BNC News

week of May 10, 2010

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Welcome Amanda Buckles!

Amanda has joined Discovery Park as the recharge clerk. Her office is located here in Birck [1010]. You may contact her at 42682 or albuckles@purdue.edu.

Annual BNC-Graduation Celebration!

Thursday, 05.13.10, 3:00-4:00PM, Birck Atrium: join us for refreshments and be in a drawing for gifts.

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Search under way for Birck Nanotechnology Center director

Discovery Park is launching a national search for the position of director of the Birck Nanotechnology Center. Details on the search are available in a PDF file. Questions about the search should be directed to Jayathi Murthy, search committee chair, at jmurthy@purdue.edu.

SMOKE-FREE PURDUE

Just a reminder that Smoke-Free Purdue begins July 1, 2010.  

Smoking will not be allowed except in designated smoking areas; however, The map of the designated smoking areas is not yet finalized.  
 
The new policy can be viewed here: http://www.purdue.edu/policies/pages/about_policies/proposed_i_4_2.shtml

SUMMER 2010 ROAD AND PARKING CLOSURE LIST

 
A comprehensive list of street and parking closures planned for this summer is provided below. Unless otherwise noted, closures are expected to last throughout the summer. This list and other traffic and construction disruption information may also be found on the Physical Facilities Travel Alert page http://www.purdue.edu/physicalfacilities/travelalert.php, or you may Find us on Facebook® <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Purdue-University-Construction-Travel-Alerts/109567435748952> .

An updated Summer 2010 Construction Map will be made available on Monday, May 10. The map may be found here: http://www.purdue.edu/physicalfacilities/summer_construction.php.

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CITY BUS

CityBus detours and service changes for summer 2010
 
CityBus has posted information regarding campus detours and service reductions for this summer.
·        Information about construction detours is available here:
http://citybusnews.blogspot.com/2010/04/construction-detours-on-purdue-campus.html

·        Information about the summer schedule is available here:
http://citybusnews.blogspot.com/2010/04/citybus-summer-schedule.html


For more Purdue Travel Alerts, Find us on Facebook® <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Purdue-University-Construction-Travel-Alerts/109567435748952> .

TOURS/VISITORS

visit nano.purdue.edu and refer to "Featured Events" for the most up-to-date information

SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS

visit nano.purdue.edu and refer to "Featured Events" for the most up-to-date information

WEBINAR

Your trusted source for ATCC Genuine Cultures® and Primary Cell Solutions™, invites you to register for the free Corning May  Scientific Seminar Series webinar, Primary Cell Culture - Tips and Techniques for Getting Started. The Scientific Seminar Series webinars provide novel tips, best practices and proven techniques to help advance your research. This seminar is one hour in  length and all attendees receive a certificate of completion from Corning. In addition to this webinar, you can find the May and  June schedules below. ATCC encourages you and your colleagues to take advantage of this informative event. These educational webinars are co-hosted by ATCC and the SIVB (Society for In Vitro Biology).

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PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS

Faculty, staff, and students who have fever or other influenza symptoms should seek medical care. PLEASE DO NOT REPORT TO WORK WHILE ILL.

Birck Nanotechnology Center staff will be notified of an emergency situation by telephone in the order set out in the BNC’s Phone Tree. BNC faculty members will receive an e-mail message from Monica Allain or Jim Cooper.

Members of the Faculty (Professors and Research Professors) are responsible for contacting each of their group members, including graduate students, undergraduate researchers, postdoctoral fellows and research scientists. Specific instructions should be conveyed by phone if possible. All graduate students should register for the Purdue University e-mail alert system at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/mail.html.

Additional information for pandemic and emergency preparation may be found at www.itap.purdue.edu/tlt/faculty and http://www.purdue.edu/emergency_preparedness

Editorial policy set: personal information, i.e., newborn announcements, marriages, etc. [More]

Submit items for memo of the week of May 17, 2010 by ****12 NOON**** on FRIDAY, 05.14.10, to Deborah Starewich dstarewi@purdue.edu