SPECIAL EVENTS
Tuesday, October 19
--"The Rimers of Eldritch," through Oct. 30. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.
Friday, October 22
-- Homecoming Parade, 6 p.m., University Park. For additional information, see http://homecoming.psu.edu/2004/Events/
Tuesday, October 26
-- Blue's Clues Live! 7 p.m., The Bryce Jordan Center, through Oct. 27. For tickets, call (814) 865-5555.
-- "Stomp," 7:30 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium, through Oct. 27. For tickets, (814) 863-0255.
Thursday, October 28
--Pumpkin-carving event, 6 to 9 p.m., Shaver's Creek Envoronmental Center.
Saturday, October 30
-- Halloween Trail, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Shaver's Creek Environmental Center, through October 31. For tickets, call (814) 863-2000.
MUSIC
Monday, Oct. 18
-- Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble, with euphonium soloist Neal Corwell of Pershing's Own Army Band, conducted by Velvet Brown, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.
Tuesday, October 19
-- Susan Boardman, soprano, Steven Smith, piano, noon, Palmer Museum of Art.
-- Concert Band, 8 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium. Tickets required.
-- Neal Corwell, euphonium soloist of Pershing's Own Army Band, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.
Wednesday, October 20
-- Castalia Trio, noon, Palmer Museum of Art.
-- Gewandhaus Orchestra of Leipzig, Herbert Blomstedt, music director, 7:30 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.
Thursday, October 21
-- Amy Myers, piano, noon, Palmer Museum of Art.
-- Bach's Lunch, Glee Club and the Hi-Lo's, 12:10 p.m., Eisenhower Chapel.
-- Chamber Orchestra, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall. Tickets required.
Friday, October 22
-- Andrew Jackson Jazz Ensemble, noon to 1 p.m., first floor, HUB-Robeson Center.
-- Sei-Eun Kim, piano, noon, Palmer Museum of Art.
-- Castalia Trio, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.
Saturday, October 23
-- Glee Club Homecoming Concert, 8 p.m., Schwab Auditorium. Tickets required.
Sunday, October 24
-- Velvet Brown, faculty tuba recital, 2 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.
-- University Choir, 4 p.m., Esber Recital Hall. Tickets required.
Monday, October 25
-- Trombone Choir, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.
Tuesday, October 26
-- Marylene Dosse, piano, noon, Palmer Musuem of Art.
Wednesday, October 27
-- Cecilia Dunoyer, piano, Julie Savignon, violin, noon, Palmer Musuem of Art.
-- Julie Savignon and Cecilia Dunoyer faculty violin and piano concert, noon, Palmer Museum of Art
Thursday, October 28
-- Bach's Lunch, Clarinet Studio, 12:10 p.m., Eisenhower Chapel.
-- American String Quartet, 7:30 p.m., Schwab Auditorium. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.
-- Tuba/Euphonium Studio, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.
Friday, October 29
-- The Gordon Law Group, noon to 1 p.m., first floor, HUB-Robeson Center.
Saturday, October 30
-- Philharmonic Orchestra, 8 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium. Tickets required.
Sunday, October 31
-- Julie Savignon, faculty violin recital, 4 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.
Monday, November 1
-- Yellowcard, 7 p.m., The Bryce Jordan Center. For tickets, call (814) 865-5555.
FILMS
Wednesday, October 20
-- "Imagining New Worlds," 12:15 p.m., 105 Deike.
Thursday, October 21
-- "Une femme de ménage (The Housekeeper)," 6:30 and 9:30 p.m., 113 Carnegie.
Wednesday, October 27
-- "Africa: Continent of Contrast," 12:15 p.m., 105 Deike.
SEMINARS
Monday, October 18
-- Ayusman Sen on "Progress in Catalytic Nanomotors and Nanofluidics," noon, S5 Osmond Laboratory.
-- David Pan on "Herder, Rousseau and the Origin of Language," 12:40 p.m., 102 Kern.
-- Phil DeShong on "New Coupling Methods using Hypercoordinate Silicon Derivatives: Applications to the Total Synthesis of Natural Products," 2 p.m., 102 Chemistry.
-- Kelly Holley-Bockelmann on "Bringing Black Holes Together: An N-Body Mechanic's Collision Report," 3 p.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory.
-- Kathy Kelly on "Voices in the Wilderness," 7 p.m., 121 Sparks. The event is free to the public. For information, call (814) 880-5468.
Tuesday, October 19
-- Raphael Rubinstein on "The Crisis of Criticism/Some Problems in Painting," 11:30 a.m., Lipcon Auditorium, Palmer Musuem of Art.
-- Doug Natelson on "Single Molecule Transistors: Transport, Kondo Physics and Inelastic Processes," 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory.
-- Tim Piccirillo on "The Magic of Your Potential," 7 p.m., 101 Chambers.
Wednesday, October 20
-- Research Unplugged: Brian Dempsey on "Progress without Pollution," noon, Penn State Downtown Theatre.
-- Paul Eslinger on "Neuropsychology and Aging, Part I," noon to 1 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory.
-- Lewis Rothberg on "New Approaches to Oligonucleotide Sensing Using Electrostatics," 12:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry.
-- Ronald J. Huss on "Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer," 3:35 p.m., 114 Earth-Engineering Sciences.
Thursday, October 21
-- Mary Lott on "Effects of Diabetes on the Myogenic Responses in Diabetes," noon to 1 p.m., 7 Sparks.
-- Ness Shroff on "Opportunistic Scheduling in Wireless Communication Networks," 4 p.m., 113 Information Science and Technology.
-- Kevin Bedell on "Ferromagnetic Superconductors: Who Ordered this Strange Matter?" 4 p.m., 117 Osmond Laboratory.
-- Mike Jospeh on "I-99 Construction and Acid Runoff: Where Does the Road Lead from Here?" 6 p.m., conference room, Land and Water Research.
Friday, October 22
-- Forian Conrady on "Free Vacuum for Loop Quantum Gravity," 9 a.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory.
-- Peter J. Landschoot on "Publish or Perish: An Editor's Perspective on Manuscript Preparation," 12:20 to 1:10 p.m., 101 Agricultural Science and Industries.
-- Rebecca Golombeck on "Deep Sea Methane Hydrate Solubility," 2:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry.
-- Steven Wasserstrom on "Siblings or Enemies? Jews and Muslims in the Formation of Islam," 3:30 p.m., Frizzell Room, Pasquerilla Spiritual Center.
Saturday, October 23
-- Kent Vrana on "To Clone or Not to Clone: The Future of Stem Cells," 9 a.m., The Nittany Lion Inn.
Monday, October 25
-- Judy Van Zile on "Politics and Dance in Korea," 12:40 p.m., 102 Kern.
-- Nick Krogman on "Electronically Conductive Polymers for Uses in Photovoltaic Devices," 2 p.m., 102 Chemistry.
-- Phoebe Hoban on "Alice Neel et milieu," 7 p.m., Lipcon Auditorium, Palmer Museum of Art.
Tuesday, October 26
-- William Hancock on "Mechanochemistry of Biomolecular Motors in the Kinesin Superfamily," 4 p.m., 102 Chemistry.
Wednesday, October 27
-- Paul Eslinger on "Neuropsychology and Aging, Part II," noon to 1 p.m., 108 Wartik Laboratory.
-- Research Unplugged: Eric Plutzer on "Are We Really 'Rocking the Vote?' Getting Young People to the Polls in 2004," noon to 1 p.m., Penn State Downtown Theatre.
-- Héctor Abruna on "Redox and Photoactive Nanometric Building Blocks for Molecular Devices," 12:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry.
-- Ruyan Guo on "Ferroelectric Single-Crystal Materials in Optoelectronics and Microwave Photonics Applications," 3:35 p.m., 114 Earth-Engineering Sciences.
Thursday, October 28
-- David Greenspan on "Bioactive Glasses: Novel Therapies in Regenerative Medicine," 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., 135 Reber.
-- Barry Meier, author of Pain Killer: A "Wonder" Drug's Trail of Addiction and Death , 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., 101 Pattee Library.
Friday, October 29
-- Bill Greer on "Unraveling the Legalities of rDNA Research: Who is Liable for Compliance — the Institution of the Researcher?" noon to 1 p.m., 102 Kern.
-- Jonathan Brockopp on "Jihad and Islamic History," 3 p.m., 101 Pattee Library.
-- John A. Dutton on "Where Should the Big Trucks Go," 4 p.m., 301 Steidle.
Monday, November 1
-- Bernard Bell on "The Contemporary African-American Novel: Trey Ellis' Platitudes and the New Black Aesthetic," 12:40 p.m., 102 Kern.
-- Douglas Biklen on "Constructing Competence: Autism, Voice and the 'Disordered' Body," 3 p.m., 101 Pattee Library.
EXHIBITS
HUB-Robeson Center
-- "Body Bags," Eric Symons, large soft sculpture, Art Foyer, through Dec. 12.
Palmer Museum of Art
-- "Recent Acquisitions," Works on Paper Gallery, through Jan. 23.
-- The Olympia-Steinway piano, by glass artist Dale Chihuly, through Oct. 30.
-- "Accommodations of Desire: Surrealist Works on Paper Collected by Julien Levy," Special Exhibitions Gallery II, through Dec. 5.
-- "The Seligmann Portfolio," by Kurt Seligmann, through Jan. 30.
Pattee and Paterno Libraries
-- "Paying Dues: Labor and Diversity in Black and White," main exhibit area, through Oct. 29.
For a full listing of University Park activities, including sporting events, go to the Web at http://events.psu.edu/ and for a detailed listing of upcoming Conference and Institutes' conferences, visit the Web at http://www.outreach.psu.edu/conferences.html