April 17, 2008

Today's events

Thursday, April 17

-- Early voting for May 6 primary. 8 a.m.- 4 p.m. West lobby, STEW.

-- Education dean candidate forum. Sidney Moon, Purdue. 9-10:15 a.m. Room 310, STEW. http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2008a/080324DepewDean.html

-- Physics Department General Colloquium. Speaker Paul McEuen, Cornell University. Topic: Nano carbon: from terahertz transistors to atomic membranes. Talk at 4 p.m. Room 223, PHYS. Refreshments at 3:30 p.m. Room 242, PHYS.

-- Department of Chemistry Joseph F. Foster Memorial Lecture. Speaker: Dr. Susan Taylor, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Diego. Topic: Dynamics of PKA Signaling. 4:30-5:30 p.m. Room 104, WTHR.

-- Digital Cinema Contest showing and awards ceremony. Digital Learning Collaboratory. Doors open at 5 p.m.; awards at 6:30 p.m. Wabash Landing 9 Theater, 300 E. State St. http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2008a/080409FritchCinema.html

-- Series on Corporate Citizenship and Ethics. Paul Sarbanes, former U.S. senator. Krannert School of Management and the College of EducationÕs James F. Ackerman Center for Democratic Citizenship. 7 p.m. Fowler Hall, STEW.

-- Cherryholmes. Convocations, Frets on Fire. 7:30 p.m. Loeb. $15.

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.

Monday-Friday

-- John Purdue Room Lunch Special. This week, the featured specials are French Onion & Garlic & Shrimp over Linguini. To access the menu: www.cfs.purdue.edu/htm/about/restaurants.shtml.

-- Through April 29. "Chronicling Women's History at Purdue: Selections from the Susan Bulkeley Butler Women's Archives." Artifacts, documents and photographshighlighting the history of University women. The exhibit includes collections on the "Queen of American Agriculture", the "Mother of Modern Management," Amelia Earhart and more. 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. Room 279, STEW. www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol.

-- Fine Arts Senior Exhibition. Annual exhibition of artworks from seniors majoring in the fine arts including painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, textiles and metals. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Patti and Rusty Rueff Galleries, Pao Hall. Through April 25.

Monday-Thursday

-- Purdue Grand Prix advance ticket sales. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on mall side of Materials and Electrical Engineering Building and in front of Class of 1950 Lecture Hall. Ticket sale rain location: West lobby, STEW. Tickets: $7 in advance, $10 at gate on race day, Saturday, April 19. More about ticket-merchandise package and the race is at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2008a/080331LantzPrix.html.