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Thursday, 1/25/01
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Ford donates money to Purdue
By Kurt Esposito Ford Motor Co. is donating $5 million to Purdue University. At a press conference Wednesday morning in the Herrick Laboratories, Wayne Booker, Ford Motor Co. vice chairman, presented Purdue president Martin Jischke with a check for $5 million. The money will be divided in two ways — $3.5 million will go toward a new laboratory in perception-based engineering and $1.5 million will go toward research in robotics. Booker said, "Ford Motor Co. is strongly committed to being the global consumer company of the future. Education and experience are the two best tools for preparation." First provost candidate speaks at forumBy Laura Pelner The first of the four candidates for provost, Steven Leslie, spoke at an open forum Wednesday for a room full of Purdue professors, faculty and staff. Leslie, who is the dean of the College of Pharmacy at the University of Texas at Austin and a Purdue graduate from the School of Pharmacy, offered his ideas for making Purdue a better University, specifically through research in interdisciplinary initiatives. National Public Radio broadcaster to visit PurdueBy Megan Finnerty For one night in early April, West Lafayette will transform into a new town. Gone will be the Purdue Memorial Union, the Math Building and all three McDonald's. In their place, Lake Wobegone, Minn., and all of its tidy farms, rural schools and Midwestern faces will spread out across this patch of central Indiana. |
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