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An expert panel this evening (Oct. 29) on how fakery happens in politics, especially electronically, will lead off a strong week of intellectual events in Purdue's yearlong Giant Leaps Sesquicentennial Campaign, including two events in the Ideas Festival. One night later, Steven Pinker of Harvard will speak on "What IF the World's Actually Getting Better?" On Thursday morning, U.N. official Nicolas Picard will consider "What IF digital mapping could help save our forests?" It's a big week in a giant year. Don't Miss It!

 

OCTOBER 29

A public roundtable titled "Fakery in Campaigns and Elections: Can it be Stopped?" will take up a timely topic as the keynote event at the Advanced Methodologies at Purdue: Behavioral, Health and Social Sciences Symposium (AMAP). This event also is part of Purdue's yearlong Giant Leaps Sesquicentennial Campaign. 7:30-9:30 p.m. STEW, Fowler Hall. (Remainder of Oct. 29-30 symposium calls for registration.) News release

OCTOBER 30

"What IF the World's Actually Getting Better?" is a major question for Steven Pinker, the Johnstone Family Professor Department of Psychology at Harvard University. This event addresses the Health, Longevity & Quality of Life theme, one of four themes of the Ideas Festival, the centerpiece of Purdue's yearlong Giant Leaps Sesquicentennial Campaign. 6:30-7:30 p.m. STEW, Loeb Playhouse. News release

OCTOBER 31

"Happy Birthday to John Purdue, Our Original Philanthropist." Members of Purdue Musical Organizations will lead singing of "Happy Birthday" and "Hail Purdue" to honor the University's namesake and early benefactor. Free cupcakes. Noon. At John Purdue statue on Memorial Hall near University Hall. (Rain location: Dauch Alumni Center, Prusiecki Banquet Room.)

NOVEMBER 1

"What IF digital mapping could help save our forests?" As part of Purdue's Ideas Festival, Nicolas Picard, secretary of the Committee on Mediterranean Forestry Questions-Silva Mediterranea, a statutory body of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, will discuss how forest management can benefit from progress in GIS technology. This is the keynote for the GIS Day Conference. 10 a.m. STEW, Room 206. This event is part of “Sustainable Economy and Planet: Innovative Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow,” one of the four themes of the Ideas Festival, the centerpiece of Purdue's yearlong Giant Leaps Sesquicentennial Campaign. Article

Folk music trio sensation I'm With Her will bring its remarkable harmony and instrumental blend to Purdue. 7:30 p.m. STEW, Loeb Playhouse. Tickets $22-$32. Pre-show discussion with musicologist Daniel Guberman at 6:30 p.m. in PMU, 1869 Tap Room. News release | Event

NOVEMBER 4

The annual Fall Show, featuring Purdue Bells, University Choir, Heart & Soul and All-Campus and Community Chorale, looks to be as varied and energetic as always. 2 p.m. Long Center for the Performing Arts, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette. Free. PMO

 

A PEEK AHEAD

NOVEMBER 5-6

Purdue's Dawn or Doom conference will take up the theme "Emerging Technology: Risks and Rewards" in considering the effects of increases and advances in high technology. All day. Monday keynote: Nicholas Carr, author, on how the internet is making people stupid, at 5:30-6:30 p.m. STEW, Fowler Hall. Keynote | Schedule

NOVEMBER 7

"What If You Could Disappear From the Internet?" Student debaters from Purdue and Indiana University will tackle issues of information vulnerability and how to avoid it. This is an event of the Ideas Festival, the centerpiece of Purdue's yearlong Giant Leaps Sesquicentennial Campaign. This debate will address the Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms and Automations theme, one of four themes of the Ideas Festival. 4-5:30 p.m. STEW, Fowler Hall.

NOVEMBER 8

Bill Nye the Science Guy, former TV scientist, also inventor, author, CEO of the The Planetary Society, will speak in the Ideas Festival, the centerpiece of Purdue's yearlong Giant Leaps Sesquicentennial Campaign. This talk will address the Space: Earth, Exploration, Economics theme, one of four themes of the Ideas Festival. 7 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets: general, $15; Purdue students and anyone under 18, $10. News release

NOVEMBER 9

"Next to Normal," a musical staged by Purdue Theatre and directed by Kristine Holtvedt, will have its opening night. This multiple winner of top awards looks steadily but compassionately, using a rock music score, into the members of a family coping with manic depression. 7:30 p.m. Pao Hall, Carole and Gordon Mallett Theatre. Performances also at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 10, 14, 15, 16, 17; also at 2:30 p.m. Nov. 11, 18. Tickets: public, $21.50; student, $14.50; senior (62+), $17.50. Theatre season

The Westerlies, a brass quartet known for its eclectic blend including jazz, roots, rock and chamber music, will visit Purdue. 8 p.m. STEW, Loeb Playhouse. Tickets $15-$20. Pre-show discussion with composer, jazz pianist, and music educator Judd Danby at 7 p.m. in PMU, 1869 Tap Room. Event

NOVEMBER 11

"Danny Carmo's Mathematical Mysteries" will multiply the family fun by adding theatre, technology and math together. 3 p.m. STEW, Loeb Playhouse. Tickets $10-$15. Pre-show fun with magical math activities at 2 p.m. in STEW, west lobby. Event 

SPORTS IN SEASON

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Wrestling | Free admission | Information for attending

These and other events, plus other timely information, are listed in the Purdue Today calendars under "Events" under the Campus News pulldown at www.purdue.edu/newsroom/purduetoday.