March 24, 2008

Events this week

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 in the John Purdue Room will be Lentil Soup & Salmon Roulade with Almond Crust. To access the menu: www.cfs.purdue.edu/htm/about/restaurants.shtml.

Monday, March 24

-- "King Gimp." Showing of Academy Award-winning documentary for Disability Awareness Month. Affirmative Action Office. 3-4:30 p.m. Room 318, STEW. To request a reasonable accommodation, aao@purdue.edu or 49-47253 (voice) or 49-61343 (TTY).

Tuesday, March 25

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

-- NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament. Second-round games. Winners from Sunday's four first-round games. 7 and about 9:30 p.m. Mackey Arena. Tickets: adults, $18; students, $11.

Wednesday, March 26

-- Affirmative Action Office workshop. "ADA Overview." 1:30-3:30 p.m. Room 118, Engineering Administration Building. 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.

-- Baseball vs. Valparaiso. 4 p.m. Lambert Field. Tickets: public, $5; students, $2.

-- Department of Statistics 40th Anniversary Lecture Series. Probability Seminar. Speaker: Speaker: Professor Persi Diaconis, the Mary V. Sunseri Professor of Statistics and Mathematics, Stanford University. Topic: What Do We Know About the Metropolis Algorithm. 4:30 p.m. Room 175, MATH.

-- Women's Leadership Caucus. A Women's History Month event. Women's Resource Office. 5-7 p.m. Room 1109, Neil Armstrong Hall. For more information, wro@purdue.edu.

-- BJM Danse (Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal). Convocations, World Stage. 7:30 p.m. Loeb. $26-$19.

-- Sears Lecture Series. Robert Pape, Univ. of Chicago. "What's Wrong with the War on Terrorism?" Department of Political Science.  8 p.m. Fowler Hall, STEW.

-- Network for Computational Nanotechnology and Physical Chemistry Seminar Series. Speaker: Dr. Bob Eisenberg of Rush Medical University. Topic: "Ionic Selectivity in Channels:  Complex Biology Created by the Balance of Simple Physics." 12:30 p.m. POTR 234.

Thursday, March 27

-- Department of Statistics 40th Anniversary Lecture, Research Colloquium, and College of Science Centennial Distinguished Lecture. Speaker: Professor Persi Diaconis, the Mary V. Sunseri Professor of Statistics and Mathematics, Stanford University. Topic:  On Coincidences. Coincidences amaze us. They can affect where we live and what we do. 4:30 p.m. Room 175, MATH. Reception at 6-7:30 p.m. Anniversary Drawing Room, PMU.

-- Physics Department General Colloquium.  Speaker: Paul Shepson, Purdue Climate Change Research Center. Topic: Climate Change: Fundamentals, Impacts and Opportunities. 4 p.m. Room 223, PHYS.

-- Election Film Forum: "Voting in America." Plus mock vote and demonstration of voting machines by officials of Tippecanoe County Board of Elections. Purdue Student Union Board. 6-9 p.m. South Ballroom, PMU.

-- 2007-08 Literature Speaker Series. Speakers: David Chioni Moore, associate professor of international studies and English at Macalester College, "Genre Trouble: Langston Hughes, African Writing and the Creation of a World Literature, 1952-1967"; and Alfred Lopez, associate professor of English and American studies at Purdue, "Comparative Literature and That Dangerous American Supplement; or, A Tale of Two 1877s." 4-5:15 p.m. English graduate lounge, third floor, Heavilon Hall. Co-sponsored by the Department of English and the Program in American Studies.

-- Conversations on Teaching: "A Boomer's Survival Guide to Teaching the Millennials." Pete Bill, veterinary medicine. Sponsored by Office of the Provost. 3:30-5 p.m. West Faculty Lounge, PMU. For more information, 494-6969.

March 27 - April 6

-- Purdue Theatre. "Marat/Sade" by Peter Weiss (actual title: "The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade"). Horizon Series. 7:30 March 27-30, April 4-5; 3 p.m. March 30, April 5-6. Mallett Theatre, Pao Hall. Tickets: public, $10.50; students, $8.50.

Friday, March 28

-- Flicks at Fowler. "P.S. I Love You." Purdue Student Union Board. 7 and 9:30 p.m. Also Saturday. Fowler Hall,
STEW. Admission: public, $4; Purdue student ID, $2. Films subject to change. 49-48976.

-- Bomba Cafe: Live Bomba & Plena Music & Workshop. Puerto Rican Student Association (PRSA). 7:30 p.m. La Posada, ground floor, PMU. Free snacks. Workshop about bomba and plena and performance by Grupo BembŽ, plusr open mic poetry. For more information, contact Angel Acosta-Colon at aacosta@purdue.edu.

-- Super Jazz Jam. Purdue jazz bands and American Musical Repertory Ensemble. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, STEW. 49-66785 or kcmatter@purdue.edu.

March 28-29

-- Softball vs. Penn State. Friday: 4 p.m. Saturday: Noon. Varsity Softball Complex. Tickets: public, $5; students, $2.

March 28-30

-- Baseball vs. Northwestern. Friday: 4 p.m. Saturday: 1 and 4 p.m. Sunday: 1 p.m. Lambert Field. Tickets: public, $5; students, $2.

Saturday, March 29

-- Purdue Nursing and Pharmacy students and Mental Health America of Tippecanoe County are teaming up to provide free information on mental health. The students will host an educational booth outside of Kohl’s in Tippecanoe Mall on Saturday, March 29, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The students will also be giving out free Vials of Life kit, which enable emergency responders to quickly locate helpful information regarding medical history.

-- Women's tennis vs. Northwestern. 11 a.m. Schwartz Tennis Center.

-- Jane Goodall, primatologist. "Reason for Hope." College of Science Centennial Lecture. 1 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets: public, $21; students with ID, $15. Centennial seating at $100 includes $79 scholarship donation and entrance to Purdue reception for Goodall. Tickets at Purdue box offices or Ticketmaster.

-- Flicks at Fowler. "P.S. I Love You." Purdue Student Union Board. 7 and 9:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, STEW. Admission: public, $4; Purdue student ID, $2. Films subject to change. 49-48976.

Sunday, March 30

-- Women's tennis vs. Wisconsin. 11 a.m. Schwartz Tennis Center.

-- Softball vs. Michigan. Noon and 2 p.m. Varsity Softball Complex. Tickets: public, $5; students, $2.

-- Black Voices of Inspiration spring concert. Black Cultural Center. 3 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, STEW. Admission: public, $7; Purdue students, $5.