Lectures

4 p.m. Geosciences lecture. "Earthquake Source Characterization to Strong Ground Motion Prediction: A Comprehensive Approach to Hazard Assessment in Urban Areas." John Shaw, Harvard University. 220 Guyot.

4 p.m. Mathematics analysis seminar. "General Relativity Constraint Equations: Their Elliptic Solution and Their Hyperbolic Conservation Laws." James York, Cornell University. 314 Fine.

4 p.m. Mathematics PACM colloquium. Michael Celia. 214 Fine.

4 p.m. Princeton Materials Institute/Center for Complex Materials seminar. "Colloidal Crystallization: A New Model System With Interactions Tunable Between Hard, Soft and Dipolar." Anand Yethiraj, University of British Columbia. A224 Engineering Quadrangle.

4:30 p.m. French and Italian/English/Italian studies/comparative literature/Spanish and Portuguese lecture. "Il filo dell'inquietitudine." Antonio Tabucchi, University of Siena. Lounge, Butler College.

4:30 p.m. Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions/ Test seminar, last of three. "God and Man at Yale Revisited: The Coming Religious Revival at Elite Universities." John DiIulio, University of Pennsylvania. 104 Computer Science.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. "Welfare Recipients' vs. Welfare Agencies' Barriers: A Chicken/Egg Debate." Toby Herr, Project Match. 016 Robertson.

8 p.m. Near Eastern studies/Center for Regional Studies/Global Issues Forum/international studies/transregional study of the contemporary Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia lecture. "Israel-Palestine Peace Process: What Went Wrong and Can It Be Righted?" Nabil Shaath, Palestinian Authority. Wood Auditorium, McCosh 10.

Lectures

12:20 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute seminar. "Sketching Out a Hydrogen/Electricity Economy for a Greenhouse Gas-Constrained World." Tom Kreutz. 10 Guyot.

4:30 p.m. Music/musicology colloquium. "Anatomy of a Gesture." Patrick McCreless, Yale University. 102 Woolworth.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. "Forging a New Social Contract in the Arab World: The Arab Human Development Report 2002." Rima Hunaidi, U.N. assistant secretary-general. 016 Robertson.

6 p.m. Hellenic studies lecture. "Lemnos: Travelogue From Byzantium to the Present." Heath Lowry. 107, 58 Prospect.

Sports

F 7 p.m. Men's ice hockey vs. Yale University. Baker Rink.

Lectures

G 12:15 to 1:45 p.m. Information technology/McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning workshop. "Web Page Design." Multipurpose Room C, Frist.

12:30 p.m. Chemical engineering seminar. "Scheduling, Planning and Design of Chemical Processing Systems." Xiaoxia Lin. A224 Engineering Quadrangle.

4:15 p.m. Industrial relations seminar on labor economics. "More Evidence About the Causal Connection of Education, Poverty and Terrorism." Claude Berrebi. 200 Fisher.

Sports

7 p.m. Women's basketball vs. University of Tennessee. Jadwin Gym.

Notices

11 a.m. Chapel Community Thanksgiving service. Thomas Breidenthal. Chapel.

Arts

F 1 and 4:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker." American Repertory Ballet. McCarter Theatre.

Arts

F 1 and 4:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker." American Repertory Ballet. McCarter Theatre.

Notices

6 p.m. University Tango Club/Argentine tango workshop and milonga. Juan Carlos and Teresa Figueroa, performers. Common Room, New Graduate College.

Sports

2 p.m. Women's ice hockey vs. University of Maine. Baker Rink.

F 7 p.m. Men's basketball vs. Florida International University. Jadwin Gym.

Arts

F 1 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Tchaikovsky: "The Nutcracker." American Repertory Ballet. McCarter Theatre.

Notices

11 a.m. Chapel Service of Holy Communion. Thomas Breidenthal. Chapel.

Sports

2 p.m. Women's ice hockey vs. Northeastern University. Baker Rink.

Lectures

4 p.m. Mathematics analysis seminar. Mihaela Iftime, Northeastern University. 314 Fine.

4 p.m. Mathematics PACM colloquium. Natalia Berloff, Cambridge University. 214 Fine.

4 p.m. Princeton Materials Institute/Center for Complex Materials seminar. "In Search of Submicron Polymeric Patterning: Lithographically Induced Self Assembly." Leonard Pease. Auditorium, Bowen.

4:30 p.m. Transregional study of the contemporary Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia lecture. "Force, Violence and Terrorism: Israel vs. Palestine, the United States vs. Iraq." Richard Falk. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

6 p.m. Architecture school lecture. "Projects." Brendan MacFarlane and Dominique Jakob, Jakob + MacFarlane, Paris. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

Notices

G 4:30 p.m. Faculty meeting. Nassau.

Lectures

Noon. Population research/demography seminar. "Economic Potential and Entry Into Marriage and Cohabitation." Yu Xie, University of Michigan. 300 Wallace.

12:20 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute seminar. "Zebras of Kenya: From Behavior and Ecology to Conservation and Management." Daniel Rubenstein. 10 Guyot.

2 p.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics seminar. "Recent Variations in Mountain Glacier Mass Balance and Their Relation to Global Climate." Arthur Greene, Laboratoire des Sciences du Climate et de l'Environmnement, France. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.

4 p.m. Geosciences lecture. "Three Distinct Types of Hotspots in the Earth's Mantle." Vincent Courtillot, University of Paris. 220 Guyot.

4:30 p.m. African studies lecture. "The Politics of Oil in Nigeria and the Rise and Fall of the Niger Delta, 1958-2000." Olutayo Adesina, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. 62 McCosh.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. "Irrigation Rehabilitation, Warlordism and International Philanthropy in Early Republican Shaanxi." Pierre-Etienne Will, College de France. 202 Jones. Social gathering at 4 p.m.

G 4:30 to 6 p.m. McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning workshop. "AI Conversations on Teaching: Developing as a Teacher." Alan Mann. 328 Frist.

4:30 p.m. Near Eastern studies lecture. "Muhammad Riza Pahlavi: End of an Era." George Cave, retired CIA official. 1 Robertson.

4:30 p.m. Operations research and financial engineering seminar. "Engineering the Other 70 Percent of the Economy: NSF Research on Service Enterprises." Ronald Rardin, National Science Foundation. E219 Engineering Quadrangle.

4:30 p.m. Visual arts illustrated lecture. Greg Drasler, figurative painter, talking about his work. 219, 185 Nassau St.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. "The United Nations and the International Law: Still Relevant?" David Scheffer, United Nations Association. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

7:30 p.m. Jewish studies/Near Eastern studies lecture. "Mysticism in Modern Hebrew Literature." Hamutal Bar-Yosef, Ben Gurion University. 202 Jones.

Arts

12:30 p.m. Chapel music Christmas concert. David Messineo, organ. Chapel.

7:30 p.m. French and Italian French theater workshop. "L'Atelier: Cours Public." Florent Masse, director. Common Room, Rockefeller College. Reception follows.

7:30 p.m. Jewish studies/Near Eastern studies talk and performance. "A Tribute to the Famous Israeli Playwright Hanoch Levin." Shimon Mimran, actor. 16 Robertson.

7:30 p.m. Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures film. Alejandro Amenabar: "Abre los Ojos." Wood Auditorium, McCosh 10.

Lectures

G 12:15 to 1:45 p.m. Information technology/McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning workshop. "Managing Your Dissertation with Word and Endnote." Multipurpose Room C, Frist.

4 p.m. Chemical engineering seminar. "Photoresponsive Surfactants: Mediation of Interfacial and Bulk Solution Properties Using Light." Alan Hatton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A224 Engineering Quadrangle. Social gathering at 3:30 p.m.

4:30 p.m. Anthropology lecture. "Prehistoric Cave Art: The Invention of Art." Jean Clottes, International Committee on Monuments and Sites. A01 McDonnell/

4:30 p.m. Classics lecture. "The Sulpicia Cycle as Epithalamic Dedication." Thomas Hubbard, University of Texas-Austin. 107, 58 Prospect.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies seminar. "New Approaches to Human Rights in China." Wang Dan, leader of the 1989 Tiananmen Square student movement; John Kamm, Dui Hua Foundation; Xiao Qiang, Human Rights in China; and Michael Santoro, Rutgers University. 202 Jones.

4:30 p.m. Ecology and evolutionary biology colloquium on the biology of populations. "Resource Allocation and Life History Strategies." Pat Monaghan, Glasgow University. 10 Guyot.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics colloquium. "$H^{1/2}$ With Values Into $S^1$ and the Ginzburg-Landau Model in 3-D." Haim Brezis, Rutgers University and Paris VI. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. "The Role of Women in Economic and Political Development: Lessons From the Middle East and Southwest Asia." Isobel Coleman, Council on Foreign Relations. 016 Robertson.

6 p.m. Architecture school lecture. Gregory Crewdson, Yale University. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

8 p.m. University committee on public lectures/Vanuxem lecture. "Mass Extinctions in the Phanerozoic: A Single Cause and, If Yes, Which?" Vincent Courtillot, University of Paris. Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.

Notices

7 p.m. University Store book reading and signing. Jenny McPhee, author of "The Center of Things"; Martha McPhee, author of "Gorgeous Lies"; and Joan Sullivan, author of "An American Voter." University Store.

Sports

7 p.m. Women's basketball vs. Centenary College. Jadwin Gym.

Arts

9 p.m. Near Eastern studies Persian film series. Tahmineh Milani: "Nimeh-ye penhan." 113 Jones.

10 p.m. Frist entertainment. The Wright/Holmes Experiment. Café Vivian, Frist.

Lectures

2:15 p.m. Mathematics discrete mathematics seminar. Peter Winkler, Bell Labs. 224 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics topology seminar. "Ending Laminations and the Classification of Hyperbolic 3-Manifolds." Yair Minsky, State University of New York-Stony Brook. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics/Institute for Advanced Study number theory seminar. Ling Long, Institute for Advanced Study. 322 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Near Eastern studies/Center for Regional Studies/Global Issues Forum/international studies/trans-regional study of the contemporary Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia lecture. "Israel-Palestine Peace Process: What Went Wrong and Can It Be Righted?" Yossi Beilin, former minister of justice for Israel and architect of the Oslo Accord. Wood Auditorium, McCosh 10.

4:30 p.m. Physics colloquium. "Zero-Dimensional Fermi-Liquid." Boris Altshuler. A10 Jadwin.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. "Ecuador and the Andean Region: The Effects of a Silent War." Alexis Ponce, Permanent Assembly for Human Rights in Ecuador. 016 Robertson.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. "Policing New York: NYPD Blues?" Fredrick Patrick, New York City Police Department. 001 Robertson.

5 p.m. Media and modernity lecture. "Pop Culture, Pop Music, Pop Art." Greil Marcus, author. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

Sports

6 p.m. Men's squash vs. Franklin and Marshall College. Jadwin Gym.

Arts

12:30 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. "Sketches, Studies, Pictures and Views: 19th-Century Landscape in Europe." Peter Barbieri. Art Museum.

4:30 p.m. Irish studies poetry reading. Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill, reading from her work. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

F 8 p.m. University Orchestra, Michael Pratt, conductor. Music by Serena Canin, violin; Nina Lee, cello; and members of the Brentano String Quartet. Music by Brahms and Shostakovich. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Lectures

9 a.m. History of Science/Davis Center for Historical Studies workshop on Science Across the Seas: Global Science and Comparative History. "Jesuits, Science and Philology in China and Europe, 1550-1850." 211 Dickinson. For more information, visit http://www. princeton.edu/ ~hos/workshop/workshop.html.

Noon. Engineering and applied science lecture. "Quieter Airplanes, Better Simulations: The Integration of Fluids, Dynamics and Control Theory." Clancy Rowley. C217 Engineering Quadrangle.

Noon. Psychology colloquium. "Inhibitory Processes and the Regulation of Awareness." Michael Anderson, University of Oregon. O-S-6 Green.

2:30 p.m. Hellenic studies lecture. "Foreign Policy in an Introspective Society: Byzantium Under Alexios I Komnenos." Peter de Frankopan. 107, 58 Prospect.

3 p.m. Mathematics geometric analysis seminar. Andrea Malchiodi, Institute for Advanced Study. 314 Fine.

3:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering seminar in applied physics, fluid mechanics, combustion, and dynamics and control. "The Wright Brothers' Quest for Powered Flight." Robert Ash, Old Dominion University. 101 Friend. Social gathering at 4:30 p.m., J223 Engineering Quadrangle.

Sports

11 a.m. Men's and women's swimming/Princeton Invitational. DeNunzio Pool.

F 7 p.m. Men's ice hockey vs. Harvard University. Baker Rink.

Arts

11 a.m. Art Museum talk for children. "Glyphs and Calligraphy in the Museum." Susan Jenkins, docent. Art Museum.

F 8 p.m. University Orchestra, Michael Pratt, conductor. Music by Serena Canin, violin; Nina Lee, cello; and members of the Brentano String Quartet. Music by Brahms and Shostakovich. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

10 p.m. Frist entertainment. Jazz Squad. Café Vivian, Frist.

Lectures

1:30 to 6:45 p.m. Classical philosophy/philosophy/humanities colloquium on philosophical approaches to the arts and literature. "Sophocles' Humanism: Naturalizing the Explanation of Events," Paul Woodruff, University of Texas-Austin; and "Plato on Images and Later Iconoclasm," Cynthia Freeland, University of Houston. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

Sports

11 a.m. Men's and women's swimming/Princeton Invitational. DeNunzio Pool.

11 a.m. Men's indoor track/New Year Track Invitational. Jadwin Gym.

7 p.m. Women's basketball vs. Sacred Heart University. Jadwin Gym.

F 7 p.m. Men's ice hockey vs. Brown University. Baker Rink.

Arts

2:30 p.m. Chapel music Christmas Vespers. Chapel Choir, Penna Rose, conductor. Chapel.

3 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. "Sketches, Studies, Pictures and Views: 19th-Century Landscape in Europe." Peter Barbieri. Art Museum.

F 3 p.m. University Concert Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble II, Horace Silver Ensemble and Fusion Ensemble. "What Is Jazz?" Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

F 8 p.m. University Jazz Ensemble/University Concert Jazz Ensemble. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Lectures

10 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Classical philosophy/philosophy/humanities colloquium on philosophical approaches to literature and the arts. "The Philosopher's Antidote." G.F. Ferrari, University of California-Berkeley. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

Notices

11 a.m. Chapel service. Deborah Blanks. Chapel.

3 p.m. Rare books and special collections tour. "Hand Bookbindings: Plain and Simple to Grand and Glorious." Scott Husby. Main Exhibition Gallery, Firestone.

Sports

11 a.m. Men's and women's swimming/Princeton Invitational. DeNunzio Pool.

Alcoholics Anonymous

12:15 p.m. Mondays, West Room, Murray-Dodge; and 9:30 a.m. Sundays, G2 Dickinson. Membership not required to attend.

Chapel Music for Meditation

10 to 11 p.m. Thursdays, Sept. 12 to Dec. 5 and Jan. 9 to May 22. Chapel.

Art Museum

Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m. Closed Mondays and major holidays. Public tours, Saturdays, 2 p.m.

• "Beyond the Visible: A Conservator's Perspective." Through Jan. 5.

• "Cézanne in Focus: Watercolors From the Henry and Rose Pearlman Collection." Through Jan. 12.

• "Earth's Beauty Revealed: The 19th-Century European Landscape." Through Jan. 12.

• "Photographs by Lewis Baltz." Through Jan. 19.

Firestone Library

Exhibition Gallery and Milberg Gallery for the Graphic Arts (second floor): Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.

Exhibition Gallery:

• "Hand Bookbindings: Plain and Simple to Grand and Glorious." Through April 20.

Milberg Gallery:

• "Unseen Hands: Four Centuries of Women Printers, Binders and Book Designers." Through March 30.

Lobby: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 11:45 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 11:45 p.m.

• "A Collector's Choices: The Vermeule Gift of Medals." Through Dec. 1.

• "Football Programs, 1893-1940." Through Dec. 31.

• "Qur'anic Leaves From the William J. Trezise Collection of Arabic Calligraphy." Through Dec. 1.

Frist Campus Center

100 Level. Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. to 2 a.m.; Saturday, 7:30 a.m. to 3 a.m.; and Sunday, 8 a.m. to 2 a.m.

• Photographs by Emery Guzelsu.

Mudd Manuscript Library

Wiess Lounge, Olden Street. Monday-Friday, 8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday until 8 p.m.

• "Paix et Liberté: Posters that Go BANG!" Through Feb. 1.

Visual Arts Program

Lucas Gallery, 185 Nassau St. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed weekends.

• Exhibit of student paintings. Through Dec. 4.

Women and Gender Studies

Lounge, 113 Dickinson Hall. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed weekends.

• "Energy." Paintings by Joan Hierholzer. Through Jan. 6.

Woodrow Wilson School

Bernstein Gallery. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• "After Sept. 11." Through Dec. 1.

Art Museum

Hours: 258-3788; http://www.princetonartmuseum.org.

Athletic Ticket Office

Tickets and information: 258-3538.

Dillon Gymnasium

Hours: 258-4466.

Employee Assistance Program

G07 McCosh Health Center. Information and appointments: 258-1875, Monday, Tuesday and Friday.

Employee Health

G6B McCosh Health Center. Appointments: 258-5035, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. After-hours emergencies: 258-3134.

Employment Opportunities

Employment Hotline: 258-6130; http://jobs.princeton.edu/openjobs.

Frist Campus Center

Welcome Desk: 258-1766. mailto:fristqna@princeton.edu.

Library

Hours: 258-3181; http://libweb.princeton.edu.

McCarter Theatre Box Office

Reservations: 258-2787, Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. http://www.mccarter.org.

Orange Key Guide Service

Frist Campus Center Welcome Desk. Tours Monday-Saturday at 10 and 11 a.m., 1:30 and 3:30 p.m.; Sunday at 1:30 and 3:30 p.m. Information and tours: 258-1766.

Prospect Association

Reservations: 258-3686.

Richardson Auditorium

Reservations: 258-5000, Monday-Friday, noon to 6 p.m.; and two hours before events requiring tickets. http://www.princeton.edu/richaud

Theater and Dance

Reservations: 258-3676; http://www.princeton.edu/~visarts/the.html.

Theatre Intime

Reservations: 258-4950; http://www.theatre-intime.org.

Tiger Sportsline

Current sports highlights and upcoming athletic events: 258-3545.