March 31, 2009

Today's events

Tuesday, March 31

-- College Teaching Workshop Series 1: Basics of Teaching. "Dealing with Cheating: Prevention and Response." For faculty, staff and grad students. Center for Instructional Excellence. 9-10:30 a.m. Weekly workshop 10 of 10 for spring semester. Registration required: www.cie.purdue.edu. Questions: 49-66422 or CIE@purdue.edu.

-- Introduction to Residential Wind Seminar. Indiana Office of Energy, Purdue Extension, Purdue's Energy Center, others. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Deans Auditorium, Pfendler Hall. For information about seating reservations at Pfendler or seminar sites at Extension offices across the state via Internet video, go to http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009a/090323MartinWind.html.

-- Graduate Student Educational Research Symposium. 1 p.m. North Ballroom, PMU. Keynote: Tony Bennett, state superintendent of public instruction, at 4:30 p.m. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009a/090317AgnewBennett.html.

-- Chemical Engineering Graduate Seminar Series. Douglas Clark, Univ. of California, Berkeley. "Engineering Proteins into the Fold: New Components for Sensors, Devices, and Biomaterials." 3 p.m. reception, Atrium, Forney Hall. 3:30-4:30 p.m. lecture, Room G140, Forney Hall.

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

-- Department of Physics lecture. Nobel physics laureate Robert Laughlin on his first book, "A Different Universe: Reinventing Physics from the Bottom Down." 4 p.m. Room 1010, Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009a/090323MullinsLecture.html.

-- Greater Lafayette Holocaust Remembrance Conference public event. Film: "Life is Beautiful" (1998, Roberto Benigni, Italian with English subtitles, 118 min.). 7 p.m. Hillel Foundation, 912 W. State St. More about film at www.imdb.com/title/tt0118799/. More about conference at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009a/090317BloomHolocaust.html.

-- "STOMP." Convocations special event. 7 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Tickets: $45-$20. More at www.convocations.org. Also Wednesday.

-- Purdue Libraries Distinguished Lecture Series. Nobel physics laureate Robert Laughlin on his book "The Crime of Reason and the Closing of the Scientific Mind." 7:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, STEW. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009a/090323MullinsLecture.html.

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 "Tippecanus Rex." Purdue University Galleries co-sponsoring with Tippecanoe Arts Federation. Works and participation from 14-county region. A whimsical celebration of the unnatural, even mythical, history of Tippecanoe County. Through May 10 at TAF, 638 North St., Lafayette. Gallery hours through April are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; 1-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. More at www.purdue.edu/galleries/pages/exhibitions/ex_tippecanusrex.shtml. ----- Reception 6-8 p.m. Friday (April 3) at TAF.

-- 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.

-- Exhibitions: Rueff Galleries. Graduate exhibitions. Nate Bench (West); J. Begeske / C. Lacy (East). Patti and Rusty Rueff Department of Visual and Performing Arts. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Pao Hall. 49-62958. Through Friday (April 3).

-- John Purdue Room Lunch Special. This week, the featured specials in the John Purdue Room are egg drop (soup) and chicken curry (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.