Purdue Today.

January 23, 2023

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Persistent Pursuit

Faculty and Staff News

David MacMillan, the 2021 Nobel laureate in chemistry, to join President Chiang for Presidential Lecture Series

Renowned Princeton University professor and entrepreneur David W.C. MacMillan, who shared the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his groundbreaking work on catalysis, will join Purdue University President Mung Chiang for a conversation at the first Presidential Lecture Series event of 2023 on Feb. 13. 

Things to Know

University Senate meeting set for today
Nominations sought for engagement awards
This week's 'Thumbs Up' recipients

Things to Do

President Chiang, Provost Wolfe to hold listening session for graduate and professional students
Experiential Education spring events
Healthy Boiler workshop to focus on tobacco cessation products

In the Spotlight

Zachary Krevor,  Jim Baird, Dan DeLaurentis and Mung Chiang

Stratolaunch creating new office at Discovery Park District to partner with Purdue on hypersonic vehicle design, testing

Stratolaunch LLC and Purdue University are pleased to announce they have established a partnership dedicated to accelerating the time required to design, build, test and fly hypersonic vehicles. Stratolaunch will establish the Stratolaunch Advanced Programs Office at the Convergence Center in Purdue’s Discovery Park District to ensure the goals of their collaboration will be rapidly achieved. Share the news: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn

Additional News

Student Support Services

Student Support Services available to help students facing challenges

When students face new challenges, they often have trouble identifying a plan of action to overcome them. Student Support Services, located in the Office of the Dean of Students, is a resource students can use to take their first step in addressing academic, financial and social challenges. Share the news: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn

postdoctoral research assistant Ke Ma

Purdue researchers improve solar cell efficiency, stability

Purdue University researchers have created new, multifunctional ligands that improve the charge transfer, power conversion capability and long-term stability of perovskite solar cells. Perovskite is a material that can be formed from different elements to have a variety of electrical, optical and physical characteristics. Share the news: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn

Research

Expansive agricultural dataset now available from Purdue University

Sports

Kampen Course to be co-named as Kampen-Cosler Course at Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex

Events

Purdue University Events Calendar

Bringing Our Best

Thumbs Up: Aaron Sprout

Aaron Sprout (IT Infrastructure Services) was a rock star at helping get the PSUB emails access set up correctly! Aaron spent a lot of time helping ensure all the students had the right permissions and account names for the semester. We appreciate the hard work, efforts and all the patience. Thank you, Aaron! – Chelsea Schwab (Purdue Marketing and Communications)

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Purdue in the News

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

Times of India: Technology stories that are likely to trend in 2023
WISH-TV: Purdue researchers studying movement of cancer cells
Inside INdiana Business: Study: Horse racing industry booming in Indiana
Indianapolis Business Journal, WISH-TV, Inside INdiana Business: Hospitality industry icon Bruce White, who developed key downtown Indy hotels, dies at 70
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