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March 1, 2013

UNA University Center Names Library for Purdue ABE Alumnus Mauri Fortes, PhD

Monday, March 4, 2013, The Vice-President of UNA University Center Professor Átila Simões da Cunha and Guajajaras Campus Director Professor Carolina Marra will unveil the plaque designating the campus library as “Professor Dr. Mauri Fortes Library.” Dr. Fortes received his PhD from Purdue Agricultural & Biological Engineering in 1978, under the tutelage of Professor Martin Okos.
January 31, 2013

Professor Jenna Rickus receives Trask Innovation Fund Award

Professor Jenna Rickus has been awarded one of the Trask Innovation Fund grants for her work on "In Vivo Assessment of Biosilica Coated Cells." This innovation "could improve therapies for diseases such as Type 1 diabetes..."
January 25, 2013

Grain Safety Specialist Steve Wettschurack: Tube Is New Rescue Tool

Steve Wettschurack, grain safety specialist in the department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering, has conducted many schools across the country instructing firefighters and other first-responders in the proper techniques for rescuing in cases of grain entrapment. Successful Farming magazine is running a story on one of those schools, Winside, Nebraska, in the Family section (page 58) of the February issue.
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