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Study: Who owns and farms land can create barriers to conservation
November 29, 2018
As stewards of vast swaths of land, farmers are important allies in U.S. conservation efforts, but there is evidence to suggest those farming on rented land adopt conservation practices at a lower rate.
Study: Who owns and farms land can create barriers to conservation
Sugarcane plates sweeten the sustainability deal for PUDM
November 14, 2018
Organizers of PUDM collaborated with the Student Sustainability Council in order to ensure the use of compostable plates, which look and operate no differently from paper plates, at the marathon.
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Filley named director of Discovery Park’s Center for the Environment
November 13, 2018
Timothy Filley, professor of geochemistry and soil science in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences and the Department of Agronomy, has been named as the new director of Discovery Park's Center for the Environment. His appointment began Sunday (Nov. 11).
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Discovery Park Undergraduate Research Internship program seeking spring semester proposals
November 12, 2018
Discovery Park has announced that two Discovery Park Undergraduate Research Internship program tracks will be offered for spring 2019. Each track will support undergraduate students while they investigate problems in various strategic areas through faculty-led projects. * Track 1: The traditional DURI program track will investigate problems in the strategic areas of global security, health and sustainability. * Track 2: The Purdue 150th Anniversary - Ethics, Technology and the Future of War and Security track will investigate the ethical, legal, and social implications of technology in the context of war and security. This track is supported by the Purdue Policy Research Institute.
Discovery Park Undergraduate Research Internship program seeking spring semester proposals
From lights off to recycling, here are sustainability efforts you can get involved in on campus
November 9, 2018
If you’re looking for ways to get involved with sustainability efforts on campus, it can be as simple as flipping a switch or tossing your trash in a different container.
From lights off to recycling, here are sustainability efforts you can get involved in on campus
Agricultural intelligence: Sensor gives farmers more accurate read on plant health, provides valuable crop data
November 1, 2018
A Purdue University professor has built an innovative handheld sensor that gives plant scientists and farmers a more precise way of measuring the health of crops while gathering up-to-the-minute data that state and federal officials and others will find valuable.
Agricultural intelligence: Sensor gives farmers more accurate read on plant health, provides valuable crop data
Disgust Is An Evolutionary Impulse, But Don’t Let It Drive Your Politics
October 31, 2018
Human disgust evolved as a mechanism for avoiding potential disease threats. “Disgust is widely thought to be one of the basic emotions,” said Daniel Kelly, an associate philosophy professor at Purdue University who studies disgust. “It’s a piece of human psychology that is universal.”
Disgust Is An Evolutionary Impulse, But Don’t Let It Drive Your Politics
Here’s how Purdue is improving water safety in Afghanistan
October 31, 2018
One in 10 Afghan children will die before their fifth birthday. And 20 percent of those childhood deaths will be because of diarrheal diseases arising from unsafe food and water. When an Afghan student in Herat Province told Haley Oliver that her neighbor’s children were often sick, she wanted a sample of the family’s well water. “Sure enough, it was loaded with E. coli. It was one of the most contaminated samples we found. It turns out the family’s well is right near the outdoor latrine,” said Oliver, a Purdue associate professor of food science. “That’s unfortunately quite common because there is a gap in knowledge in how disease is transmitted.” Oliver and Purdue colleagues are attempting to narrow that knowledge gap.
Striking an ethical balance in AI
October 30, 2018
While he acknowledges that humans must be mindful of how we allow rapidly advancing technology to impact our lives, Daniel Kelly does not buy into the doomsday scenarios trying the beginning of artificial intelligence (AI) to the end of humanity.
Ebert selected as interim director for CERIAS in Discovery Park
October 29, 2018
David Ebert, Silicon Valley Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue, will serve as interim director of Discovery Park's Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security, effective Nov. 1. CERIAS is widely considered as one of the world's leading centers for research and education in areas of information security that are crucial to the protection of critical computing and communication infrastructure. A multifaceted approach combines technical strength with ethical, legal, educational, economic, linguistic and communication expertise to create a cross-disciplinary team composed of six colleges and more than 20 departments across the Purdue campus.
Ebert selected as interim director for CERIAS in Discovery Park