Chris Adam

Storyteller. Communicator. I am an experienced public relations/media relations professional, content creator/strategist, journalist, marketer, copywriter and broadcaster.

Student Legal Services - Purdue University

If you are an undergraduate, graduate or professional Purdue student and have a legal issue, Student Legal Services (SLS) is here to help you. Just click on our Access Legal Services section to get started. Due to high demand, our office does not accept walk-ins. Check out our video to see different ways that we can help you: Disclaimer: The information provided on this website is not intended to be used as legal advice. Please make an appointment with Student Legal Services (SLS) if you wou

Home - Office of Summer and Winter Session - Office of Summer and Winter Sessions - Purdue University

Over half of Purdue undergraduate students who finish in four years or less take advantage of summer and winter coursework. Summer and winter months can be a vibrant time in regard to coursework, internships, work experiences, studying abroad and more. Register for Summer Courses Spots are going fast! Register for Winter Session today! Courses start Monday, December 18. Winter Session is an innovative opportunity for undergraduate students to take asynchronous online classes, study abroad, or s

How Social Identity Threat Impacts Interviewing

Last week, Karat sat down with Howard University’s Dr. Katherine Picho-Kiroga to talk about life-changing interviews and the impact that social identity threat has on interviewing candidates from underrepresented backgrounds. A quantitative research methodologist by training, with a doctorate in Social and Educational Psychology, Dr. Picho-Kiroga has been an integral partner for Karat’s Interview Access Gap research and Brilliant Black Minds program. Over the course of her career, Dr. Picho has

Untapped potential • Northwest Indiana Business Magazine

Experts: Region in position to become major logistics hub in booming e-commerce sector Some experts suggest that brick-and-mortar retail might not be the kind of development communities seek. Instead, they are opting for warehousing to accommodate those companies that specialize in e-commerce. For example, Amazon is opening new delivery sites in Merrillville and Valparaiso. The Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission recently conducted a study, which landed national honors, that exam

Brand Loyalty Is a Land of Pandemic Promises

You may have read some of the complaints about the pickup and delivery services from grocery stores during the COVID-19 lockdowns, not exactly a good look for brand loyalty. Some families complained that service has even gone down and wait times up as in-store restrictions have eased. The problem: The number of workers focused on delivery and pickup has decreased as retailers have reassigned more employees to help store customers. These businesses also are dealing with a nationwide worker short

Cool and calm: how crisis counseling can help guide crisis communications

In my work as a volunteer crisis counselor and mental health advocate, I meet people from different walks of life who are experiencing a range of difficulties. My main goal with our interactions is to help them move from a “hot” moment to a “calm and collected” one. Then, with this calmer mindset, they are better able to tackle whatever issue they are facing. As a communications professional, I also deal with crises. Within the realm of crisis communications, we work to support other profession

Precision Solutions for Alzheimer’s Disease: Tailoring Specific Biological and Clinical Features of the Patient

Ivan Cheung, Chairman, Eisai Inc. and Global President, Neurology Business Group, Eisai Co., Ltd. & Harald Hampel, MD, PhD, Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, Neurology Business Group, Eisai Inc. Anyone who has ever been impacted by Alzheimer’s disease (AD) knows the devastating nature of this neurodegenerative illness. AD is the most common cause of dementia, ranking among the top five leading causes of death globally and affecting an estimated 43.8 million individuals (1). One particular

Soft contact lenses eyed as new solutions to monitor ocular diseases

New contact lens technology to help diagnose and monitor medical conditions may soon be ready for clinical trials. A team of researchers from Purdue University worked with biomedical, mechanical and chemical engineers, along with clinicians, to develop the novel technology. The team enabled commercial soft contact lenses to be a bioinstrumentation tool for unobtrusive monitoring of clinically important information associated with underlying ocular health conditions. The team's work is publishe

Purdue plant science startup receives NSF funding to advance in-home greenhouse technologies

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A Purdue University-affiliated startup that designs, distributes and supports direct-to-consumer, in-home greenhouses has won a National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research grant. The SBIR grant, worth $256,000, is in addition to $50,000 in matching funding from Elevate Ventures to conduct research and development work on multispectral photomorphogenesis in rotary aeroponic cultivation chambers. Heliponix LLC, founded by Purdue Polytechnic Institute gra

Say goodbye to the dots and dashes to enhance optical storage media

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University innovators have created technology aimed at replacing Morse code with colored "digital characters" to modernize optical storage. They are confident the advancement will help with the explosion of remote data storage during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Morse code has been around since the 1830s. The familiar dots and dashes system may seem antiquated given the amount of information needed to be acquired, digitally archived and rapidly accessed every d