December 3, 2007

Events this week at Purdue

Monday-Friday

-- John Purdue Room Lunch Special. This week: Butternut Squash with Caramelized Apples and Chicken Cordon Bleu. 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Reservations: 494-6845. To access the menu: http://www.cfs.purdue.edu/HTM/about/restaurants.shtml

Tuesday-Thursday

-- John Purdue Room Bistro. Open Tuesday through Thursday for dinner: 5-7 p.m. For reservations, call 494-6845. To access the menu: http://www.cfs.purdue.edu/HTM/about/restaurants.shtml.

Monday, Dec. 3
-- Sigma Xi Research Award Lecture. Speaker: Laurence B. Leonard, the Rachel E. Stark Distinguished Professor of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences. Title: "A Crosslinguistic View of Specific Language Impairment in Children." 3:30 p.m. Room 306, Stewart Center. Reception to follow lecture.

-- Matt Painter Radio Show. 6 p.m. Cary Knight Spot Grill.

Tuesday, Dec. 4

-- Holidays @ the Union performances. Groups include the Purdue Bells from 11:30 a.m. to noon and Marla Stanton and Yen Lee Loh from 12-12:30 p.m. Purdue Memorial Union Great Hall.

-- Chemical Engineering weekly seminar. Speaker:  Dr. Manos Mavrikakis, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Title: "Remarkable Catalysis by Core-Shell Alloy Nanoparticles." 3:30-4:30 p.m. Room G140, Forney Hall.

-- Master Planning Process meeting. Presenters: Sasaki Associates and Scholer Corp. 6:30 p.m. Room 310, Stewart Center.

Wednesday, Dec. 5

-- Holidays @ the Union performances. Groups include the Mintonye Music Masters from 11-11:30 a.m.; Jeris Eikenberry from 11:30 a.m. to noon; West Lafayette seventh- and eighth-grade choir from 12-1 p.m. and McCutcheon Concert Choir from 1-1:30 p.m. PMU Great Hall.

-- Holidays Around the World. Many student groups will share information about their culture's holidays such as Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and Ramadan. Union Dining Services and Housing and Food Services also will provide food from around the world. 1-6 p.m. Purdue Memorial Union North Ballroom.

-- Financial aid presentations for high school students and their parents. 6:30 p.m. Ivy Tech Community College Auditorium, 3101 S. Creasy Lane, Lafayette. The financial aid offices of Purdue and Ivy Tech will offer a presentation about financial aid basics.

-- Men's basketball vs. Ball State. 7 p.m. Mackey Arena. Tickets: $18.

Thursday, Dec. 6

-- Purdue's Office of the Vice President for Research will offer a workshop featuring two program officers from the National Institutes of Health. Belinda Soto, deputy director of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, will give a presentation on imaging and future institute initiatives. David Balshaw, program administrator for the Center for Risk and Integrated Sciences within the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, will talk about his group's nanotechnology development efforts, with an emphasis on environmental health implications of nanotechnology. A group discussion and lunch will focus the presentations. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Stewart Center, Room 214. To register, visit http://www.purdue.edu/research/vpr/events.shtml

-- Holidays @ the Union performances. The Delphi Community High School Entertainers will perform from 11-11:30 a.m. PMU Great Hall.

-- College of Education Brown Bag presentation: Education Entrepreneur Fellowship through The Mind Trust. 12-1 p.m. Room 313, Stewart Center. For more information, www.themindtrust.org.

-- Violist Jennifer Stumm, who won the 2006 Concert Artists Guild International Competition, will perform. 7:30 p.m. Stewart Center's Fowler Hall. Tickets are $12. For tickets, call (765) 494-3933, (800) 914-SHOW or visit http://www.convocations.org

Dec. 7-8

-- Purdue Repertory Dance Company will present its Winter Works 2007 Dance Concert. 7:30 p.m. both days, 2 p.m. Dec. 8. Nancy T. Hansen Theatre in Yue-Kong Pao Hall of Visual and Performing Arts. Tickets are $12 for the general public, $10 for students and $6 for children ages 12 and under. Reserved tickets can be purchased in the Loeb box office in Stewart Center, or box offices in Elliott Hall of Music and Pao Hall. Tickets also can be reserved by calling (765) 494-3933 and (800) 914-SHOW or through Ticketmaster at (765) 743-5151.

Dec. 7-9

-- 74th annual Purdue Christmas Show. Elliott Hall of Music. The Purdue Varsity Glee Club, Purduettes, Purdue Bells, All Campus and Community Chorale, Heart & Soul, PMO specialties and the PMO Kids Choir will perform. Performances are offered at 8 p.m. Dec. 7; noon, 4 and 8 p.m. Dec. 8; and noon and 4 p.m. Dec. 9. Tickets are $29 for adults, $26 for senior citizens, $20 for students age 13 through college and $17 for children 12 and under. For tickets, call (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW.

Friday, Dec. 7

-- Holidays @ the Union performances. Groups include Pleasantview Christian School from 11-11:30 a.m. and Lafayette Christian School Junior High Concert Choir from 1-1:30 p.m. PMU Great Hall.

-- Regenstrief Center Brownbag Speaker Series. Speakers: Beverly Sypher and John Kevan. Topic: Discovery Learning Center. 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Room 203, Mann Hall.

-- TubaChristmas. A group of tuba and low brass instrument players will perform holiday tunes at this free concert. 7 p.m. Stewart Center Lobby.

-- Holiday Cheer & All That Jazz. Purdue's three jazz bands -- the Purdue Jazz Band, American Music Repertory Ensemble and Lab Jazz Band - will perform a variety of jazz versions of seasonal standards during this free concert. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse.

Saturday, Dec. 8

-- Breakfast with Santa. 8-10 a.m. Purdue Memorial Union Great Hall. Santa will be on hand to talk to children and hand out gift bags. Breakfast -- three silver-dollar pancakes, a sausage link and milk or juice is $2.25 per person. Coffee is $1. Purdue Student Union Board will be taking photos for $2, but parents are welcome to bring their own cameras.

-- Women's basketball vs. Notre Dame. 4 p.m. Mackey Arena. Tickets: Public. $10; student, $5.