PURDUE NEWS SUMMARY FOR WEEK OF JAN. 22-26 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. Mathematics of dripping faucet key to industry, research 2. New technique uses imaging technology to speed drug discovery 3. Ford Motor Company donates $5 million to Purdue University 4. Purdue's Krannert ranked among world¹s top 10 finance programs 5. PRF¹s senior vice president to retire 6. An apple a day the Rube Goldberg way 7. United Negro College Fund CEO to speak at Purdue 8. Purdue celebrates Black History Month 9. Purdue president to discuss state funding on WBAA 10. Ag professor emeritus leads educational trip to Central Europe 11. Three receive Purdue Ag Alumni honors at Fish Fry 12. Country or city, crop seminar offers something for all 13. Workshops provide hard-to-find continuing education 14. Picture this: Crop guide features insects in living color 15. Purdue Lambing School offers hands-on experience 16. 'A Prairie Home Companion' to broadcast from Purdue 17. Purdue Theatre, PMO collaborate with ''How to Succeed ...'' 18. Underground swing dance opens Elliott stage to dancers 19. Undergrads direct 'A Night of Dark Comedy' 20. Valentine's Day events at Purdue 21. Meeting to address issues on Lake Michigan fishing 22. Conference to showcase working with Amish and Anabaptist 23. West Lafayette man arrested on sexual battery charge 24. Purdue calendar 25. Best Bets for Journalists 26. Energy, Utilities and Deregulation Experts 27. Background on Purdue's perception-based engineering and robot-assisted manufacturing automation work 28. Inside Purdue and Perspective ------------------------------------- RESEARCH NEWS AND SPECIAL REPORTS ------------------------------------- 1. MATHEMATICS OF DRIPPING FAUCET KEY TO INDUSTRY, RESEARCH Purdue engineers are the first to figure out the mathematics behind a problem plaguing machines that emit drops of liquid from a nozzle, findings that have potentially broad applications, from improved inkjet printers to more precise pharmaceutical research. The new mathematical method drastically speeds up the time it takes to calculate the behavior of how drops form as they come out of a nozzle or faucet. Research that would take months with conventional techniques now can be performed within hours, said Osman Basaran, a professor of chemical engineering. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html4ever/010126.Basaran.drops.html 2. NEW TECHNIQUE USES IMAGING TECHNOLOGY TO SPEED DRUG DISCOVERY Scientists working to develop new pharmaceuticals will soon have a tool for sorting quickly through millions of compounds to identify the best drug candidates. Purdue researchers have developed a method to sort and isolate chemical compounds as they are made, helping to easily identify the most biologically active compounds among millions of candidates. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html4ever/010126.Fenniri.pharmacy.html ------------------------ GENERAL INTEREST NEWS ------------------------ 3. FORD MOTOR COMPANY DONATES $5 MILLION TO PURDUE UNIVERSITY Ford Motor Company announced that it will donate more than $5 million to Purdue to support a new laboratory and expand robotic research. The donation will create the Perception Based Engineering (PBE) Laboratory, where researchers will test people's reactions to such things as visual stimuli, sound, temperature and touch. This will aid manufacturer design of engineering and automotive systems for new products. The researchers involved will represent two schools within engineering in addition to psychological sciences and audiology and speech sciences. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010124.Ford.gift.html 4. PURDUE'S KRANNERT RANKED AMONG WORLD¹S TOP 10 FINANCE PROGRAMS Purdue's Krannert Graduate School of Management's finance program ranked seventh among MBA programs in the world in a Financial Times (London) survey released this week. The Krannert School also placed high in job placement for its MBA graduates. The Financial Times ranked Krannert tied for second nationally with Duke and Michigan behind top-ranked Dartmouth College. 5. PRF¹S SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT TO RETIRE Jeffrey H. Wilson, Purdue Research Foundation senior vice president and treasurer, will retire June 30, after 36 years with the university and the foundation. ''Jeff Wilson has done a remarkable job of managing a highly complex enterprise,'' Purdue President Martin C. Jischke said. ''He leaves the foundation in excellent financial shape with an experienced and talented staff. Jeff and his team have worked hard to help Purdue expand its mission as a contributor to economic development opportunities essential to enhancing Indiana¹s future.'' Jischke, who also serves as foundation president, said plans to choose Wilson's successor will be announced soon. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010122.Wilson.retirement.html 6. AN APPLE A DAY THE RUBE GOLDBERG WAY Apples are at the core of Purdue¹s 19th annual Rube Goldberg contest slated for Feb. 10. The competition honors the late cartoonist, Rube Goldberg, who specialized in drawing whimsical machines with complex mechanisms to perform simple tasks. Each year, students accept the challenge to build working machines that Goldberg himself might have dreamed up. This year¹s machines must select, clean and peel an apple in 20 steps or more. The entire process must take nine minutes or less. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html4ever/0012.Rube2001.localpreview.html 7. UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND CEO TO SPEAK AT PURDUE William H. Gray III, president and chief executive officer of the United Negro College Fund, will deliver the keynote address for the Purdue Black Cultural Center's Black History Month Celebration. The address will be at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 8, in Room 206, Stewart Center. Reservations are not required for this event, which is free and open to the public. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010126.Washington.UNCF.html 8. PURDUE CELEBRATES BLACK HISTORY MONTH Purdue will offer about a dozen Black History Month activities during February, sponsored by a variety of departments and offices on campus. Some events for the month-long celebration are still to be announced. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010126.BHistoryMonth.event.html 9. PURDUE PRESIDENT TO DISCUSS STATE FUNDING ON WBAA University President Martin C. Jischke will discuss Purdue's proposal for state funding in the 2001-2003 biennium on Wednesday, Feb. 7, during the 2-3 p.m. hour of WBAA's ''AM920 Magazine.'' Jischke discusses different topics on every show, which airs the first Wednesday of each month through June. WBAA manager Dan Skinner said past interviews with the president focused on campus diversity, the role of fund raising on campus and Purdue's participation in the Rose Bowl. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010126.WBAA.Jischke.html 10. AG PROFESSOR EMERITUS LEADS EDUCATIONAL TRIP TO CENTRAL EUROPE A riverboat cruise down the Danube to visit historic capital cities highlights a Central European spring trip being offered by Purdue University Educational Travel Programs. Marion Baumgardner, professor emeritus of agronomy, will lead the group on the May 15-26 tour. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010126.Baumgardner.trip.html -------------------- AGRICULTURAL NEWS -------------------- 11. THREE RECEIVE PURDUE AG ALUMNI HONORS AT FISH FRY A trio of Indiana agricultural leaders today (1/26) received the Purdue Ag Alumni Association's Certificate of Distinction. The awards were presented during the association's annual fish fry at the Purdue Armory. This year's class of honorees includes Dale Humphrey, a farmer from Springville, Ind.; Philip Nelson, head of Purdue's Department of Food Science from West Lafayette, Ind.; and Robert M. Ritchie, Purdue professor emeritus of 4-H youth from Lafayette, Ind. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010126.Lester.distinction.html 12. COUNTRY OR CITY, CROP SEMINAR OFFERS SOMETHING FOR ALL A Purdue agricultural seminar promises something for everyone - even people who can't tell a soybean from a green bean. ''Farming Today for Food Tomorrow'' offers a smorgasbord of crop management sessions for farmers. In addition, organizers are planning a special entree for the non-farming public: a presentation on genetically modified foods. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010126.Vyn.cropmeeting.html 13. WORKSHOPS PROVIDE HARD-TO-FIND CONTINUING EDUCATION Keeping their certifications current can be a challenge for the 850 Certified Crop Advisers who provide crop consulting services in Indiana. A new workshop series sponsored by the Purdue Crop Diagnostic Training & Research Center addresses that need. The workshops will provide continuing education in areas Certified Crop Advisers often have trouble getting elsewhere, said Greg Willoughby, center director. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010126.Willoughby.wkshop.html 14. PICTURE THIS: CROP GUIDE FEATURES INSECTS IN LIVING COLOR An annual Purdue publication has added color photographs of creatures farmers hope they never meet in their fields - common crop insects. The 2001 Corn & Soybean Field Guide, first published in 1988, helps farmers identify and treat insect, weed, disease and nutrient problems. The only line drawings remaining in the 200-page book are grasses. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010126.Willoughby.guide.html 15. PURDUE LAMBING SCHOOL OFFERS HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE The annual Purdue Lambing School will be on Feb. 10 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the sheep facilities located at the Purdue Animal Sciences Research and Education Center. The school is an opportunity for new, beginning and veteran sheep producers to learn more about lambing procedures. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010126.Neary.lambing.html ------------------------------- ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT ITEMS ------------------------------- 16. 'A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION' TO BROADCAST FROM PURDUE Garrison Keillor will bring the live radio show, ''A Prairie Home Companion,'' to Purdue's Elliott Hall of Music at 4:45 p.m. on Saturday, April 7. Tickets to the broadcast will be $28 and $21. Since the performance also is a fund-raising event for its presenters, Purdue Convocations and WBAA AM/FM, there will be a limited number of premium seats available for $100 and $50. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010122.Keillor.convos.html 17. PURDUE THEATRE, PMO COLLABORATE WITH ''HOW TO SUCCEED ...'' Continuing the relationship established two years ago, Purdue Theatre and Purdue Musical Organizations join forces again to bring ''How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'' to the Loeb Playhouse. Performance times are Feb. 16, 17, 23 and 24 at 8 p.m. and Feb. 18 and 25 at 2 p.m. A low-priced sneak preview will be Thursday., Feb. 15, at 7:30 p.m. Matinees for high school and middle school students are Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 21 and 22 at 11 a.m. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010126.Sparger.Howtosuccd.html 18. UNDERGROUND SWING DANCE OPENS ELLIOTT STAGE TO DANCERS Opportunities to dance on the Elliott Hall of Music stage usually are reserved for professional companies, but Purdue Band's ''Underground Swing Dance'' opens the hall's spacious wooden stage to all dancers on Friday, Feb. 2. The free event, featuring the Purdue Night Train Swing Dance Club, begins at 7:30 p.m. Reservations are not needed for the dance, which is open to the general public. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010126.Matter.swing.html 19. UNDERGRADS DIRECT 'A NIGHT OF DARK COMEDY' A production team of undergraduate theatre majors brings the annual Purdue Theatre Festival, ''A Night of Dark Comedy,'' to the stage at 8 p.m. on Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 1-3. Reservations are not required for these free performances, which will be at the Experimental Theatre. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010126.Sparger.darkcomedy.html 20. VALENTINE'S DAY EVENTS AT PURDUE Love is in the air - as are activities celebrating Valentine Day. Events begin at Purdue on Friday, Feb. 9, with ''Naked Ambitions,'' original love poems by the Haraka Writers, at 7 p.m. in the Black Cultural Center. The Purdue Jazz Band will host an ''Evening of Romance,'' with dancing by candlelight at 8-10:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 10. PMO Express will offer ''Singing Valentines'' across the Purdue campus from noon until 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 14. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010126.Valentine.events.html ---------------------- MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS ---------------------- 21. MEETING TO ADDRESS ISSUES ON LAKE MICHIGAN FISHING What's the new exotic invader in southern Lake Michigan? Is the smallmouth bass population in southern Lake Michigan growing? Do fish like the new artificial reef? These and other questions will be answered at the second annual Southern Lake Michigan Fisheries Forum on Saturday, Feb. 3. ''It's a great opportunity for people to ask researchers and resource managers questions about the status of the fisheries in southern Lake Michigan,'' said Patrice Charlebois, biological resources specialist with Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010126.Charlebois.fishing.html 22. CONFERENCE TO SHOWCASE WORKING WITH AMISH AND ANABAPTIST Increasing understanding of Amish and Anabaptist religions and cultures and showcasing effective approaches to serving these communities will be two goals of a March 2830 conference in Holmes County, Ohio. The conference is cosponsored by Michigan State University Extension, The Ohio State University Extension and Purdue Cooperative Extension Service. It is designed for professional people who work in Amish or Anabaptist communities. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010126.Houin.amish.html 23. WEST LAFAYETTE MAN ARRESTED ON SEXUAL BATTERY CHARGE Purdue Police on Tuesday (1/23) arrested a West Lafayette man on a charge of sexual battery. Police Capt. Steven Dietrich said a male student reported he was approached and grabbed by a man at about 1:30 p.m. in a restroom in the Purdue Memorial Union. Police arrested John C. Schmidt, 35, 2400 Northwestern Ave., at the scene. http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010123.Dietrich.battery.html 24. PURDUE CALENDAR http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010126.Calendar.html This calendar lists entertainment events, lectures and meetings involving Purdue people during the next month. An online calendar of Purdue events is at http://www.purdue.edu/calendar/ 25. BEST BETS FOR JOURNALISTS -- Conference focuses on county bridges -- Broadway actress choreographs spring musical -- Black History Month offers addresses http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010126.Best.bets.html 26. ENERGY, UTILITIES AND DEREGULATION EXPERTS http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/expertlists/Energy2000.experts.html 27. BACKGROUND ON PURDUE'S PERCEPTION-BASED ENGINEERING AND ROBOT-ASSISTED MANUFACTURING AUTOMATION WORK http://www.purdue.edu/UNS/html3month/010124.Ford.giftbackground.html 28. 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