PURDUE NEWS SUMMARY FOR WEEK OF AUGUST 13-18
This digest contains summaries of the following stories from Purdue News
Service and Agricultural Communication Service. All these stories, and more,
are available on the World Wide Web at
http://news.uns.purdue.edu/html3month/3month.html
(Instructions for retrieving stories and photographs via the Internet are at
the end of this document.)
1. Purdue researchers to present findings at scientific meeting
2. Purdue health center launches seat belt campaign
3. Indiana businesses 'TAP' Purdue for high-tech recruiting edge
4. New Purdue lab tackles complex management problems
5. Workshops help make churches more accessible to the disabled
6. Galileo scientist to talk on 'The Moons of Jupiter'
7. Purdue Notebook
8. Here's to your health: Event emphasizes crop, farmer wellness
9. Swine Day shows farmers how to bring home the bacon
10. Field day gives visitors glimpse of agricultural research
11. Jewish Studies Program open house to feature local band
12. Purdue Convos launches new Family Adventures Series
13. Study abroad deadline approaching for students
14. Some summer construction projects nearing completion
15. Portion of Purdue Sports Center renovation on hold
16. Purdue calendar
17. Best Bets for Journalists
18. National Science, Engineering & Health Package
19. Inside Purdue and Perspective
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RESEARCH NEWS AND SPECIAL REPORTS
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1. PURDUE RESEARCHERS TO PRESENT FINDINGS AT SCIENTIFIC MEETING
Several Purdue University scientists and engineers are presenting new
research during a meeting of the American Chemical Society in Washington,
D.C., Sunday through Wednesday (8/20-23). Because the research had not yet
been presented when this digest was compiled, the following stories about
the research will be available early next week at the News Service Web site.
-- Small molecules used to block proteins in HIV (available Mon. (8/21))
-- Tiny coatings give nanotechnology big boost (available Mon. (8/21))
-- Purdue 'microspheres' offer promise for oral drug delivery (available
Wed. (8/23))
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GENERAL INTEREST NEWS
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2. PURDUE HEALTH CENTER LAUNCHES SEAT BELT CAMPAIGN
The Student Wellness Office at the Purdue Student Health Center announced
today (Friday, 8/18) that it has launched the Buckle Up, Boilers campaign in
an effort to save lives and reduce injury and disability. The Student
Wellness Office will be joined by Purdue's Center for the Advancement of
Transportation Safety, the Employee Wellness Program, Tippecanoe County
Sheriff's Office, Lafayette Police Department, West Lafayette Police
Department, Purdue University Police and a host of other offices and
organizations to help spread the message that seat belts save lives and
reduce injuries in crashes.
3. INDIANA BUSINESSES 'TAP' PURDUE FOR HIGH-TECH RECRUITING EDGE
Purdue's Technical Assistance Program (TAP) will play matchmaker between
students and Indiana business once again Oct. 25 at the ''High-Tech Job Fair
for Indiana Companies.'' ''Hoosier companies need thousands of high-tech
employees,'' said TAP director Dave McKinnis. ''TAP has expanded its role to
make sure Purdue students know what high-tech careers are available here in
Indiana.'' Established in 1986, TAP's mission has been to help business,
industry and government use new technologies to benefit the citizens of
Indiana. But within the past two years, TAP added a new dimension to its
mission - introducing talented young engineers and scientists to high-tech
companies in Indiana in hopes they will stay in the state after graduation.
4. NEW PURDUE LAB TACKLES COMPLEX MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS
A new multidisciplinary lab at Purdue is striving to understand how the
complex interactions between corporations affect vital ''supply chain''
factors like production planning and scheduling, inventory management,
distribution, and warehousing. Gone are the days when a factory manager
could operate in isolation, said Reha Uzsoy, a professor of industrial
engineering who initiated the creation of the Laboratory for Extended
Enterprises at Purdue (LEEAP). Now, management is far more complicated.
5. WORKSHOPS HELP MAKE CHURCHES MORE ACCESSIBLE TO THE DISABLED
Farmers with physical disabilities eventually may have an easier time
attending church functions, thanks to workshops offered by Purdue's Breaking
New Ground Resource Center. ''We surveyed 150 farmers and ranchers with
spinal cord injuries in 1992 and they ranked participation in church
activities as one of their top three areas of community involvement,'' said
Ed Bell with the Breaking New Ground Outreach Program. ''However, they also
ranked churches as one of the least accessible rural institutions.'' In
response to that survey and subsequent conversations with both farmers and
church leaders, the Breaking New Ground staff designed the Rural Church
Accessibility Workshops for church congregations.
6. GALILEO SCIENTIST TO TALK ON 'THE MOONS OF JUPITER'
Galileo project scientist Torrence Johnson will visit Purdue to present
images and information gathered from the Galileo spacecraft's mission to the
planet Jupiter. His public talk will be held at 4:30 p.m. Aug. 31 in Room
104 of the Wetherill Laboratory of Chemistry. In his talk, called ''The
Moons of Jupiter: Weird Chemistry or Just Weird Chemists?'' Johnson will
focus on Jupiter's four largest moons, called the Galilean satellites after
Galileo Galilei who discovered them in 1610.
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NEWS ABOUT PURDUE PEOPLE
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7. PURDUE NOTEBOOK
Thirty-four Purdue students who earned fellowships from Graduate Assistance
in Areas of National Need will be honored during a reception at 8 a.m.
Thursday (8/24) in the Fu Room, Potter Engineering Center. Gary Isom, vice
president for research and dean of the Graduate School, will be the featured
speaker.
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AGRICULTURAL NEWS
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8. HERE'S TO YOUR HEALTH: EVENT EMPHASIZES CROP, FARMER WELLNESS
Healthy crops and healthy bodies will be the order of the day at the
Pinney-Purdue Agricultural Center Field Day on Aug. 30 in LaPorte County.
The field day is free and takes place from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Pinney-Purdue is
located a half mile north of U.S. 30 on County Line Road, near Wanatah.
Purdue agriculture specialists will speak on a variety of topics related to
crop health. Subjects include plant diseases, rootworm control, irrigation,
corn production, tillage, herbicides and weed control.
9. SWINE DAY SHOWS FARMERS HOW TO BRING HOME THE BACON
Pork producers can catch up on the latest developments in Purdue University
pig research and hear fellow hog farmers discuss innovative marketing
strategies at Purdue Swine Day. The 80th annual event is scheduled for 8
a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Aug. 31 at the Purdue Animal Sciences Research Center near
Montmorenci. Swine Day is free, and lunch is available for a modest charge.
According to Tip Cline, Purdue professor of animal sciences and Swine Day
co-chairman, several cutting-edge research projects will be highlighted
during a 10 a.m. session. The Swine Day program shifts to a producer panel
in the afternoon. ''We'll be looking at different marketing possibilities
for hog producers in the future,'' Cline said.
10. FIELD DAY GIVES VISITORS GLIMPSE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
Today's agricultural research leads to better crops tomorrow. That theme
runs throughout this year's Southeast-Purdue Agricultural Center Field Day.
Field day is Aug. 31, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. There is no charge and lunch is
provided. The research center is located at 4425 E. County Road 350N, near
Butlerville in Jennings County. ''We're featuring some of the Purdue
researchers who are doing work at the Southeast-Purdue Agricultural
Center,'' said Don Biehle, the center's superintendent.
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ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT ITEMS
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11. JEWISH STUDIES PROGRAM OPEN HOUSE TO FEATURE LOCAL BAND
Purdue's Jewish Studies Program will hold its annual open house on Sept. 5
from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Anniversary Drawing Room of the Purdue Memorial
Union. The event is free and open to the public. Back by popular demand, the
Lafayette Klezmorim will perform beginning at 5 p.m. The seven member
ensemble plays an eclectic mix of Eastern European music, frolicking dance
tunes, Israeli songs and other assorted music styles, said Neil Zimmerman,
who plays clarinet for the band. Zimmerman also is an associate professor of
industrial hygiene at Purdue.
12. PURDUE CONVOS LAUNCHES NEW FAMILY ADVENTURES SERIES
Purdue Convocations announces a new series of performances that you and the
children in your life can enjoy together - the Family Adventures Series.
Booked in response to requests from the community, the new series will kick
off with a one-person show titled ''The Mask Woman'' by Faustwork Mask
Theater on Sept. 7 at 7:30 p.m. in Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center.
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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
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13. STUDY ABROAD DEADLINE APPROACHING FOR STUDENTS
Purdue students planning to participate in university-sponsored overseas
study programs during the upcoming spring semester have until Sept. 15 to
turn in their application materials. Those enrolling for classes at Sophia
University in Tokyo face an even tighter deadline - Sept. 1. Opportunities
for study abroad are open to every major in more than 40 countries, and
programs are available for the entire academic year, a single semester or
summer terms. More than 400 Purdue students spent a portion of the 1999-2000
school year studying in a foreign country and officials in the Programs for
Study Abroad office anticipate similar participation this year.
14. SOME SUMMER CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS NEARING COMPLETION
As the new academic year begins Monday (8/21) on Purdue's West Lafayette
campus, students, faculty and staff who have been away over the summer
should be alert to ongoing construction projects that may have an impact on
pedestrian, bicycle and vehicular traffic in the early days and weeks of the
new school year. ''As the campus population swells with the start of
classes, we encourage the Purdue community to be patient and understanding
as we wrap up these projects, all aimed at beautification, accessibility,
and future infrastructure and power needs,'' said John Collier, Purdue
landscape architect.
15. PORTION OF PURDUE SPORTS CENTER RENOVATION ON HOLD
The $5 million expected renovation of Purdue's Recreational Sports Center
has been delayed until at least next year. Although the university has the
funding set aside, and the board of trustees approved the work earlier, the
renovation cannot begin until the Indiana General Assembly authorizes sale
of bonds to finance the project. ''Although the lawmakers have supported
this project, we've encountered some technical problems that have held up
the authorization,'' said Kenneth P. Burns, Purdue's executive vice
president and treasurer. ''We are optimistic that the 2001 General Assembly
will approve the financing so we can begin work next year.'' The bonds
would be repaid from Sports Center fees.
16. PURDUE CALENDAR
This calendar lists entertainment events, lectures and meetings involving
Purdue people during the next month. An online calendar of Purdue events is
at http://www.purdue.edu/calendar/
17. BEST BETS FOR JOURNALISTS
-- What's going on with electricity deregulation?
''Best Bets'' also has details about a Sept. 1 Board of Trustees meeting and
the first presentation of the Krannert Executive Forum, also on Sept.1.
18. NATIONAL SCIENCE, ENGINEERING & HEALTH PACKAGE
These stories were distributed nationally and internationally this week to
about 1,400 writers, reporters, editors and other interested parties. A Web
site with links to all the stories and photos in this package is at this
URL:
http://news.uns.purdue.edu/paks/scipak.digest.0009.html
1. Advanced systems aim to keep new cars running clean as they age
2. Mars launch in 2014 would offer safety option for astronauts
3. New method speeds planning of space missions
4. Space experiments are key to better crystal-growth modeling
5. Pharmacists prescribe solution to insurance bottleneck
6. Plant oils will replace petroleum in coming years, scientist says
7. Purdue researchers clean up pollutants with plants
8. Science & Health briefs
9. Biofuels experts
19. INSIDE PURDUE AND PERSPECTIVE
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Perspective, a quarterly publication for alumni, parents of students,
faculty and staff, for other news about Purdue, at
http://www.purdue.edu/PER/Periodicals.html.
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