April 1, 2008

Today's events

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.

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.