Purdue Digest 4/20
PURDUE NEWS SUMMARY FOR WEEK OF APRIL 16-20 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. Sex lives of wild fish: genetic techniques provide new insights 2. Findings may boost efforts to destroy pollutants with ultrasound 3. Student leaders encourage Boilermakers to make the right choice 4. Jischke grateful for governor''s education support 5. Fountains'' flow to be limited while Purdue explores safety options 6. Purdue president to discuss university rankings on WBAA 7. Krannert joins other top business schools with MBA designation 8. Seed of doubt: Out-of-state soybeans raise planting issues 9. Research team winners develop nematode-resistant soybean 10. Ag research award winner to speak about high-tech crops 11. Purdue Schools of Engineering honor 10 distinguished alumni 12. Award honoring efforts to aid women to be given April 23 13. Galleries to host reception for area educators 14. Purdue Theatre announces 2001-2002 playbill 15. Spring dance concert features six new works 16. BCC offers drum and dance workshop with Irene Chigamba 17. Purdue Varsity Glee Club presents season''s last concert 18. Purdue String and Wind quintets featured in spring recital 19. Purdue police arrest student after hit-and-run accidents 20. Purdue discipline update: 6 expulsions, 1 suspension, 10 ''serious'' cases pending 21. Purdue calendar 22. Best Bets for Journalists 23. National Lifestyles, Education Careers Package 24. Inside Purdue and Perspective - RESEARCH NEWS AND SPECIAL REPORTS - 1. SEX LIVES OF WILD FISH: GENETIC TECHNIQUES PROVIDE NEW INSIGHTS New insights into the reproductive behaviors of freshwater fish - a process more bizarre and interesting than commonly realized - have been discovered by scientists who used genetic tools first developed for use in humans. By using genetic fingerprinting techniques such as those used to identify criminals, Andrew DeWoody, assistant professor of forestry and natural resources at Purdue, and his colleagues, have been able to glean new knowledge about an underwater world of peculiar liaisons. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html4ever/010413.DeWoody.nests.html 2. FINDINGS MAY BOOST EFFORTS TO DESTROY POLLUTANTS WITH ULTRASOUND Engineers at Purdue, in efforts to develop an effective system that uses ultrasound to clean polluted water, have pinpointed the frequency that degrades certain kinds of pollutants most efficiently. The findings could be used to design better ultrasonic systems for destroying pollutants in water, said Inez Hua, an associate professor of civil engineering. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html4ever/010420.Hua.ultrasound.html GENERAL INTEREST NEWS 3. STUDENT LEADERS ENCOURAGE BOILERMAKERS TO MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE A coalition of student leaders on Monday (4/16) launched a campaign to help all Purdue students make the right choices about how to have fun. The "Champions Make Choices" campaign is an outgrowth of the disturbances that followed the NCAA women''s basketball game April 1. Coming as the week counts down to the Grand Prix Race Saturday (4/21), the campaign complements more than 35 non-alcohol-related events offered to students this month. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010416.Students.champions.html 4. JISCHKE GRATEFUL FOR GOVERNOR''S EDUCATION SUPPORT Purdue University President Martin C. Jischke on Wednesday (4/18) expressed deep appreciation for Gov. Frank O''Bannon''s efforts to find additional revenue support for Indiana education. "The governor has made a very important statement," Jischke said. "He has told the people of Indiana that we must give our K-through-12 schools and our colleges and universities the highest priority, even in a very difficult budget year." http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010418.Jischke.gov.html 5. FOUNTAINS'' FLOW TO BE LIMITED WHILE PURDUE EXPLORES SAFETY OPTIONS Purdue will operate two campus fountains only for special events and under close supervision while it looks for a solution to public safety and liability problems. Kenneth P. Burns, executive vice president and treasurer, told the University Senate Monday (4/16) that he has accepted the recommendation of the Senate''s 11-member Architecture and Landscape Design and Planning Committee concerning the water sculpture on the Purdue Mall and Loeb Fountain in Founders Park. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010416.Burns.fountains.html 6. PURDUE PRESIDENT TO DISCUSS UNIVERSITY RANKINGS ON WBAA University President Martin C. Jischke will discuss university rankings on Wednesday, May 2, during the 2-3 p.m. hour of
Purdue Digest 4/13
PURDUE NEWS SUMMARY FOR WEEK OF APRIL 9-13 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. Ag genomics may bring benefits faster than human genomics 2. Designer molecules link together to make nanotubes a snap 3. Purdue Rube Goldberg team shows national 'a-peel' 4. Spring Fest, Bug Bowl draws record crowd of more than 20,000 5. Purdue School of Education students make the grade 6. Fence construction around campus fountains to begin 7. Boys needed for this summer's Camp Calcium 8. Federal grant will support gerontology research 9. Reamers Club sing-along ceremony rededicates Lions' fountain 10. Biotechnology seminar to explore GMO safety 11. Second year of Biblical Hebrew to be offered this fall 12. Student team wins $6,000 in Internet Olympiad 13. Dogs needed for behavior modification course 14. Purdue experts propose ideas to deal with foot-and-mouth disease 15. Early soybean planting means risk, not better yields 16. Ideal weather could put soybean prices back 30 years, expert says 17. Purdue Agriculture to honor eight distinguished alums 18. Seminar slated to discuss germplasm as natural resource 19. Plaque to recognize Purdue's contributions to grain aeration 20. Purdue honors nine as Distinguished Science Alumni 21. Purdue students to perform with SNL comic Darrell Hammond 22. Musical treats abound in debut of Purdue Bands Showcase 23. Easy listening jazz fills traditional outdoor event Jazz on the Hill 24. Chalmers man arrested for setting fires, Purdue expels 1, suspends another 25. Purdue calendar 26. Agriculture calendar 27. Best Bets for Journalists 28. Corporate Finance Experts 29. National Agriculture Package 30. Inside Purdue and Perspective - RESEARCH NEWS AND SPECIAL REPORTS - 1. AG GENOMICS MAY BRING BENEFITS FASTER THAN HUMAN GENOMICS Although the Human Genome Project grabs headlines, perhaps the bigger story in biology will be in plant and animal genomics: the first benefits to society are likely to come from these areas, where it is generally easier and less controversial to utilize genetic information. ''Agricultural genomics is well behind human genomics,'' says Randy Woodson, director of Purdue's Office of Agricultural Research Programs. ''But we can adapt the tools used in the Human Genome Project to find solutions for problems in food much faster than drugs for human problems can be brought to the market.'' http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html4ever/0104.Woodson.genomicsrdp.html 2. DESIGNER MOLECULES LINK TOGETHER TO MAKE NANOTUBES A SNAP Inspired by nature's own building blocks, Purdue researchers are using the same principle that makes DNA strands link together to create tiny structures that may someday be used to manufacture molecular wires and other components for use in nanometer-sized electronic devices. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html4ever/010413.Fenniri.naotube.html GENERAL INTEREST NEWS 3. PURDUE RUBE GOLDBERG TEAM SHOWS NATIONAL 'A-PEEL' Despite one restart and one human intervention, the Purdue student chapter of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers won the 13th annual National Rube Goldberg Machine Contest Saturday (4/7). ''We all feel an indescribable sense of accomplishment,'' said Eric Gossman, member of the winning team and a senior mechanical engineering technology major from Elkhart, Ind. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010407.RubeNational.2001.html 4. SPRING FEST, BUG BOWL DRAWS RECORD CROWD OF MORE THAN 20,000 More than an estimated 20,000 people on Saturday (4/7) visited Purdue's Spring Fest, featuring the crowd-pleasing Bug Bowl. Activities, the most ever offered during the annual Spring Fest, attracted a record-setting crowd. In past years the largest number of people visiting the campus during the two-day event was 15,000. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010407.BugBowl.2001.html 5. PURDUE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION STUDENTS MAKE THE GRADE Purdue's School of Education announced Monday (4/9) that 430 of 444 teacher education students passed the Indiana-required teaching proficiency exams last school year. ''When you consider the number of students who complete our teacher education programs each year, we are very pleased,'' said Marilyn Haring, dean of the School of Education. ''Each student must pass each section of the tests, and our students always are prepared very well for these exams.'' http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010409.Haring.titleII.html 6. FENCE CONSTRUCTION AROUND CAMPUS FOUNTAINS TO BEGIN Purdue officials announced Monday (4/9) that fencing will be installed around the Class of '39 water sculpture on
Purdue Digest 3/30
PURDUE NEWS SUMMARY FOR WEEK OF MARCH 26-30 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. Board of Trustees agenda 2. Purdue engineer goes back to class to put Einstein to the test 3. U.S. News ranks Krannert School MBA among nation's best 4. U.S. News ranks Purdue engineering among top grad programs 5. Purdue speech, audiology programs rank nationally 6. Purdue team fires up with soy-based oil 7. Purdue Calumet professor helping forge the 'Dragonslayer' 8. Graduate school receives $1.9 million to encourage minorities 9. Engineering team has designs on competition 'three-peat' 10. Black caucus to recognize student achievements, service 11. Foot and mouth disease education part of Purdue Spring Fest 12. Purdue Vet School opens its doors for April 7 event 13. In weed wars, some unwanted vegetation never says die 14. Read between the lines of contract farming bill, economist says 15. Purdue banks on Iowa State exec for its new advancement office 16. Jischke names research foundation interim vice president 17. Students celebrate Grand Prix week substance free 18. Convocations presents lively family musical 19. Story of jazz and family takes stage at Purdue Theatre 20. Union Board sponsors third annual arts and crafts show 21. New Directional Players perform 'The Mojo and the Sayso' 22. Jahari spring revue "Versa-Stylity" set for April 7 23. Percussion rules change when 'In-Pulse!' takes the stage 24. Purdue police investigating possible rape, battery incidents 25. Police seek information on 26 stolen license plates 26. Purdue calendar 27. Agriculture calendar 28. Best Bets for Journalists 29. News tips sent the week of March 26-30 30. Livestock Disease Experts 31. National Business, Finance Technology Package 32. Inside Purdue and Perspective 1. BOARD OF TRUSTEES AGENDA The board will meet at 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 6, in Room 326, Stewart Center. The agenda will be available on the News Service Web site on Monday, April 2. - RESEARCH NEWS AND SPECIAL REPORTS - 2. PURDUE ENGINEER GOES BACK TO CLASS TO PUT EINSTEIN TO THE TEST An engineering professor who sat in on a physics course to pursue his lifelong dream of understanding the general theory of relativity, not only reached that goal but came up with a new way of testing Einstein's masterwork. "For me, it all started as a dream to understand general relativity," said James Longuski, an aerospace engineer and professor of aeronautics and astronautics at Purdue. "To actually make a contribution to general relativity was beyond my wildest dreams." http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html4ever/010330.Longuski.relativity.html GENERAL INTEREST NEWS 3. U.S. NEWS RANKS KRANNERT SCHOOL MBA AMONG NATION'S BEST U.S. News and World Report ranks Purdue's Krannert Graduate School of Management's MBA program second nationally in production/operations management and seventh in quantitative analysis. Krannert ranked 23rd overall among the nation's 325 accredited MBA programs in business and management. The rankings, published in the magazine's 2001 guide to the best graduate schools, were released today (Friday, 3/30). http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010330.Cosier.usnews.html 4. U.S. NEWS RANKS PURDUE ENGINEERING AMONG TOP GRAD PROGRAMS Purdue's graduate engineering programs were ranked third in the country by employers and among the best in the nation overall in a U.S. News and World Report survey released today (Friday, 3/30). In a specialty ranking, several of Purdue's individual Schools of Engineering were rated in the top 10 by deans of prominent engineering schools across the nation. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010330.Huggins.usnews.html 5. PURDUE SPEECH, AUDIOLOGY PROGRAMS RANK NATIONALLY For the second consecutive year U.S. News and World Report has ranked two programs in Purdue's Department of Audiology and Speech Sciences among the best in the country. The survey released today (Friday, 3/30) ranks the Purdue master's and doctoral degree programs in speech-language pathology tied for fourth nationally, while the master's and doctoral degree programs in audiology tied for 13th. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010330.Smith.usnews.html 6. PURDUE TEAM FIRES UP WITH SOY-BASED OIL A team of Purdue students devised a home heating fuel oil that is cheaper and burns cleaner than regular fuel oil, earning first place Tuesday (3/27) in the seventh annual New Uses for Soybeans Student Contest. Their soy heating oil mixes 20 percent soybean oil with regular fuel oil and can be used without making any changes to existing
Purdue Digest 3/2
PURDUE NEWS SUMMARY FOR WEEK OF FEB. 26-MARCH 2 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. Zebrafish could become genetics 'lab rat' of choice 2. Genetic map of all plants, animals is goal of genomics 3. Engineers will demonstrate new system to prevent power failures 4. Purdue schools share $1.6 million Lilly gift 5. NCAA helps promote responsible alcohol use on Purdue campus 6. Youths experience college through Purdue ag programs 7. Purdue to observe Severe Weather Awareness Week 8. Purdue experts: Preventative efforts keeping mad cow disease out 9. Seminar to help farmers who live next door to the city 10. Alfalfa performance trials deliver more yield to producers 11. Use it and lose it? Nitrogen fertilizers vary in soil activity 12. Corn fungus a deadly threat to crop and man 13. New Web site offers news stories, extension pubs on ag topics 14. Purdue Galleries present faculty exhibit, ceramic exchange 15. Purdue police arrest former student for thefts from Sports Center 16. Purdue calendar 17. Agriculture calendar 18. Best Bets for Journalists 19. Plant Genomics Experts 20. Inside Purdue and Perspective - RESEARCH NEWS AND SPECIAL REPORTS - 1. ZEBRAFISH COULD BECOME GENETICS 'LAB RAT' OF CHOICE In the post-genomic world, the lowly zebrafish may be king. Scientists at Purdue University have developed a technique that allows zebrafish to pass genetic modifications to its offspring. The discovery will lead to researchers being able to study genes and proteins in a less expensive way. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html4ever/010302.Collodi.zebrafish.html 2. GENETIC MAP OF ALL PLANTS, ANIMALS IS GOAL OF GENOMICS Just as explorers such as Columbus, Magellan and Cortez brought rapid change to the understanding of the earth, a new field of biology promises to bring great and fast strides into the understanding of living organisms. The new area of study, genomics, focuses on understanding the genes of living organisms: first by mapping out the structure of all of the individual genes of the organisms, and then by figuring out what all of those thousands of genes actually do. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html4ever/010212.Woodson.genomics.html 3. ENGINEERS WILL DEMONSTRATE NEW SYSTEM TO PREVENT POWER FAILURES A team of engineers led by a Purdue researcher will demonstrate a new system in April that aims to avert power failures by automatically adapting to the daily fluctuations in electricity consumption. The system might be especially helpful in easing problems associated with electricity shortages and utility deregulation. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html4ever/010302.Tsoukalas.powergrid.html GENERAL INTEREST NEWS 4. PURDUE SCHOOLS SHARE $1.6 MILLION LILLY GIFT Purdue schools will share a five-year $1.6 million gift from Eli Lilly and Company for educational technology, scholarships, diversity, faculty support and buildings. ''Lilly has long been one of Purdue's most valued and generous corporate partners,'' said Purdue President Martin C. Jischke. ''Lilly's continued support of our research and educational efforts represents corporate citizenship and leadership at its highest level. Thousands of students will benefit from Lilly's latest generous contribution.'' http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010226.Lilly.gift.html 5. NCAA HELPS PROMOTE RESPONSIBLE ALCOHOL USE ON PURDUE CAMPUS Purdue's Student Wellness Office and the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics are teaming up with the National Collegiate Athletic Association to help students learn about alcohol abuse. ''Your Choice'' is one of 10 university programs funded by a three-year NCAA grant as part of the NCAA CHOICES program. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010302.Loew.choice.html 6. YOUTHS EXPERIENCE COLLEGE THROUGH PURDUE AG PROGRAMS Purdue's School of Agriculture is offering students in grades seven through 11 the chance to be college students for a day. Two programs, Project Future and Project Now, will be Saturday, April 7, in conjunction with Spring Fest. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010302.Welch.agprogram.html 7. PURDUE TO OBSERVE SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK Purdue safety officials announced today (3/2) that the university is joining with Indiana Gov. Frank O'Bannon and Tippecanoe County by proclaiming next week (3/4-3/10) as ''Severe Weather Awareness Week.'' http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010302.Cooper.tornado.html AGRICULTURAL NEWS 8. PURDUE EXPERTS: PREVENTATIVE EFFORTS KEEPING MAD COW DISEASE OUT Purdue experts say feed monitoring
Purdue Digest 2/23
PURDUE NEWS SUMMARY FOR WEEK OF FEB. 19-23 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. Plants as plants: Gene could convert crops to plastics factories 2. New Krannert School building wins architectural design award 3. Purdue students to spend break building desks in Costa Rica 4. Gerontology studies grow with aging population (national version) Purdue's gerontology program comes of age (state version) 5. Purdue observes Disabilities Awareness Month 6. Purdue University highlights of 2000 on video 7. Summer internships available with Purdue Extension 8. Black Cultural Center sponsors program on underground railroad 9. Deadline approaching for Span Plan grant applications 10. Indiana popcorn crop falls with prices 11. Horticulture program allows students to study in Europe 12. 'Carnival of the Animals' highlights Partners concerts 13. Guitar virtuoso Leo Kottke to perform at Loeb Playhouse 14. Purdue police arrest student for thefts from residence halls 15. Purdue calendar 16. Best Bets for Journalists 17. Gerontology Experts 18. National Lifestyles, Education Careers Package 19. Inside Purdue and Perspective - RESEARCH NEWS AND SPECIAL REPORTS - 1. PLANTS AS PLANTS: GENE COULD CONVERT CROPS TO PLASTICS FACTORIES Scientists have found a gene that allows plants to package and store materials in their cells - a discovery that may open the door to producing new types of plastics from plant materials. Clint Chapple, professor of biochemistry at Purdue, and Knut Meyer of DuPont and Co., have cloned a gene from a laboratory plant that will allow materials to produce plastics in crops without damaging the plant's health. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/0103.Chappel.plastics.html GENERAL INTEREST NEWS 2. NEW KRANNERT SCHOOL BUILDING WINS ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AWARD Jerry S. Rawls Hall, the future addition to Purdue's Krannert School of Management, has received an architectural design citation. Architectural Portfolio cited the building's ''center space [that] will be inspiring and at the heart of the school. This design uses massive natural lighting and great open space.'' Rawls Hall, a technologically state-of-the-art $37 million building, is the centerpiece in the Krannert School's $55 million ''Krannert at the Frontier'' campaign.http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010223.Rawls.award.html 3. PURDUE STUDENTS TO SPEND BREAK BUILDING DESKS IN COSTA RICA Three Purdue students heading south this spring break will not be looking for fun in the sun. Their mission will be to help build 50 sets of desks and chairs for two school classrooms in Costa Rica. The project stems from Eva Haviarova's doctoral thesis in which she came up with a plan to create sturdy classroom furniture for developing countries using some of the cheapest materials available. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010223.Gazo.costarica.html 4. GERONTOLOGY STUDIES GROW WITH AGING POPULATION As America grows older, universities across the country are responding by creating programs to study the aging process. ''More than 1,000 gerontology programs now exist, and about 200 of them offer graduate-level studies,'' said Kenneth Ferraro, director of Purdue's interdisciplinary gerontology program. (National story version)http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html4ever/0103.Nat.Ferraro.gerontol.html PURDUE'S GERONTOLOGY PROGRAM COMES OF AGE Old age isn't what it used to be, and research into the aging process promises to make growing older even better. ''We're not only trying to ease the pains associated with old age, we're working to improve the quality of life in the later years,'' said Kenneth Ferraro, director of Purdue's interdisciplinary gerontology program. (State story version) http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010223.Ferraro.state.html 5. PURDUE OBSERVES DISABILITIES AWARENESS MONTH University President Martin C. Jischke will kick off Disabilities Awareness Month activities with remarks at ''Disability Diversity: Past, Present and Future.'' ''In conjunction with the Indiana Governors Planning Council for People with Disabilities, Purdue will highlight the many supportive and innovative services we provide throughout the year for individuals with disabilities,'' said Charlotte F. Westerhaus, director of the Affirmative Action Office. ''Purdue University is committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees and students as we strive to remove barriers that prevent them from reaching their full potential.'' http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010223.Kerr.disabilities.html 6. PURDUE UNIVERSITY
