SPECIAL EVENTS
Tuesday, March 21
-- The fifth annual An Evening of Pennsylvania Poets: Readings in Celebration of the Public Poetry Project, 7 p.m., 101 Pattee.
Friday, March 24
-- Freestyle Motocross Ramp it Up Tour, Bryce Jordan Center, through March 25. For tickets, call (814) 865-5555.
-- Gallery Talk: Early 20th-Century American Painting at the Palmer Museum of Art, by Tina Swisher, Christoffers Lobby, Palmer Museum of Art.
Sunday, March 26
-- "The Stinky Cheese Man and other Fair(l)y (Stoopid) Tales," Dallas Children's Theatre, 2 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.
Tuesday, March 28
-- Penn State Spring Career Days, 1 to 6 p.m. March 28, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 29, The Bryce Jordan Center.
-- "Splinter," a postmodern drama about the life of Jesus of Nazareth, 8:15 p.m., 102 Thomas.
Friday, March 31
-- Gallery Talk: New Perspectives: An Academic Selection of Works on Paper by Sarah Holloran, 12:10 p.m., Christoffers Lobby, Palmer Musuem of Art.
-- Clean Energy Expo, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. March 31, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 1, The Bryce Jordan Center.
-- The Sleeping Beauty, Russian National Ballet, 8 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.
MUSIC
Wednesday, March 22
-- Sweeney Todd in concert, Henry Valoris, conductor, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.
Thursday, March 23
-- Bach's Lunch: Brass Ensembles, 12:10 p.m., Eisenhower Chapel.
-- Jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal, 7:30 p.m., Schwab Auditorium. For free tickets, call (814) 865-6482.
Friday, March 24
-- Jazz Festival, 4 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.
Saturday, March 25
-- Jazz Festival, 9 a.m., Esber Recital Hall.
-- "HMS Pinafore," Carl Rosa Opera, 8 p.m., Eisenhower Auditorium. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.
Sunday, March 26
-- Timothy Deighton, faculty viola recital, 4 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.
Monday, March 27
-- Matthew Swope, graduate voice recital, 7:30 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.
Tuesday, March 28
-- Momoko Tajiri on a subject to be announced, 4 p.m., 102 Chemistry.
-- "Art of the Audition," 7:30 p.m., The Playhouse. Free tickets required. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.
-- Pennsylvania Quintet, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.
Thursday, March 30
-- Bach's Lunch: Tuba/Euphonium Studio, 12:10 p.m., Eisenower Chapel.
-- Pittsburgh Symphony Chamber Orchestra, 7:30 p.m., Schwab Auditorium. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.
Friday, March 31
-- Pittsburgh Symphony: Side-by-Side concert with PSU Philharmonic, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall. For tickets, call (814) 863-0255.
Saturday, April 1
-- April Fool's Concert featuring music faculty fooling around with unusual music, surprising instruments and spoofs, 8 p.m., Esber Recital Hall.
FILMS
Wednesday, March 22
-- "Electricity by the Trainload," 12:15 p.m., 105 Deike.
Thursday, March 23
-- Come as You Are film: "Bamboozled," 7 p.m. March 23, 1 p.m. March 26, Lipcon Auditorium, Palmer Museum of Art.
-- "One in Ten" film festival celebrating lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered diversity, scheduled for March 23 through 26, and March 30 through April 2. Details at http://www.clubs.psu.edu/up/psupride/oneinten/ online.
Friday, March 24
-- "Project Poltergeist: The Mystery of Neutrinos," 3:30 p.m., 211 Davey Laboratory.
Wednesday, March 29
-- "Faces of Environmental Injustice in Cincinnati," 12:15 p.m., 105 Deike.
Friday, March 31
-- "Understanding the Odds in Life," 3:30 p.m., 211 Davey Laboratory.
SEMINARS
Monday, March 20
-- "Practice Talks for Site Visit," noon, S-5 Osmond Laboratory.
-- Shane Vogel on "Unperforming the Self: Lena Horne and Segregated Cabaret Performance," 12:40 p.m., 102 Kern.
-- James Morken on "Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis with Chiral Organometallics," 2:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry.
-- Ophelia Dahl on "Partners In Health: From Haiti to Rwanda," 3 to 4:30 p.m., 101 Pattee Library.
-- Dan Bernstein on "Finding Your Place in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning," 3:30 p.m., HUB-Robeson Center auditorium.
-- Susanne Viefers on "Quantum Hall Physics in Rotating Bose Condensates," 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory.
Tuesday, March 21
-- Anders Karlhede on "One-Dimensional Theory of the Quantum Hall System," 3:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory.
-- Tobin Sosnick on a subject to be announced, 4 p.m., 102 Chemistry.
-- Elizabeth Goreham on current environmental initiatives and policies in Centre County, 7 p.m., 121 Sparks.
-- John Ellis on "From Little Bangs to the Big Bang," 8 p.m., Ballroom C, The Nittany Lion Inn.
Wednesday, March 22
-- William Koros on a subject to be announced, 10 to 11 a.m., 102 Thomas.
-- Research Unplugged: Carlo Pantano on "Material Mystery: Inside the Art and Science of Glass," noon to 1 p.m., Penn State Downtown Theater Center.
-- Joseph A. Gardella Jr. on "Design and Characterization of Polymer Surface Chemistry for Tissue Engineering and Drug Delivery," 2:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry.
-- John Ellis on "Strategies to Search for Supersymmetry," 2:30 p.m., 339 Davey Laboratory.
-- S. Ashok on "Semiconductors: A Brief History," 3:35 p.m., 114 Earth-Engineering Sciences.
Thursday, March 23
-- David MacMillan on "New Catalysis Concepts of Broad Utility to Chemical Synthesis," 12:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry.
-- Timothy C. Lieuwen on "Nonlinear Combustion Dynamics in Premixed Combustion Systems," 3:30 p.m., C213 Coal Utilization Laboratory.
-- John Ellis on "Physics with Large Hadron Collider," 4 p.m., 119 Osmond Laboratory.
Friday, March 24
-- Sam Ridout and David DeGroot on "Research in Progress Presentations," 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., 127 Noll Laboratory.
-- George C. Schatz on "Nanoparticle Optical Properties and Biomolecule Detection: New Challenges for Theory," 2:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry.
Monday, March 27
-- Robert Caserio on "Modernist Realism and Imperial Romance," 12:40 p.m., 102 Kern.
Tuesday, March 28
-- Momoko Tajiri on a subject to be announced, 4 p.m., 102 Chemistry.
Wednesday, March 29
-- Penn State Forum: Marvin Hamlisch on "My Life as a Musician," 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel. For tickets, call (814) 865-7590.
-- Duarte Morais on "Domestic Tourism, Indigenous Revitalization and Internal Colonialism in China," noon to 1 p.m., 502 Keller.
-- Research Unplugged: Mary Preuss on "Once Upon a Myth: Exploring Yucatec-Mayan Stories," noon to 1 p.m., Penn State Downtown Theatre Center.
-- Mark Meyerhoff on "Nitric Oxide Releasing/Generating Polymers: Preparation, Characterization, and Biomedical/Bioanalytical Applications," 2:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry.
-- Sanjiv H. Naidu on "Prosthetic Joint Replacement of the Hand," 3:35 p.m., 114 Earth-Engineering Sciences.
Thursday, March 30
-- Jeremy Isenberg on "Engineering for Security," 7:30 p.m., Applied Research Laboratory Auditorium.
Friday, March 31
-- Scott Sayres on "Frequency Comb Spectroscopy," 2:30 p.m., 102 Chemistry.
-- Joseph E. Inikori on "The Transatlantic Slave Trade and the Evolution of the Market Economy in West Africa," 4 to 5:30 p.m., 113 IST Building.
Monday, April 3
-- Ulf Schmidt on "Nazi Medicine and the Legacy of the Nuremberg Doctors' Trial," 3 to 4:30 p.m., 101 Pattee Library.
-- Alex Vilenkin on "Probabilities in the Landscape," 3 p.m., 318 Osmond Laboratory.
EXHIBITS
HUB-Robeson Center
-- 21st Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, School of Visual Arts, HUB gallery, March 24 through April 23.
-- "Dolls," from the collection of Irene Jones, exhibit cases, beginning March 21.
-- Center for Arts and Crafts artists and instructors, art alley, March 21 through April 30.
North Halls
-- Photographs by Beth Irvin, March 29 through May 1.
Palmer Museum of Art
-- "New Perspectives: An Academic Selection of Prints and Drawings," through May 28.
-- "Picturing the Banjo," March 30 through June 25.
Pasquerilla Spiritual Center
-- Focus on the Living, through May 7.
Ritenour
-- Photographs by Hillary Stauffer, March 31 through April 30.
West Halls
-- "Dreamscapes," Aaron Owens, through May 3.
Zoller Gallery
-- Gordon Harkins and Brian Molanphy, master of fine arts candidates, through March 27.
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