January 15, 2009

Today's events

Through Jan. 18

-- Purdue Jazz Festival. Purdue Bands. Includes concerts, competitions and clinics. Both free and paying events at various sites in the area. See www.purdue.edu/bands/jazzfest.

Thursday, Jan. 15

-- Last day to register to volunteer for Day of Service in community on Monday (Jan. 19; Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday); check-in and continental breakfast will be at 9 a.m. at Shreve Hall, work helping area nonprofit organizations at 10 a.m., lunch at Shreve at 12:30 p.m. To register: call Boiler Volunteer Network at 496-2450. More about entire celebration at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009a/090108RollockMLK.html.

-- Pioneer Speaker Series. Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering. Beverly Malone, chief executive officer of the National League for Nursing. "The Educator, the Educated and Nursing Education." 4 p.m. North Ballroom, PMU.

-- Physics Department General Colloquium. Ephraim Fischbach, physics. "Evidence for a Correlation Between Nuclear Decay Rates and Solar Activity." 4 p.m. Room 203, Physics Building.
 
-- Purdue campus programming on BTN. Big Ten Network. 5:30 p.m. "Purdue Panorama."

-- Artist's talk. Purdue University Galleries. "Kristy Deetz: 'Earth Texts.'" 6 p.m. Stewart Center Gallery. Reception following. See exhibition information under "Ongoing Events" below.

-- Women's basketball vs. Penn State. 7 p.m. Mackey Arena. Tickets: public, $12; student, $5.

ONGOING EVENTS

All week

-- Purdue University Galleries. "Kristy Deetz: 'Earth Texts.'" Wood relief sculptures based on words and characteristics associated with books. 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 Feb. 22. ----- Artist's talk at 6 p.m. Jan. 15 (Th) in the Stewart Center Gallery; reception following.