Monday, December 9

11 a.m. Chemistry lecture. "Synthetic Adventures in Photochemistry for the Production of Alkaloids." Cynthia K. McClure, Montana State University. 324 Frick.

4 p.m. Mathematics analysis seminar. Vincent Moncrief, Yale University. 314 Fine.

4 p.m. Princeton Materials Institute/Center for Complex Materials seminar. "Fabricating Large Area Electronics by Direct Printing: From Fundamentals to Applications." Scott Miller. Auditorium, Bowen.

4:30 p.m. African studies/women and gender lecture. "Women in Science: Potential Contributions of African Women Scientists to Science-Led Development of the Continent." Lydia Makhubu, University of Lesotho. 62 McCosh.

4:30 p.m. Council of the Princeton University Community meeting. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

4:30 p.m. International studies/East Asian studies/regional studies lecture. "Markets and Mastery: State and Business in Southeast Asia's Boom and Bust." Greg Felker, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. 023 Robertson.

4:30 p.m. Near Eastern studies lecture. "The Implications of Martyrdom Operations for Contemporary Islam." David Cook, Rice University.
2 Robertson.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. "Milosevic in the Hague:
An Eyewitness Account." Gary Bass. 016 Robertson.

F 7:30 p.m. Chapel music Messiah community sing with strings, organ, trumpet and soloists. Chapel.

F 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. "A Christmas Carol." McCarter Theatre.

8 p.m. Near Eastern studies Arabic film. "A Door to the Sky." Wood Auditorium, McCosh 10.

Tuesday, December 10

11 a.m. Chemistry seminar. "Nuclear and Electronic Motion in Concert: A Theoretical Approach to Non-Adiabatic Chemistry Application to Photo-chemistry and Electron Transfer." Michael Robb, King's College, London. DuPont Seminar Room, 324 Frick.

11 a.m. Center for Community Service volunteer sign-up table. 100 Frist.

11 a.m. Frist holiday festival. 100 Frist.

Noon. Population research/demography seminar. "Cohabiting Parent Families and Adolescent Well-Being." Wendy Manning, Bowling Green State University. 300 Wallace.

12:15 p.m. Latin American studies lecture. "Planning and the Making of Peronist Political Culture, 1946-1955." Eduardo Elena. 107, 58 Prospect.

12:20 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute seminar. "Climate Variability: Not Just Important, But Interesting Too." Geoffrey Vallis. 10 Guyot.

4:30 p.m. African-American studies lecture. "Rewriting Reality: Facts, Narrative and Cultural Memory at Former Plantations." Sterling Bland, Rutgers University. 210 Dickinson.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics algebraic geometry seminar. "Jets, Arcs and Minimal Log Discrepancies." Mircea Mustata, Clay Mathematics Institute and Harvard University. 322 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Medieval studies lecture. "Erotic Literacy in the Middle Ages." Evelyn Vitz, New York University. Theater, Rockefeller-Mathey College.

4:30 p.m. Science and technology/civil and environmental engineering lecture. "The Collapse of the World Trade Center: Where Do We Go From Here?" Shyam Sunder, National Institute of Standards and Technology. Auditorium, Bowen.

6 p.m. Hellenic studies lecture.
"A Photographer's Journey Into the Landscape of Crete." Emmet Gowin. 107, 58 Prospect.

7 p.m. University Store book reading and signing. Esther Schor, author of "The Hills of Holland." University Store.

8 p.m. American Whig-Cliosophic Society debate. "Resolved: The Intellectual Climate on Princeton's Campus Is Lackluster." Josh Anderson '04, Katherine Reilly '05 and student debaters from the 2002 national champion Princeton debate panel. Senate Chamber, Whig.

8 p.m. Frist entertainment. Café Vivian, Frist.

8 p.m. Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions lecture. "The Unsettling Surprises of a Constitution Long Settled." Hadley Arkes, Amherst College. 008 Friend.

Wednesday, December 11

11 a.m. Frist holiday festival

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

12:30 p.m. Chapel music concert. Richard Frey, Ridgewood United Methodist Church. Chapel.

3 p.m. Frist winter holiday festival. 100 Frist.

3:30 p.m. Theater and dance performance. "Introduction to Movement and Dance: End of Semester Showings." Hagan Dance Studio, 185 Nassau St.

4 p.m. Chemical engineering seminar. "In Search of Environmentally Benign Solvents: Are Ionic Liquids the Right Solution?" Edward Maginn, University of Notre Dame. A224 Engineering Quadrangle. Social gathering at 3:30 p.m.

4 p.m. Men's swimming vs. U.S. Military Academy. DeNunzio Pool.

4:15 p.m. Industrial relations seminar on labor economics. Joshua Angrist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 200 Fisher.

4:15 p.m. Princeton plasma physics colloquium. "Heavy Ion Fusion Experiments: Present and Future." Christine Celata, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and Heavy Ion Fusion Virtual National Lab. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.

4:30 p.m. Creative writing/Althea Ward Clark student reading from the fall semester fiction, poetry and translation workshops. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. "The Japanese Way of Playing Post Office." Patricia Maclachlan, University of Texas-Austin. 202 Jones. Social gathering at 4 p.m.

4:30 p.m. Latin American studies lecture. "Empires That Bleed: Reform and Response in the Iberian Atlantic." Jeremy Adelman. 230 Dickinson.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics colloquium. "Gauge Symmetry Breaking." Ed Witten, Institute for Advanced Study. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Operations research and financial engineering seminar. "Portfolio Optimization With Drawdown Constraints." Stanislav Uryasev, University of Florida. E219 Engineering Quadrangle.

4:30 p.m. President's Lecture Series. "Manet and Cézanne: In the Margins of Their Modernism." Carol Armstrong. 101 Friend.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Jewish life lecture. "Understanding Radical Islam." Emmanuel Sivan, Hebrew University. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

7 p.m. Princeton Committee on Palestine lecture. "Israelis, Palestinians and the Search for Peace." Cornel West. Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.

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

7:30 p.m. Chapel candlelight service of lessons and carols. Chapel.

8 p.m. Theater and dance performance of student and faculty choreography featuring new works from Jessica Lang and Stephen Welsh. Hagan Dance Studio, 185 Nassau St.

Thursday, December 12

Noon. Woodrow Wilson School/astrophysical sciences/mechanical and aerospace engineering lecture. "The Future of American Aerospace." Neil Tyson. Convocation Room, Friend Center.

2 p.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics seminar. "Stratosphere-Troposphere Coupling in a 'Relatively' Simple AGCM." Lorenzo Polvani, Columbia University. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.

2:15 p.m. Mathematics discrete mathematics seminar. "A Generalization of a Conjecture of Erdos and Rothschild." Peter Keevash. 224 Fine.

3:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering seminar in applied physics, fluid mechanics, combustion, and dynamics and control/Baetjer colloquium, first of two days. "Mechanical Properties of Thin Films." William Nix, Stanford University. 101 Friend. Social gathering at 4:30 p.m., J223 Engineering Quadrangle.

4:30 p.m. Buddhist studies workshop. "Seeking the Heart: The First Generation Practices Theravada Buddhism in America." Wendy Cadge. 5 Ivy Lane.

4:30 p.m. Center for Human Values/Moffett lecture in ethics. "Talking to Strangers: On Rhetoric, Distrust and Citizenship." Danielle Allen, University of Chicago. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics topology seminar. "Negative Curvature and Exotic Smooth Surfaces." Tom Farrell, State University of New York-Binghamton. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics/Institute for Advanced Study number theory seminar. "Automorphic Representations of a Symplectic Group." Yuval Flicker, Ohio State University. 322 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Physics colloquium. "Critical Casimir Effects." Moses Chan, Pennsylvania State University. A10 Jadwin.

4:30 p.m. Women and gender studies lecture. "What Difference We Made: Starting Women's Studies." Natalie Davis. 2 Robertson.

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

F 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. "A Christmas Carol." McCarter Theatre.

Friday, December 13

11:30 a.m. Theater and dance performance. "Beginning Modern Dance: End of Semester Showings." Hagan Dance Studio, 185 Nassau St.

3:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering seminar in applied physics, fluid mechanics, combustion, and dynamics and control/Baetjer colloquium, last of two days. "Modeling Plasticity in Polycrystalline Thin Films on Silicon Substrates." William Nix, Stanford University. 101 Friend. Social gathering at 4:30 p.m., J223 Engineering Quadrangle.

7 p.m. Women's ice hockey vs. Ohio State University. Baker Rink.

F 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. "A Christmas Carol." McCarter Theatre.

Saturday, December 14

11 a.m. Art Museum talk for children. "Origami for Kids." Laura Kruskal, docent. Art Museum.

F 1 and 5:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. "A Christmas Carol." McCarter Theatre.

7 p.m. Women's ice hockey vs. Ohio State University. Baker Rink.

F 7:30 p.m. Men's basketball vs. Rutgers University. Jadwin Gym.

Sunday, December 15

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

F 1 and 5:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. "A Christmas Carol." McCarter Theatre.

1:30 and 3 p.m. Art Museum concert. "Bella Italia: A Sampling of Early Italian Music." Engelchor Consort. Art Museum.

Monday, December 16

4 p.m. Electrical engineering seminar on electronic materials and devices. "Physical and Electrical Properties of Hafnium Silicate as an Alternative Gate Dielectric for Silicon CMOS." Bruce Gnade, University of North Texas. C207 Engineering Quadrangle.

4 p.m. Princeton Materials Institute/Center for Complex Materials seminar. "The Thermodynamic Linkage of Proton Binding and Protein Function." Russell Negin. Auditorium, Bowen.

Tuesday, December 17

2 p.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics seminar. "Breaking the Cloud Parameterization Deadlock." David Randall, Colorado State University. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.

F 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. George Winston. McCarter Theatre.

Thursday, December 19

2 p.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics seminar. "Regional Scale Uncertainty Measures From Atmosphere-Ocean General Circulation Model Results: Combining Measures of Convergence and Reliability." Linda Mearns, National Center for Atmospheric Research. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.

F 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. "A Christmas Carol." McCarter Theatre.

Friday, December 20

F 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. "A Christmas Carol." McCarter Theatre.

Saturday, December 21

11 a.m. Art Museum talk for children. "It's Raining Snakes and Serpents." Norman Eiger, docent. Art Museum.

F 1 and 5:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. "A Christmas Carol." McCarter Theatre.

Sunday, December 22

11 a.m. Chapel service. Sue Ann Steffey Morrow. Chapel.

F 1:00 and 5:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. "A Christmas Carol." McCarter Theatre.

Monday, December 23

F 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. "A Christmas Carol." McCarter Theatre.

Tuesday, December 24

F Noon and 4 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. "A Christmas Carol." McCarter Theatre.

8 p.m. Chapel Christmas Eve service. Thomas Breidenthal. Chapel.

Wednesday, December 25

11 a.m. Chapel Eucharist Service of Holy Communion. Deborah Blanks. Chapel.

Friday, December 27

F 3 and 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. "A Christmas Carol." McCarter Theatre.

Saturday, December 28

F 1 and 5:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. "A Christmas Carol." McCarter Theatre.

Sunday, December 29

11 a.m. Chapel Service of Lessons and Carols. Trinity Episcopal Church Choirs, Andrew Shenton, conductor. Chapel.

F 1:00 and 5:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. "A Christmas Carol." McCarter Theatre.

Sunday, January 5

11 a.m. Chapel Epiphany service. Sue Anne Steffey Morrow. Chapel.

3 p.m. Friends of the Library tour. "Unseen Hands: Four Centuries of Women Printers, Binders and Book Designers." Rebecca Davidson. Milberg Gallery, Firestone.

3 p.m. Women's basketball vs. St. Francis College. Jadwin Gym.

Tuesday, January 7

F 7:30 p.m. Men's basketball vs. University of Maryland. Jadwin Gym.

Wednesday, January 8

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

4 p.m. Chemical engineering seminar. "Problems at Multiple Length Scales in Plasma Processing of Materials." Eray Aydil, University of California-Santa Barbara. A224 Engineering Quadrangle. Social gathering at 3:30 p.m.

Thursday, January 9

F 8 p.m. Theater and dance senior thesis production directed by Matthieu Boyd. Apollinaire: "The Breasts of Tiresias." Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.

Friday, January 10

Noon. Psychology colloquium. "Understanding Cultural Influences on Social Cognition." Michael Morris, Columbia University. 0-S-6 Green.

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

F 8 p.m. Theater and dance senior thesis production directed by Matthieu Boyd. Apollinaire: "The Breasts of Tiresias." Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.

F 8 p.m. Princeton University Opera, Richard Tang Yuk, Conductor. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Saturday, January 11

10 a.m. Men and women's fencing vs. Stevens Institute of Technology; Drew, James Madison, Johns Hopkins and Temple universities; and City College of New York. Jadwin Gym.

Noon. Women's squash vs. Trinity College. Jadwin Gym.

Noon. Women's swimming vs. North-eastern University. DeNunzio Pool.

12:30 p.m. Women's indoor track vs. Rutgers University. Jadwin Gym.

3 p.m. Women's basketball vs. University of Pennsylvania. Jadwin Gym.

4 p.m. Women's ice hockey vs. Harvard University. Baker Rink.

F 8 p.m. Princeton University Opera, Richard Tang Yuk, Conductor. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

F 8 p.m. Theater and dance senior thesis production directed by Matthieu Boyd. Apollinaire: "The Breasts of Tiresias." Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.

F 8 p.m. University Opera concert. Richard Yuk, conductor. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Sunday, January 12

11 a.m. Chapel service. Chapel.

F 8 p.m. Theater and dance senior thesis production directed by Matthieu Boyd. Apollinaire: "The Breasts of Tiresias." Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.

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, 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.

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

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

Olden Street. Wiess Lounge: 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.

Lobby: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., Wednesday until 8 p.m.

• "Wedgwood Comes to Princeton." Through Jan. 15.

Visual Arts Program

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

• "Simple Nature." Digital photography by Teresa Simao. Dec. 10 through Dec. 19. Opening reception, Dec. 10, 6 to 8 p.m.

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.

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.