September 21, 2009

Events this week

Monday, Sept. 21

-- Green Week. Monday to Friday; Monday theme: "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle." Overview article including sign-up links for some events is at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009b/090916RidgwayGreen.html. Schedule summary and more is at www.purdue.edu/sustainability.

-- Discovery Lecture Series event. Ken Bradley, venture capitalist, ARCH Partners in Chicago. "Transformation of Science into Products: Process, Examples and Trends in Serving Diverse Markets at the Interface of Biology and Nanotechnology." 4 p.m. Fowler Hall, STEW. Talk also serves as keynote in symposium "Bionanotechnology on a Global Scale." More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/hp/BuckBionano.html. See also Tuesday listing for additional talk.

-- Student Organization Assembly. For new presidents and executive members of student organizations. Office of the Dean of Students. Special focus: GetInvolved Web site. 5:30 p.m. North Ballroom, PMU. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009b/090915BrawnerAssembly.html.

Tuesday, Sept. 22

-- Green Week. Monday to Friday; Tuesday theme: "Water." Overview article including sign-up links for some events is at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009b/090916RidgwayGreen.html. Schedule summary and more is at www.purdue.edu/sustainability.

-- Reservation deadline for Purdue Women's Club Fall Luncheon and Interest Fair. Events are Oct. 1: fair at 11 a.m.; luncheon at noon. Ballrooms, PMU. Luncheon speaker: Patricia Miller, co-founder of Vera Bradley. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/insidepurdue/2009/090910_PurdueWomen.html.

-- Educating the Engineer of 2020 Workshop. Theme: "Environmental & Societal Impact of Engineering Practice." 8 a.m.-3:45 p.m. Room 218, STEW; luncheon (reservation by Sept. 16) in East and West Faculty Lounges, PMU. More at https://engineering.purdue.edu/Intranet/Groups/Committees/Engr2020/Workshops/2009%20Engineer%20of%202020%20Workshop.

-- College Teaching Workshop Series 1: Basics of Teaching. "How to Avoid Giving a Bad Presentation." For faculty, staff and grad students. Center for Instructional Excellence. 9-10:30 a.m. Weekly workshop 4 of 10 through Nov. 10 except Oct. 13. Registration required: www.cie.purdue.edu. Questions: 49-66422 or CIE@purdue.edu.

-- Discovery Lecture Series event. Roderic Pettigrew, director, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health. "Bionanotechnology in 21st Century Health Care." 10 a.m. Fowler Hall, STEW. Talk also is part of symposium "Bionanotechnology on a Global Scale." More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/hp/BuckBionano.html.

-- HTM Darden Series speaker in conjunction with career fair. Hospitality and Tourism Management. Kristi Nyhof, regional vice president of operations, LongHorn Steakhouse. 10:30 a.m. Loeb Playhouse, STEW.

-- New Faculty Mentoring Workshop. Graduate School. 2-4 p.m. Room 314, STEW. To register, contact Lucinda Huffaker at lhuffake@purdue.edu or 49-42604.

-- ADA Legal Issues Webinar. "Pretext Cases: Sound Business Decision or Discriminatory Action?" Office of Institutional Equity. 2-3:30 p.m. Room 204, STEW. Online registration for this workshop is at www.purdue.edu/ethics/oie/events.shtml; select event title and date. For more information, for registration assistance or to request a reasonable accommodation: OIE at 49-47253 (voice), 49-61343 (tty), or equity@purdue.edu.

-- SAFE Training (Self-Defense Awareness and Familiarization Exchange) class for women. Purdue Police Department. Earns Healthy Purdue red apple. 2:30-5 p.m. Building F, Purdue West (WorkLife Programs). Details and registration link at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/insidepurdue/2009/090917_SAFE-Training.html.

-- Pioneers in Energy Lecture. Energy Center, Discovery Park. Rakesh Agrawal, chemical engineering. "Sustainable Energy Solutions for a Limited Fossil Fuel Future." 7 p.m. Fowler Hall, STEW. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/hp/AgrawalPioneer.html.

-- Latino Heritage Month film showing and discussion. "Immokalee U.S.A." (2008, documentary, Georg Koszulinski, 77 min., in English). Award-winning look at migrant farm workers. Latino Cultural Center. 7 p.m. Room 210, Matthews Hall.

Wednesday, Sept. 23

-- Green Week. Monday to Friday; Wednesday theme: "Energy." Overview article including sign-up links for some events is at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009b/090916RidgwayGreen.html. Schedule summary and more is at www.purdue.edu/sustainability.

-- Seminar on Blue Waters petascale computer. ITaP and its Rosen Center for Advanced Computing. Featured speaker: William T.C. Kramer, deputy project director. 10 a.m. Burton D. Morgan Center. More at http://www.itap.purdue.edu/newsroom/detail.cfm?NewsID=1978.

-- A Day in the Life brown bag lunch talk. Discussion of student experiences and identities. Office of the Dean of Students with others. Noon-1:30 p.m. on alternate Wednesdays. This week: students who are non-native English speakers. Room G066, Haas Hall. Program information and schedule at www.purdue.edu/odos/dayinthelife.html.

-- Purdue Lectures on Theoretical Chemistry. Inaugural lectures; Department of Chemistry Theory Group. Henry F. Schaefer III, Univ. of Georgia. 3:45 p.m.: Reception in Room 201, Wetherill Laboratory. 4:30 p.m.: Lecture "From Donor-Acceptor Complexes to Gallium Nitride Nanorods" in Room B061, Neil Armstrong Hall. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/insidepurdue/2009/090903_ChemTheoryLectures.html. See also Thursday listing for second lecture.

-- World Film Forum. "Aniki Bobo" (1942, Portuguese, 102 min.). Dept. of of Foreign Languages and Literatures. Presenter: Silvia Oliveira, FLL. 4:30 p.m. West Lafayette Public Library, 208 W. Columbia St.

-- Spanish Conversation Table. Latino Cultural Center weekly table. All levels welcome. 6-7 p.m. LCC. 49-42530.

Thursday, Sept. 24

-- Green Week. Monday to Friday; Thursday theme: "Transportation." Overview article including sign-up links for some events is at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009b/090916RidgwayGreen.html. Schedule summary and more is at www.purdue.edu/sustainability.

-- Registration target date for Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering's fall conference on Sept. 29. Topics: care coordination and population health. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/insidepurdue/2009/090908_RCHE-Conference.html.

-- OIE workshop: "Search and Screen Essentials." Faculty Search and Screen Procedures Series by Office of Institutional Equity.  Workshop's focus is on role of faculty members of committees undertaking search and screen work. 9:30-11:30 a.m. Room 204, STEW. Online registration for this workshop is at www.purdue.edu/ethics/oie/events.shtml; select event title and date. For more information or to request a reasonable accommodation, contact OIE at 49-47253 (voice), 49-61343 (tty), or equity@purdue.edu.

-- Purdue campus programming on BTN. Big Ten Network. 10:30 a.m.: "Vet School Diaries – Small Animal Hospital." 4:30 p.m.: " Vet School Diaries – Large Animal Hospital." Summary of Big Ten athletics and Purdue-produced campus programming on BTN is at www.bigtennetwork.com/schedule/Big-Ten-Network-Purdue-programming.asp.

-- Chemical Engineering of the Future symposium. School of Chemical Engineering. Topics include health care, renewable energy, nanotechnology, higher education. 1 p.m. Thursday to 1 p.m. Friday.  Keynote: Rajeev Gautam, president and CEO of UOP, at 6: 30 p.m. More at https://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE/HomepageFeatures/ChemicalEngineeringoftheFutureSymposium. To assure a place at Thursday dinner or Friday lunch, contact Cristina Farmus at 49-40027 or cfarmus@purdue.edu,

-- Churchill Scholarship information sessions for faculty and students. Presented by Peter Patrikis, executive director, Winston Churchill Foundation. Student session 1:30-2:15 p.m., Room 307, STEW. Faculty session 4-5 p.m., Room 307, STEW. Questions: ccornell@purdue.edu or 41727. More at http://winstonchurchillfoundation.org/.

-- "Urban Agriculture: A Vehicle for Social Change." Lynn Peemoeller, food systems planning consultant, Chicago. Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture. Reception at 3:10 p.m. in Room 217, Horticulture Building. Talk at 3:30 p.m. in Room 117, Horticulture Building.

-- Physics Department General Colloquium.  David DiVincenzo, Quantum Group. "Pioneers of Quantum Computing." 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.

-- Purdue Lectures on Theoretical Chemistry. Inaugural lectures; Department of Chemistry Theory Group. Henry F. Schaefer III, Univ. of Georgia. 4 p.m.: Reception in Room 201, Wetherill Laboratory. 4:30 p.m.: Lecture "Lesions in DNA Subunits: Foundational Studies of Structures and Energetics” in Room 104, Wetherill Laboratory. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/insidepurdue/2009/090903_ChemTheoryLectures.html.

-- Literary Reading Series poetry reading. Department of English and the Creative Writing Program. Carl Phillips, Washington Univ. in St. Louis. 7:30 p.m. Bookstall, Hicks Undergraduate Library. More at www.cla.purdue.edu/english/CreativeWriting/readingseries.html.

-- Callout for new Purdue Postdoc Association. 8 p.m. International Center, 523 Russell St. More including information on Facebook page and e-mail list is at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/insidepurdue/2009/090918_PPDA-Callout.html.

Friday, Sept. 25

-- Green Week. Monday to Friday; Friday theme: "Environmental Stewardship." Overview article including sign-up links for some events is at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009b/090916RidgwayGreen.html. Schedule summary and more is at www.purdue.edu/sustainability.

-- Fall Operations Conference. Krannert School of Management's Dauch Center for the Management of Manufacturing Enterprises and Global Supply Chain Management Initiative. Theme: "Manufacturing: Thriving Through the Storm." More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/hp/PilotteConference.html.

-- Literary Reading Series craft discussion. Department of English and the Creative Writing Program. Carl Phillips, Washington Univ. in St. Louis. 10:30 a.m. Bookstall, Hicks Undergraduate Library. More at www.cla.purdue.edu/english/CreativeWriting/readingseries.html.

-- Purdue on BTN. Big Ten Network. "The Danny Hope Show." 5 p.m.

-- Volleyball (women's) vs. Michigan State. 7 p.m. Intercollegiate Athletic Facility. Tickets: adult, $9-$8; student, $6-$5.

-- Outdoor Music Series concert by Moonshine Mason and the Rot Gut Gang. Purdue Student Union Board. 7-8 p.m. Front lawn, PMU. Rain location: Union Commons, ground floor, PMU. More about group at www.myspace.com/moonshinemasonandtherotgutgang.

-- "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams. Purdue Theatre. Opening night. 7:30 p.m. Nancy T. Hansen Theatre, Pao Hall. Tickets: $19-$12. Performances also at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 26, 30, Oct. 1-3; 2:30 p.m. Oct. 3-4.

-- Hanggai. Convocations, World Music. Mongolian folk music with contemporary feel. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, STEW. Tickets: $18-$15.

Saturday, Sept. 26

-- La Polilla Café. Bilingual book discussion of "Their Dogs Came with Them" by Helena Maria Viramontes. Latino Cultural Center. 10 a.m. LCC.

-- Game Day Concerts. Purdue Bands. 5 p.m.: Jazz Tailgate (three hours before Purdue vs. Notre Dame kickoff at 8 p.m.). 6 p.m.: Marching Band “Thrill on the Hill” (two hours before kickoff). Both at Slayter Center.

-- "A Streetcar Named Desire" by Tennessee Williams. Purdue Theatre. 7:30 p.m. Nancy T. Hansen Theatre, Pao Hall. Tickets: $19-$12. Performances also at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 30, Oct. 1-3; 2:30 p.m. Oct. 3-4.

-- Football vs. Notre Dame. 8 p.m. Ross-Ade Stadium. Tickets: $70.

Sunday, Sept. 27

-- Volleyball (women's) vs. Michigan. 1 p.m. Intercollegiate Athletic Facility. Tickets: adult, $9-$8; student, $6-$5.

-- Shakespeare in Academy Park. Purdue Student Union Board. Scenes from several plays. 3-4:30 p.m. Academy Park (north of PMU).

ONGOING EVENTS

All week

-- Exhibition: “Living Stone: The Casts Project.” Purdue University Galleries. Setting in keeping with studio practice, using prints by Jim Dine, plaster casts, and artworks from classes and visitors. Through Oct. 11 in Stewart Center Gallery. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, plus until 8 p.m. Thursday; 1-5 p.m. Sunday. More about Galleries is at www.purdue.edu/galleries.

-- Exhibition: Rotating Selections from the Permanent Collection. Purdue University Galleries. Current: "Shrouds, Masks, and the Floating World." Robert L. Ringel Gallery, PMU. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, plus Thursday until 8 p.m.; and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. More about Galleries is at www.purdue.edu/galleries.

Monday-Friday

-- Exhibition: "Purdue's Place in Space: From the Midwest to the Moon."  Libraries Archives and Special Collections. Includes items from Neil Armstrong, Eugene Cernan and other Purdue astronaut alumni in celebration of 40 years since the first moon landing. 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. Virginia Kelly Karnes Archives and Special Collections Research Center, fourth floor, STEW. Through Oct. 30. More at www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol. For a group tour, call 49-42839.

-- John Purdue Room Lunch Special. This week, the featured specials in the John Purdue Room are cream of tomato (soup) and chicken pot pie (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 two hours before ticketed events there. The Stewart Center box office is open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Friday and two hours 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 two hours before ticketed events there.

More about box offices and venues is at www.housing.purdue.edu/HTML/HallOfMusic.