Purdue News Service

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 http://calendar.purdue.edu

EVENTS
      -- Nov. 6. 8 p.m. Wetherill Hall Room 200. Former astronaut Michael McCulley will speak about his experiences as an astronaut.
      -- Nov. 7. 9 a.m. to noon. "Hands-on" engineering open house for students grades K-6. Purdue Women in Engineering will host an open house during which elementary school students can explore basic engineering concepts. Parents must accompany students. Details are available at https://engineering.purdue.edu/WIEP/Programs/Pre-College%20Students/I2D2/i2d2_index.htm/
      -- Nov. 10. 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Discovery Park's Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship, Room 121. Eight finalists will make formal business-plan presentations for $100,000 in prizes at the sixth Purdue University Life Sciences Business Plan Competition. The companies are Indiana Nanotech LLC, Cascade Metrix Inc., GlucaGo LLC, Nano-Rad LLC, Bombyx Technologies, Nanophage Therapeutics, Glytrix Inc., and Bioregeneration. The winner receives $50,000 in cash and services, plus free business incubator space for a year at one of the Purdue Research Park's technology centers across the state. A reception and awards dinner will wrap up the day. For more information, contact Jackie Lanter, 765-494-1335, BDMCenter@purdue.edu, or go online to http://www.purdue.edu/discoverypark/entrepreneurship/programs/lifesciences/
      **-- Nov. 11. 11 a.m. Purdue Memorial Union Great Hall. Veterans Day Tribute. The event will honor those who have served and those currently serving in the military. It will begin with the presentation of colors by the Purdue ROTC. The Purduettes will perform patriotic selections, and the Purdue Bands will play "Taps." Blank rounds will be fired at approximately 11:30 a.m. outside the Great Hall on the Purdue Memorial Union Front Lawn. Speakers include Bob Mindrum, director of the Purdue Memorial Union, as well as two ROTC students, Abraham J. Trindle and Kyle J. Shea.
      ** -- Nov. 12. 9:30-11 a.m. Lawson Computer Science Building foyer. Science Journalism Laureates Program's Public Town Hall meeting. "Science Journalism in the Age of Twitter" will be discussed by 12 science journalism laureates, including the new 2009 appointees: K. John Morrow Jr., author and freelancer; Susan Hassler, member of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and a science and technology editor and journalist; Kevin Maney, independent journalist, author and consultant; and Peter Winter, editor. More information is available at http://www.purdue.edu/sjl

     ENTERTAINMENT
      -- Nov. 11. 4:30 p.m. West Lafayette Public Library, 208 W. Columbia St. World Film Forum. "The Blue Angel," a film from Germany, will be shown and then discussed by Fritz Cohen, professor emeritus of foreign languages and literatures. Refreshments will be served. The forum is sponsored by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures. More information is available at: http://india.fll.purdue.edu/SG_files/SG_News.html
      -- Nov. 17. 7 p.m. Stewart Center's Fowler Hall. "Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes" with filmmaker Byron Hurt. The documentary examines representations of gender roles in hip-hop and rap music. During the discussion with Hurt, issues of masculinity, sexism, violence and homophobia in today's hip-hop culture will be explored.
      ** -- Nov. Nov. 13-14, 18-21. 7:30 p.m. Nancy T. Hansen Theatre, Yue-Kong Pao Hall of Visual and Performing Arts. "Hedda Gabler." The play centers on the heroine's personal and interpersonal conflict, and her desire to take part in grand schemes that reach beyond the mundane boundaries of her small world. Tickets for regular performances are $19 for the general public, $12 for students and $15 for seniors age 62 and above. Tickets are available at the Pao Hall, Elliott Hall and Stewart Center box offices or by calling 765-494-3933 or 800-914-SHOW.
      ** -- Nov. 22. 3 p.m. Loeb Playhouse. "Strega Nona the Musical." Based on a series of children's books by author and illustrator Tomie dePaola, "Strega Nona The Musical" is the tale of a friendly magical witch who strives to cure the ills of her tiny Italian town of Calabria. The production, which was adapted for the Stage by Thomas W. Olson, features a score by composer Aron Accurso. 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. Tickets are also available through Ticketmaster outlets. Discounted tickets for groups of 10 or more can be ordered at 765-496-1977.
      ** -- Dec. 4. 7 p.m. Loeb Playhouse. Black Cultural Center's annual Cultural Arts Festival. This year's festival will culminate the semesterlong focus on hip-hop. Tickets are $7 for the general public and $5 for Purdue students.

     LECTURES
      -- Nov. 9. 3-6 p.m. Lawson Building, Room 1142. "1989-2009: 20 Years after the Fall - A Colloquium." The presenters are Padraic Kenney, professor of history and head of Polish Studies at Indiana University; Julia Gray, assistant professor of political science at the University of Pittsburgh; and Constantin Iordachi, associate professor and chair of the Department of History at Central European University in Budapest. Sponsorsed by the Department of History.
      -- Nov. 9. 8 p.m. Krannert Auditorium. A screening of the 2000 Hungarian film "A Kis Utazás (The Short Trip)." The event is part of the Department of History's "1989-2009: 20 Years after the Fall - A Colloquium."
      ** -- Nov. 10. 4:30 p.m. Purdue Memorial Union, Anniversary Drawing Room. "Shakespeare's 'Pericles:' Authorship, the Just Gods, and Experimental Drama," will be presented by Dharani dhar Sahu, professor from Berhampur University in India. The lecture is sponsored by the Comparative Literature Program.
      -- Nov. 11. 7 p.m. Fowler Hall. Dr. Benjamin Chavis of the Hip Hop Summit Action Network will deliver a keynote address. The Hip Hop Summit Action Network is dedicated to harnessing the cultural relevance of hip-hop music to serve as a catalyst for education advocacy and other societal concerns fundamental to the empowerment of youth.
      -- Nov. 18. 12:30 p.m. Beering Hall, Room 1255. "Is an Alternative Capitalism Possible? Hints from Jewish and Japanese Thought" presented by Rabbi Daniel P. Aldrich, an assistant professor of political science. The Noon Series Lecture is sponsored by the Jewish Studies program. More information available at: http://www.cla.purdue.edu/jewish-studies/events/
      -- Nov. 20. 11:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. Beering Hall, Room 2290. Steve Laughlin, vice president of International Business Machines, will speak to liberal arts students during the LA Influentials course. More information available at: http://www.cla.purdue.edu/alumni/gs300/
      ** -- Dec. 4. 11:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. Beering Hall, Room 2290. Cindy Fornelli, executive director of Center for Audit Quality, will speak to liberal arts students during the LA Influentials course. More information available at: http://www.cla.purdue.edu/alumni/gs300/

     SEMINARS
      -- Nov. 13. 1 p.m. to 5:15. Fowler Auditorium in Stewart Center. 7th Annual Gernet E. Peck Symposium. As part of its 125th anniversary celebration, the Purdue School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is sponsoring a health-care symposium titled "Emerging Trends in Health Care." The event brings together health care leaders to discuss the future trends in health care as it relates to pharmacy and the pharmaceutical sciences. For more information, call 765-494-1361 or visit http://www.ipph.purdue.edu/peck/.

     CONFERENCES
      ** -- Nov. 16, 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Purdue Memorial Union. Conference, titled "In Step, In Line, On Time: Regional Strategies for Trade, Security, and Mobility Challenges at the U.S.-Canada Border," brings 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. Registration is $50, but students are admitted free. Event is organized by the Purdue-led NEXTRANS Center, a U.S. Department of Transportation Region V Regional University Transportation Center at Discovery Park. For registration and additional information, go online to http://www.purdue.edu/dp/nextrans/tech/borderconference.php

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