Discovery Park - Center for the Environment

U.S. State Department selects Purdue to lead China EcoPartnership

Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The U.S. State Department is selecting Purdue University to lead one of six U.S.-China EcoPartnerships, which will focus on sustainability issues including environmental challenges posed by alternative energy and climate change in the two countries.

Secretary Clinton to Praise Announcement of Six New U.S.-China EcoPartnerships on May 10

Tue, 10 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT

On May 10, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will deliver opening remarks at a signing ceremony for six new U.S.-China EcoPartnerships, taking place alongside the third annual U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), at the Department of State.

Purdue, China forming joint energy-research labs

Mon, 02 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University is forming two joint laboratories with China's Beihang University to focus on low emissions, combustion and energy systems research.

Purdue picked for international 'EcoCAR' competition

Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University has been selected as one of 16 teams to participate in EcoCAR 2: Plugging in to the Future, an international competition to develop advanced automotive technologies.

Nuclear weapons specialist to speak at Purdue

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - An international nuclear weapons specialist will speak at Purdue University this week about the potential benefits and challenges posed by the global proliferation of nuclear power, as well as issues surrounding nuclear weapons in North Korea.

Leading researcher to deliver Purdue lecture on Gulf oil, gas spill

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A prominent researcher who has studied the environmental impact of last year's massive oil spill will speak at Purdue next week as part of the university's effort to develop a research community in this field.

New scientific field will study ecological importance of sounds

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University researcher is leading an effort to create a new scientific field that will use sound as a way to understand the ecological characteristics of a landscape and to reconnect people with the importance of natural sounds.

Q&A with NPR correspondent Richard Harris

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Award-winning NPR science correspondent Richard Harris addressed a standing-room-only crowd at Purdue University on Feb. 3 as part of a Discovery Lecture on the role of journalists and scientists surrounding the massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. Harris received a 2010 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award in November for his coverage of the environmental disaster, sparked in large part by an analysis of the leaking oil by Purdue Professor Steve Wereley, a lead researcher at Discovery Park's Birck Nanotechnology Center. Here is an 8-minute video of an interview with Harris by Phillip Fiorini, Discovery Park senior writer/editor for Purdue Marketing and Media.

Award-winning NPR reporter to speak on Gulf oil spill coverage

Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Award-winning NPR correspondent Richard Harris will speak Feb. 3 at Purdue University as part of a Discovery Lecture focused on the role of journalists and scientists surrounding last year's massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

New approach needed to prevent major 'systemic failures'

Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University researcher is proposing development of a new cross-disciplinary approach for analyzing and preventing systemic failures in complex systems that play a role in calamities ranging from huge power blackouts to the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster and the subprime mortgage crisis.