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5 hrs ago | Journal Gazette

Purdue anticipates $70 million deficit

Purdue University officials are looking for long-term ways to save money because the school could be $70 million short over the next two-year budget cycle.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Dan Burton, Republican, US House of Representatives, Indianapolis Metro, Prison, Death Penalty

Fri Nov 20, 2009

WWTC-AM Eagan

Mike Adams The Expel Kevin Casimer Petition

Bert Chapman is an interesting individual. He is the author of a blog called the Conservative Librarian.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian

WAVE-TV Louisville

Anti-Darwin 'Origin of Species' given to students

Christian activists have gone to Purdue University's main campus to hand out 2,000 copies of Charles Darwin's "Origin of Species" with a 50-page introduction intended to debunk his theory of evolution.

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WRTV Indianapolis

Student Arrested After Suspicious Box Found

A Purdue University student has been arrested after a suspicious package led officials to evacuate a visitor information center on the West Lafayette campus.

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Related Topix: West Lafayette, IN, Lafayette, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN

Science Daily

Experimental Drug May Restore Nerve Function

The chemical compound also might be developed as a treatment for multiple sclerosis.

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Related Topix: Spinal Cord Injuries, Medicine, Health, Multiple Sclerosis

Thu Nov 19, 2009

WANE-TV Fort Wayne

Purdue limits smoking on campus

Three hundred universities nationwide are smoke-free, and now Pudue is moving one step closer.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health

The Indianapolis Star

Purdue modifies smoking ban

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Purdue University has backed away from a total ban on smoking on its main campus and instead will limit it to specific areas while prohibiting smoking in university motor vehicles.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, West Lafayette, IN, Lafayette Metro, Ball State University

Newsday.com

Thanksgiving dinner should cost less this year

Thanksgiving dinner should be a cheaper affair this year. where Unless your family eats more than last year, Thanksgiving dinner should cost a little less, according to estimates by Purdue University, the American Farm Bureau Federation and the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics .

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Agriculture, Science, Lafayette Metro, West Lafayette, IN, Potatoes, Food, Vegetables

Wed Nov 18, 2009

The Courier-Journal

Purdue's international student enrollment among the nation's highest

LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Purdue University has the second-largest number of international students among public schools in the United States, according to the Institute of International Education.

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Related Topix: Lafayette Metro, Lafayette, IN, University of Southern California, New York University, Columbia University

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Science Daily

Dozen Chemicals Strongly Impact Climate Change

Purdue University and NASA examined more than a dozen chemicals, most of which are generated by humans, and have developed a blueprint for the underlying molecular machinery of global warming.

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Related Topix: Global Warming, Science / Technology, NASA, Chemistry, Science, Space

Dr. Dobb's Journal

HUBzero: 'Facebook for Scientists'

Facebook for scientists -- but built to facilitate serious research rather than socializing -- and an award-winning method for putting idle computers to work on scientific breakthroughs are Purdue-developed technologies in the spotlight at the SC09, the world's largest high-performance computing conference.

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Related Topix: CPU, Science / Technology, Social Software, Computers, Science, Computer Science, High Performance Computing

KTXL-TV Sacramento

Job prospects, interest in environment drawing more college students to agriculture schools

Tristesse Jones will probably never drive a tractor or guide a combine through rows of soybeans at harvest time.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, UC Davis, US News, United States Department of Agriculture, Texas A&M University, Social Software

Mon Nov 16, 2009

NowPublic

Purdue librarian's anti-gay economics lands him in hot water

Anti-gay blog postings cause furor at Purdue University: Scholar and political science librarian sets off storm of protest "The issue is not Dr.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Blog News, Libraries

BioResearch Online

Patheon, Inc. Adds Two Key Industry Leaders To Its...

Patheon, a global provider of drug development and manufacturing services to the international pharmaceutical industry announced recently that it has named William E. Weiser, Ph.D. as group director, Pharmaceutical Development Services , Analytical Development at the company's Kit Creek laboratory located in Research Triangle Park, N.C. At the same ...

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry, Pharmaceuticals, Cincinnati, OH Metro, College of William and Mary

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Connecticut's WB 20

China forces church followers out of park; analyst says may be 'test case' for Obama visit

Followers of an unapproved church in Beijing were again forced by the government to find a new place to worship Sunday, a move one analyst suggested would be a test for President Barack Obama on religious freedom during his first visit to the country.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

Sat Nov 14, 2009

WEHT-TV Evansville

Corn mold worries Indiana livestock farmers

Cool, wet fall weather that's caused mold to appear in some of Indiana's corn crop is now creating problems for livestock farmers.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Dubois County, IN, Jasper, IN

Indianapolis Star

Buildings OK'd at Purdue, IUPUI

The Commission for Higher Education OK'd a pair of campus building projects worth nearly $110 million Friday.

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Related Topix: West Lafayette, IN, Lafayette Metro, Indianapolis, IN, Indianapolis Metro

News Times

New Milford family copes with tragedy by treating strangers to Thanksgiving feast

On Thanksgiving Day, Mitzi Burrous will get up at dawn to start cooking a full-course feast for delivery to as many as 75 households.

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Related Topix: Holidays, Thanksgiving, New Milford, CT, Canada, Potatoes, Food, Vegetables

Fri Nov 13, 2009

WTHR-TV Indianapolis

Indiana astronaut to appear on Indy talk show

Astronaut David Wolf will discuss his experiences on the International Space Station during a live talk show next month in Indianapolis.

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Related Topix: Indianapolis, IN, Indianapolis Metro

SYS-CON MEDIA

Cycle Computing and Purdue University to Power Dynamic Optimized Condor Pool at SuperComputing 2009

14-20, in Portland, Ore. The on-site project will be a demonstration of high-performance computing and open source solutions in the cloud.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, High Performance Computing, CPU, Computers

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