February 7, 2008

Today's events

Thursday, Feb. 7

-- Deadline for RSVP for President France A. Córdova's Cider Social on Valentine's Day. RSVP to Office of Special Events at 49-40900 or events@purdue.edu. Cider Social is 3:30-4:30 p.m. Feb. 14 in the North and South Ballrooms, PMU. All staff may attend the social in pay status with the approval of their supervisor.

-- College Teaching Workshop Series 2: Expanding Your Teaching Toolkit. "The Meta-Classroom: Should We Be Teaching more than Disciplinary Content?" Joe Palmer, English. For faculty, staff, grad students. Center for Instructional Excellence. Workshop 4 of  five through Feb. 21. 9:30-11 a.m. Registration required: www.cie.purdue.edu. Questions: CIE@purdue.edu or 49-66422.

-- Chinese New Year celebration: Year of the Rat. Confucius Institute and Dept. of Foreign Languages and Literatures. Refreshments include traditional dumplings and rice cakes. 3-5 p.m. Room 131, Stanley Coulter Hall.

-- Books and Coffee. John Duvall, professor of English, on Don DeLillo's "Falling Man." Department of English and Purdue Student Union Board. 4-4:30 p.m.: Coffee, tea, cocoa, baked goodies. 4:30-5 p.m.: Talk. Rooms 302-206, STEW. Series weekly Feb. 7-28. Podcast to be available after event.

-- College of Science Centennial Distinguished Lecture Series. Mildred Dresselhaus, MIT. 4:30-6 p.m. Room 114, Physics Building.

-- Election series. Purdue Student Union Board. Voter registration; election and issue information. 7:30-9:30 p.m. South Ballroom, PMU. 49-48976 or www.union.purdue.edu/psub.

-- Academy of Ancient Music. Convocations, Classics. 7:30 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, STEW. $26-$16.

-- Women's basketball vs. Ohio State. 8 p.m. Mackey Arena. Tickets: public, $10; student, $5.

All week

-- Purdue University Galleries. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, plus Thursday until 8 p.m.; 1-5 p.m. Sunday. 49-67899 or galleries@purdue.edu or www.purdue.edu/galleries. Two exhibitions through Feb. 17. "Insights into Suburbia." Juried exhibition of 55 works in various media by 27 contemporary women artists. National Association of Women Artists and the Opalka Gallery of the Sage Colleges, Albany/Troy, N.Y. Robert L. Ringel Gallery, PMU. "60 Square Inches: 16th Biennial North American Small Print Competition." Purdue Galleries, competition host. Stewart Center Gallery.

Monday-Friday

-- Rueff Galleries, Pao Hall. Patti and Rusty Rueff Department of Visual and Performing Arts; Purdue University Galleries. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 49-62958. Feb. 4-15: "2nd Inklandia Print Exhibition." Fine art prints by contemporary American artists, including original prints from the permanent collection of Purdue University Galleries.

-- Libraries -- Archives and Special Collections. "Snowflakes and Icicles: Winter Scenes of Campus." Photographs. 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Room 279, STEW. Through Feb. 27. www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol/snowflakes/.

-- John Purdue Room lunch special. This week: Cream of Tomato & Chicken Pot Pie. To access the menu: www.cfs.purdue.edu/htm/about/restaurants.shtml.