WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Christine Ladisch has been named the first dean of Purdue University's new College of Health and Human Sciences. "Dean Ladisch demonstrated great leadership as the college's inaugural dean by bringing nine units together to launch Purdue's new college, and we know that she will successfully guide this ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue has chosen Lionel "Bo" J. Beaulieu as its next director of the Purdue Center for Regional Development, beginning in April. In addition, Beaulieu will serve as a professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics. Beaulieu has been director of the Southern Rural Development Center at Mississippi ...

Public can participate in voting for Miss America contestants, including Miss Indiana, Purdue Golden Girl MerrieBeth Cox WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. —Miss Indiana MerrieBeth Cox, who is also Purdue's Golden Girl, can be voted directly into the finals of the Miss America competition with the help of Boilermakers and other supporters. Online voting ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University is recognizing five students who are leaders on campus and in the community to promote race, culture and gender equality. Purdue Marketing and Media has developed a website at http://www.purdue.edu/fivestudents/ that includes information about the students. The five "Equality Makers" are: * Maxwell Alexander of Fort Wayne, ...

Alumni and fans from the University of Notre Dame will join their counterparts from the University of Alabama for a service project in Miami in conjunction with the BCS National Championship football game between the two institutions, to be played Jan. 7 (Monday) at Sun Life Stadium in Miami. In partnership ...

State funding for full day kindergarten increased by $107.9 million for the 2012-2013 school year, reaching a total of $189.8 million. The funds will be distributed December 14 to 338 public school corporations and charter schools for the 79,110 students who enrolled in full day kindergarten programs this year. In ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue University Board of Trustees on Saturday (Dec. 15) approved an employment contract for incoming president Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. that lowers the base pay and includes performance bonuses based on critical goals such as increased graduation rates and affordability. "Gov. Daniels proposed a salary plan ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University police have identified a student allegedly involved in recently reported voyeurism incidents in Hawkins Residence Hall. Hojune Lee, 20, a sophomore in undergraduate studies from South Korea and a resident of Hawkins Hall, was questioned by Purdue police investigators on Friday (Dec. 21). The matter ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – One of the more promising ideas for controlling or eliminating troublesome Asian carp populations in the Midwest's rivers is impractical and unsafe, according to a Purdue University researcher. Scientists had hoped to modify or expand low-voltage electrical barriers like those used around Chicago waterways to direct fish ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A new agricultural electronic insect trapping device has the potential to automatically monitor insect pest populations and reduce the amount of insecticides emitted into the environment. The Z-Trap is an insect trapping device that automatically detects the number of target insects captured by the trap and sends ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A council created by the state Legislature has begun an effort to help agencies and the public better understand the need to prevent invasive plant species from getting established and spreading in Indiana. Invasive plants are a major threat to Indiana and the nation and, when left ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Family members of all ages would be wise to hang up their smartphones and hang out with family during the holidays, says a Purdue University communication professor. "It used to be that teenagers and young adults were the ones retreating from family with their walkmans and then ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University has received a grant totaling $1.5 million from the Korea Foundation and three Korean IU alumni to establish the university's first endowed chair in Korean studies. The chair will be based in the new School of Global and International Studies on IU's Bloomington campus and will ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University's police department has been reaccredited with the nation's largest law enforcement accreditation association. The stamp of approval from the Commission for Accreditation of Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) means that the department meets numerous standards for personnel training and department policies and procedures. "The importance of the accreditation is ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- What types of public messages will most likely deter drug and alcohol abuse or dissuade people from engaging in risky behavior? Negatively framed messages may not be an effective way to reach those most in need of persuasion, suggests a new study in Psychology of Addictive Behaviors ...

CHICAGO, IL - The American Marketing Association (AMA) presented the 2nd annual Higher Education Marketer of the Year Award on Tuesday, Nov. 13 at the 2012 AMA Symposium for the Marketing of Higher Education in New Orleans, LA. The award was given to Teri Lucie Thompson of Purdue University. The ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Mitch Daniels, the 49th governor of the state of Indiana, will address graduates at Indiana University Bloomington's 2012 winter commencement on Dec. 15. The ceremony begins at 10 a.m. at Assembly Hall. Daniels will complete his second four-year term as governor in January 2013. At that time, he ...

Landon Young WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University doctoral student and aspiring entrepreneur Landon Young has been selected as a 2013 U.S. Kauffman Global Scholar, a program led by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Young, who is pursuing a doctoral degree in interdisciplinary ecological sciences and engineering, will participate in the Kansas City, Mo.-based ...