April 27, 2009

Events this week

Monday, April 27

-- Drama in cooperation with Greater Lafayette Holocaust Remembrance Conference. "Life in a Jar." 7 p.m. Drama Department at McCutcheon High School, 4951 U.S. Highway 231 South, Lafayette. The story of Irena Sendler, a Polish Catholic woman who rescued Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II. Free; donations to the "Children of the Holocaust" will be accepted.

Tuesday, April 28

-- “The Economy? So Stimulate Me.” Panel on money, the economy and personal finance. Administrative and Professional Staff Advisory Committee. Panelists are Elizabeth Kiss, Purdue Extension specialist in consumer and family sciences; Charlene Sullivan, associate professor of management; and Bob Falk, president and CEO of Purdue Employees Federal Credit Union. 11 a.m.-noon. Room 206, STEW.

-- ADA Legal Issues Webinar. "Legal Update on Major Life Activities." Office of Institutional Equity. Definitions, eligibility, recent case law. 2-3:30 p.m. Room 260, PMU. 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.

-- Chemical Engineering Graduate Seminar Series. Stratos Pistikopoulos, Imperial College of London. "Multi-parametric Programming and Model Predictive Control: Are They Meant for Each Other?" 3 p.m. reception, Atrium, Forney Hall. 3:30-4:30 p.m. lecture, Room G140, Forney Hall.

-- Film screening. "Darius Goes West" (2007, Logan Smalley, documentary, 92 min.). Film Video Studies program. 7 p.m. Lafayette Theater, downtown Lafayette. Cast and crew scheduled to attend. Admission free; DVD sales support fundraising to fight Darius's disease, Duchenne muscular dystrophy. More about film at www.imdb.com/title/tt0979869/ and at www.dariusgoeswest.org.

-- Purdue Bands’ Chamber Music Recital I. 7 p.m. Fowler Hall, STEW. (See also second recital listing under Thursday.)

Wednesday, April 29

-- Softball vs. Illinois. 3 and 5 p.m. Varsity Softball Complex. Tickets: public, $5; students, $2.

Thursday, April 30

-- Center on Religion and Chinese Society symposium. First of two days. Theme: Religion and spirituality in China. 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Room 121, Burton Morgan Center. Keynotes at 1:30-3 p.m. and 3:30-5 p.m. Thursday; 1:30-3:30 p.m. Friday. Also photo exhibition in café. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009a/090415YangChina.html. Questions: www.purdue.edu/crcs or 49-45801.

-- CFS Diversity Fair. College of Consumer and Family Sciences. Theme: Celebrating diversity and multicultural research. Research displays, ethnic food, activities, Purdue cultural centers. 2:30-3:30 p.m. Rooms 302 and 306, STEW. ----- Also collection of gently used educational books to be donated to Ambassadors for Children.

-- Physics Department General Colloquium. Taekjip Ha, Univ. of Illinois. "Little Engines That Could: Imaging Single Molecular Motors." 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.

-- Prem S. Puri Memorial Lecture in the Department of Statistics. Srinivasa Varadhan, New York Univ. "Some Unusual Large Deviation Results." 4:30-5:30 p.m. Room 175, Mathematics Building. More about topic including mathematical expression is under date at http://calendar.science.purdue.edu/statistics/seminars. Questions about event: Mary Roe at roem@stat.purdue.edu or 49-45167; Norma Lucas at nlucas@stat.purdue.edu or 49-43141; Cheryl Crabill at ccrabill@stat.purdue.edu 49-66099.

-- Purdue Bands’ Chamber Music Recital II. 7 p.m. Fowler Hall, STEW.

Friday, May 1

-- Presentation by candidate for dean of the College of Science. Jeffrey T. Roberts, chair and Distinguished McKnight University Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Univ. of Minnesota. Presentation, Q-and-A. 9:30-10:30 a.m. Room 1142, Lawson Computer Science Building. Reception of 30 minutes following. Candidates' curriculum vitae are at www.science.purdue.edu/dean_candidates.asp. (Other candidate forums: May 4, 7, 11.)

-- Curriculum and Instruction Research Seminar: Career and Technical Education. Susan Maller, educational studies. "Purdue University Psychometric Investigation Laboratory (PUPIL): Resources and Services for Students, Staff, and Faculty." Noon-1 p.m. Room 1255, Beering Hall.

-- Baseball vs. Indiana. 4 p.m. Lambert Field. Tickets: public, $5; students, $2. (Also Saturday and Sunday.)

-- Heart & Soul spring concert. Purdue Musical Organizations. 7:30 p.m. University Church, 320 North St.

May 1-2

-- Spring Works dance concert. Purdue Repertory Dance Company. 7:30 p.m. each evening plus 2 p.m. matinee Saturday. Nancy T. Hansen Theatre, Pao Hall. Tickets: public, $12; students, $10; child 12 or under, $6; available at box offices. Questions: 49-45993.

Saturday, May 2

-- Spring semester classes end.

-- Baseball vs. Indiana. 2 p.m. Lambert Field. Tickets: public, $5; students, $2. (Also Sunday.)

Sunday, May 3

-- Baseball vs. Indiana. 1 p.m. Sunday. Lambert Field. Tickets: public, $5; students, $2.

ONGOING EVENTS

All week

-- 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.

-- 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

-- Exhibitions: Rueff Galleries. Fine Art Senior Exhibition. Patti and Rusty Rueff Department of Visual and Performing Arts. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Pao Hall. 49-62958. Through Friday (May 1). Reception 5-7:30 p.m. Friday.

-- John Purdue Room Lunch Special. This week, the featured specials in the John Purdue Room are gazpacho (soup) and seared pork with pineapple salsa (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.