[BNC-all] BNC Weekly Memo - 2/02/2009

[Jeff Goecker]

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BNC news February 2, 2009  
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Managing Director:  Tim Sands is happy to announce that MONICA M.C. ALLAIN will join the
Center as MANAGING DIRECTOR, effective February 1, 2009. Her first day
in the office (1027A) will be Monday, February 2, 2009. [More]

To BNC cleanroom and laboratory users:
If you did not attend the All User Meeting, your access to the BNC
laboratories and cleanroom will be discontinued. To restore your
access, you must use the following procedure: [More]

A/V equipment in Birck:
new projectors have been installed in BRK 1001 and 2001. In addition,
the cables have been repaired on the projectors in BRK 1099 and 1201.
Repair folks note that users should exercise caution when plugging the
cable into computers: when one attempts to attach the cable
incorrectly, the connectors get broken. Lastly, LCDs have arrived for
installation for BRK 1024, 2024, 1290, and 2290. We're on the carpentry
waiting list.

Voluntary benefit deductions missing from January biweekly pay. [More]

A special message to the Purdue Community,
from Joseph B. Hornett and Alan Rebar: We are pleased to announce the
launch of an exciting new collaborative effort of the Purdue Research
Foundation and Discovery Park that is designed to advance the
entrepreneurial efforts of our University, and in so doing, create
economic opportunities for the people of Indiana. [More]

IP address problems? We have found that some users are reporting problems with IP addresses. [More]

GET YOUR POSTERS PRINTED: MRGN Poster Printer -- NEW SCHEDULE FOR SPRING 2009 [More]

OFFICE OF PAYROLL AND TAX: W-2 CORRECTIONS [More]
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TOURS/VISITORS

Thursday, 02.05.09, 4:00PM: American Society of Mechanical Engineers, with Mark Thoreson.
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SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS

Wednesday, 02.04.09, 12:00; EE 118: "Quantitative,
Kinetic Models of Cellular Circuits," by Michael Brent, Departments of
Computer Science and Genetics, and Center for Genome Sciences,
Washington University. [More] 

Thursday, 02.05.09, 1:30PM; ME 256: "Contribution
of Tribology to Machinery," by Michael Khonsari, Department of
Mechanical Engineering, Louisiana State University. Refreshments and
Meet the Speaker at 1:15 in ME 254 
[More]

Friday, 02.06.09, 11:30; MRGN 129: "Untangling
Functional Complexity via Phenotypic Screens," by Bartek Rajwa, PhD; a
Scientific Presentation. Refreshments will be served.
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OPPORTUNITIES
LIMITED
SUBMISSION: Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering. The David
and Lucille Packard Foundation has issued its 2009 request for
nominations for its Fellowships in Science and Engineering. The purpose
of the fellowship is to assist professors in the natural and physical
sciences or engineering to pursue their science and engineering
research. Each year, 50 universities are invited to submit two
nominations for this competition. Sixteen fellowships of $875,000 over
five years will be granted. [More] 
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DISCOVERY PARK
The
Discovery Park Undergraduate Research Internship (DURI) program is
accepting proposals for research projects for Summer and Fall 2009. See  flyer.
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LIFE ON THE OUTSIDE

PU police department offers two self-defense awareness courses in February. [More]
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Submit items for memo of February 9, 2009 by ****12 NOON**** on FRIDAY, 02.06.09, to Deborah Starewich dstarewi at purdue.edu
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