MEL Closed July 19 & 26

Due to an expected power outage, the Management & Economics Library will be closed Saturday’s July 19 & 26.  The Humanities and Undergraduate libraries will remain open with limited services.

Collaboration and Innovation @ Purdue

Purdue will host a conference this September on collaboration and innovation.  Topics will include: building trust in employees, managing conflict and responding to globalization.

Purdue Launches Fund to help Startups

The Purdue Research Foundation and Purdue University have launched a new philanthropic effort to help fund startup companies.  Read the article at Inside Indiana Business or the official Purude press release for more details

Global Ethics 101

A retiring HP exec shares his thoughts on Global Ethics with BusinessWeek Online.

meebo widget fixed!

The widget on all pages appears to be updating properly again, and displaying our availability.

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problems with meebo

We are experiencing some problems with the widget displaying out status properly.  Kranlib is available and can be contacted at one of the four IM services that feeds into the widget:

kranlib@aol.com
kranlib@gmail.com
kranlib@hotmail.com
kranlib@yahoo.com

We are sorry for the inconvenience,

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Ag. Ec. professor expects “Revolution in American Agriculture”

Professor Wally Tyner talks to InsideINdianaBusiness about rising energy and agriculture prices and who they might lead to a Revolution in American Agriculture.

Winner announced in entrepreneurship contest

Shane Fimbel, technology manager at the Purdue Research Foundation, has won the Incubicity contest. Incubicity is an entrepreneurship competition aimed at boosting economic development by championing local ideas.

Krannert reaccredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

The Krannert School of Management was reaccredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, along with 27 other schools.

Accelerated MBA’s gaining ground

An article from Business Week discussing the growing trend for one year MBA programs.