November 7, 2017

Faculty and Staff News

Last week to enroll for 2018 benefits; enroll by Friday

Faculty and staff who have not yet enrolled for their 2018 benefits only have four days left to do so. Enrollment ends at 6 p.m. EST Friday (Nov. 10). No changes to benefit plans will be accepted after that date unless there is a qualifying life event (change in family status).

In the Spotlight

Purdue Profiles: Tracey Jean Boisseau

As a young person, Tracey Jean Boisseau felt most fully human when she was at school. The classroom was where she felt like she was a member of a community with a truly noble purpose — to figure out how the world works and how to change it for the better. After realizing this purpose, she knew that she wanted to make school the place where she would spend her whole working life. Boisseau now serves as an associate professor of women’s, gender and sexuality studies and faculty-in-residence in the new Amelia Earhart Faculty-in-Residence program.

Additional News

Research

• System uses 'deep learning' to detect cracks in nuclear reactors

• Results of Wikipedia study may surprise

• Research highlights — cell cooperation, cells in groups detect better, new algorithm for cameras in biological research

General

• After decades of fire suppression, U.S. forests were ready to burn, specialist says

• Martin Luther King Jr. essay contest for Purdue and high school students

Purdue in the News

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

• San Antonio Express News, Miami Herald, Charlotte Observer: Biotech company gets funding for work to illuminate cancer

• Chicago Tribune: Former Purdue star Carson Cunningham proves you can go home again

• Inside Indiana Business: Purdue planning major lab project

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

• Japan's minister for economic affairs to speak on campus as Discovery Park distinguished lecturer

• Purdue hosting fourth Human Library to improve relations

• Purdue Galleries presenting juried exhibition 'Drawing Resurfaced II'

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