March 26, 2008

Today's events

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.

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.