April 30, 2009
Today's events
Here is a list of events happening Thursday, April 30, at the West Lafayette campus.
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.
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.