March 26, 2009

Today's events

Thursday, March 26

-- ADA Overview workshop. Office of Institutional Equity. 2:30-4:30 p.m. Room 320, STEW. To register online, go to  www.purdue.edu/humanrel/aao/events.shtml and click on event title. For more information, for registration assistance or to request a reasonable accommodation: OIE at 49-47253 (voice), 49-61343 (tty), or equity@purdue.edu.

-- "La representación dramática en la España áurea: los espacios teatrales." Lecture by Luciano Garcia Lorenzo, professor at the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientifacas in Madrid, Spain, and a distinguished scholar in the field of Golden Age Spanish literature. 3:30-5 p.m. Room 313, STEW. Presentation will be in Spanish. Sponsored by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures.

-- Purdue campus programming on BTN. Big Ten Network. 4 p.m. "Purdue Pathways: Space Connection" (debut).

-- Racial Awareness Film Series. "Something New" (2006, Sanaa Hamri, 100 min.). African American Studies and Research Center. Discussion led by Joseph Dorsey, history and African American studies. 7-10 p.m. Room 2280, Beering Hall. Questions: Matilda Stokes at mstokes@purdue.edu or 49-45680.

-- Pioneers in Energy lecture. Michael Ramage,  alumnus, retired energy executive, member of U.S. Dept. of Energy Hydrogen Technical Advisory Council. "Transitions to Alternative Transportation Technologies: A Focus on Hydrogen." Purdue's Energy Center, College of Engineering, College of Agriculture. 7 p.m. Room 161, Mechanical Engineering Building. Free and open to the public, but registration is available at www.purdue.edu/dp/energy/events/
pioneers_in_energy_lecture_series_2009/. ----- Following the lecture is a panel and town hall on "America's Renewable-energy Future" about 8:15 p.m. with Ramage and distinguished professors Rakesh Agrawal and Michael Ladisch.

-- Literary reading. Two events in two days with Jane Hamilton, fiction writer. Department of English and Creative Writing Program. 7:30 p.m. Thursday: reading, Room 210, Matthews Hall. 10:30 a.m. Friday: talk about writing process, Bookstall, Hicks Undergraduate Library. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009a/090306TyxHamilton.html.

-- Department of Physics General Colloquium. Dr. Leslie Looney, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. "The Youth Vote: The Youngest Protostars Are All About Change." 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.

-- Women and Leadership seminar. Amy Millman, founder of Springboard Enterprises. "Oh great, the woman with the coffee is here…and other boardroom stories." Purdue's Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, the Women's Resource Office at Purdue and the Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence. 4 p.m. Room 121, Burton Morgan Center. Free and open to the public. Register on-site or online at http://new.qualtrics.com/SE?SID=SV_8G02cGxBAjGbrjC&SVID=Prod.

-- Open house. New location for Purdue's Office of Professional Practice. 2 to 4 p.m. Room 114, Potter Engineering Center.

-- Lecture. Luciano García Lorenzo, professor at the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas in Madrid. "La representación dramática en la España áurea: los espacios teatrales."  The presentation will be in Spanish. 3:30-5 p.m. Room 313, Stewart Center.

ONGOING EVENTS

All week

-- Exhibition "Urban Legends and Rural Myths." Purdue University Galleries. With invited entries for a national exhibition of contemporary art that inspires NEW myths, imagined histories and tall tales. 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. Through April 26. More also at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009a/090224MartinLegends.html.

-- Exhibition "Shrouds, Masks, and the Floating World: Selections from the Permanent Collection." Purdue University Galleries. 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

-- Exhibition "Rock, Rhythm & Soul: The Black Roots of Popular Music." Black Cultural Center. The exhibition was produced by the Indiana University Archives of African-American Music and consists of topical banners on various themes and genres of African-American music, including soul, funk, gospel, rhythm and blues, and hip-hop. 8 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Friday through April 24. Lounge, BCC.

-- John Purdue Room Lunch. 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.