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A Nobel Prize for a discovery only two years earlier makes waves. In the case of work led by Barry Barish, who will speak this week in Purdue's Ideas Festival, the detection of gravitational waves involved longer history -- 100 years since Einstein predicted them, and 1.3 billion years that the waves traveled from two colliding black holes to Earth. Barish's talk about this giant leap is part of Purdue's Ideas Festival and speaks to "Giant Leaps in Space: Earth, Exploration, Economics," one of the four IF themes -- the centerpiece of the Giant Leaps Sesquicentennial Campaign. Don't Miss It!   

OCTOBER 16

Best-selling author Michael Lewis will speak in the Purdue Series on Corporate Citizenship and Ethics. Lewis is the author of "Moneyball," "The Blind Side" and other books. Organizers: Krannert School of Management; College of Education's James F. Ackerman Center for Democratic Citizenship; College of Science. 7 p.m. STEW, Loeb Playhouse. Website

OCTOBER 17

Barry Barish, 2017 Nobel laureate in physics, will speak as part of Purdue's Ideas Festival on "The Detection of Gravitational Waves from Colliding Black Holes." This event addresses the Space: Earth, Exploration, Economics theme of the Ideas Festival, the centerpiece of Purdue's yearlong Giant Leaps Sesquicentennial Campaign. 7 p.m. STEW, Loeb Playhouse. Article

OCTOBER 18

"Women in the White House and Beyond: A Conversation with Mrs. Laura W. Bush, Barbara Pierce Bush and Jenna Bush Hager" will be an event in the Giant Leaps Series, a part of Purdue's yearlong Giant Leaps Sesquicentennial Campaign. It is also part of the Sears Lecture Series. Organizers: College of Liberal Arts, Department of History. 6:30 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Admission requires a ticket.

OCTOBER 19

The Purdue Jazz Band, American Music Repertory Ensemble, and Guitar & Saxophone Ensemble will take the audience through a range of instrumental and vocal sounds. Organizer: Purdue Bands & Orchestras. 8 p.m. STEW, Loeb Playhouse. Free. Bands & Orchestras events

OCTOBER 20

The Purdue Varsity Glee Club 125th Anniversary Alumni Concert, besides providing great entertainment, will serve as reminder of all the times and places that the glee club has represented Purdue. 4-6 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music; free. Anniversary weekend

OCTOBER 21

Les Violins du Roy with Jonathan Cohen, music director, and Anthony Roth Costanzo, countertenor, will electrify listeners with brilliant performance of Handel arias and Philip Glass songs, ionized by a rare high-register quality voice. 3 p.m. STEW, Loeb Playhouse. Tickets $22-28. Pre-show discussion with WBAA's Greg Kostraba at 2 p.m. in PMU, 1869 Tap Room. Event

 

A PEEK AHEAD

OCTOBER 26-27

Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, will join President Mitch Daniels for a conversation. Her unit has a budget over $1 trillion and administers programs affecting more than 130 million Americans each day. This event addresses the Health, Longevity & Quality of Life theme of the Ideas Festival, the centerpiece of Purdue's yearlong Giant Leaps Sesquicentennial Campaign. 6:30-7:30 p.m. STEW, Loeb Playhouse.

Circa, one of Australia’s most in-demand circus arts companies, will test the limits of the body's ability to carry the weight of life in "Humans." The show is presented by Purdue Convocations. 8 p.m. STEW, Loeb Playhouse. Tickets: $22-$36. Pre-show meetup at 7 p.m. in PMU, 1869 Tap Room. Post-show meetup in 1869 Tap Room. Also Saturday. Event

SPORTS IN SEASON

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Football | Tickets
Women's volleyball | Tickets
Women's soccer | Free admission
Cross country | No home events in 2018
Men's swimming and diving | Free admission
Women's swimming and diving | Free admission

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