February 19, 2009

Today's events

Thursday, Feb. 19

-- Exhibition brown bag lecture for "Sad Girl/Clever Boy." Katherine Cunningham. Noon. Rueff Galleries, Pao Hall. Exhibition details below under Ongoing events, Monday-Friday.

-- Biomedical research in a health policy context. Graduate School. Two events with Samuel A. Richmond, Cleveland State Univ. 1) Ethics and Science: informal seminar/discussion. Noon-1 p.m. Room 129, Burton Morgan Center. For signup and article proposed for discussion, go to www.purdue.edu/bioethics and click "Schedule." 2) Bioethics Seminar Series: public lecture. "Who Owns Truth?" 5:30-7 p.m. Room 2001, Jischke Hall of Biomedical Engineering.

-- Philip Bagwell Memorial Lecture. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Steven Hillenius, executive vice president of nonprofit Semiconductor Research Corp. Topic: Future challenges in the semiconductor industry. 3 p.m. Fowler Hall, STEW. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009a/090203LundstromBagwell.html.

-- Physics Department General Colloquium. Sascha Hilgenfeldt, Univ. of Chicago. "Bubbles, Foams, Cells: Interfacial Geometry and Mechanics." 3:30 p.m.: Refreshments in Room 242, Physics Building. 4 p.m.: Talk in Room 203, Physics Building. More at www.physics.purdue.edu/colloq.

-- Books and Coffee. Tara Star Johnson, assistant professor of English and curriculum and instruction, on J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." Department of English and Purdue Student Union Board. 4-4:30 p.m.: Coffee, tea, baked goods. 4:30-5 p.m.: Talk. Rooms 302-206, STEW. Series weekly Feb. 5-26. Prize drawing at each event available to those present. Podcast to be available after each event at www.cla.purdue.edu/english/bookscoffee.

-- Entrepreneurial Opportunities at Purdue Research Park. Speakers including Martin C. Jischke, president emeritus; networking opportunities. Organized by Purdue's Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation program. 6 p.m. First-floor conference room, Purdue Technology Center, 3000 Kent Ave. Limited space; reservations by Feb. 16 to Sascha Harrell at 49-43805 or smharrel@purdue.edu or online at www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/certificate/events.

-- National Engineers Week address. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., attorney specializing in environmental causes, author and radio host. "Our Environmental Destiny." College of Engineering. 8 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Book signing to follow. Tickets: free but required, no limit on number; go to a campus box office or call 49-43933. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009a/090128Norah.RFKtickets.html.

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.

-- Purdue University Galleries. "Shrouds, Masks, and the Floating World: Selections from the Permanent Collection." This is the first exhibition in a new annual format allowing more extensively researched presentation of works contributed by donors, as well as dedicated use of a gallery for this purpose. 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 Dec. 6.

Monday-Friday

-- Project Respect exhibition "To Know My Mother's Name." African American Studies and Research Center, Black Cultural Center. Portraits by Delita Martin, graduate student in visual and performing arts. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Friday through Feb. 25. Lounge, BCC.

-- Rueff Galleries: West Gallery. "Sad Girl/Clever Boy." A collaborative performance-based project that seeks to explore two popular trends among emerging contemporary artists, mainly post-feminist representation and prolonged or glorified adolescence, in female and male artists respectively. Brown Bag Lecture by Katherine Cunningham at noon Thursday (Feb. 19) in the gallery. Patti and Rusty Rueff Department of Visual and Performing Arts. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Pao Hall. 49-62958. Through Feb. 20.

-- Rueff Galleries: East Gallery. "Gardens and Machines: The Suburban Life." Works by five students who examined nature and technology in the American suburbs. Patti and Rusty Rueff Department of Visual and Performing Arts. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Pao Hall. 49-62958. Through Feb. 26.

-- John Purdue Room Lunch Special. This week, the featured specials in the John Purdue Room are broccoli cheddar (soup) and penna alla vodka (entrée). 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Stone Hall. Reservations encouraged; call 49-46845. To access the full menu and learn about other dining options from the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management: www.cfs.purdue.edu/htm/about/restaurants.shtml.

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. More at www.purduesports.com.
 
For Purdue Convocations and Purdue Theatre events and some others as announced, 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.
 
More about box offices and venues is at www.housing.purdue.edu/HTML/HallOfMusic/Welcome.html.