March 18, 2008

Today's events

Tuesday, March 18

-- College Teaching Workshop Series 1: Basics of Teaching. "Using Objective Tests." For faculty, staff and grad students. Center for Instructional Excellence. Workshop 8 of 10 through April 1. 9:30-11 a.m. Registration required: www.cie.purdue.edu.

-- Women's History Month talk. "Sex, Gender, and Nation: Musings on the Five Wives of Idi Amin." Alicia Decker, history. Women's Studies Program and Dept. of History. Noon-1 p.m. Room 1197, Pao Hall. Beverages and Cookies will be provided.

-- Open forum. Candidate for Purdue provost: Randy Woodson, the Glenn W. Sample Dean of Agriculture at Purdue. Noon, South Ballroom, PMU.

-- Affirmative Action Office workshop. "ADA Audio Conference: The Nature and Scope of Discrimination in Hiring Under ADA Title I." 2-3 p.m. Room 213, STEW. To reserve a space at a session, for more information, or to request a reasonable accommodation, contact AAO at 494-7253 or aao@purdue.edu.

-- School of Chemical Engineering 2008 Kelly Lecture. Speaker: Pablo Debenedetti, Class of 1950 Professor in Engineering and Applied Science, Department of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University. Topic: Water in Confinement. 3:30-4:30 p.m. Room G140, Forney Hall.

-- Master Planning Process Public Meeting. Status update on West Lafayette campus master planning process. 6:30 p.m. Room 314, STEW.

All week

-- Through April 20. "Autotelematic Spider Bots." Stewart Center Gallery. Made by artist Ken Rinaldo, an associate professor of art and technology at Ohio State University, the Spider Bots are five spider-like sculptures that interact with the public in real-time and self-modify their behaviors based on their interaction with the viewer, themselves and their environment. They will function for 15-minute periods at 10:30 a.m. and at 12:30, 2:30 and 4:30 p.m. daily. Sponsored by Purdue Galleries. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Saturday, plus Thursday until 8 p.m., and 1-5 p.m. Sunday.

-- Through April 20. "Machinic Drift." Robert L. Ringel Gallery in the Purdue Memorial Union. Various interactive works and imagery by artist Ken Rinaldo, including robotic fish and electronic sound work sculptures. Sponsored by Purdue Galleries. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Saturday, plus Thursday until 8 p.m., and 1-5 p.m. Sunday.

-- Through April 29. "Chronicling Women's History at Purdue: Selections from the Susan Bulkeley Butler Women's Archives." The exhibit will feature artifacts, documents and photographs highlighting the history of university women and coinciding with Women's History Month. The exhibit includes collections on the "Queen of American Agriculture", the "Mother of Modern Management," Amelia Earhart and more. In Stewart Center, Room 279.

Monday-Friday

-- John Purdue Room lunch special. This week, the featured specials will be Tortilla soup & Chicken Tamales. To access the menu: www.cfs.purdue.edu/htm/about/restaurants.shtml

-- Industrial Design Seniors from the Visual and Performing Arts Department present an exhibition of their work. Through March 21. Patti and Rusty Rueff Galleries, Yue-Kong Pao Hall of Visual and Performing Arts. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday.