April 21, 2008

Events this week

Monday-Friday

-- 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.

-- John Purdue Room Lunch Special. This week, the featured specials are Gazpacho & Seared Pork with Pineapple Salsa. To access the menu: www.cfs.purdue.edu/htm/about/restaurants.shtml.

Monday, April 21

-- Early voting for May 6 Indiana primary. 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 21 at the Materials and Electrical Engineering Building.

Tuesday, April 22

-- Earth Day Celebration. Purdue Student Union Board. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Front lawn, PMU. www.union.purdue.edu/psub or 49-48976.

-- Softball vs. Notre Dame. 3 and 5 p.m. Varsity Softball Complex. Tickets: public, $5; students, $2.

-- Purdue Bands & Orchestra Recital Hour. 7 p.m. Fowler Hall, STEW. 49-66785 or kcmatter@purdue.edu.

-- All Campus & Community Chorale and Purdue Bells. Purdue Musical Organizations. 7 p.m. First United Methodist Church, 1700 State Road 26 West (1/4 mile west of Airport Road).

Wednesday, April 23

-- "Nonvolatile Flash Memory: An Overview." Speaker: Souvik Mahapatra, Department of electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay, India. Sponsored by the Network for Computational Nanotechnology. 2:30 p.m. Room 317, EE.

-- Baseball vs. Ball State. 4 p.m. Lambert Field. Tickets: public, $5; students, $2.

Thursday, April 24

-- "Population Balance Models and Distribution Control." Speaker: Charles Immanuel, Imperial College, London. 11 a.m. Room 121, Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship. Abstract and bio at: www.purdue.edu/dp/e-enterprise/immanuel.pdf. Refreshments at 10:30 a.m. in Garfield Cafe, MRGN.

-- Education dean candidate forum. Carolyn Shields, Univ. of Illinois. 2:30-3:45 p.m. Room 3082, Rawls Hall. http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2008a/080324DepewDean.html

-- Physics Department General Colloquium.  Speaker: Saul Teukolsky, Cornell University. Topic: Black Holes and Gravitational Waves. Talk at 4 p.m. Room 223, PHYS. Refreshments at 3:30 in Room 242, PHYS.

April 24-27

-- Women's tennis. Big Ten Championships. All day. Schwartz Tennis Center.

Friday, April 25

-- Computer and Information Technology departmental open house. College of Technology. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Second floor, Knoy Hall.

-- "Last Blast! A Double Shot of Comedy: Stephen Lynch & Charlie Murphy." Student Concert Committee. Language advisory/adult language. 8 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets: public, $32; Purdue and Ivy Tech students, $27; limit six tickets.

April 25-26

-- Softball vs. Iowa. Friday: 4 p.m. Saturday: Noon. Varsity Softball Complex. Tickets: public, $5; students, $2.

-- Purdue Repertory Dance Company. Spring Dance Works. Friday: 7:30 p.m. Saturday: 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Hansen Theatre, Pao Hall. Tickets: adults, $12; students, $10; children under age 12, $6.

April 25-27

-- Baseball vs. Minnesota. Friday:  4 p.m. Saturday: 1 and 4 p.m. Sunday: Noon. Lambert Field. Tickets: public, $5; students, $2.

Saturday, April 26

-- Last day of classes for spring semester. Final exams will begin Monday.

Sunday, April 27

-- Softball vs. Illinois. Noon and 2 p.m. Varsity Softball Complex. Tickets: public, $5; students, $2.