Past News
First round of award recognizes exceptional efforts in teaching and instructional support during the COVID-19 pandemic
April 30, 2021
The Teaching Academy and Office of the Provost at Purdue are celebrating 241 individuals and teams of faculty, instructors, staff and graduate students who have been selected by their academic or administrative unit for the Award for Exceptional Teaching and Instructional Support during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Nominations were submitted by 65 units across campus.
First round of award recognizes exceptional efforts in teaching and instructional support during the COVID-19 pandemic
Food Safety Lab Announces Funding Opportunity for MSI-Led Partnerships for Global Food Safety Research
April 26, 2021
The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety (FSIL), based at Purdue and Cornell universities, has announced a funding opportunity aimed at reducing foodborne illness in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean through research projects led by U.S.-based Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs).
Food Safety Lab Announces Funding Opportunity for MSI-Led Partnerships for Global Food Safety Research
Purdue will be new home for Midwestern Regional Climate Center
April 19, 2021
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has named Purdue University as the new host of the Midwestern Regional Climate Center (MRCC). Beth Hall, Indiana state climatologist, will direct the center for five years with $3.1 million in federal base funding.
Purdue will be new home for Midwestern Regional Climate Center
“Simple question” leads to multi-year research study about effects of alpine glacial meltwater on groundwater in mountainous regions
April 12, 2021
Alpine glaciers are formed high in the mountains and produce meltwaters that flow down the mountain. These meltwaters sustain life in mountain streams, lakes, and rivers. The meltwater from iconic frozen mountaintops is an essential building block to the Earth’s ecosystem, so when Jordyn Miller, PhD Candidate for Purdue Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS) asked her advisor a “simple” question years ago, she assumed there would be an answer readily available. She asked Dr. Marty Frisbee, EAPS hydrogeology professor, does meltwater from alpine glaciers contribute to mountain-block recharge and deep circulation within a mountain block. As it turns out, the simple question turned into a quest to deliver an answer because there is very little research in this area. In March of 2021, Miller published the first results of a multi-year research project
“Simple question” leads to multi-year research study about effects of alpine glacial meltwater on groundwater in mountainous regions
Listening to Nature Gives You a Real Rocky Mountain High
April 8, 2021
Miles away from the nearest road in Colorado’s Wheeler Geologic Area, the problem of noise pollution hit home for conservation biologist Rachel Buxton. ‘It was a gorgeous, remote valley, and then a plane flew over and you could hear the noise for ages as it reverberated in the valley,” she says. “I remember thinking, ‘wow, this is a really pervasive issue.’”
Teaching data science for smart agriculture
April 8, 2021
Technology is bringing tremendous advances to the practice of agriculture. For example, take the use of sensors and geographic information systems for precision, site-specific crop management, in which data are continuously collected directly in the fields using unmanned aerial systems (UAS) or satellite/aerial mounted sensors to monitor variables like soil nutrient status, moisture content, extent of pest infestation, etc.
Purdue professor tackles bovine respiratory disease with over $1 million in grant support
April 7, 2021
Bovine respiratory disease is the most common and costly disease affecting beef cattle in the world. Mohit Verma, assistant professor of agricultural and biological engineering at Purdue University, recently received multiple awards, totaling $1.4 million, from the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) to support his groundbreaking work to produce a biosensor-based decision-making tool to manage the disease.
Purdue professor tackles bovine respiratory disease with over $1 million in grant support
Purdue asks livestock producers for help studying losses due to black vultures
April 5, 2021
Vultures play an important role in the ecosystem cleaning up animal carcasses from the landscape. However, although primarily scavengers, some black vultures cause problems for cattle operators in southern Indiana, harassing and even preying on young calves and other livestock.
Purdue asks livestock producers for help studying losses due to black vultures
Two Purdue Doctoral Students Win Prestigious Sloan Post-Doctoral Fellowships to Study the New Carbon Economy
April 1, 2021
Janell Jett (Political Science) and Henry Seeger (Communication) have recently been awarded Sloan Post-doctoral Fellowships to study aspects of the New Carbon Economy through Purdue’s Center of the Environment as supported through a collaboration with the A.E. Sloan Foundation and the multi-university network of the New Carbon Economy Consortium’s (NCEC).
New approach developed to create thin films for electronics, acoustics
March 29, 2021
During a recent study, a Purdue University innovator developed a new approach to creating popular thin films that are used for devices across a broad range of fields, including optics, acoustics, and electronics.
New approach developed to create thin films for electronics, acoustics