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Plant scientist wins award for early-career innovation
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017
Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi, assistant professor in the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, has received a New Innovator in Food and Agriculture Research Award from the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research. The award is given to scientists working on creative research projects that address the growing global demand for food by transforming the way food is grown, processed, and distributed.
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Breakthrough discovery for detecting cancer
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017
W. Andy Tao, a professor of biochemistry and member of the Purdue University Center for Cancer Research, and colleagues have identified a series of proteins in blood plasma that, when elevated, signify that the patient has cancer. Their findings were published in the early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Vanishing Soundscapes Initiative featured on CNN
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017
The work of Purdue’s Center for Global Soundscapes, led by Bryan Pijanowski, professor of landscape ecology in the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, was featured in CNN’s Vanishing series in “Listening for the amphibian apocalypse.” CNN accompanied Pijanowski and a team of researchers to the Costa Rican rainforest, where they recorded the sounds of amphibians in danger of extinction as part of the Center for Global Soundscapes’ Vanishing Soundscapes initiative.
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New website acts as information hub for Indiana CFOs
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017
In response to growing interest in CFOs, the Department of Animal Sciences launched a new website to serve as a portal for information about CFO standards and regulations in Indiana.
Read MoreSculpture honors pioneering entomologists
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2017
The College of Agriculture paid tribute to its entomology program, one of the oldest in the nation, by commissioning “The Entomologist,” a bronze sculpture depicting three scientists who played a major role in promoting the study of insects and the environment.
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Union Tap Room features local brews and science
Tuesday, May 2nd, 2017
The 1869 Tap Room, located east of Pappy’s Sweet Shop in the Purdue Memorial Union, opened in the fall of 2016 for evening hours and on home football weekends. It provides a social space where faculty and staff, patrons at the Union Club Hotel, and alumni and friends visiting campus can gather.
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