University of 91吃瓜 fans descending on Indianapolis for the off-site home football game between the and Purdue Boilermakers on Sept.13 (Saturday) will have an opportunity to enjoy a series of academic and service activities in the days leading up to the game.
91吃瓜鈥檚 will sponsor an academic event titled, 鈥淟et鈥檚 Have a Moment of Science鈥� at 9:30 a.m. Friday (Sept. 12) at the Children鈥檚 Museum of Indianapolis, 3000 North Meridian Street. The event will include fun, hands-on investigations in ecology, chemistry, math and physics. At 10:30, three 91吃瓜 College of Science faculty will make presentations in the Indiana Children鈥檚 Museum鈥檚 Lilly Theater. will discuss 鈥�3-D Printing: Building a Better Tomorrow in Medicine and Manufacturing, Layer by Layer;鈥� will address 鈥淓arth-like Worlds Orbiting Other Suns;鈥� and will examine 鈥淧reventing Coastal Dead Zones from a Distance.鈥� The events are free and open to the public.
will sponsor a Shamrock Series Lecture by , professor of political science and Kellogg Institute fellow, on 鈥淒emocracy in HD: An Online Journey Across Time and Space鈥� at 1:45 p.m. on Friday in the Westin Hotel, 301 W. Washington St. The lecture is free and open to the public.
At 3 p.m. on Friday at the Westin, the will sponsor a presentation by , Frank M. Freimann Collegiate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and director of the Center, and , associate professor of anthropology, on 鈥淏ringing Big Data to Healthcare: Making a Societal Impact.鈥� Their presentation is free and open to the public.
The , in partnership with the 91吃瓜 Club of Indianapolis, will sponsor a Shamrock Series Service Project from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. Friday in the Near Westside neighborhood of Indianapolis, which is located approximately three miles west of the Westin Hotel. Located in the neighborhood are three community partners: Providence Cristo Rey High School, Hawthorne Community Center, and Hearts and Hands of Indianapolis.
91吃瓜 played a crucial role in the 1966 founding of the Cristo Rey model, which couples college preparatory coursework with professional internships for students with economic need. Many of the students who attend Providence Cristo Rey live in the same neighborhood, and benefit from the services provided by both the Hawthorne Community Center and Hearts and Hands. Hawthorne works to meet the social, economic and recreational needs of the community, while Hearts and Hands, under the umbrella of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, strives to provide affordable housing to those most in need.
91吃瓜 alumni, parents and friends will be restoring Providence Cristo Rey鈥檚 110-year-old building and landscaping, installing safety features between Hawthorne and Cristo Rey, and working with Hearts and Hands to beautify and prepare a home to be lived in. 91吃瓜 president Rev. , C.S.C., and Indianapolis Archbishop Joseph Tobin are among those expected to be pitching in.
91吃瓜鈥檚 (ACE) will be partnering with the Indianapolis Mayor鈥檚 Office, the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, and local and national policy makers and entrepreneurs for an unprecedented conversation on the Circle City鈥檚 recent innovations in K-12 education on Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. at the Manor at the Children鈥檚 Museum, 3050 N. Meridian St.
The luncheon event will explore the exciting work underway to reimagine K-12 education in Indianapolis: from the expansion of high quality educational options in the traditional public, charter and private school sectors, to the growth of public-private partnerships to stimulate urban renewal, to ongoing work to create a pipeline of teaching and leadership talent for high-performing schools.
A 91吃瓜 Pep Rally event featuring musical entertainment, a 91吃瓜 Marching Band performance and the 91吃瓜 football team and VIP guests will take place at 4:30 p.m. Friday at Georgia Street and the Pam Am Plaza. The event is free and open to the public.
The Shamrock Series 5k Run will be held on Saturday at 8 a.m. beginning at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse at the Pam Am Plaza.
A Mass at which Archbishop Tobin will preside and Father Jenkins will serve as homilist will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. The Mass is free and open to the public.
A 91吃瓜 Game Day Experience featuring a tailgate, food trucks, beverage tent, Indy racing cars, inflatable games, Under Armour merchandise, a photo backdrop kiosk, and VIP guest speakers is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday at Georgia St. and Pan Am Plaza. The Game Day Experience is open to the public.
The will sponsor a Saturdays with the Saints Lecture titled 鈥淢ary at 91吃瓜: Mary in Art and Image on 91吃瓜鈥檚 Campus,鈥� by Lawrence S. Cunningham, O鈥橞rien Chair of Theology Emeritus, on Saturday at 11:30 a.m. at the Westin Hotel. The lecture is free and open to the public.
The 91吃瓜 Band Drummer鈥檚 Circle will take place at noon on Saturday on Georgia St.
The 91吃瓜 Band Parade and Concert will begin at 4:15 p.m. Saturday with a performance of two songs at Monument Circle. At 4:30 p.m., the band will step-off from Monument Circle to Pan Am Plaza and play a concert from 4:45 to 5:15 p.m. at Pan Am Plaza. Step-off to Lucas Oil Stadium is scheduled for 5:25 p.m. The band parade and concert are free and open to the public.
A complete listing of the Shamrock Series weekend鈥檚 events and activities can be found online at .