March 3, 2008

Events this week

All week

-- Ken Rinaldo: Robotic Installations. Stewart Center Gallery will exhibit "Autotelematic Spider Bots" with real-time interaction with public and self-modified behavior. The Spider Bots will function for 15-minute periods at 10:30 a.m. and at 12:30, 2:30 and 4:30 p.m. daily. Robert L. Ringel Gallery will present the installation work "Machinic Drift," a series of 3-D images. Rinaldo is at Ohio State University. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, plus Thursday until 8 p.m.; 1-5 p.m. Sunday. March 3-April 20. 49-67899 or galleries@purdue.edu or www.purdue.edu/galleries. -- Artist's lecture 5:30 p.m. March 3 in Room 206, STEW; followed by reception in Stewart Center Gallery.

Monday-Friday

-- Libraries -- Archives and Special Collections. "Chronicling Women's History at Purdue: Selections from the Susan Bulkeley Butler Women's Archives." 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Room 279, STEW. March 3-April 29. March is Women's History Month. www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol.

-- John Purdue Room lunch special. This week: Salmon chowder and farfalle with wild mushrooms. To access the menu: www.cfs.purdue.edu/htm/about/restaurants.shtml.

Wednesday, March 5

-- Agricultural Research Programs Seminar. Speaker: Jody Banks, professor of botany and plant physiology. Topic: The inside scoop on the NSF review process: Things you should know when writing an NSF proposal. Noon. Room 116, WSLR.

-- Graduate Student Educational Research Symposium. 1-6:15 p.m. Purdue Memorial Union, North Ballroom.  Keynote at 1 p.m. by Donna Gollnick, senior vice president of National Council for Accreditation of Teacher .Education (NCATE).

-- Difficult Dialogues. Monthly presentation of research about race and society. Film "Shattering the Silence" with discussion; moderator, Heidi Freeman, graduate student. Black Cultural Center and American Studies Program. 2-4 p.m. BCC. First Wednesday of each month.

-- Harriet A. Jacobs Lecture Series. Kwakiutl L. Dreher, Univ. of Nebraska and a performance artist; presentation is based on her new book "Dancing on the White Page: Black Women Entertainers Writing Autobiography." African American Studies and Research Center; final event for 2008 Project Respect. 3 p.m. Room 101, Armory.

-- BCC Coffee House Showcase. Performing arts ensembles of the Black Cultural Center: music, drama, writing, dance. 7 p.m. BCC. Also Thursday.

Thursday, March 6

-- Annual Safety Chair Meeting. Radiological and Environmental Management. 9 a.m.-11 a.m. Room 218, Stewart Center. RSVP to kjroswarski@purdue.edu or by phone 494-6113 or 494-6371.  -

- Books and Chocolate Milk. Reading and discussion of children's book. Purdue Student Union Board. Spinoff from "Books and Coffee." 4 p.m. South Ballroom, PMU.

-- BCC Coffee House Showcase. Performing arts ensembles of the Black Cultural Center: music, drama, writing, dance. 7 p.m. BCC.

Friday, March 7

-- Women's basketball in Big Ten tournament. 2 p.m. Conseco Fieldhouse, Indianapolis. www.purduesports.com.

-- "Beakman Live!" Convocations, Family Adventures. 7 p.m. Loeb. $14-$10.

-- Opening reception for "Her Crowning Glory: Hats of the African-American Community" exhibition at the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette, 102 S. 10th St., Lafayette. 7-9 p.m. The hats have been worn in Lafayette churches by African-American women, who have provided stories with each hat. Exhibition co-sponsored by Black Cultural Center in conjunction with April 4-6 musical "Crowns" at Long Center, Lafayette. Exhibition is through April 12; hours 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday.

Saturday, March 8

-- Lead-in to spring break (officially March 10-15).