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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Christian Butzke knows wine, and he’s sharing his knowledge – from the vineyard to the glass. Butzke is an associate professor of enology in Purdue University’s Department of Food Science and a member of the Indiana Wine Grape Council and the Purdue Wine Grape Team. He authored one book that covers the […]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — In Steve Hallett’s new book “Life Without Oil: Why We Must Shift to a New Energy Future,” the Purdue University plant scientist tackles the world’s energy problems from a different perspective – that of an ecologist. Hallett, an associate professor in Purdue’s Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, argues that energy […]

FRANKFORT, Ind. — The Friends of the Frankfort Library will host an exhibition of art by the late Purdue Professor, Bob Reed. The exhibition, “Bob Reed – Not Prints” will open on Sunday, December 6 with a reception in the Anna and Harlan Hubbard Gallery from 1-5pm. Reed, a professor of printmaking and drawing for […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Earlier this year Ayn Rand’s prophetic novel Atlas Shrugged was selling at triple the rate it sold at in the beginning of 2008. Now the novel is soaring to even greater heights, and its trade paperback edition is currently in first place in the Classics category on Amazon.com’s best-seller list for sales […]