September 30, 2019
Don't Miss It!
The human brain long has remained a mysterious frontier. Advances in medical technology are helping add to knowledge — and with that, to options. Dr. Walter J. Koroshetz, a leader in the National Institutes of Health, will be at Purdue on Wednesday (Oct. 2) to talk about what is being studied and proposed. His Ideas Festival event is one of several still to come before Homecoming on Oct. 12 officially closes the Giant Leaps Sesquicentennial Campaign. Don’t Miss It!
SEPTEMBER 30 – OCTOBER 2
"Ethics of Eating: Promoting Personal and Global Choices" will be a three-day conference by Purdue’s Ingestive Behavior Research Center addressing the question and theme of “What IF We Could Feed the World Without Harming the Planet?” It will open at 7 p.m. Monday with a free public lecture, "Eating Our Way Through the Anthropocene: The Challenges, Risks and Ethics of Actions,” by Jessica Fanzo, Bloomberg Distinguished Associate Professor of Global Food and Agricultural Policy and Ethics, Johns Hopkins University. PMU, North Ballroom. News release
• For the Tuesday and Wednesday sessions, registration is needed but free. Schedule
OCTOBER 2
“What IF We Could Control the Brain for Better Health?” is a multi-sided question that faces Dr. Walter J. Koroshetz, director of the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, and co-director of the NIH Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative. This is an event in the Ideas Festival, the centerpiece of Purdue's yearlong Giant Leaps Sesquicentennial Campaign. Presentation; interview with Eric Barker, dean of the College of Pharmacy; Q&A. 7-8 p.m. STEW, Fowler Hall. News release
OCTOBER 3
A Duke Ellington Sacred Concert with Purdue Jazz Band and PMO will evoke an important side of the legendary musician’s work. 7:30-9 p.m. Long Center, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette. Bands & Orchestras | PMO
OCTOBER 4
Dr. Daniel M. Skovronsky, senior vice president and chief scientific officer of Eli Lilly and Co., will present “What IF We Stopped Fighting Disease?” This is an event in the Ideas Festival, the centerpiece of Purdue's yearlong Giant Leaps Sesquicentennial Campaign. 10:30 a.m. Stewart Center, Fowler Hall. News release
OCTOBER 6
The Purdue Varsity Glee Club, among the University’s finest ambassadors, will be in concert. 4:30 p.m. The Palladium at the Center for the Performing Arts, 1 Center Green, Carmel. Tickets: $20. PMO
A PEEK AHEAD
OCTOBER 8
The Battlemind to Home Summit, designed for professionals working on issues facing Indiana’s military-connected families, is an annual event by the Military Family Research Institute, hosting at Purdue this year. All day. STEW and PMU. Registration (until full) through Oct. 1: $85; day of, $95. Preconference events available Oct. 7 at separate cost. Website
OCTOBER 10
“What If We Return to Pluto?” is the question for Alan Stern, planetary scientist, space program executive including NASA’s New Horizons mission, aerospace consultant, and author. 6:30-8 p.m. STEW, Loeb Playhouse. This is an event in the Ideas Festival, the centerpiece of Purdue's yearlong Giant Leaps Sesquicentennial Campaign. Free but ticket required. News release with link for getting ticket
The Homecoming parade will start at 8 p.m. at the southwest corner of Memorial Mall at the intersection of State Street and Oval Drive, then head west to MacArthur Drive, north to Third Street, east to Martin Jischke Drive, north toward Stadium Avenue. Homecoming news release
OCTOBER 11
A NASA exhibition, Journey to Tomorrow Traveling Exhibit will offer touchscreen and hands-on displays, a planet simulator, models, an Orion multipurpose crew vehicle, a new NASA rocket, and a Apollo 17 moon rock. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. South side of Lambert Fieldhouse. Also 9 a.m.-noon Saturday. News release
A Homecoming 2019 Giant Leaps concert featuring Big Gigantic with MadeinTYO shift into gear at 7:30 p.m. Slayter Center/Slayter Hill. Rain location: Elliott Hall of Music. This concert is a part of the Take Giant Leaps campaign finale. Free. News release
A jazz concert featuring American Music Repertory Ensemble and Lab Jazz Band will blend voice and instrument in intriguing, even unexpected, ways. 8-9:30 p.m. STEW, Loeb Playhouse. Bands & Orchestras
OCTOBER 12
Homecoming activities will center at a tent row on Stadium Mall. Representatives from various schools, departments and other units. 9:30-11:30 a.m. Stadium Mall. Also: Astronaut reunion public appearance as part of those activities; NASA exhibit (see Oct. 11 listing). Homecoming news release
OCTOBER 13
The Collegiate Band and Fall Concert Band are banding together for present a concert of considerable band with. 2:30-4 p.m. Long Center, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette. Bands & Orchestras
“Rent,” the Broadway musical, is returning to Purdue — perhaps still behind on rent. 7-9:45 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets $29-$62. Event
SPORTS IN SEASON
Intercollegiate Athletics home
Football | Tickets
Women's volleyball | Tickets
Women's soccer | Free admission | Fan information
Cross country | No home events in 2019
Men's swimming and diving | Free admission | Information for attending
Women's swimming and diving | 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.