November 3, 2017

Faculty and Staff News

Resources are available to assist faculty, staff as benefits enrollment deadline approaches

The deadline to enroll in 2018 benefits is 6 p.m. EST Nov. 10, and Human Resources is encouraging faculty and staff to enroll as early as possible. Enrolling sooner rather than later will allow employees to avoid high traffic on Benefitfocus, the online enrollment system, resulting in faster service. Numerous resources are available for faculty and staff seeking benefits enrollment assistance.

• Benefits enrollment open walk-in labs and live presentations

In the Spotlight

Weekend offering variety of sports events

The Purdue football team and Illinois are set to square off at noon Saturday at Ross-Ade Stadium in a battle for the Cannon trophy. The weekend also holds matchups for men's tennis, women's basketball, and men's and women's swimming and diving as well as spirit activities such as Boilermaker Crossing and concerts by the Purdue "All-American" Marching Band.

Additional News

General

• Purdue begins plans for landmark new science teaching lab facility »

• Nominations invited for exemplary community partner award

• Purdue thiamin work featured as agriculture research success story

• Competition gives high school students insights into challenges facing agronomists

• Purdue student develops mobile application that fosters, supports student collaborations

• Purdue volunteers assist history-making high school supercomputing team

Purdue in the News

Here is a sampling of recent news reports about Purdue from media across the nation and the world.

• Tech Report: Purdue researchers find a groovy method for cooling stacked chips

• Phys.org: ‘Microfluidic’ device simulates cancer treatment as affectively as research animals

• WLFI: Reading is Leading helps kids form a good habit

Events


	Don't Miss It! Lectures and Guest Speakers This week's events Events for the next four weeks Ongoing series and opportunities Deadlines for faculty and staff

• The book ‘My Father’s Dragon’ to come to life on stage at Purdue on Nov. 12

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