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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 22. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Stewart Center 214D and 302-306. ESE Symposium, "Water Resources in a Changing Global Climate." 10:45-11:45 a.m., Melvin Visser, author of "Cold, Clear and Deadly," STEW 214 D. Noon to 1:45 p.m., Keynote lunch with Dr. Andrea Rinaldo (University of Padua, Italy), "River Networks as Ecological Corridors for Species, Populations and Pathogens of Water-borne Disease." STEW 302-306. For more information and to register please visit https://www.purdue.edu/sustainability/
      ** -- Sept. 22. 9 a.m., 10-11 a.m., and 1 p.m. West Lafayette Wastewater Treatment Plant tours. Purdue Housing and Food Services sends several tons of food waste to the plant each month. The waste is put through anaerobic digestors, which produces the gas to generate the electricity to run the plant. For more information on this Purdue Green Week 2009 event and to sign up for a tour, visit https://www.purdue.edu/sustainability/

ENTERTAINMENT
      ** -- Sept. 21. 7-9:30 p.m. Rawls Hall, Room 1086. Diversity Café: Green Week Film Screening. "Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai" depicts how the simple act of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai planting trees grew into a nationwide movement to safeguard the environment, protect human rights, and defend democracy. A trailer is available at the film's website: https://takingrootfilm.com/
        -- Sept. 25. 8 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Beijing-based band Hanggai will perform a Mongolian folk revival. Purdue Convocations and the Confucius Institute at Purdue are sponsors. Tickets are $18 for adults and $15 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, and through Ticketmaster outlets. Discounted tickets for groups of 10 or more can be ordered at 765-496-1977.
      More information is available at: https://www.purdue.edu/convocations/show.asp?ID=8
      -- Oct. 1. 7 p.m. Loeb Playhouse, Stewart Center. Griffin Theatre Company presents "Frindle," part of Purdue Convocations' family series, recommended for ages 8-12. The play is based on the book by Andrew Clements. Tickets are $14 for adults and $10 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, and through Ticketmaster outlets. More information is available at: https://www.purdue.edu/convocations/show.asp?ID=9

EXHIBITS
** -- Sept. 24. Noon to 4 p.m. Stewart Center, west entrance, bike lane. Purdue displays an array of fuel-efficient vehicles including hybrid-powered fleet vehicles and solar-, electric-, and bio-diesel cars created by Purdue students. For more information on this Purdue Green Week 2009 event and to sign up to exhibit, visit https://www.purdue.edu/sustainability/pages/green_week.html

LECTURES
      -- Sept. 21 and 22. Discovery Lecture Series: Bionanotechnology on a Global Scale. Stewart Center's Fowler Hall. Venture capitalist Ken Bradley of ARCH Partners in Chicago will deliver keynote, "Transformation of Science into Products: Process, Examples and Trends in Serving Diverse Markets at the Interface of Biology and Nanotechnology," at 4 p.m. Monday (Sept. 21). Roderic Pettigrew, director of National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, will give lecture, "Bionanotechnology in 21st Century Healthcare," at 10 a.m. Tuesday (Sept. 22). Both talks are free and open to the public. Two-day event coincides with symposium led by Purdue researchers at Discovery Park's Bindley Bioscience and Birck Nanotechnology centers and Korea Institute of Science and Technology. Related workshop runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday (Sept. 21) at Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship, Room 121. For more information about the Discovery Lecture Series or the workshop, contact Luanne Ludwig at lml@purdue.edu, 765-494-2276.
      ** -- Sept. 22. 7 p.m. Fowler Hall in Stewart Center. Rakesh Agrawal, a professor in chemical engineering, will for the Pioneers in Energy Lecture. His lecture will be on "Sustainable Energy Solutions for a Limited Fossil Fuels Future." More information is available at: https://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/energy/events/pioneers_in_energy_lecture_series_2009/
      **--Sept. 23. 6:30-7:30 p.m. West Lafayette Public Library Elm Room (2nd floor) Sustainable Land Use: Smart Growth and Permaculture Design for Home & Community. Bob McCormick will introduce the ten principles of smart growth and how they can be implemented in Indiana communities. Also, several smart growth examples here in Indiana will be discussed.
      **--Sept. 24. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Pfendler Hall Dean's Auditorium, Room 234. The Problem of Unwanted Medicines: Environmental Impacts of Unwanted Medicines and Best Disposal Practices. Presenters: Elizabeth Hinchley Malloy, Ph.D. - Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant; Dawn Boston, Director, Wildcat Creek Solid Waste Management District; Marisol Sepulveda, DVM, Ph.D., Assoc. Professor - Purdue Department of Forestry & Natural Resources; Susan Boehme, Ph.D. - Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant.
      -- Sept. 25. 11:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. Beering Hall, Room 2290. Judy Brandau, vice president for international business operations for Latin America, West and Hawaii for Marriott Vacation Club International, will speak to liberal arts students during the LA Influentials course. More information available at https://www.cla.purdue.edu/alumni/gs300/
      ** -- Oct. 15. 7 p.m. Lawson Building, Room 1142. Tera Hunter, professor of U.S. history at Princeton University, will present "'Until Death or Distance Do You Part': Marriage and Slavery in the 19th Century." Sponsored by the Department of History, African American Studies, American Studies and Women's Studies.

WORKSHOPS
-- Oct. 2. 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Indiana Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Regional Conference. Lambert Fieldhouse. The registration deadline is Sept. 25. Registration form and rates are available online at https://www.indiana-ahperd.org/conference.html. Conference topics include an advocacy update about health professionals in the classroom, sexting, teen suicide prevention and classroom activities, such as sharbade, TOGU Senso balls and physioball workouts.

SEMINARS
      -- Sept. 21 10 – 11 a.m. Stewart Center 218 A/B. Purdue Recycling Update. Update on Purdue's recycling efforts and kickoff to the new Purdue Recycles program. The new program has been designed to reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill by making recycling more convenient. This event serves as kickoff to Purdue Green Week 2009. For more information, visit https://www.purdue.edu/sustainability/pages/green_week.html.
     -- Sept. 21 –25. 12 - 1 p.m. Deans Auditorium, Pfendler Hall. College of Agriculture Lunchtime Seminars series is part of Purdue Green Week 2009."The Tactical Garbage to Energy Refinery: Turning "Waste" into Opportunities” with Dr. Nate Mosier, Agricultural and Biological Engineering (Sept. 21). "Stream Ecosystems in the Context of Land Use and Climate Change” with Dr. Reuben Goforth, Forestry and Natural Resources (Sept. 22). “Energy and Climate Change: Economic and Policy Issues” with Dr. Wally Tyner, Agricultural Economics (Sept. 23). “It's Not Easy Being Green—Transportation Challenges with a Global Perspective” with Dr. John Lumkes, Agricultural and Biological Engineering (Sept. 24). “The Story of Emerald Ash Borer – A Cautionary Tale About What An Invasive Insect Can Do” with Jodie Ellis, Exotic Insects Education Coordinator, Department of Entomology (Sept. 25).
      Oct. 7 and 8. The Global China Forum: Images of China. The Oct. 7 keynote address is 7-9 p.m. in Stewart Center, Room 206. David Lampton, dean of the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, will present "Thinking About Chinese Power and What it Means for the World." The Oct. 8 keynote address is 7-9 p.m. in Stewart Center, Room 206. John Berthrong, associate dean of the School of Technology at Boston University, will present "Chinese New Confucianism and its American Future." More information about the forum's schedule and other speakers is available at https://www.purdue.edu/crcs/itemMeetings/globalChinaForum/2009/global%20china%20forumPPT.pdf
      The event is sponsored by Purdue's Center on Religion and Chinese Society, Confucius Institute at Purdue, Indiana Center for Cultural Exchange, Purdue's Office of Research and Development, Purdue University Calumet, China Center at Purdue, Religious Studies program and Asian Studies program.

Compiled by Jim Bush, 765-494-2077, jsbush@purdue.edu