April 15, 2009
Today's events
Here is a list of events happening Wednesday, April 15, at the West Lafayette campus.
Wednesday, April 15
-- Phi Zeta Research Day: Infectious Diseases & Public Health Symposium. Part of School of Veterinary Medicine 50th anniversary celebration. Program in Room 1136, Lynn Hall. Welcome at 8:15 a.m., then three lectures: 1) 8:30 a.m. Max Essex, Harvard School of Public Health AIDS Initiative, "Multiple Uses of Antiretroviral Drugs in Africa: Progress and Problems." 2) 9:30 a.m. Guy Palmer, School for Global Animal Health, Washington State Univ., "Global Health and the Human-Animal Interface." 3) 10:30 a.m. Thijs Kuiken, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, "Avian H5N1 Influenza: Breaking the Rules." More about 50-year celebration at www.vet.purdue.edu/50thanniversary/index.html
-- Reservation deadline for Purdue Alumni Club of Tippecanoe County Annual Scholarship Dinner. Includes dinner, silent auction, music by Purdue Black Voices of Inspiration. 6 p.m.: Social. 6:30 p.m.: Dinner, then program. Cost: Purdue Alumni Association member, $15; nonmember, $25. To make a reservation, go to http://tracking.des01.com/t/8892443/184005384/51287026/0/
-- Spring Jewelry Sale: Three-day sale Wednesday-Friday (April 15-17) by Purdue Art Jewelry and Metalsmithing Association (PAJAMA). Items handmade by members of PAJAMA. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. each day. In front of Stewart Center. For more information, smmassey@purdue.edu or 49-43067.
-- Special international lunch option. John Purdue Room, Stone Hall. Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management. 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Special meal is: Chef Kevin's red bean gumbo (soup); entrée choice of chicken and sausage jamabalaya, shrimp po' boy with Cajun fries, or blackened catfish with Creole rice and Cajun fried okra (each served with cornbread and strawberry butter); dessert choice of Mississippi mud pie or bread pudding with pecan liqueur crème anglaise; beverage of raspberry-peach tea. $13.95. Reservations encouraged; call 49-46845 or e-mail camposm@purdue.edu with choices of entrée and dessert. For more on regular and weekly special offerings at the John Purdue Room, see Ongoing events below.
-- Biomedical Ethics/ Research Genetics. Graduate School. Two events with Jason Eberl, IUPUI. 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. "History of Research with Human Subjects: Ethical Steps Forward and Back." 5:30-7 p.m. Room 1001, Jischke Hall of Biomedical Engineering.
-- Jewish Studies Noon Lecture Series. Richard Moss, graduate student, history. "The American Jewish Tercentenary and the Roots of a New Ethnic Paradigm." 12:30 p.m. Room 1245, Beering Hall. 49-47965 or wengera@purdue.edu or www.cla.purdue.edu/jewish-studies/
-- Softball vs. Ball State. 4 p.m. Varsity Softball Complex. Tickets: public, $5; students, $2.
-- Steer Lecture Series presents "Aging, Hearing Loss and Speech Recognition." Presented by Judy R. Dubno, professor from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery from the Medical University of South Carolina. 4 p.m. reception. 4:30 p.m. lecture. Stewart Center, Room 310.
-- Literary Awards Banquet. Department of English, Purdue Libraries, Black Cultural Center. Banquet includes dinner, awards ceremony and remarks from Rita Dove about the creative process. 4:30 p.m.: Pre-dinner reception, Anniversary Drawing Room, PMU. 5:30 p.m.: Banquet, North Ballroom, PMU. Tickets needed/good for both parts: adults, $25; students, $15; on sale in Room 324, Heavilon Hall, or at 49-43740.
-- Literary Awards special appearance and reading. Rita Dove, former U.S. poet laureate. Department of English, Purdue Libraries, Black Cultural Center. 8 p.m. Fowler Hall, STEW.
ONGOING EVENTS
All week
-- Technology Week. College of Technology. Includes presence at Spring Fest. Information and schedule at www.purdue.edu/techweek
-- "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
-- "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
-- "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. Patti and Rusty Rueff Department of Visual and Performing Arts. West Gallery: Onur Yazicigil Graduate Exhibition (artist's talk at noon Wednesday); East Gallery: Hao Hua and R. Strick. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Pao Hall. 49-62958. Through Friday (April 17).
-- John Purdue Room Lunch Special. This week, the featured specials in the John Purdue Room are tortilla (soup) and chicken tamales (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