Purdue Today.

March 6, 2023

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Persistent Pursuit

Faculty and Staff News

Provost Patrick Wolfe to host faculty listening sessions

As announced last week, Provost Patrick Wolfe will begin hosting listening sessions with West Lafayette faculty members this week. The provost will host up to five faculty members in each half-hour listening session.

Things to Know

This week's 'Thumbs Up' recipients

Things to Do

Submit 2022 claims for flexible spending accounts, health reimbursement accounts by March 31

Research Spotlight

Echocardiograms of two baby hearts

Purdue engineer, IU cardiologist collaborate to offer innovative tool for babies with heart defects

Pavlos Vlachos, the St. Vincent Health Professor of Healthcare Engineering and director of the Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering, leads a Purdue team whose recent innovations are on track to be a game-changer for cardiac surgeons. Vlachos and Mark Payne, a pediatric cardiologist with Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health and professor at IU’s School of Medicine, are confident they can help save babies’ lives by making echocardiograms — ultrasound image recordings of the heart — much more useful and surgery decisions far better informed.

Additional News

Sean Brant

Unlocking opportunity with Purdue Global

With Purdue Global, university employee Sean Brant was able to realize his dream of completing an undergraduate degree — all while balancing work and family. But he isn’t done yet. Now, he’s pursuing a master’s degree, and he offers a few words of advice for other employees who have considered earning a degree of their own. “Follow your dreams,” Brant says. “You never know what you don’t know.” Share the news: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn

Mung Chiang with staff and students at Black Cultural Center

President Chiang visits cultural centers

As part of regular visits with student, faculty and staff organizations, Purdue President Mung Chiang visited the Black Cultural Center on Feb. 21 and the Native American Educational and Cultural Center on March 2, taking part in tours and learning about the activities of each center and its community. In each of these and future visits, Chiang participates in roundtable discussion with undergraduate and graduate students in each center. Share the news: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn

Research

CERIAS faculty singled out for cybersecurity honors

Campus

Discovery Park District announces DUIRI projects for summer 2023; applications now being accepted

Sports

2023 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament bracket announced
Wrestling earns 4 NCAA auto-bids, places 9th at Big Ten championships

Events

Purdue University Events Calendar

Bringing Our Best

Weather Channel's Pattrn features Purdue research on climate history

Professor Marissa Tremblay is studying ancient Antarctica rock samples to analyze the ancient atmosphere – knowledge that could give climatologists insight into futures when the water levels, atmospheric composition and temperature are similar to what they were back then. The Weather Channel’s Pattrn covered her recent expedition of experts – all of whom happen to be female.

Marissa Tremblay

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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.

WXIN, Yahoo, WRTV: Purdue University named among ‘World’s Most Innovative Companies’
Bloomberg, MSN, The Straits Times: Pain in the butt: Study finds forever chemicals in toilet paper
Bloomberg: All COVID origin theories carry a major asterisk right now
Managed Healthcare Executive: App that uses eyelid photos to assess blood hemoglobin advances in NIH challenge
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