April 3, 2008

Today's events

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.

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.