State lawmakers adopted a two-year budget on Friday (April 28) that includes increases for Purdue University operating funding, Purdue Extension, the Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, the establishment of Purdue University in Indianapolis and for all three capital projects: Clinical Education Building for Nursing and Pharmacy in West Lafayette, Student Academic Building in Indianapolis and Music Building in Fort Wayne.
Jiayun Xu, an assistant professor of nursing in Purdue University’s School of Nursing, is working to transform advance care planning for individuals with Parkinson’s disease, their families and health care providers. Through a study funded by the National Institutes of Health, Xu is working to develop evidence-based videos that not only make the end-of-life planning process less taboo but also help patients and their families feel confident in their decisions and prepared for the progression of Parkinson’s disease.
Michael A. Campion, a professor in the Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business, won the 2023 Distinguished Professional Contributions Award given by the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). It is a lifetime achievement award for contributions to the improvement of practices in one’s profession.
Purdue University students will commemorate their success and be recognized for their persistent pursuit at 2023 Spring Commencement ceremonies May 12-14. There will be nine ceremonies, all in Elliott Hall of Music on Purdue’s campus. President Mung Chiang will address undergraduates for the first time at this year’s spring ceremonies. Kathleen Howell, Purdue’s Hsu Lo Distinguished Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, will provide the keynote for the graduate student ceremony.
Purdue’s College of Agriculture has been selected to serve as the university partner on a new, five-year U.S. Department of Agriculture Food for Progress project in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. The Agricultural Trade and Climate Smart Innovations project will address root causes of migration by focusing on boosting economic growth in the region through the enhanced production of fruits and vegetables for trade.
After moving a number of groups into the new Dudley Hall and having limited access to Knoy during its construction, a backlog of old IT equipment grew rather large. Thank you to Jason Ludlow (Materials Management Distribution) and his team at Surplus for completing multiple trips to pick up this equipment from Knoy Hall! - Joshua Harley (Engineering Computer Network)