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June 19, 2017 |
Faculty and Staff News
Parking permits expire Aug. 15; online renewal available now
All parking permits at the West Lafayette campus are set to expire on Aug. 15. To purchase or renew a parking permit, visit the Parking Facilities website.
Other Stories
• Reminder: Reportable Outside Activities
• Registration deadline approaching for annual retirement luncheon
• Reminder: Increased car, pedestrian traffic expected as STAR program gets underway
• Purdue's 'business intelligence' improvement examined in latest OIRAE briefing
• This week's 'Thumbs Up' recipients
In the Spotlight
BTN LiveBIG: Purdue professor explores the sticky side of sea creatures
While growing up on the East Coast and doing his postdoctoral research in California, Jonathan Wilker spent a lot of time in the ocean. While out scuba diving, he would often wonder: How do sea creatures stick to each other, and other objects, so well in the water? Wilker's research on the topic has led to the model for a new type of adhesive — patterned after shellfish — that keeps its bonding under water.
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Additional News
General
• Dining & Catering dreams up solutions, wins industry magazine award
• Duke Energy Academy immersing high schoolers, teachers in STEM experiences
• Purdue to host nearly 350 educators for 63rd annual NACTA Conference
People
• Appointments, honors and activities
Sports
Purdue in the News
Here is a sampling of recent news reports about Purdue from media across the nation and the world.
• Inside INdiana Business: Purdue Railyard shrinks 'capital barrier' for startups
• San Francisco Chronicle: Students, teachers learn to be safe online
• Ponte Vedra (Florida) Recorder: NIH-funded research project to study effectiveness of K9s for Warriors program
• London Daily Mail: Electric cars could soon charge on the move after engineers manage to wirelessly transmit electricity between two moving objects 3ft apart
Events
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