Past News
Purdue international partner cuts ribbon for new science and technology park based on Discovery Park model
January 5, 2021
The Purdue University-affiliated Arequipa Nexus Institute for Food, Energy, Water and the Environment in Peru soon will be getting a permanent administrative home. On Dec. 3, the Universidad de San Augustín (UNSA) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the start of activities for the Science and Technology Park of Arequipa (PCT), the first institution of its kind in the country. Modeled after Purdue’s Discovery Park, the research technology park will house headquarters for the Arequipa Nexus Institute, underlining the continued impact and long-term nature of the collaborative project.
Purdue international partner cuts ribbon for new science and technology park based on Discovery Park model
Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education: Challenges and Opportunities of International University Partnerships to Support Water Management
January 4, 2021
Check out the newest issue of JCWRE which features insight on how international university partnerships support water management. The newest issue features articles with multiple C4E and Nexus affiliates contributing.
Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education: Challenges and Opportunities of International University Partnerships to Support Water Management
Purdue Professor to receive 2021 Society of Toxicology Education Award
January 4, 2021
The Society of Toxicology (SOT) has chosen Wei Zheng, a professor of health sciences in Purdue University’s College of Health and Human Sciences, to receive the 2021 SOT Education Award for his significant contributions to education in toxicology and his training of toxicologists for more than 25 years as a researcher and educator. Zheng will be honored during the Virtual 2021 SOT Annual Meeting and ToxExpo, March 12–26, 2021.
Purdue Professor to receive 2021 Society of Toxicology Education Award
Plastic pipes are polluting drinking water systems after wildfires – it’s a risk in urban fires, too
December 14, 2020
When wildfires swept through the hills near Santa Cruz, California, in 2020, they released toxic chemicals into the water supplies of at least two communities. One sample found benzene, a carcinogen, at 40 times the state’s drinking water standard. Testing has now confirmed a source of these chemicals, and it’s clear that wildfires aren’t the only blazes that put drinking water systems at risk. In a new study, we heated plastic water pipes commonly used in buildings and water systems to test how they would respond to nearby fires.
Plastic pipes are polluting drinking water systems after wildfires – it’s a risk in urban fires, too
New Carbon Economy Consortium Seeking Postdoc Applications
December 10, 2020
Purdue’s Center for the Environment is a founding member of the New Carbon Economy Consortium (NCEC). The NCEC is requesting applications for Postdoctoral Fellows in the social sciences to work with Consortium institutions on topics related to the transition to an economy that sequesters more carbon than it emits.
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C4E Affiliates Win Award for US Food System response to Covid-19
November 30, 2020
C4E affiliates Ankita Raturi, assistant professor in the School of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, and Andrew Flachs, assistant professor in Anthropology, have just been awarded a Just Tech Covid-19 Rapid-Response grant from the Social Science Research Council for the project, "Technological Transitions in the US Local Food System in Response to Covid-19.” Raturi and Flachs are members of the Building Sustainable Communities signature research area, whose mission is to connect scholars working on social, ecological, and technical systems to address how to create more just and sustainable futures.
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Purdue joins national manufacturing cybersecurity collaboration
November 29, 2020
Purdue University's Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS) is joining the national Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CyManII) to improve cybersecurity and energy efficiency for American manufacturing.
Purdue joins national manufacturing cybersecurity collaboration
Hosen To Study Wetland Usage for Nutrition Retention, Greenhouse Gas Minimization
November 23, 2020
In a growing world, environmental management strategies that get the most out of every acre of land are imperative. When it comes to protecting water quality in agricultural landscapes, wetlands are a critical part of any efficient, cost-effective strategy. Wetlands are known for helping remove nitrogen and phosphorus from agricultural runoff, but they also can be major sources of greenhouse gasses, including methane (CH 4 ) and nitrous oxide (N 2 O). With help from a $500,000 grant from the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), Dr. Jacob Hosen, assistant professor of ecology analytics and the internet of things for Purdue Forestry and Natural Resources, will be studying how hydrology and plant community diversity can be modulated to maximize nutrient retention and minimize production of greenhouse gasses from wetlands.
Hosen To Study Wetland Usage for Nutrition Retention, Greenhouse Gas Minimization
Will Indiana stick with coal or embrace renewables? Energy task force to decide this week
November 18, 2020
Historically, Indiana is a state built on coal. It has been both one of the top producers and consumers of coal across the country — and is a state that still generates more than half of its energy from the fossil fuel today. But where will Indiana’s energy come from in the future? That’s exactly what the state’s 21st Century Energy Task Force is trying to figure out.
Will Indiana stick with coal or embrace renewables? Energy task force to decide this week
Purdue-led team named quarterfinalist in DOE solar innovation contest
November 16, 2020
A Purdue University innovator and his team are among the quarterfinalists in a national solar desalination innovation contest. They received the recognition for a technology to use solar power to purify high salinity water, such as treating desalination brine or produced water from oil and gas extraction.
Purdue-led team named quarterfinalist in DOE solar innovation contest