September 19, 2008

Purdue Events Calendar

EDITORS: This calendar lists events on Purdue's West Lafayette campus or involving people or programs off campus during the next four weeks. Events are free, except where noted, and are open to news media coverage. New or updated listings are designated by two asterisks (**).

Events in this calendar, plus many others, are listed in Purdue's online calendar at https://calendar.purdue.edu

EVENTS

-- Sept. 19. 7:30 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and author Thomas Friedman will discuss his latest book, "Hot, Flat and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution -- and How It Can Renew America." Admission is free but tickets are required. Tickets are available at the Hall of Music box office. Friedman will sign books after his talk.

-- Sept. 20. 8-9 a.m. Purdue Armory. Family Day Pancake Breakfast. Annual event will include speech from Purdue President France A. Córdova and music. $5 admission. Reservations required. For information or to register, call (800) 213-3044 or visit https://www.union.purdue.edu/HTML/PSUB/FamilyDaySchedule.aspx

-- Sept. 20. Noon. Ross-Ade Stadium. Purdue Band Day featuring 28 high school bands from around the state. Entire group will perform at halftime of the Purdue v. Central Michigan football game. To buy tickets, call (765) 494-3194 or (800) 497-6768.

-- Sept. 20. 3-6 p.m. Purdue Memorial Union front lawn. Boilermaker Barbeque. The Kyle Bledsoe band will perform, and a variety of activities will be offered including trivia, ladder golf and corn hole. Meal will include tortellini salad with fresh vegetables, melon and grape salad with mint and orange, grilled artichokes and white beans, smoke beef brisket, Tandoori-style grilled chicken, black bean burgers, homemade banana pudding and apple rum cake. Concert and activities are free, but the meal is $11 for adults, $7 for children under 10.

** -- Sept. 25. Announcement of a gift to support Purdue's Access and Success campaign to raise more than $304 million to attract and retain students through the expansion of student aid and programs. The campaign also is raising $32 million toward the $99.5 million renovation and expansion of Mackey Arena.

** -- Sept. 29. 1:30 p.m. Herrick Laboratories lawn at 140 Martin C. Jischke Drive, just south of State Street. Completion of fundraising for the Seng-Liang Wang Hall of Electrical and Computer Engineering in Purdue's Discovery Park. The building was named for the father of Purdue alumnus Patrick Wang, chairman and chief executive officer of Johnson Electric in Hong Kong. The School of Electrical and Computer Engineering will expand into the new facility and will continue to occupy most of the current Electrical Engineering Building and the Materials and Electrical Engineering Building. To reserve a place, contact events@purdue.edu .

** -- Sept. 30. 11 a.m. Martin C. Jischke Biomedical Engineering building, on the east side of Martin C. Jischke Drive, south of State Street. Dedication of the building and unveiling of a portrait of Jischke, who served as president of Purdue from 2000-2007. Jischke will participate in the ceremony, which also will mark the 10th anniversary of the biomedical engineering program at Purdue. By invitation only.

-- Sept. 30. 3 p.m. Patty Jischke Early Care and Education Center, 90 Nimitz Drive, at the intersection of Nimitz and Marshall drives on the south edge of Discovery Park. Dedication of the Patty Jischke Early Care and Education Center. The $3.08 million center opened Aug. 11 and serves 86 children of students and Purdue employees, accommodating ages 6 weeks to 5 years. By invitation only.

** -- Oct. 1. 10:30 a.m. Purdue Technology Center of Southeast Indiana, southeast corner of Interstate 265 and Charlestown Road, New Albany. Purdue officials and local dignitaries will celebrate the dedication of 40,000-square-foot Purdue Technology Center of Southeast Indiana. The center, which opened in August, is one of four Purdue Research Park centers around the state that serve as incubators for startup or expanding companies. It also is home to Purdue's College of Technology at New Albany, an economic development office and an office for Purdue's Technical Assistance Program.

** -- Oct. 2. 3 p.m. Martin Jischke Drive, just north of 3rd Street and just south of Wiley Hall. Dedication of University Residences' new $19 million dining court. An outdoor ceremony will be followed by inside tours and samples of international cuisine. The 500-seat freestanding dining court completes University Residences' consolidation of 11 cafeteria-style dining rooms to five architecturally distinct courts. To reserve a place, contact events@purdue.edu .

** -- Oct. 18-19. Stewart Center, Room 214A. Midwest Study Group of the North American Kant Society. Allen W. Wood, the Ward W. and Priscilla B. Woods Professor at Stanford University and professor of philosophy, Indiana University, is the keynote speaker. Sponsored by the Department of Philosophy, North American Kant Society and Religious Studies Program. More information is available at https://web.ics.purdue.edu/~kain/2008_MSG.html .

** -- Oct. 20. 7 p.m. Pfendler Hall of Agriculture, Dean's Auditorium. "Forecasting the November Elections: What Can We Expect on November 4?" The panelists are William Shaffer, professor of political science; Niambi Carter, assistant professor of political science; Bert Rockman, professor and head of the Department of Political Science; Stacey Connaughton, assistant professor of communication; and Rosalee Clawson, associate professor of political science. Sponsored by the Department of Political Science and Experience Liberal Arts.

ENTERTAINMENT

-- Sept. 20. 3 p.m. Purdue Memorial Union front lawn. Outdoor Music Series sponsored by Purdue Student Union Board featuring Kyle Bledsoe. Part of the Family Day Boilermaker BBQ. In case of rain, concert will be held in the Purdue Memorial Union Commons. For information, call (765) 494-8976 or visit https://www.union.purdue.edu/psub

-- Sept. 25. 7 p.m. Purdue Memorial Union front lawn. Outdoor Music Series sponsored by Purdue Student Union Board featuring Emphasis. Free concert and refreshments. In case of rain, concert will be in held in the Purdue Memorial Union Commons. For information, call (765) 494-8976 or visit https://www.union.purdue.edu/psub

-- Sept. 26 to Oct. 5. Nancy T. Hansen Theatre, Yue-Kong Pao Hall of Visual and Performing Arts, 552 W. Wood St. "You Can't Take It With You" presented by Purdue's Division of Theatre. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 26 and 27, and Oct. 1-4. Matinees also will be offered at 3 p.m. on Sept. 27 and Oct. 5. Tickets are $17 for the general public, $10 for students and $13 for seniors age 62 and older. A special preview performance of "You Can't Take It With You" also will be offered at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 25, with all seats $6 general admission. For tickets, call (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW.

-- Oct. 2. 7:30 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Robin Williams' Weapons of Self-Destruction. Presented by Purdue Convocations in cooperation with Jam Productions. Tickets are $85, $65, and $49.50; prices include a facilities fee. Tickets are on sale at the Elliott Hall of Music and Stewart Center box offices or at (765) 494-3933. Tickets through Ticketmaster are on sale at (765) 743-5151 or online at https://www.ticketmaster.com .

-- Oct. 3. 8 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Presented by Purdue Convocations. Tickets are $20-45 for adults and $15-30 for children 18 years and younger, Purdue students and Ivy Tech Lafayette students. Tickets are available at the Elliott and Stewart Center box offices at (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW or through Ticketmaster outlets.

** -- Oct. 12. 3 p.m. University Plaza Hotel Ballroom, 3001 Northwestern Ave. Ralph's World. Purdue Convocations is presenting the family-friendly concert recommended for children ages 2 to 8. Tickets are $17 for adults and $12 for children 18 years and younger, Purdue students and Ivy Tech Lafayette students. Tickets are available at the Elliott Hall and Stewart Center box offices at (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW. Tickets also are available through Ticketmaster outlets at (765) 743-5151 and https://www.ticketmaster.com

** -- Oct. 16. 7:30 p.m. Stewart Center's Loeb Playhouse. Brasil Guitar Duo, winner of the 2006 Concert Artists Guild International Competition. Performance has been moved from Fowler Hall, where it was originally scheduled. Presented by Purdue Convocations. Tickets are $12 for adults and children 18 years and younger, Purdue students and Ivy Tech Lafayette students. Tickets are available at the Elliott Hall and Stewart Center box offices at (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW. Tickets also are available through Ticketmaster outlets at (765) 743-5151 and https://www.ticketmaster.com

** -- Oct. 18. 8 p.m. Stewart Center's Loeb Playhouse. Omar Sosa Afreecanos Quartet. Presented by Purdue Convocations. Tickets are $25 for adults and $19 for children 18 years and younger, Purdue students and Ivy Tech Lafayette students. Tickets are available at the Elliott Hall and Stewart Center box offices at (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW. Tickets also are available through Ticketmaster outlets at (765) 743-5151 and https://www.ticketmaster.com

** -- Nov. 2. 7:30 p.m. Elliott Hall of Music. O.A.R. (Of A Revolution). Part of the Campus Conscious Tour 2008 and presented by Purdue's Student Concert Committee. Tickets are $30 for the general public; price includes a facility fee. Tickets go on sale to Purdue and Ivy Tech Lafayette students, and Purdue faculty and staff with a current ID at 10 a.m. Sept. 26 at the Elliott Hall of Music and Stewart Center box offices and at (765) 494-3933. Tickets for the general public go on sale at 10 a.m. Sept. 27. Tickets also are available at Ticketmaster outlets at (765) 743-5151 and https://www.ticketmaster.com

Exhibits

-- Through Oct. 12. Stewart Center Gallery. Li'l Heads, Too! Purdue Galleries will present images of the head and small portraits during the second installation of the Li'l Heads exhibition. The exhibit primarily is composed of printmaking and photography from the 16th through the 20th centuries, small sculptural pieces and masks. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 pm. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 1-5 p.m. Sunday.

-- Through Oct. 12. Purdue Memorial Union, Robert L. Ringel Gallery. No Danger. Purdue Galleries will present an exhibit of three-dimensional paper airplanes using the theme of "No Danger" as a point of departure. Edward Bernstein, professor of printmaking at the Hope School of Fine Arts, Indiana University, and Italian/Slovenian artist Franco Vecchiet acted as co-curators and selected the artists in the exhibition. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 pm. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday and from 1-5 p.m. Sunday.

LECTURES

-- Sept. 22. 8 p.m. Stewart Center, Room 310. Anita Norich, professor of English and Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan, will present "How Tevye Learned to Fiddle." Jewish Studies Lecture Series.

-- Sept. 26. 11:30 a.m. Discovery Park's Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship, Room 121. Judith A. Monroe, commissioner for the Indiana State Department of Health, will headline the Pioneer Speaker Series offered by Discovery Park's Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering. Her talk, titled "Indiana’s Public Health Priorities," will outline research questions posed by the state's health industry challenges and priorities. In early 2007, Monroe joined with Purdue to lead the design and implementation of the Indiana Public Health System Quality Improvement Project, which is designed to strengthen local public health capacity, infrastructure and system performance. For information, visit https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/rche/

** -- Oct. 7. 3:30-5 p.m. Stewart Center, Room 202. Randy Roberts, Distinguished Professor of History, presents "Popular Culture and WWII." Sponsored by the Department of History and Experience Liberal Arts.

** -- Oct. 7. 7 p.m. Stewart Center's Loeb Playhouse. Discovery Lecture Series, "A World of Uncertainty: Thresholds and Dilemmas in Ecology," features leading international researchers probing how the environment impacts health in humans and animals. Event is free and open to the public. Keynote speakers are Theo Colburn, professor emeritus of zoology at the University of Florida and president of the Endocrine Disruption Exchange, and James A. MacMahon, trustee professor of biology at Utah State University and chairman of the National Ecological Observatory Network. Event also will feature panel discussion by David Neale, a plant genetics professor at University of California, Davis; John Avise, distinguished professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of California, Irvine; and David Hillis, professor of zoology at the University of Texas. Organizers are Discovery Park, Purdue's Center for the Environment, the Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Department of Biological Sciences and the Lilly Endowment. For information, visit https://www.purdue.edu/dp/dls/events.html

** -- Oct. 21. 8-9 p.m. Stewart Center, Fowler Hall. Marwan Muasher, Jordan's former ambassador to Israel and Jordanian diplomat, will present "The Arab Center: The Promise of Moderation." Sponsored by the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering and the College of Liberal Arts.

SEMINARS

-- Sept. 26. 1-5 p.m. Stewart Center, Room 206. Center on Aging and the Life Course symposium. Stress, chronic illness complications and depression in family caregiving are some of the issues that will be discussed at the symposium, "Family Relations and Late Life Health." It is free for Purdue faculty, staff or students and those 65 and older. The registration fee for the general public is $40. For information or to register, visit https://www.purdue.edu/aging/

Compiled by Christy Jones, (765) 494-1089, christyjones@purdue.edu

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