technology for creating parts out of interlocking segments produced using 3-D printing to repair vehicles and other equipment in the field. The Purdue portion of the research focuses on building blocks called "topologically ...

Energy Forum, New Name Kick off Student Civic Communication Group

Posted On Thursday, September 5, 2013 By . Under INDIANA  Tags: , , , , ,   
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — An energy forum focusing on fossil fuels, renewable energy and Purdue research will feature nationally known scientists, industry leaders and journalists at the university on Sept. 13. "A New Energy Future" is sponsored by Bloomberg View and the Purdue Institute for Civic Communication. The event, which is ...

Purdue’s Black Cultural Center to commemorate 50th anniversary of March on Washington

Posted On Wednesday, August 28, 2013 By . Under INDIANA  Tags: , , , , , ,   
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, the Purdue University Black Cultural Center will show the "Eyes on the Prize" series on Wednesday (Aug. 28), starting at 8:30 a.m. and continuing throughout the day in the BCC student lounge area. At 5 p.m., ...

Purdue physicists part of discovery of rare particle decay predicted by the Standard Model

Posted On Wednesday, August 21, 2013 By . Under INDIANA  Tags: , , , , , , ,   
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University researchers are part of a team that made a discovery that offers more evidence to support the Standard Model of physics. Researchers from the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) and Large Hadron Collider beauty collaborations (LHCb) in July announced findings of a rare particle decay that ...

New Students Begin Purdue Experience With Orientation Program

Posted On Tuesday, August 13, 2013 By . Under INDIANA  Tags: , , ,   
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Boiler Gold Rush, the Purdue University new student orientation program involving about 5,500 new students, this year features an expanded program for international students and enhancements of components added to last year's event. The second Boiler Gold Rush International (BGRi) began Tuesday (Aug. 6) and runs through ...

Renowned Purdue poet keynotes university’s summer commencement

Posted On Tuesday, August 6, 2013 By . Under INDIANA  Tags: , , ,   
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Marianne Boruch, the Purdue professor who in March won the prestigious Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, keynoted the university's summer commencement ceremony. The summer commencement ceremony was Aug. 3 in the Elliott Hall of Music. There were 1,174 candidates for graduation, which included 662 graduate students, 510 undergraduates ...

International Wine Competition Returns to Purdue

Posted On Monday, July 29, 2013 By . Under INDIANA  Tags: , , , ,   
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – More than 6,000 bottles of wine from the United States and around the world are on their way to Purdue University for the annual Indy International Wine Competition July 31 to Aug. 2. The event, now in its 22nd edition and fourth consecutive year on the Purdue ...

Purdue Board of Trustees Elects Officers, Welcomes Member

Posted On Monday, July 22, 2013 By . Under INDIANA  Tags: , , , ,   
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University's Board of Trustees on Friday (July 19) elected Thomas Spurgeon as chairman and Michael Berghoff as vice chairman and welcomed a new member. Spurgeon is an entrepreneur who has built companies throughout the United States. Most recently, he was president and CEO of Lincoln Office ...

Purdue committee OKs Wang Hall leases, IPFW improvements

Posted On Monday, July 15, 2013 By . Under INDIANA  Tags: , , ,   
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University's Board of Trustees Physical Facilities Committee on Friday (July 12) approved two leases of space in Seng-Liang Wang Hall and a proposal to improve energy efficiency on the Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne campus. The space in Wang Hall, now under construction, would be leased ...
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