PURDUE NEWS SUMMARY FOR WEEK OF NOV. 20-22 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. Human trial for spinal injury treatment launched by Purdue, IU 2. Purdue Airport carrier petitions to terminate service 3. Marriott Foundation gives $1 million for 'super' classroom 4. Christmas shopping facts and figures 5. Author signs Dickens Christmas mystery at Von's 6. New Purdue string quartet gives first recital 7. News tips sent the week of Nov. 20-22 ------------------------------------- RESEARCH NEWS AND SPECIAL REPORTS ------------------------------------- 1. HUMAN TRIAL FOR SPINAL INJURY TREATMENT LAUNCHED BY PURDUE, IU The first human clinical trial of a new treatment for spinal cord injuries was announced today (11/20) by the Purdue School of Veterinary Medicine and the Indiana University School of Medicine. The two institutions also reported that an Indianapolis donor has made a major commitment to support their joint paralysis research effort. In a news conference at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Trackside Media Center, the universities announced that the FDA-approved trial at IU is based on treatments developed at Purdue. Dogs suffering paralysis from natural causes regained partial function with the treatment. ------------------------ GENERAL INTEREST NEWS ------------------------ 2. PURDUE AIRPORT CARRIER PETITIONS TO TERMINATE SERVICE Great Lakes Aviation has filed a petition to terminate its air service at Purdue University Airport, effective Feb. 15. The petition states the reasons as increased costs associated with converting Great Lakes Aviation's operations to comply with a different set of federal regulations and recent increases in fuel costs. 3. MARRIOTT FOUNDATION GIVES $1 MILLION FOR 'SUPER' CLASSROOM A state-of-the-art teaching laboratory-classroom is $1 million closer to reality for the Purdue Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management thanks to a gift from the J.W. and Alice S. Marriott Family Foundation. The $1 million grant is the single largest contribution the department has received to date, said Raphael R. Kavanaugh, professor and department head. 4. CHRISTMAS SHOPPING FACTS AND FIGURES A Purdue expert on retail sales puts the holiday shopping season into both Indiana and national perspectives. Richard A. Feinberg, professor of consumer sciences and retailing, has released holiday shopping facts and figures based on data from the Purdue Retail Institute, the National Retail Federation, and the International Council of Shopping Centers. ------------------------------- ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT ITEMS ------------------------------- 5. AUTHOR SIGNS DICKENS CHRISTMAS MYSTERY AT VON'S William J. Palmer will sign copies of his new mystery novel, ''The Dons and Mr. Dickens: The Strange Case of the Oxford Christmas Plot,'' Saturday, Dec. 2, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Von's Book Shop on State Street in West Lafayette. The novel is published by St. Martin's Minotaur and is the fourth in a series of Victorian-era murder-mystery novels by Palmer, an English professor and Charles Dickens scholar at Purdue. 6. NEW PURDUE STRING QUARTET GIVES FIRST RECITAL The Purdue String Quartet will give its first official concert performance at Purdue University Band's fall recital hour at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 30, in Purdue Stewart Center, Fowler Hall. The concert is free and open to the public. Tickets are available at the door. 7. NEWS TIPS SENT THE WEEK OF NOV. 20-22 Flights of fancy: Student planes take off Everything you need to know about an MBA HOW TO RETRIEVE STORIES AND PHOTOGRAPHS ELECTRONICALLY Releases, publication-quality photographs, and a searchable database of Purdue and Big 10 experts are available at the PurdueNews Web site at http://news.uns.purdue.edu. Faculty and staff may register as experts at the Web site. Publication-quality photos also are available at the PurdueNews ftp site at ftp://ftp.purdue.edu/pub/uns/. 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