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

** -- July 10-20. Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis. The 38th annual Summer Celebration of Indiana Black Expo. Purdue is participating in events including Children's Day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 14, a corporate luncheon at 11:30 a.m. on July 17, the Youth Empowerment Summit July 18-19 and a Purdue alumni reception at 7:30 p.m. July 18 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Indianapolis. For information, contact Purdue's Special Events Office at (800) 213-3044, (765) 494-0900, events@purdue.edu or go to Indiana Black Expo's Summer Celebration Web site at http://www.ibesummercelebration.com/

Exhibits

-- Through Aug. 1. Purdue Memorial Union, Robert L. Ringel Gallery. "57/1: Artists from the Premier Edition of the PMC Guild Annual." Works made in precious metal clay made by 57 international artists in the PMC Guild will be on display. The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday and by appointment.

LECTURES

** -- July 22. 7 p.m. Tippecanoe County Public Library, 627 South St., Lafayette. Emily Allen, associate professor of English and Allan K. Hunter, a graduate student in the Department of English, will present "Victorian Time Travel: H. G. Wells 'The Time Machine.'"

Students

-- Ongoing. Registration under way for fall classes. The fall semester begins Aug. 25 and ends Dec. 20. Students should make appointments with their academic advisers or contact the registrar's office at (765) 494-8581.

WORKSHOPS

** -- July 14-18. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Knoy Hall, Room 106, and Michael Golden Labs, Rooms 1208 and B217. Music aficionados can learn from industry professionals how to craft, engineer and customize their own solid-body electric guitar at the second Purdue Guitar Workshop. Instructors will include Tim Shaw, principal engineer at Fender Guitars, and Kevin Beller, vice president of Seymour Duncan, as well as Purdue professors. For information, contact Mark French at (765) 494-7521, rmfrench@purdue.edu

Conferences

-- July 12-17. Ray W. Herrick Laboratories. The 19th International Compressor Engineering Conference and the 12th International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference and two short courses. The conferences will feature about 400 research papers and talks by researchers from Scotland to China. The registration deadline is May 31. The Herrick Labs' 50th birthday celebration is being held in conjunction with the conferences on July 18-19. Information about the conferences and birthday celebration is available at https://engineering.purdue.edu/Herrick/
Events/index.html. Information also is available by contacting Ginny Freeman at (765) 494-6078 or herlconf@ecn.purdue.edu.

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