President Mitch Daniels is in Washington, D.C., Monday April 22 through Wednesday April 24 to take part in meetings as the co-chair of the congressionally mandated Committee on Human Spaceflight.

The meetings will be Daniel's first since he was asked to join the committee in February.

Congratulations to grad student Anthony Cofer who was honored at the 15th Annual Celebration of Graduate Teaching Excellence

Congratulations to the Purdue Solar Racing Team who were placed first in the Battery Electric division of the 2013 Shell Eco Marathon Americas in Houston TX with their ninth car Navitas

A bronze statue of Purdue's benefactor and namesake was dedicated April 14 depicting John Purdue on a bench at a site near University Hall where it is said the man himself sat almost 140 years ago

Congratulations to Natasha Bosanac whose research won a Certificate of Excellence Award from The Office of Interdisciplinary Graduate Program (OIGP)

Congratulations to PhD student Mar Vaquero who has been awarded the Graduate Student Excellence Award.

Graduate Students Ming Gan, Hongsuk Lee and Devendra Verma have been awarded a National Science Foundation Fellowship.

Congratulations to graduate student Devon Parkos who has been awarded a 2013 Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) from The National Science Foundation (NSF).

Congratulations to AAE senior Stephanie Firehammer who has been awarded a 2013 Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) from The National Science Foundation (NSF).

Purdue University's board of trustees on Friday April 5, 2013 approved faculty promotions. Congratulations to Dr. Greg Blaisdell, Dr. Li Qiao and Dr. Nicole Key on receiving promotion.