Purdue Today.

March 1, 2023

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Persistent Pursuit

Faculty and Staff News

President to resume statewide visits; faculty listening sessions to continue with provost

President Mung Chiang has announced the resumption of his statewide visits to reach the rest of all the counties in Indiana, with a particular focus on broadband connectivity as a foundation for economic opportunities. Listening sessions with Purdue West Lafayette faculty will continue with Provost Patrick Wolfe. Wolfe will host up to five faculty members in each half-hour listening session.

Things to Know

Purdue IT’s BoilerBot automates password resets
Systemwide policy update
‘World Teen Mental Wellness Day’ helps raise awareness about mental health concerns in youth

Things to Do

March instructional workshops highlight Kaltura, Poll Everywhere and more
QPR Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training available this spring
Registration open for 18th annual Garnet E. Peck Symposium

Research Spotlight

Purdue researchers

New assay accelerates E. coli testing process

A team led by Purdue’s Bruce Applegate has developed a new time-saving assay to detect an especially severe strain of E. coli in ground beef. The toxin produced by E. coli accounts for 175,000 illnesses annually in the United States. The assay both enriches the sample and can detect E. coli during the 15 hours or more needed to ship samples from a production facility to a testing laboratory of the Food Safety and Inspection Service. Share the news: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn

Additional News

Turkey destruction

Civil engineering professor visits Turkey to assess quake damage

Ayhan Irfanoglu spent his early childhood in the Turkish town of İskenderun, an hour’s drive from Antakya, the biblical city of Antioch. Returning to his home country following the series of massive earthquakes on Feb. 6 that have killed over 50,000 people, Irfanoglu says the devastation is overwhelming. But the Purdue University professor remains steadfast to his mission as a civil and structural engineer. Share the news: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn

Composite fermions

Purdue research: Confirming a new family of quantum matter

Physicists dialing up the magnetic field on a semiconducting material have discovered the first in a new family of matter that flowers from the bizarre realm of the quantum scale. In what researchers dubbed the bubble phase of composite fermions, pairs of quasiparticles – particle-like entities arising from the interaction of particles – align in a crystalline pattern, allowing electricity to flow along the edge of the material.

Research

Novilytic preps for expansion with launch of new Proteometer-L

Campus

M.D. Steer Audiology Clinic offering free hearing screenings on World Hearing Day

Sports

Women’s basketball: Terry, Ellis named All-Big Ten

Events

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Bringing Our Best

Purdue University Online instructional designer wins national award

Purdue’s Holly Fiock is the 2023 winner of the Outstanding Service in Postsecondary Instructional Design Award from the University Professional and Continuing Education Association. UPCEA is the leading association for professional, continuing, and online education in North America.

Holly Fiock

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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.

Scientific American: New color-changing coating could both heat and cool buildings
USA Today: We'll never know the full truth about COVID-19 origins. Political infighting won't help.
Inside INdiana Business: Purdue prof: Demand for vets still outweighs supply
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