Purdue Best Bets
Purdue Best Bets
|
|
October 9, 1998
JOURNALISTS: Here's a story idea and Purdue events during the next two weeks.
Balkan expert returns to area of turmoilA Purdue University history professor will return to the former Yugoslavia during a three-week trip starting Oct. 19. Charles Ingrao, an expert on the region, will interview high government and international officials in Bosnia, Montenegro, Kosovo and Macedonia. Ingrao doesn't anticipate dodging U.S. bombs during his trek. "Yugoslavian President Slobodan Milosevic is quite adept at making just enough concessions to prevent the United States and its European allies from reaching a consensus on military action," he says. However, Ingrao does expect the United States to get its allies to adopt a "zero tolerance" policy, with any further significant bloodshed opening the way for air strikes. This is Ingrao's sixth trip to the region since 1996. He is gathering information for a book on the rise and fall of the region's multiethnic societies. CONTACT: Ingrao, (765) 463-9658 (before Oct. 19 or after Nov. 9).
Purdue Aviation Celebration
Saturday, Oct. 17.Aviation Spectacular, the Department of Aviation Technology's annual open house. 10 a.m.- 5 p.m., Purdue Airport. Open house will include two air shows, educational displays and aircraft exhibits. CONTACT: Dale Oderman, Department of Aviation Technology, (765) 494-9567
Sunday, Oct. 18.Welcoming ceremony for pilot Linda Finch. 3 p.m., Purdue Airport. Finch, who in 1997 re-created Amelia Earhart's around-the-world flight, will land her vintage Lockheed Electra 10E and will be welcomed by Purdue President Steven C. Beering and other dignitaries in a ceremony that will resemble what might have taken place six decades earlier had Earhart safely returned to Purdue after her global flight. Earhart was a Purdue women's career counselor at the time of her flight and disappearance in 1937. Keynote remarks by Dorothy Cochrane, curator, Aeronautics Department, National Air and Space Museum. A campus reception for Finch will be at 7:30 p.m. at Earhart Hall. CONTACT: Greg Zawisza, Office of University Relations, (765) 494-2086; e-mail, greg_zawisza@purdue.edu
Monday, Oct. 19.Aviation career symposium. 5:30 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Five women executives from aerospace companies share experiences and career tips, moderated by pilot Linda Fincht. Sponsored by Pratt & Whitney, manufacturer of aircraft engines and space propulsion. CONTACT: Greg Zawisza, Office of University Relations, (765) 494-2086; e-mail, greg_zawisza@purdue.edu
Other events
Wednesday, Oct. 14.Maulana Karenga, the creator of the African-American cultural holiday Kwanzaa, lectures about "Embracing the Good and Pursuing the Possible" at 7 p.m. in Room 206, Stewart Center. Part of the Black Cultural Center Cultural Arts Series. CONTACT: BCC Director Renee Thomas, (765) 494-3091; e-mail, rathomas@hfs.purdue.edu
Saturday, Oct. 17.Physics FunFest. 10 a.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Show will include demonstrations of gravitation, light, sonic lenses, waves in sight and sound and a chain that can climb walls. Show also will feature the Flying Bernoulli Brothers, physics teachers from Ohio who have performed across the country. CONTACT: Dennis Harp, physics outreach coordinator, (765) 494-0740; e-mail, harp@physics.purdue.edu
Saturday, Oct. 17.Chemistry Show "The Color of Chemistry." 11 a.m. Room 200, Wetherill Laboratory of Chemistry. Show will include a wide range of color-producing reactions, including reactions that oscillate between colors and some that also produce light. All children will receive a take-home chemistry kit. CONTACT: Paul Smith, director of chemistry lecture demonstrations, (765) 494-5307; e-mail, smith@admin.chem.purdue.edu
Saturday, Oct. 17.Slide show and lecture by illustrator Javako Steptoe. 1:30 p.m. Greater Lafayette Museum of Art, 101 S. Ninth St., Lafayette. (Location changed from Black Cultural Center multipurpose room.) Steptoe's children's book, "In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall," uses a multimedia technique to illustrate the works of 21 poets. Part of the Black Cultural Center Cultural Arts Series and the Teachers Encouraging a Love for Literature conference series. CONTACT: BCC Director Renee Thomas, (765) 494-3091; e-mail, rathomas@hfs.purdue.edu
Tuesday, Oct. 20.Karen Symms Gallagher, dean of the School of Education at the University of Kansas, will be the keynote speaker for the program recognizing inductees into the Teaching Academy, which honors outstanding Purdue teachers. 7:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. CONTACT: George Van Scoyoc, associate executive vice president for academic affairs, (765) 494-0608; e-mail, gevanscoyoc@evpaa.purdue.edu
Friday-Saturday, Oct. 23-24.Homecoming Weekend. Wiley Hall 40th anniversary, Reamer Club 75th anniversary, and breakfasts, brunches, tailgate parties and open houses sponsored by many schools and departments. Football vs. Illinois. CONTACT: Rita Zawisza, Purdue Alumni Association; (765) 494-2603; e-mail, paa@paa.purdue.edu
Saturday, Oct. 24.Alumni Day dedication of Food Science Building during Homecoming Weekend to welcome food science and School of Agriculture alumni. Reception at 9:30 a.m., welcoming remarks at 10 a.m. and tours at 10:15 a.m. CONTACT: Philip Nelson, food science department head, (765) 494-8256
Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu
|
