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Reporters' Calendar: Purdue Events for JournalistsNovember 16, 2009 JOURNALISTS: Here is a list of upcoming Purdue events that reporters may want to consider covering.
PURDUE EVENTS * Nov. 16 - U.S.-Canada border summit to feature trade, security, mobility experts
* Nov. 18 - Indianapolis panel discussion, book signing for 'Problem Solving Courts'
* Nov. 19 - Purdue students visit Westminster Village as part of sociology class
* Nov. 20 - College of Education to unveil space images
U.S.-Canada border summit to feature trade, security, mobility experts
Nov. 16. 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Purdue Memorial Union. A conference, titled In Step, In Line, On Time: Regional Strategies for Trade, Security, and Mobility Challenges at the U.S.-Canada Border, will bring together researchers and private-sector stakeholders from across the Great Lakes region and U.S. and Canadian government officials. Greg Nadeau, deputy administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, will deliver the keynote address. For additional information, go online to http://www.purdue.edu/dp/nextrans/tech/
CONTACT: Phillip Fiorini, 765-496-3133, 765-427-3009 (cell), pfiorini@purdue.edu
Indianapolis panel discussion, book signing for 'Problem Solving Courts'
Nov. 18. 3-5 p.m. Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority, 30 S. Meridian St., Indianapolis. JoAnn Miller, Purdue associate dean for the College of Liberal Arts and professor of sociology, and Donald C. Johnson, who was three times elected as a superior court judge in Indiana, will talk about their new book "Problem Solving Courts: New Approaches to Criminal Justice." There also will be a book signing. The event is sponsored by the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority and the Corporation for Supportive Housing.
CONTACT: Amy Patterson Neubert, Purdue News Service, 765-494-9723, apatterson@purdue.edu Purdue students visit Westminster Village as part of sociology class
Nov. 19. 7-9 p.m. Westminster Village, 2741 N. Salisbury St., West Lafayette. About 20 students from the "Social Gerontology" class will visit with residents at Westminster Village for game night. Course instructor and graduate student Karis Pressler organized the event to encourage students to interact with older adults and to provide a better understanding of the realities of aging.
CONTACT: Amy Patterson Neubert, Purdue News Service, 765-494-9723, apatterson@purdue.edu
College of Education to unveil space images
Nov. 20. 10:15 a.m. CST. Lincoln Elementary School, Roselawn, Ind. Purdue University's College of Education will unveil two mural-sized images of the Milky Way Galaxy from NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes and Chandra X-ray Observatory. Also, Magaretha Motes McBride, education alumna, former teacher and director of the Muncie Community Schools Planetarium, will give a presentation.
CONTACT: Judith Barra Austin, Purdue News Service, 765-494-2432, jbaustin@purdue.ed
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