Posted on 15 October 2010. Tags: Halloween, Long Center, Purdue Symphony Orchestra
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. –- Costumes are the order of the day for the Purdue Symphony Orchestra’s annual Halloween family pops concert “Creepy Classics” at 2:30 p.m. Sunday (Oct. 17) at the Long Center, 111 N. Sixth St., in downtown Lafayette, Indiana. Admission is free. Music inspired by dinosaurs in the form of John Williams’ themes […]
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Posted on 15 October 2010. Tags: Agricultural Engineering, Biological Engineering, Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, ITaP, Mechanical Engineering
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University on Saturday (Oct. 16) will dedicate a new civil engineering laboratory housing advanced hydrology and hydraulics facilities for teaching and research related to water resources. “The new lab is equipped with ultra-modern facilities for preparing future civil engineers to address global water challenges,” said M. Katherine Banks, the Jack […]
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Posted on 15 October 2010. Tags: Bravo Breakfast for the Arts, Indiana Arts Commission, TAF, Tippecanoe Arts Federation
LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Tippecanoe Arts Federation held their annual Bravo for the Arts this week for nearly 250 attendees. Bravo for the Arts brings together legislators, business owners and employees, arts administrators, artists and community volunteers to celebrate all those who create and support the arts. The event was made possible through the generosity of […]
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Posted on 15 October 2010. Tags: Loeb Playhouse, Purdue Convocations
WEST LAFAYETTE, IN — Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the moon landing, “One Small Step”, is a new play written by David Hastings, directed by Toby Hulse and produced by Oxford Playhouse. The play will be presented at Purdue University’s Loeb Playhouse in West Lafayette at 7 p.m. on Oct. 28-29 and at 4 p.m. […]
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Posted on 15 October 2010. Tags: Homecoming, Purdue University
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University students Brandon Krozel and Sara Wagner were crowned the 2010 Homecoming king and queen during a Wednesday (Oct. 13) campus pep rally. They will appear at Homecoming festivities on Saturday (Oct. 16), including the football game’s halftime celebration. Wagner is a senior studying mass communication from Indianapolis, and Krozel […]
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Posted on 15 October 2010. Tags: Education, facebook, Purdue University, Twitter
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A pilot study of a new technology that lets students use Twitter and text messages during and after class has found that it increases student engagement and is used more often by higher-performing students. The technology, called Hotseat, was developed by Purdue University in 2009 to increase student engagement in large […]
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