C A L E N D A R   O F   E V E N T S

February 9-15, 2004

Monday, February 9

Lectures

4 p.m. Applied and computational mathematics colloquium. "Numerical Methods for Multiscale Kinetic Problems." Shi Jin, University of Wisconsin. 214 Fine.

4 p.m. Complex materials seminar. "Protein Engineering: A Novel Approach to Creating New Biomaterials." Sarah Heilshorn, California Institute of Technology. A224 Engineering Quadrangle. Social gathering at 3:30 p.m.

4 p.m. Lewis-Sigler Institute lecture. "Genomics and Infectious Disease." Joseph DeRisi, University of California-San Diego. 101 Icahn Lab.

4:30 p.m. Germanic languages and literatures/archaeology lecture. "Art, Art History and Art Historians in Fiction." Charlotte Schoell-Glass, Universität Hamburg. 106 McCormick.

4:30 p.m. Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions/politics lecture series on "America's Founding and Future." "Real Federalism." Michael Greve, American Enterprise Institute. 104 Computer Science.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Center for the Study of Religion lecture. "One Electorate Under God?" E.J. Dionne, Washington Post and Brookings Institution. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

Notices

4:30 p.m. Council of the Princeton University Community meeting. 101 Friend.

Tuesday, February 10

Arts

6:30 p.m. Latin American studies Cuba film series. Tomás Gutiérrez Alea: "The Last Supper." 1 Robertson.

F 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Francesca Faridany: "Fräulein Else." Berlind Theatre.

8 p.m. Friends of Music concert. Fountain Chamber Music Society. Music by Claudio Spies, Prokofiev, Jonathan Keren, K. Penderecki, Copland and J. Strauss. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.

F 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Habib Koite and Bamada; with Hassan Hakmoun. McCarter Theatre.

Lectures

Noon. Latin American studies seminar. "A Celebration of Stanley and Barbara Stein's Apogee of Empire: Spain and New Spain in the Age of Charles III, 1759-1789." Pedro Guibovich and Jeremy Adelman. 107, 58 Prospect Ave.

Noon. Population research/demography seminar. "Incarceration, Employment and Wages Over the Life Course." Becky Pettit, Russell Sage Foundation. 300 Wallace.

12:20 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute seminar. "Abandoned Oil Wells: Potential Leakage Route for Geologically Sequestered CO2." George Scherer. 145 Peyton.

4 p.m. Institute for Computational Science and Engineering colloquium. "Numerical Methods for Direct and Large-Eddy Simulations of Compressible Turbulence." M. Pino Martin. 214 Fine.

4:15 p.m. Astrophysical sciences astronomy colloquium. "Who Got Henry Norris Russell's Office?" David DeVorkin, Smithsonian Institution. Auditorium, Peyton. Social gathering at 5:15 p.m., main hallway.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies seminar series on contemporary China. "The China-India Comparison." Joydeep Mukherji, Standard and Poor's; and Atul Kohli. 202 Jones.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics algebraic geometry seminar. "Asymptotic Intersection Numbers and Restricted Volumes." Mihnea Popa, Harvard University. 322 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics mathematical physics seminar. "Flow-Line Geometries and Gaussian Loop Ensembles." Scott Sheffield, Microsoft Research. A06 Jadwin.

4:30 p.m. Operations research and financial engineering seminar. "Polynomial Convergence of Interior-Point Algorithms on Symmetric Cones." Bharath Rangarajan, Cornell University. E219 Engineering Quadrangle.

4:30 p.m. Religious life lecture. "Jonathan Edwards in 2004: New Perspectives." John Wilson. East Room, Murray-Dodge.

4:30 p.m. Tang Center for East Asian Art/art and archaeology/Art Museum lecture. "Chinese Art and Cultural History." Wen Fong. 101 McCormick.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. "The Future of Nuclear Weapons." Daniel Ellsberg, political activist. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

8 p.m. Center for Jewish Life/Judaic studies lecture. "Jewish Messiahs: Failures and Hopes." David Berger, Brooklyn College. 10 Guyot.

Notices

7 p.m. University Store book reading and signing. John Stossel, author of "Give Me a Break." University Store.

Sports

F 8 p.m. Men's basketball vs. University of Pennsylvania. Jadwin Gym.

Wednesday, February 11

Arts

4:30 p.m. Creative writing/Althea Ward Clark reading. Peter Davies, novelist, reading his work. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

7:30 p.m. Princeton Peace Network film and discussion. Frances Anderson: "Civilian Casualties: Fragments From the War on Terror." Bob McIlvaine, father of the late Robert McIlvaine '97. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

F 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Francesca Faridany: "Fräulein Else." Berlind Theatre.

Lectures

12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences seminar. "Successes of Computational Science." Christodoulos Floudas. Convocation Room, Friend.

3 p.m. Mathematics seminar. "Geometry, Representation and Moduli." Ezra Getzler, Northwestern University. 214 Fine.

4:15 p.m. Princeton plasma physics colloquium. "New Frontiers in Controlling the Motion of Matter With Light: From Single Atoms to Neurons." Mark Raizem. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies/Wendt lecture. "Of Hungry Ghosts and Other Matters of Consumption in the Republic of Korea." Laurel Kendall, American Museum of Natural History. 202 Jones.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Fields Center panel. "Censorship vs. Respect: The First Amendment and Political Correctness." Anita Allen, Stanley Katz, Kenneth Kersch and David Robinson. Anne-Marie Slaughter, moderator. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

6 p.m. School of Architecture lecture. "Color: Terminable and Interminable." Sylvia Lavin, University of California-Los Angeles. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

Sports

7:30 p.m. Men's and women's fencing vs. University of Pennsylvania. Jadwin Gym.

Thursday, February 12

Arts

7:15 p.m. Religious life/Drishti/Institute for International and Regional Studies film. Lalit Vachani: "The Men in the Tree." Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

F 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Francesca Faridany: "Fräulein Else." Berlind Theatre.

F 8 p.m. Theater and dance senior thesis production directed by Rosemary Rodriguez. Jose Triana: "Night of the Assassins." Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.

F 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Marc Wolf: "Getting Home." Berlind Theatre Rehearsal Room.

Lectures

2 p.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics seminar. "What Controls the Uptake of Anthropogenic CO2 in the Southern Ocean?" Taka Ito, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.

2 p.m. Mathematics ergodic theory and statistical mechanics seminar. "Cluster Swapping and Domino Tilings." Scott Sheffield, Microsoft Research. 322 Fine.

4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. "Activity-Based Protein Profiling: Chemical Approaches for Functional Proteomics." Benjamin Cravatt, Scripps Research Institute. DuPont Seminar Room, 324 Frick.

4:30 p.m. Physics colloquium. "Breaking Away, Selective Withdrawal and Islets in the Stream: The Role of Singularities." Sidney Nagel, University of Chicago. A10 Jadwin.

4:30 p.m. Tang Center for East Asian Art/art and archaeology/Art Museum lecture. "Calligraphy and Painting as One." Wen Fong. 101 McCormick.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. "Out of the Mouths of Babes: Why the Voices of Children Matter." Carol Bellamy, UNICEF. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

5 p.m. African-American studies lecture. "George Schuyler's Ten Commandments." Jeffrey Ferguson, Amherst College. 210 Dickinson.

Friday, February 13

Arts

F 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Francesca Faridany: "Fräulein Else." Berlind Theatre.

F 8 p.m. Theater and dance senior thesis production directed by Rosemary Rodriguez. Jose Triana: "Night of the Assassins." Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.

F 8 p.m. 3's Company student dance performance. DiSiac, BodyHype and Expressions. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

8 p.m. Friends of Music student recital. Michael Yang, piano; with Irwin Hall, alto saxophone; Dean Reynolds, bass; Chuck Stab, percussion; and Wilkie Kiefer, guitar. Music by John Carisi, Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock and Thad Jones. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.

F 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Marc Wolf: "Getting Home." Berlind Theatre Rehearsal Room.

Lectures

9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Institute for International and Regional Studies conference, first of two days. "State of the World." Dodds Auditorium, Robertson. For more information, see <www.princeton.edu/~piirs>.

Noon. Ancient world lecture. "Financing a Late Sixth Century B.C. Greek Fleet: A Reassessment of Polykrates and His Thalassocracy." Peter van Alfen, American Numismatic Society. 106 McCormick.

12:30 p.m. Science and global security biodefense seminar. "Strengthening the BWC: Lessons Learned From the Failed Attempt to Agree on a Verification Protocol: Where Next?" Jonathan Tucker, Monterrey Institute; Thomas Monath, Acambis Inc.; and Frank von Hippel, chair. 280 Icahn Lab.

2:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering seminar. "On the Coupling of Vibrational Relaxation With the Dissociation-Recombination and Ionization Kinetics: From Dynamics to Aerospace Applications." Mario Capitelli, University of Bari. 222 Bowen. Social gathering follows, J223 Engineering Quadrangle.

4:30 p.m. Irish studies lecture. "Englishness and Ireland: Anxieties of the Ascendancy." Claude Rawson, Yale University. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

Sports

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

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

Saturday, February 14

Arts

11 a.m. Art Museum talk for children. "What Do You Wear to Visit the Emperor?" Nancy Greenspan, docent. Art Museum.

F 11 a.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Dan Zanes. McCarter Theatre.

F 4 and 8:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Francesca Faridany: "Fräulein Else." Berlind Theatre.

F 8 p.m. Theater and dance senior thesis production directed by Rosemary Rodriguez. Jose Triana: "Night of the Assassins." Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.

F 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Marc Wolf: "Getting Home." Berlind Theatre Rehearsal Room.

F 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. John Leguizamo. McCarter Theatre.

F 9 p.m. 3's Company student dance performance. DiSiac, BodyHype and Expressions. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Lectures

9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Institute for International and Regional Studies conference, last of two days. "State of the World." Dodds Auditorium, Robertson. For more information, see <www.princeton.edu/~piirs>.

9:30 a.m. Plasma physics Science on Saturday lecture. "Grid Computing." Manish Parashar, Rutgers University. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal. For information, call 243-2121 or visit <www.pppl.gov/education/pages/sci_sat_sched_2004.html>.

Sports

9 a.m. Women's water polo/Princeton Invitational. DeNunzio Pool.

1 p.m. Women's tennis vs. University of Virginia. Jadwin Gym.

F 2 p.m. Men's lacrosse vs. University of Maryland. 1952 Stadium.

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

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

Sunday, February 15

Arts

F 2 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Marc Wolf: "Getting Home." Berlind Theatre Rehearsal Room.

F 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Francesca Faridany: "Fräulein Else." Berlind Theatre.

3 p.m. Friends of Music teachers' recital. Sophie Shao, cello, and Pei-Yao Wang, piano. Music by Beethoven, Brahms, Bach, Wilson and Chopin. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.

F 8 p.m. Theater and dance senior thesis production directed by Rosemary Rodriguez. Jose Triana: "Night of the Assassins." Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.

Lectures

G 4 p.m. International Center/Middle East Society lecture. "Endless War or Rule of Law? U.S. Policy in the Middle East." Roger Normand, Center for Economic and Social Rights. 302 Frist.

Notices

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

Sports

9 a.m. Women's water polo/Princeton Invitational. DeNunzio Pool.

1 p.m. Women's tennis vs. Seton Hall University. Jadwin Gym.

Weekly

Alcoholics Anonymous

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

Exhibits

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.

• "The Art of the Print in the Western World." Through March 14.

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.

• "Imperial Portraits by Van Meytens the Younger and Roslin." Feb. 14 through July 11.

• "The Life and Times of George F. Kennan: A Centennial Exhibition." Through April 18.

• "Robert Adams: From the Missouri West." Feb. 14 through June 6.

• "The Romance of Flight." Through March 21.

Visual Arts Program

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

• Exhibit of student work, fall 2003. Through Feb. 19.

Women and Gender Studies

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

• "Versatility," mixed media by Kathleen Schultz. Through March 1.

Et cetera

Art Museum

Hours: 258-3788. <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. <jobs.princeton.edu/openjobs>.

Frist Campus Center

Welcome Desk: 258-1766. <fristqna@princeton.edu>.

Library

Hours: 258-3181. <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. <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. <www.princeton.edu/richaud>.

Theater and Dance

Reservations: 258-3676. <www.princeton.edu/~visarts/the.html>.

Theatre Intime

Reservations: 258-4950. <www.theatre-intime.org>.

Tiger Sportsline

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

 

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