C A L E N D A R O F E V E N T S

March 1-7, 2004

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Monday, March 1

Arts

F 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Salzburg Marionettes. McCarter Theatre.

7:30 p.m. Near Eastern studies/ Judaic studies Israeli film series. Tomer Heymann: "Aviv." Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

Lectures

2 p.m. Electrical engineering seminar on electronic materials and devices. "A Brief History of Water on Mars." Michael Hecht, Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, Calif. B205 Engineering Quadrangle.

4 p.m. Complex materials seminar. "Spherical Architectures in the Approach of Nanotechnology: Fullerenes, Dendrimers and the Synthesis of Nanoparticles From the 'Bottom-Up.'" Eva Harth, Xenoport Inc. A224 Engineering Quadrangle. Social gathering at 3:30 p.m.

4 p.m. Electrical engineering seminar on electronic materials and devices/condensed matter physics. "Vortices and Strings in the Quantum Hall Bilayer." Herb Fertig, University of Kentucky. Auditorium, Bowen.

4 p.m. Institute for Computational Science and Engineering colloquium. "New Developments of Nonparametric Methods in Financial Econometrics." Jianqing Fan. 214 Fine.

4 p.m. Lewis-Sigler Institute lecture. "Evolution's Rules for Building a Protein." Rama Ranganathan, University of Texas. 101 Icahn Lab.

4 p.m. Mathematics analysis seminar. "Asymptotics for the Measure Invariant With Respect to a Diffusion Related to $NA$ Groups." Andrzej Hulanicki, Wroclaw University and City University of New York. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/science and global security lecture. "Are Nuclear Weapons Needed for Deterrence?" Tod Lindberg, Stanford University. 16 Robertson.

Notices

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

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Tuesday, March 2

Arts

F 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Batsheva Dance Company. McCarter Theatre.

Lectures

Noon. Latin American studies lecture. "Out of the Shadows: Political Action and the Informal Economy in Latin America." Patricia Fernández-Kelly. 107, 58 Prospect Ave.

Noon. Population research/demography seminar. "Almost Cohabiting: How Much Is Enough?" Jean Knab. 300 Wallace.

12:20 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute seminar. "The Ocean-Nitrogen Budget: Lessons From Santa Barbara." Daniel Sigman. 145 Peyton.

4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. "Sorption and Intercalation in Manganese and Iron Oxides: NMR Studies of Environmental and Electrochemical Processes." Clare Grey, State University of New York-Stony Brook. DuPont Seminar Room, 324 Frick.

4:15 p.m. Astrophysical sciences astronomy colloquium. "Extrasolar Planets Big and Small." Maciej Konacki, California Institute of Technology. Auditorium, Peyton. Social gathering at 5:15 p.m., main hallway.

4:30 p.m. Art and archaeology lecture. "Art, Artists and Craftsmen During the Eastern Zhou Period (8th-3rd c. B.C.)." Alain Thote, Ecole Pratique des Haute Etudes, Sorbonne. 106 McCormick.

4:30 p.m. Institute for International and Regional Studies lecture. "Indonesian Futures: Where the Largest Muslim Democracy Is Headed." James Ellis, Directorate of Intelligence. 127 Corwin.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics algebraic geometry seminar. Jim Bryan, University of British Columbia. 322 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics mathematical physics seminar. "Conformal Restriction Properties." Wendelin Werner, Universite Paris-Sud, Orsay. A06 Jadwin.

4:30 p.m. Women and gender studies lecture. "How Women Got Their Voices." Gail Collins, New York Times. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/East Asian studies lecture. "Chinese Views of American Policy." Cao Huayin, China Reform Forum and Stanford University. 16 Robertson.

5:30 p.m. Classics lecture. "Arthur Evans, the Palace of Minos and the Dawn of European Civilization." John Papadopoulos, University of California-Los Angeles. 10 East Pyne.

Sports

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

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Wednesday, March 3

Lectures

Noon. Information technology lecture. "Searching the Web Effectively With Google and More." Howard Strauss. Multipurpose Room B, Frist.

Noon. Molecular biology lecture. "Eukaryotic Cell Cycle Control." Paul Nurse, Cancer Research U.K. 3 Thomas Lab.

12:30 p.m. Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions/politics seminar. "President Washington and American Public Religion." Jeffry Morrison, Regent University. East Room, Bobst.

2:30 p.m. Mathematics discrete mathematics seminar. "The Intersection of a Matroid and a Simplicial Complex." Eli Berger. 224 Fine.

3 p.m. Mathematics seminar. "Geometry, Representation and Moduli." Christopher Woodward, Rutgers University. 214 Fine.

4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. "Small Molecule Insulin Mimics." Michael Pirrung, Duke University. DuPont Seminar Room, 324 Frick.

4:15 p.m. International economics seminar. "An Anatomy of International Trade: Evidence From French Firms." Jonathan Eaton, New York University. 103, 26 Prospect Ave.

4:15 p.m. Princeton plasma physics colloquium. "The Wireless Revolution: A Signal Processing Perspective." Vincent Poor. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.

4:30 p.m. Center for the Study of Religion/East Asian studies/Tang Center for East Asian Art/religion lecture. "Visual Representation of Buddhist Social Engagement: A Case Study of the Compassionate Relief (Ciji) Movement in Taiwan." Zhiru Ng, Pomona College. 137, 1879 Hall.

4:30 p.m. English lecture and reading on "Ulysses Revisited." "Calypso, Lotus-Eaters" and "Hades." 2 McCosh.

4:30 p.m. Friends of the Library illustrated lecture. "African Americans and Aviation." Retired Col. Charles McGee, Tuskegee Airmen's Association. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

4:30 p.m. Germanic languages and literatures lecture. "A Life That Was Not: Robert Walser's 'Jakob von Gunten' and Autobiography." Rochelle Tobias, Johns Hopkins University. 10 East Pyne.

4:30 p.m. Institute for International and Regional Studies lecture. "Russia: An Oligarch Economy?" Sergei Guriev, New Economic School, Moscow. 2 Robertson.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics colloquium. "Critical Phenomena in Two Dimensions, Conformal Invariance and Schramm-Loewner Evolutions." Wendelin Werner, Universite Paris-Sud, Orsay. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Medieval studies lecture. "Werewolves and the Human-Animal Relation in 12th-Century Britain." Susan Crane, Columbia University. 209 Humanities.

4:30 p.m. President's Lecture Series. "Equity and Access to Higher Education: Lessons From Texas." Marta Tienda. 101 Friend.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. "A Practical Guide to Trade Negotiations: What I Learned After I Left WWS." Joseph Damond, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. 16 Robertson.

F 7 p.m. Alumni Council "Great Authors on Great Authors" lecture. John Fleming on Geoffrey Chaucer. Maclean House.

8 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute/Taplin environmental lecture. "Perfect Order, Recognizing Complexity in Bali." Steve Lansing, University of Arizona. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

Sports

7 p.m. Men's volleyball vs. Loyola College. Dillon Gym.

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Thursday, March 4

Arts

7:30 p.m. French and Italian/comparative literature film. Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne: "Le fils." Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

7:30 p.m. Near Eastern studies film. Bahman Ghobadi: "Marooned in Iraq 2002." 1 Robertson.

F 8 p.m. Raks Odalisque Spring Show. Theater, Frist.

8 p.m. Germanic languages and literatures film. Kurt Hoffmann: "The Confessions of Felix Krull." Theater, Rockefeller and Mathey College.

9 p.m. Near Eastern studies Iranian film series. Abbas Kiarostami: "Dah." 113 Jones.

Lectures

2 p.m. Mathematics ergodic theory and statistical mechanics seminar. "Reinforced Random Walk." Michael Keene, Wesleyan University. 322 Fine.

2:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering/Baetjer colloquium, first of two days. "Challenges and Opportunities for Optical Techniques for Probing Reacting Flows: New Techniques and the Impact of New Laser Systems on Old Techniques." Robert Lucht, Purdue University. 101 Friend. Social gathering follows, J223 Engineering Quadrangle.

3:30 p.m. Mathematics joint analysis seminar. "The Singular Set of 1-1 Integral Currents." Tristan Riviere, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich. 314 Fine.

4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. "Geometry and Physics of Proteins." Jayanth Banavar, Pennsylvania State University. DuPont Seminar Room, 324 Frick.

4:30 p.m. Center for the Study of Religion/anthropology/Center for Health and Wellbeing/Center for Human Values lecture. "The Operation as a Political Form: Transplantation, Sterilization, Cataract Removal and Transgender Surgery in the Constitution of As-If Modernity." Lawrence Cohen, University of California-Berkeley. 300 Wallace.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics topology seminar. "On Classifying Simply Connected 7-Manifolds." Diarmuid Crowley, Pennsylvania State University. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Physics colloquium. "Quantum Control of Photons and Atoms." Mikhail Lukin, Harvard University. A10 Jadwin.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. "The Economics of Environ-mental Protection." Christine Todd Whitman, former Environmental Protection Agency administrator. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

4:45 p.m. Mathematics joint analysis seminar. "Brownian Loop Soups and Conformal Field Theory." Wendelin Werner, Universite Paris-Sud, Orsay. 214 Fine.

8 p.m. Templeton Foundation/religious life/Christian Leadership Ministries lecture. "The Big Bang, Stephen Hawking and God." Fritz Schaefer, University of Georgia. Wood Auditorium, McCosh 10.

Sports

All day. Men's swimming/EISL Championships. DeNunzio Pool.

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Friday, March 5

Arts

12:30 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. "Imperial Portraits From Vienna and St. Petersburg." Betsy Rosasco. Art Museum.

F 2 and 8 p.m. Raks Odalisque Spring Show. Theater, Frist.

F 8 p.m. Theater and dance senior thesis production directed by David Brundige. David Brundige: "Pig Tails." Berlind Theater.

F 8 p.m. University Orchestra concert. Michael Pratt, conductor. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Lectures

Noon. Psychology colloquium. "Neurobiology of Visual Attention." Robert Desimone, National Institute of Mental Health. 0-S-6 Green.

2:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering/Baetjer colloquium, last of two days. "Nonlinear Optical Techniques for Sensitive, Selective and Quantitative Detection of Chemical Species: Applications and Modeling of the Nonlinear Optical Process." Robert Lucht, Purdue University. 101 Friend. Social gathering follows, J223 Engineering Quadrangle.

3 p.m. Mathematics geometric analysis seminar. "On Scalar-Flat Kaehler Surfaces." Yann Rollin, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 314 Fine.

4 p.m. Philosophy seminar. "Why Explanations Lie: An Account of Idealization in Explanation." Michael Strevens, Stanford University. 4 McCosh.

4:30 p.m. Irish studies lecture. "Home Thoughts From Abroad: Joyce, Trieste, Ireland." John McCourt, University of Trieste. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

4:30 to 6:30 p.m. School of Architecture conference, first of two days. "Design Intelligence: The Expanded Field." Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture. For information, visit <www.princeton.edu/~soa/news.html>.

Sports

All day. Men's swimming/EISL Championships. DeNunzio Pool.

3 p.m. Women's tennis vs. St. John's University. Lenz Tennis Center.

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

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Saturday, March 6

Arts

11 a.m. Art Museum talk for children. "What's the Best Way to Eat Spaghetti?" Harriet Teweles, docent. Art Museum.

F 2 and 8 p.m. Raks Odalisque Spring Show. Theater, Frist.

F 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Peking Acrobats. McCarter Theatre.

F 8 p.m. Theater and dance senior thesis production directed by David Brundige. David Brundige: "Pig Tails." Berlind Theater.

F 8 p.m. University Orchestra concert. Michael Pratt, conductor. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Lectures

9:30 a.m. Plasma physics Science on Saturday lecture. "Fusion at PPPL: Scientific Research on a New Energy Source." Robert Goldston. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal. For information, call 243-2121 or visit <www.pppl.gov/education/pages/sci_sat_sched_2004.html>.

10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. School of Architecture conference, last of two days. "Design Intelligence: The Expanded Field." Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture. For information, visit <www.princeton. edu/~soa/news.html>.

4:30 p.m. Art Museum lecture. "Honoring the Weapons of War in the Age of the Crusades." William Jordan. Wood Auditorium, McCosh 10.

Sports

All day. Men's swimming/EISL Championships. DeNunzio Pool.

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

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Sunday, March 7

Arts

3 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. "Imperial Portraits From Vienna and St. Petersburg." Betsy Rosasco. Art Museum.

Notices

11 a.m. Chapel service. Paul Raushenbush. Chapel.

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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.

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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 June 12.

•"The Book of Kings: Art, War and the Morgan Library's Medieval Picture Bible." March 6 through June 6.

•"Imperial Portraits by van Meytens the Younger and Roslin." Through July 11.

•"Robert Adams: From the Missouri West." Through June 6.

•"Songs, Psalms and Praises: An 18th-Century Ethiopian Manuscript." Through June 5.

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.

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

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

Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library

Wiess Lounge, Olden Street. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Closed weekends, except 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 29.

•"Princeton Reunions and the P-Rade: A Historical Retrospective." Through July 2.

Visual Arts Program

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

•Exhibit by seniors Maia Schweizer and Seymone Wilson, painters. March 2 through March 19. Opening reception, March 2, 6 to 8 p.m.

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 Schulz. Through March 1.

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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 upcom-ing athletic events: 258-3545.

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March 1-7, 2004

Monday, March 1

Arts

Lectures

Notices

Tuesday, March 2

Arts

Lectures

Sports

Wednesday, March 3

Lectures

Sports

Thursday, March 4

Arts

Lectures

Sports

Friday, March 5

Lectures

Sports

Saturday, March 6

Arts

Lectures

Sports

Sunday, March 7

Arts

Notices

Weekly

Alcoholics Anonymous

Exhibits

Art Museum

Firestone Library

Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library

Visual Arts Program

Women and Gender Studies

Et cetera

Art Museum

Athletic Ticket Office

Dillon Gymnasium

Employee Assistance Program

Employee Health

Employment Opportunities

Frist Campus Center

Library

McCarter Theatre Box Office

Orange Key Guide Service

Prospect Association

Richardson Auditorium

Theater and Dance

Theatre Intime

Tiger Sportsline

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