Events this Week
Here is a list of events happening May 21-27, 2012, at the West Lafayette campus. Additional information below: Ongoing Events including weekly and similarly recurring events; exhibitions; other ongoing opportunities. Also ticket purchasing information.
Monday, May 21
-- Symposium on Analysis & PDEs. Day 2 of 4. Organizer: Department of Mathematics members. Principal speakers: Luis Caffarelli (University of Texas at Austin) and Sun-Yung Alice Chang (Princeton University). URL: www.math.purdue.edu/~danielli/symposium12/Home.html or www.purdue.edu/newsroom/events/2012/120518DanielliSymposium.html
-- Commencement for Purdue North Central. 7-9 p.m. (CDT). Athletics-Recreation Center, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso. URL: www.pnc.edu/commencement
Thursday, May 24
-- Farmers market on campus. Organizer: Office of University Sustainability. Fresh fruits and vegetables, baked goods, crafts, other items from area growers and merchants. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursdays through Oct. 25. Centennial Mall (between Wetherill Laboratory and Stanley Coulter Hall). URL on this and other local farmers markets: www.purdue.edu/newsroom/purduetoday/general/2012/120427_FarmersMarket.html
-- Science on Tap. Monthly forum for Purdue and Lafayette-West Lafayette area to talk about science. Organizer: Discovery Park. This month: Paul Shepson, professor and head of Department of Chemistry, on "Climate Change at the Top of the World" plus discussion. 6 p.m. Upstairs at Lafayette Brewing Co., 622 Main St., Lafayette. The event is free and open to the public to those ages 21 or older. URL: www.purdue.edu/newsroom/events/2012/120518ShepsonScienceOnTap.html
Saturday, May 26
-- Indianapolis 500 Festival Parade. "All-American" Marching Band. Noon. Downtown Indianapolis (starts at North and Pennsylvania). Tickets for seating: $14.50-$32. URL for parade: www.500festival.com/parade
Sunday, May 27
-- Indianapolis 500 Race. "All-American" Marching Band in opening ceremonies. Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Tickets: $.
ONGOING EVENTS
-- For workshops and other forms of learning and assistance from Human Resources' WorkLife Programs, go to www.purdue.edu/worklife and log in via career account. Topics range from nutrition and health to personal finance to tobacco cessation.
-- For graduate student professional development workshops, go to https://ias.itap.purdue.edu/rgs/wgb_workshop.disp_online_workshop and review schedule. For questions about workshops: profdev@purdue.edu
-- Purdue Channel on Comcast Video on Demand. This service available anytime at no extra cost to Comcast Digital Cable customers in Indiana and Illinois; go to Comcast's On Demand library, select "Hoosier TV" then "Purdue."
All week
-- Exhibition: "Great Outdoors." March 5-May 25. Purdue University Galleries. Views of the natural world from various eras and places in varied media. Works from the Purdue Galleries Permanent Collection. Robert L. Ringel Gallery. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday-Friday. URL: www.purdue.edu/galleries
-- Exhibition: "Forks of the Road (Natchez, Miss.) Enslavement Market." March 21-June 1. During building hours. Black Cultural Center. URL: www.purdue.edu/newsroom/events/2012/120316AndersonDiaspora.html
Monday-Friday
-- Exhibition: "That Words are Dreams: An Exhibit Honoring Felix Stefanile." April 9-May 25. Archives and Special Collections in Purdue Libraries. Virginia Kelly Karnes Archives and Special Collections Research Center, fourth floor, HSSE Library, STEW. Hours: 1-4:30 p.m.(summer hours). URL: www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol/?page=exhibits
TICKETS
Events are free unless noted (except that conference registrations may be omitted here); some performance and athletic events are marked "free" for clarity. Ticket prices are for single events, not any series or discount offers. An exception to that or the following will be noted in the listing.
For varsity athletics tickets, call the Athletic Ticket Office, 765-494-3194 or 800-49-SPORT [497-7678]; or visit the office in the Mackey Complex facing Northwestern Avenue. The office is open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and before ticketed events at Mackey Arena, the Intercollegiate Athletic Facility and Ross-Ade Stadium. For ticketed sports events at other Purdue venues, tickets will be on sale before the event at the venue. URL: www.purduesports.com/tickets/pur-tickets.html
For Purdue Convocations and Purdue Theatre events and some others as announced, go to a campus box office or call 765-494-3933 or 800-914-SHOW [914-7469]. In addition to listed hours, each box office is open two hours before ticketed events in that building.
* Elliott Hall box office (lower level, northeast end by Hovde Hall): 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday.
* Stewart Center/Loeb Playhouse box office (west lobby): 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday (summer hours through Aug. 17).
* Pao Hall box office (first floor southeast): Closed for the summer.
URL for box offices and venues: www.housing.purdue.edu/HTML/HallOfMusic