WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University study found an agricultural herbicide alters reproductive and neuroendocrine genes during embryonic development in fish, a finding that will help establish a genetic profile to determine atrazine's specific effects.
"The exact connection to health outcomes is not defined, but we found gene alterations in ...
Legal Levels of Atrazine Alter Neuroendocrine, Reproductive Genes in Zebrafish
Posted On Thursday, April 4, 2013 By USA Education News. Under INDIANA Tags: Jennifer Freeman, National Institutes of Health, Purdue University, toxicology
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University study found an agricultural herbicide alters reproductive and neuroendocrine genes during embryonic development in fish, a finding that will help establish a genetic profile to determine atrazine's specific effects.
"The exact connection to health outcomes is not defined, but we found gene alterations in ...
TEDxPurdueU Event Shares Ideas, Research From Purdue Community
Posted On Wednesday, March 27, 2013 By USA Education News. Under FEATURED, INDIANA Tags: downtown Lafayette, Evan Robertson, Sylvia's Brick Oven, TEDxPurdueU, university's campus
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - TEDxPurdueU 2013, a conference to share Purdue research and ideas, is scheduled for 1-6 p.m. April 12 in Loeb Playhouse on the university's campus.
This year's theme of "Past, Present, Progress" will reflect on the critical times faced today and the positive prospects for the future. Check-in ...
Daniels Lays Out First Steps in Meeting Purdue Tuition Freeze
Posted On Wednesday, March 20, 2013 By USA Education News. Under INDIANA Tags: land-grant mission, Purdue President Mitch Daniels, Purdue tuition freeze
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue President Mitch Daniels on Monday (March 18) announced initial cost-saving measures to help increase college affordability and offset the $40 million financial impact of a two-year tuition freeze at the university's West Lafayette campus.
The university will eliminate merit pay raises over the next two fiscal ...
Purdue Prof Speaks On U.S. Militarism in Africa
Posted On Tuesday, March 12, 2013 By USA Education News. Under INDIANA Tags: Africanizing Democracies, Alicia Decker, oral history, Purdue University, U.S. military presence
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Alicia Decker, an assistant professor of history and women's studies at Purdue University, will speak on March 28 about the growing U.S. military presence in Africa and its effects on women.
"Rethinking 'Security': A Feminist Analysis of U.S. Militarism in Post 9/11 Africa" is at 7:30 p.m. ...
Purdue Libraries Exhibit Honors Pioneering Women in Engineering
Posted On Tuesday, March 5, 2013 By USA Education News. Under INDIANA Tags: Libraries exhibit, pioneering women, Purdue Women Engineers, Stewart Center
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University's Division of Archives and Special Collections will celebrate Purdue women who helped pave the way for future generations of female engineers with an archival exhibit.
"Women at Work: Celebrating the Legacy of Purdue Women Engineers" is on display from Monday (March 4) through July 31 ...
Purdue Libraries Exhibit Features Lincoln, With Photos, Copied Documents
Posted On Tuesday, February 26, 2013 By USA Education News. Under INDIANA Tags: Civil War, John W. Hicks, Kristen Twardowski, Lincoln, Purdue Libraries, Purdue University's
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A traveling exhibition that examines how President Abraham Lincoln dealt with issues surrounding the Civil War is on display through April 5 in Purdue University's John W. Hicks Undergraduate Library.
"Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War" features how the 16th president used the U.S. Constitution to ...
American Airlines Merger Likely A Fiasco For Passengers, Industry
Posted On Tuesday, February 19, 2013 By USA Education News. Under INDIANA Tags: American Airlines, Brent Bowen, fiasco for passengers, l Airline Quality Rating, Purdue aviation technology
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - American Airlines' planned merger with US Airways could leave the flying public holding the virtual air-sick bag, according to the researcher responsible for the annual Airline Quality Rating (AQR) report.
Purdue aviation technology professor Brent Bowen says every merger over the past 25 years has resulted in ...
Purdue Officials Report On State Of Commercialization
Posted On Tuesday, February 12, 2013 By USA Education News. Under INDIANA Tags: Gerry McCartney, Joseph B. Hornett, Purdue University, Richard O. Buckius
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University officials presented the state, national and global impact of Purdue's economic development, research and information technology initiatives to the Board of Trustees on Friday (Feb. 8).
Joseph B. Hornett, senior vice president, treasurer and COO of Purdue Research Foundation; Richard O. Buckius, Purdue's vice president ...
Purdue Gets $1 Million To Improve Sorghum Research Tools
Posted On Thursday, February 7, 2013 By USA Education News. Under INDIANA Tags: $1 million, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Brian Dilkes, food crop, Purdue University, sorghum research tools
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Three Purdue University scientists will use a $1 million grant to develop genomic tools needed to improve sorghum, an important African food crop.
The researchers will use the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to identify sorghum gene functions, especially those that play a role ...
Regional Dairy Meetings Offer Calf Management, Industry Advice
Posted On Tuesday, February 5, 2013 By USA Education News. Under INDIANA Tags: calf management, Indiana dairy farmers, Purdue Extension Dairy Team, Regional dairy meetings
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Indiana dairy farmers and industry professionals have opportunities to learn about important herd-management topics at six regional dairy meetings in February and March.
The Purdue Extension Dairy Team and the Indiana Dairy Producers, in partnership with the Indiana Forage Council, are sponsoring the meetings.
Purdue Extension dairy specialist ...
Purdue Hires Steven R. Schultz As Legal Counsel
Posted On Thursday, January 31, 2013 By USA Education News. Under INDIANA Tags: Board of Trustees, major public research university, Purdue University, Steven R. Schultz
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University has hired its first in-house legal counsel to help the university better manage its legal function within the complex environment of a major public research university.
Effective Feb.1, Steven R. Schultz will join Purdue in the position of legal counsel. In this role, Schultz will ...
Hurt: Profits Looming For Struggling Pork Industry
Posted On Monday, January 21, 2013 By USA Education News. Under INDIANA Tags: economist Chris Hurt, Great Plains, Profits looming, struggling pork industry
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Pork producers could be on the verge of turning profits after suffering several months of losses caused by drought-decimated feed resources, Purdue Extension agricultural economist Chris Hurt says.
Widespread struggles began in the spring of 2012 and have continued into this winter. But with feed prices reaching ...
Economist’s Analysis Weighs Pros, Cons Of Exporting Natural Gas
Posted On Friday, January 18, 2013 By USA Education News. Under INDIANA Tags: Agricultural Economics, natural gas, Purdue University, Purdue's Global Policy Research Institute, Wally Tyner
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University energy economist says that there are likely few benefits for the United States in exporting abundant natural gas supplies.
Wally Tyner, the James and Lois Ackerman Professor of Agricultural Economics, compared his own analysis, which determined natural gas exports would have a negative economic ...
Clean Cities Organizations To Host Six Webinars Through April 2013
Posted On Wednesday, January 16, 2013 By USA Education News. Under INDIANA Tags: Carl Lisek, Clean Cities, host six webinars, South Shore, Winter Webinar Series
MERRILLVILLE, Ind. and MILWAUKEE - Professionals in the automotive sector and members of the general public who want to learn about compressed natural gas, propane and biodiesel options for recreational and industrial vehicles could benefit from six free upcoming webinars.
Officials from South Shore Clean Cities Inc. and Wisconsin Clean Cities ...
