WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University students living on campus donated 3,984 pounds of food to give a boost to mail carriers in Tippecanoe County during the 16th annual National Association of Letter Carriers food drive. In its first year of participating, Purdue University Residences pushed the local total up to 74,000 pounds, two tons [...]
Archive | June, 2008
Purdue students support local food bank, help carriers retain trophy
Posted on 27 June 2008.
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Lactation law prompts new Purdue WorkLife program
Posted on 27 June 2008.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — WorkLife Programs will serve as a campus liaison between supervisors and employees when Purdue launches its lactation support program on July 1. The program is being established to comply with Senate Bill 0219, which requires employers to “make reasonable efforts to provide a room or other location, other than a toilet [...]
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Sensory evaluation lab seeks campus input on food products
Posted on 27 June 2008.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The power to influence what shows up on supermarket shelves is within the Purdue community’s grasp at the Sensory Evaluation Laboratory. Part of the Department of Food Science, the Sensory Evaluation Laboratory sets up tests for food companies to find out what the average consumer thinks about a product. Several product [...]
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Purdue Web site offers new students info on campus activities, organizations
Posted on 25 June 2008.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue students who want to learn more about campus organizations or activities will be able to easily find what they’re looking for, thanks to a Web site aimed at helping students get involved. The Web site provides information about different student organizations and activities, centers and departments, and answers to frequently [...]
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Extensive spring floods delay Indiana soybean planting
Posted on 25 June 2008.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — As rain-soaked soils begin to dry in Indiana, farmers with soybean acreage left to plant should now be planting mid-season soybean varieties, said a Purdue University expert. “In general, total rainfall across the southern third of the state is running as much as 10 to 15 inches above normal for the [...]
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Pulitzer winning journalist Thomas Friedman to speak at Purdue
Posted on 25 June 2008.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Thomas L. Friedman, the foreign affairs columnist for the New York Times, will speak at Purdue University on Sept. 19 about his upcoming book “Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution – and How It Can Renew America.” Thomas Friedman Friedman, whose talk [...]
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