November 2, 2009

Events this week

Tuesday, Nov. 3

-- College Teaching Workshop Series 1: Basics of Teaching. "'Why Didn't I Get an A?' Using Subjective Tests and Assigning Grades." For faculty, staff and grad students. Center for Instructional Excellence. 9-10:30 a.m. Weekly workshop 9 of 10 through Nov. 10. Registration required: www.cie.purdue.edu. Questions: 49-66422 or CIE@purdue.edu.

-- Chemical Engineering Graduate Seminar Series. Paula Hammond, MIT. "Self-Assembly Approaches toward Directed Drug Delivery: From Patchy Micelles to MAD Nanolayers." 3 p.m. reception, Atrium, Forney Hall. 3:30-4:30 p.m. lecture, Room G140, Forney Hall.

-- Native American Heritage Month kickoff. Native American Educational and Cultural Center. 4-6 p.m. Room 314, STEW. Event to feature drums and a cultural presentation by elders and artists. Other events Nov. 11 and 17. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009b/091029AhasteenBryantMonth.doc.html#at.

-- Mexican/Mexican-American Cultural Night. Housing and Food Services occasional series Cultural Journeys through Food, Music, and Crafts. 5-7 p.m. Hillenbrand Dining Court. Also opportunities to interact with volunteers. Dinner: meal plan or $9.97 per adult at the door. Questions: 49-40922 or wcruz@purdue.edu, or go to www.housing.purdue.edu/HTML/HRMultiCultural.htm.

-- History Department lecture. "The Balkans from the Beginnings to the End." Andrew Wachtel, graduate school dean, Northwestern Univ. 7 p.m. Krannert Auditorium, Krannert Building.

-- Men's basketball vs. California of Pennsylvania (exhibition). 7 p.m. Mackey Arena. Tickets: $11.

Wednesday, Nov. 4

-- Purdue Working Parents Club brown bag informational discussion. "Balancing Work and Family" in Parent Roundtable Series. 12:10-12:50 p.m. Room 234, Potter Engineering Center. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/insidepurdue/2009/091030_PWPC-Roundtable.html#at.

-- 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 of color. Room 314, STEW. Program schedule and information at www.purdue.edu/odos/aboutodos/odosdiversitydayinthelifeseriesschedule.php.

-- Bagels-and-books discussion. Book: "Finding Darwin's God" by Kenneth Miller. Religious Studies program and the Purdue Religion and Science Group. Discussion leader: Tom Ryba, continuing lecturer in the College of Liberal Arts. 1:30-2:30 p.m. Room 1284, Beering Hall. Part of a series related to this book; more at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/insidepurdue/2009/091013_ReligBookDarwin.html.

-- "The Black Jew Dialogues." A two-actor comic play about "the history and absurdity of prejudice." Purdue Student Union Board. 7 p.m. Fowler Hall, STEW. More about the play/project at www.theblackjewdialogues.com/.

Thursday, Nov. 5

-- 25th Annual symposium on African American Culture & Philosophy. African American Studies and Research Center. Event is Thursday-Saturday. Theme: "New Directions in Feminism and Womanism in Africa and the African Diaspora." Keynote (in opening session): Rosalyn Terborg-Penn, University Professor Emerita, Morgan State Univ., on "Becoming African Diaspora Women: Immigration and Trans National Identities" at 7 p.m., Room 322, STEW. This session is free and open to the public. Friday and Saturday sessions need registration. More at www.cla.purdue.edu/academic/idis/african%2Damerican/programs/symposium.html.

-- Physics Department General Colloquium. Dave Reitze, Univ. of Florida. "LIGO: Chasing After Gravitational Waves." 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.

-- Poet laureate reading. Donald Hall, former U.S. poet laureate. An event in the Cancer Culture & Community Colloquium organized by the Oncological Sciences Center and College of Liberal Arts. 7:30 p.m. Fowler Hall, STEW. Book signing and reception following in Stewart Center Gallery. Also, at reading event, Purdue dance faculty and others will present a multimedia performance related to Hall's works. More about this and art displays in the colloquium is at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009b/091020HarrisonPoet.html.

-- Eva Goble Lecture. College of Consumer and Family Sciences. Brian Barber, Univ. of Tennessee Knoxville. "Making Sense and No Sense of War: Issues of Meaning and Identity in Youths' Experiences with Political Conflict." 7:30 p.m. Room 218, STEW. Registration was preferred but walk-ins OK. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009b/091022GobleLecture.html.

-- Afiara String Quartet. Convocations, Chamber Music. 7:30 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, STEW. Tickets: $12. More at www.convocations.org.

Friday, Nov. 6

-- Last day to sign up for CSSAC bus trip to Chicago's central shopping and sightseeing area. Trip is 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5. $20. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/insidepurdue/2009/091023_CSSAC-Chicago.html.

-- 25th Annual symposium on African American Culture & Philosophy. African American Studies and Research Center. Event is Thursday-Saturday. Theme: "New Directions in Feminism and Womanism in Africa and the African Diaspora." Friday and Saturday sessions need registration. More at www.cla.purdue.edu/academic/idis/african%2Damerican/programs/symposium.html.

-- Women's tennis. Purdue Invitational. All day. Schwartz Tennis Center.

-- LA Influentials weekly speaker. College of Liberal Arts. Matt Painter, men's basketball head coach. 11:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. Room 2290, Beering Hall. Class meeting; seating for others as available.

-- Purdue on BTN. Big Ten Network. "The Danny Hope Show." 5 p.m. Summary of Big Ten athletics and Purdue-produced campus programming on BTN is at www.bigtennetwork.com/schedule/Big-Ten-Network-Purdue-programming.asp.

-- Swimming and diving (M&W) vs. Notre Dame. 6 p.m. Boilermaker Aquatic Center.

-- Astronaut talk. Michael McCulley, alumnus. 8 p.m. Room 200, Wetherill Laboratory of Chemistry. More at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2009b/091029McCulleySpaceday.html#at.

Saturday, Nov. 7

-- Women's tennis. Purdue Invitational. All day. Schwartz Tennis Center.

-- Hands-on engineering open house for students grades K-6. Women in Engineering Program. 9 a.m. to noon. Room 3153, Civil Engineering Building. Parents must accompany students.

-- Soccer (women's) vs. Iowa. 1 p.m. Varsity Soccer Complex. Tickets: adult, $5; student, $2; groups of 15 or more, $1 each (on day of match, tickets are sold only at site).

-- Swimming and diving (M&W) vs. Northwestern. 1 p.m. Boilermaker Aquatic Center.

-- Dave Brubeck Quartet. Convocations, Jazz. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, STEW. With Experience+. Tickets: $85-$25. More at www.convocations.org.

Sunday, Nov. 8

-- Women's basketball vs. Lindsey Wilson (exhibition). 2 p.m. Mackey Arena. Tickets: adult, $12; ages 3 to college, $5.

ONGOING EVENTS

All week

--Exhibition: "Hard Rain: The Late Works of Mary Hambleton." Purdue University Galleries. Paintings chronicling artist's journey of living with cancer; exhibition in collaboration with Purdue Oncological Sciences Center's annual "Cancer, Culture and Community" events. Stewart Center Gallery. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, plus until 8 p.m. Thursday; 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Through Dec. 6. 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

-- John Purdue Room Lunch Special. This week, the featured specials in the John Purdue Room are lentil soup (soup) and salmon roulade (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.

-- Exhibition: Student works inspired by poetry of Donald Hall, former U.S. poet laureate (see also poetry reading under Thursday above). Patti and Rusty Rueff Galleries, Pao Hall. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Through Nov. 13.

-- Exhibition: Works by local students and the others in the community, inspired by poetry of Donald Hall, former U.S. poet laureate (see also poetry reading under Thursday above). Room 118, PMU (adjacent to Great Hall). Thursday and Friday only. Reception 4-6 p.m. Thursday.

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.