September 8, 2008

Events this week

Listings for exhibitions and other ongoing or weeklong events are at the bottom. Also there is information about ticket procedures for most ticketed events.

Monday, Sept. 8

-- International Symposium on Audible Acoustics in Medicine and Physiology. Monday and Tuesday. Jischke Hall of Biomedical Engineering. https://engineering.purdue.edu/Acoustics/. Registration closed.

Tuesday, Sept. 9

-- College Teaching Workshop Series 1: Basics of Teaching. "University Policies and Procedures Related to Teaching." For faculty, staff and grad students. Center for Instructional Excellence. 9-10:30 a.m. Weekly workshop 2 of 10 through Nov. 18 except Oct. 14 and Nov. 11. Registration required: www.cie.purdue.edu. Questions: 49-66422 or CIE@purdue.edu.

Wednesday, Sept. 10

-- Purdue University Galleries. Curator’s lecture for "'No Danger' Airplane Show" exhibition, showing through Oct. 12. Edward Bernstein, Indiana Univ. 5:30 p.m. Robert L. Ringel Gallery, PMU. Exhibition details at bottom under Ongoing Events.

-- World Film Forum. "Goodbye Lenin!" (2003, German, 121 min., R). Dept. of of Foreign Languages and Literatures. Presenter: Jennifer William, German. 5 p.m. West Lafayette Public Library, 208 W. Columbia St. More on film series at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/hp/OliveiraELAFilms.html.

-- Spanish Conversation Table. Resumption of Latino Cultural Center weekly table for fall semester. All levels welcome. 6-7 p.m. LCC. 49-42530.

-- Digital Literacy Contest. A multi-university competition in finding information online. Presented at Purdue by Purdue Libraries and ITaP. 6-8 p.m. Campus computer labs. Registration at www.DigitalLiteracyContest.org. Questions: (765) 425-6033 or Daniel.Poynter@GNIC.org.

Thursday, Sept. 11

-- College Teaching Workshop Series 2: Expanding Your Teaching Toolkit. "Effective Course Design Can Make You a Better Teacher." Tom Turpin, entomology. For faculty, staff, grad students. Center for Instructional Excellence. 9-10:30 a.m. Five events through Oct. 9.  Registration required: www.cie.purdue.edu. Questions: 49-66422 or CIE@purdue.edu.

-- Libraries Open Houses. 2-4 p.m. Each of 11 libraries on the West Lafayette campus. www.lib.purdue.edu. Click here for a map of the participating locations: http://www.lib.purdue.edu/adv/docs/OrientationFlyer2_color.pdf.

-- Technology lecture. Krishna Madhavan, Clemson Univ. "Challenges and Opportunities in Creating Virtual Organizations for Engineering and Technology Education Research." 2:30 p.m. Room 202, STEW. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2008b/080828BertolineTalk.html.

-- Bell Tower tribute to victims of Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Bells will peal for two minutes at 3:25 p.m.

-- Physics Department General Colloquium, Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecture.  Title:  "Right and Left:  Mineral Surfaces, Molecular Selection, and the Origin of Life's Homochirality." Speaker Robert H. Hazen, senior staff scientist at the Carnegie Institution's Geophysical Laboratory and Clarence Robinson Professor of Earth Science at George Mason University. 4 p.m. Fowler Hall, Stewart Center.  See http://www.physics.purdue.edu/colloq/print.php?id=245 for more information.

-- Presentation on inventor resources. John Calvert, administrator of the Inventor Assistance Program, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship, Purdue Research Park and Hoosier Heartland Small Business Development Center. 7 p.m. Room C1-400, Purdue Technology Center (PTC), 3000 Kent Ave. (Purdue Research Park, just north of Cumberland Avenue). See also listing for 12:30 p.m. Friday.

Friday, Sept. 12

-- "Calligraphy: The Beautiful and Unique Chinese Art." Harrison Xinshi Tu, whose work is part of the Denver Art Museum's permanent collection. Confucius Institute at Purdue. 10:30 a.m.-noon. Room 2113, Civil Engineering Building.

-- Patent examination lecture. John Calvert, administrator of the Inventor Assistance Program, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. "A Perspective of the Patent Examiner." Siegesmund Engineering Library and the
Patent and Trademark Depository Library Program. 12:30-1:20 p.m. Room G124, Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering. See also listing for 7 p.m. Thursday.

-- Discovery Lecture Series. Phillip Sharp, co-recipient of 1993 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. "The Roles of Short RNAs in Cancer and Biology." 3:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, STEW. More at http://www.purdue.edu/uns/x/2008b/080820SharpDiscoveryLecture.html.

-- Latino Heritage Month opening ceremony. Latino Cultural Center. 4-6 p.m. LCC.

-- PSUB Outdoor Music Series. Steve Means performing. Purdue Student Union Board. 7 p.m. Front lawn, PMU. (Rain location: Union Commons, ground floor, PMU.)

-- National Living Treasures: Kevin Locke with special guest Mary Louise Defender Wilson. Convocations, World Stage. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse. Tickets: $26-$19. More at http://www.convocations.org.

Sept. 12 and 14

-- Soccer (women's). Boilermaker Challenge Cup. 5:30 p.m. Friday: Purdue vs. Rhode Island; Indiana State vs Morehead State. 1 p.m. Sunday: Purdue vs. Morehead State; ISU vs. Rhode Island. Varsity Soccer Complex. Tickets: public, $5; students $2.

Saturday, Sept. 13

-- Game Day Concerts. 1 p.m.: Jazz bands, followed by "All-American" Marching Band's "Thrill on the Hill," at Slayter Center. Post-game: Marching Band marches from stadium to Purdue Mall for concert. Purdue Bands; 49-66785 or kcmatter@purdue.edu.

-- Chinese Folk Song and Dance Performance. By Jiangsu Silk & Bamboo Performing Group. Confucius Institute at Purdue. 2-3:30 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, STEW. (Doors open at 1:45 p.m.) More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2008b/080826HongEvent.html.

-- Football vs. Oregon. 3:30 p.m. Ross-Ade Stadium. Tickets: public, $40.

Sunday, Sept. 14
-- Conference for Collaboration and Innovation. Department of Organizational Leadership and Supervision. Through Wednesday, Sept. 17. More at http://www.purdue.edu/uns/x/2008b/080716BeyerleinConference.html.

ONGOING EVENTS

All week

-- Purdue University Galleries. "Li’l Heads, Too!" Images of heads, small portraits, various media. Visitors can make and add their own work on computer. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, plus Thursday until 8 p.m.; 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Stewart Center Gallery. 49-67899 or galleries@purdue.edu or www.purdue.edu/galleries. Exhibition through Oct. 12.

-- Purdue University Galleries. "'No Danger' Airplane Show." Paper or other lightweight airplanes, 4 to 20 inches, displaying fine art printmaking. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, plus Thursday until 8 p.m.; 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Robert L. Ringel Gallery. 49-67899 or galleries@purdue.edu or www.purdue.edu/galleries. Exhibition through Oct. 12. -- Curator’s lecture: 5:30 p.m. Sept. 10. Edward Bernstein, Indiana Univ.

Monday-Friday

-- Exhibition: "From the Kitchen to the Classroom: Lillian Gilbreth and Home Economics." Libraries: Archives and Special Collections. Purdue researcher and innovator in efficiency methods. 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Room 279, STEW. www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol. Through Sept. 26.

TICKETS

Events are free unless noted (except that conference registrations may be omitted here). Ticket prices are for single events, not any series or discount offers. An exception to the following will be noted in the listing.

For varsity athletics tickets, call the Athletic Ticket Office, (765) 494-3194 or (800) 49-SPORT [497-7678]; or visit the office in the Intercollegiate Athletic Facility. The office is open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and before ticketed events at IAF, Mackey Arena and Ross-Ade Stadium. For ticketed sports events at other Purdue venues, tickets will be on sale before the event at the venue.

For Purdue Convocations and Purdue Theatre events and some others, go to ticket offices in Elliott Hall (lower level, northeast end by Hovde Hall) or Stewart Center (west lobby), or call (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW [914-7469]. The Elliott Hall box office is open 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday and before ticketed events there. The Stewart Center box office is open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday and before ticketed events there.

Purdue Theatre tickets are sold also at the Pao Hall box office. It is open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday and before Purdue Theatre performances there.