March 31, 2008

This week's events

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 are Egg Drop Soup & Chicken Curry. To access the menu: www.cfs.purdue.edu/htm/about/restaurants.shtml.

Monday, March 31

-- Agronomy Department Spring 2008 Seminar Series. Speaker: Pedro Sanchez, director of tropical agriculture, The Earth Institute, Columbia University. Topic: Africa's Green Revolution. 3:30 p.m. Pfendler Auditorium. 3:15 pre-visiting, coffee, refreshments. Reception to follow seminar.

-- Fulbright Program Information Session. Sponsored by University Honors Program. For undergraduate and graduate students. 6:30-7:30 p.m. Room 214C, STEW.

-- Jewish Studies Evening Lecture. Benjamin and Margaret Karp, Univ. of Kentucky, "An Evening of Jewish Music." 8 p.m. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building. www.cla.purdue.edu/jewish-studies/ or 49-47965.

Tuesday, April 1

-- College of Education dean candidate forum.  Candidate: James Lehman, head of Purdue Department of Curriculum and Instruction, professor of educational technology. 9:30-10:45 a.m. Room 218 A-B, STEW.

-- College Teaching Workshop Series 1: Basics of Teaching. "Dealing with Cheating: Prevention and Response." For faculty, staff and grad students. Center for Instructional Excellence. Workshop 10 of 10 for spring semester. 9:30-11 a.m. Registration required: www.cie.purdue.edu.

-- Phi Zeta Research Day. Poster sessions and short presentations about current research. 12-5 p.m. Lynn Hall of Veterinary Medicine. Keynote address at 4 p.m. will be vaccination lessons from infectious diseases in chickens, including avian influenza, with a lecture from Karel Antoni Schat, professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University.

-- Chemical Engineering: Dow Graduate Seminar Series. Speaker: David Mirth, vice president of innovation, Owens Corning - Insulating Systems Business. Topic: Sustainability: How (and Why) Corporations Are Making a Difference. 3:30-4:30 p.m. G140, Forney Hall.

-- Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra presenting "The Eroica Effect: Inside Beethoven's Third Symphony." Presented by Purdue Convocations. 7:30 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets: $10-25 for adults, $10 for children 18 years and younger, Purdue students and Ivy Tech Lafayette students.

Wednesday, April 2

-- Jewish Studies Noon Lecture. Alisha Heavilon, senior, creative and professional writing and winner of the 2007 Edward Simon Bnai Brith Barzillai Lodge No. 111 Prize in Jewish Studies. "Israeli Attitudes Toward the Holocaust and Holocaust Survivors." 12:30 p.m. Room 313, STEW. www.cla.purdue.edu/jewish-studies/ or 49-47965.

-- Steer Lecture Series. Speaker: Aniruddh D. Patel, the Esther J. Burnham Fellow at the Neurosciences Institute in San Diego. Topic:  Music and the Brain: 3 Links to Language. 3:30 p.m. Room 206, STEW. A reception precedes the talk at 3 p.m.

-- Conflicts of Interest in Biomedicine. Speaker: David Resnik, bioethicist, National Institute of Environmental Health Services and National Institutes of Health. 5:30-7 p.m., MRGN 121. www.purdue.edu/bioethics.

Thursday, April 3

-- African American Studies & Research Center's Conversations on the Diaspora series. Speaker: George Elliott Clarke, the E.J. Pratt Professor of Canadian Literature at the University of Toronto. Topic: "African/Black Canadian Literature: An Introduction." 3-4:30 p.m. Black Cultural Center, Multipurpose Room 1.

-- Department of Physics General Colloquium. Speaker: George Gollin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Topic: Academic Fraud and a Calculus of Death. 4 p.m. PHYS 223. Refreshments at 3:30 .m. PHYS 242.

-- Department of Statistics Myra Samuels Memorial Lecture. Speaker: Olga Troyanskaya, Princeton University. Topic: From search and data integration to discovering novel biology or integrated analysis of diverse genomic data in yeast and beyond. 4:30 p.m. MATH 175. Refreshments to follow at 5:30 p.m., HAAS 111.

-- White Bandana Project. Marking national day of action for Sexual Assault Awareness Month, focusing on mistreatment of immigrant women who are farm workers. CARe, Latino Cultural Center. 7-9 p.m. LCC. 49-42530 or www.purdue.edu/lcc.

Friday, April 4

-- Krannert Executive Forum. Speaker: Roland Burris, principal, Burris & Lebed Consulting. Topic: "Business & Politics, Politics & Business, The Chicken or the Egg." 11:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. Rawls Hall, Room 1086.

-- College of Science strategic plan Pillar groups town hall meeting. 1:30-3:30 p.m. Lawson Commons. Hosts: Learning and Engagement Pillar groups.

April 4-6
-- 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 April 4-5; 3 p.m. April 5-6. Mallett Theatre, Pao Hall. Tickets: public, $10.50; students, $8.50.

-- "CROWNS," a musical tribute based on the bestselling book that celebrates African-American women and their church hats. BCC and Lafayette Civic Theatre. 8 p.m. April 4-5 and 2 p.m. April 6, Long Center, 111 N. Sixth St., Lafayette. For ticket information, call (765) 423-7529.

Saturday, April 5

-- Purdue Science Student Council Picnic Games. Tournament of family picnic style games to benefit the College of Science and Purdue Science Student Council. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Registration: $10 by April 3. mownbey@purdue.edu or http://pssc.science.purdue.edu.

-- 26th annual national Rube Goldberg Machine Contest. 10:30 a.m. Purdue Armory.