OFFICE OF INTERDISCIPLINARY GRADUATE PROGRAMS (OIGP)

TO: Deans, Department and Program Heads, and Graduate Chairs

FROM: Dr. Jon A. Story, Senior Associate Dean

  Dr. Colleen L Gabauer, Director of Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs

RE: Fifth Annual Interdisciplinary Graduate Program Reception

We write to invite you to join the Office of Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs (OIGP) for a reception in celebration of interdisciplinary graduate student research. Please encourage your students and faculty to attend. Students are invited to submit poster and award applications.

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Wednesday, April 2, 2014

2:00 to 4:00 p.m.

(brief program will begin at 3:00, including keynote and awards presentation)

North and South Ballrooms, Purdue Memorial Union

Refreshments will be served.

RSVP: oigp@purdue.edu or 496-1016

For Poster and Award Applications, please visit: http://www.gradschool.purdue.edu/oigp/calendar/reception.cfm

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The Interdisciplinary Graduate Program Reception will feature multiple student research posters from each of our interdisciplinary graduate programs. Through the OIGP, the Graduate School supports and enhances interdisciplinary academic programs that mirror the ever-evolving world of contemporary research. These programs include:

American Studies	Gerontology
Biomedical Sciences	Information Security
Comparative Literature	Ingestive Behavior
Computational Life Sciences	Life Sciences
Computational Science and Engineering	Linguistics
Ecological Sciences and Engineering	Nutrition
Food Science	Philosophy and Literature
	Women’s Studies

We also encourage poster submissions from graduate students that are conducting interdisciplinary research that are not formally affiliated with the programs listed above.

We hope to see you and your students and faculty in attendance at the fifth annual Interdisciplinary Graduate Program Reception!