Purdue News Best Bets
June 6, 1996
JOURNALISTS: Here's an idea about an upcoming news story and a list of newsworthy
Purdue events during the next two weeks.
New solar car will circle Memorial Mall
Purdue's Solar Racing Club will test drive its entry in SunRayce '97 at 2 p.m. Thursday,
June 12, on the Memorial Mall. The solar-powered vehicle has been reconfigured with
a new body since qualifying for the race in early May. Weather permitting, drivers
plan to complete several laps around the Mall, and SunRayce team members will be available
for interviews following the demonstration. SunRayce is a biennial solar car race
that challenges collegiate teams to build and drive their vehicles 1,240 miles cross-country using only sunlight for power. This year's event begins at the Indianapolis
Motor Speedway on June 19 and finishes June 28 in Colorado Springs, Colo. CONTACT:
Patrick Thomas, (765) 494-9277; e-mail, pthomas@ecn.purdue.edu
Events
June 11-13: Home and Family Conference.
This on-campus conference combines motivational programs with educational seminars
on a variety of topics designed for women interested in child development, family
finances, food and nutrition, and community improvement. Sessions will deal with
kitchen advances of the last 50 years, the Internet, laundering pesticide-exposed clothing,
medicinal plants and health care, family stories, and more. The conference, sponsored
by the Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service, runs from 8 a.m. June 11
to 11:30 a.m. June 13. CONTACT: Kathy Delaney, (765) 474-5384.
June 11-13: 4-H workshops.
These workshops for 4-H members cover eight topics: Aerospace
(model rocket and airplane building and a plane ride); Ambassador
(teaches public relations skills); Animal Science
(sessions on beef, sheep, swine, dairy, horses, poultry, aquaculture, dairy goats
and rabbits): Computer Science
(conducted in two tracks -- Internet and Programmable Logic Controllers): Environmental Conservation
(teaches about natural resources and careers involving natural resources): Food Science
(sessions on bacteria growth, physical fitness, food pigments, food safety, fat and
sugar substitutes in ice cream, and career opportunities); Mechanical Sciences
(sessions include "Operating a Garden Tractor in Close Quarters" and "How Hard Does
a Basketball Floor Need to Be?"); and Plant Science
(sessions on horticulture, plant propagation, landscape architecture, floral designing
and more). Registration begins at noon Wednesday, June 11, at Earhart Hall. CONTACT:
Department of 4-H Youth, (765) 494-8422.
Sunday, June 22: Aerospace Teacher's Workshop demonstration
. 2 p.m. Room 1105, Lilly Hall. Dominick Andrisani, director of the Indiana Space
Grant Consortium, will demonstrate mathematics and science experiments for K-12 classrooms
to kick off the annual four-day workshop. CONTACT: Diane Schafer, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, (765) 494-5873.
Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu
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