Purdue University alumnus Janice E. Voss, 55, one of the few women launched into space, died of breast cancer Monday (Feb. 6) in Scottsdale, Ariz., where she was receiving treatment. She had logged five space flights, spending a total of 49 days in space and traveling 18.8 million miles in 779 Earth orbits.

Lieutenant General Patrick J. O'Reilly, Director, Missile Defense Agency, will present "Creating Transformational Military Technology" as the keynote speaker of the tenth William E. Boeing Distinguished Lecture.

On February 24th, the College of Engineering will honor Douglas L. Bowers (BSAAE'72) Janice E. Voss (BS Engineering Science'75) and Dennis E. Warner (BSAAE'73) (MSME'76) as three out of seven Engineering Alumni who are distinguished in their engineering careers. The College of Engineering has over 82,000 living alumni. The distinction of DEA has been bestowed upon 479 of these outstanding individuals.

The Friday Zone is WTIU's children's show for 7-12 year olds. It's now in its 12th year and is currently the only regular kids' show produced in Indiana.

John P. Sullivan, professor of aeronautics and astronautics and director of the Center for Advanced Manufacturing, was recently elected a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. AIAA fellows are chosen for making notable and valuable contributions to the arts, sciences or technology of aeronautics or astronautics.

Former head of the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics Dr. Henry T. Yang, chancellor of the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB), has been appointed by President Obama to the President's Committee on the National Medal of Science.

The American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has honored Bill Gerstenmaier, BSAAE '77; OAE '03; DEA '07, associate administrator for the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate with the Von Karman Lectureship in Astronautics.

The School of Aeronautics and Astronautics welcomes Staci Dudley as part-time events coordinator and secretary.