Princeton - Weekly Bulletin 09/27/04

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Editor: Ruth Stevens
Calendar editor: Carolyn Geller
Staff writers: Jennifer Greenstein Altmann, Steven Schultz
Contributing writers: Karin Dienst, Eric Qui–ones, Danielle Scruggs
Photographer: Denise Applewhite
Design: Mahlon Lovett, Laurel Masten Cantor, Margaret Westergaard
Web edition: Mahlon Lovett

[F] Admission charged, [G] Not open to general public.
All other events are open to members of the University community and the general public free of charge. Any speaker not otherwise identified is a member of the faculty, staff or student body of Princeton University. • Contact Calendar editor • Submissions for future calendars may be made online by completing the calendar submission form. • For copy deadlines, please refer to the PWB deadline schedule .

Noon. Institute for International and Regional Studies/Center for French Studies lecture. “La Generation des Baby Boomers.” Jean-Francois Sirinelli, Institut d’etudes Politiques, Paris. 221 Dickinson.

12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences seminar. “Successes of Computational Science.” Jerry Ostriker. Convocation Room, Friend.

2 p.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics seminar. “Regional Pollution Potentials.” Mark Lawrence, Max Planck Institute. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.

4 p.m. Applied and computational mathematics lecture. “Internet Topology Modeling and the Role of Design.” Walter Willenger, AT&T Labs Research. 214 Fine.

4 p.m. Electrical engineering seminar on electronic materials and devices. “Signal Processing With Optical Fibers: Making a Multi-Colored Engine.” Christi Madsen, Lucent Technologies. B205 Engineering Quadrangle.

4:30 p.m. Institute for International and Regional Studies/contemporary European politics and society/French studies lecture. “The War for Muslim Minds: Islam and the West.” Gilles Kepel, Institute of Political Studies, Paris. 2 Robertson.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “Changing the Politics of Hunger.” David Beckmann, Bread for the World. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

5 p.m. German/art and archaeology/visual arts lecture. “Jeff Wall, Wittgenstein and the Everyday.” Michael Fried, Johns Hopkins University. 101 McCormick.

[G] 7:30 p.m. International Center/Princeton Middle East Society/Churches for Middle East Peace lecture. “The Gaza Disengagement Plan: Dilemmas for the Peace Camp.” Adam Keller, Gush Shalom, Israel. 302 Frist.

8 p.m. University Public Lectures. “Shelley’s Heart and Pepys’ Lobsters.” Hermione Lee, Oxford University. Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.

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

5 p.m. German/English/creative writing poetry reading. Michael Fried, Johns Hopkins University, reading his work. 10 East Pyne.

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Steven Dietz: “Last of the Boys.” Berlind Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Three Mo’ Tenors. Matthews Theatre.

Noon. Population research/demography seminar. “The Hearts Reasons: Beyond the Calculus of Conscious Choice.” Jennifer Johnson-Hanks, University of California-Berkeley. 300 Wallace.

12:15 p.m. Latin American studies lecture. “The Wrecking Ball and the Making of Urban Public Life in Brazil.” Amy Chazkel, City University of New York. 107, 58 Prospect Ave.

12:20 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute faculty forum. “Economic Impacts of Climate Change on U.S. Agriculture.” Wolfram Schlenker. 10 Guyot.

4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. “Nanorobotic Manipulation: Sensing and Manipulation at the Nanometer Scale.” Bruce Koel, University of Southern California. DuPont Seminar Room, 324 Frick.

4:30 p.m. Institute for International and Regional Studies/Adam Smith Global Television Goodman lecture on Media and Global Affairs. “World Leaders on ‘60 Minutes.’” Mike Wallace, CBS News; George Goodman, Adam Smith Global Television; and Thomas Christensen. Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics algebraic geometry seminar. “Rational Connectedness of Q-Fano Varieties.” Qi Zhang, University of Missouri. 322 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Visual arts/art and archaeology illustrated lecture. Dorothea Rockburne, painter, talking about her work. 219, 185 Nassau St.

6 p.m. International Center/residential colleges lecture. “China’s Path to Modernity and Prosperity: Three Princetonians’ Summer Studies in Singapore, Hong Kong and Shanghai.” David Sheng ’06, Michelle Lin ’07 and Anand Chhabra ’06. Special Dining Room, Wilson College.

8 p.m. University Public Lectures. “Jane Austen Faints.” Hermione Lee, Oxford University. Wood Auditorium, McCosh 10.

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Steven Dietz: “Last of the Boys.” Berlind Theatre.

8 p.m. Princeton Committee for a Free Palestine, Salaam!/Frist/Graduate Student Government performance. “Hip Hop Spoken Word.” Suheir Hammad, Def Poetry Jam artist. Cafe Vivian, Frist.

[G] Noon. Information technology lecture. “Create and Edit Your Own Video Extravaganzas.” David Hopkins. Multipurpose Room B, Frist.

Noon. Molecular biology lecture. “Exit and Entrances: The Functional Architecture of Herpesviruses.” Alasdair Steven, National Institutes of Health. 3 Thomas Lab.

2:30 p.m. Mathematics discrete mathematics seminar. “Pfaffian Labellings and Signs of Edge Coloring.” Serguei Norine, Georgia Institute of Technology. 224 Fine.

4:15 p.m. Industrial relations seminar on labor economics. “Increasing Residual Wage Inequality: Composition Effects, Noisy Data or Rising Demand for Skill?” Thomas Lemeiux, University of British Columbia. 200 Fisher.

4:30 p.m. Classics lecture. “Changing Shapes: Ovid as Entertainer.” David Raeburn, Oxford University. 161 East Pyne.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. “The Conflicts of Wolf Killers and Rabid Man-Eaters in Early Modern Japan.” Brett Walker, Montana State University. 211 Dickinson.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics colloquium. “The Space of Strings and the Stable Cohomology of Moduli Space.” Ulrike Tillman, Oxford University. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “The Problems and Challenges of Political Corruption.” Christopher Christie, U.S. attorney for New Jersey. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

6 p.m. School of Architecture lecture. “Before and After: On the Surface.” George Legendre. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

8 p.m. University Public Lectures. “Virginia Woolf’s Nose.” Hermione Lee, Oxford University. Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Steven Dietz: “Last of the Boys.” Berlind Theatre.

8 p.m. Friends of Music teachers’ recital. Katie Lansdale, violin; Daniel Grabois, horn; and Margaret Kampmeier, piano. Music by Brahms, Ligeti and Kelly-Marie Murphy. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.

2 p.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics seminar. “Effect of Surface Waves on Air-Sea Fluxes at Strong Wind Speeds.” Isaac Ginis, University of Rhode Island. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.

4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. “Protein Design by Structured-Guided Engineering.” Frances Arnold, California Institute of Technology. DuPont Seminar Room, 324 Frick.

4:30 p.m. Human values/Moffett lecture in ethics. “The Problem With Perfection: Designer Children, Bionic Athletes and Genetic Engineering.” Michael Sandel, Harvard University. Wood Auditorium, McCosh 10. Reception follows.

4:30 p.m. Institute for International and Regional Studies lecture. “Social Consequences of a Free Trade Area of the Americas.” Marianne Wiesebron, Leiden University, Netherlands. 1 Robertson.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics topology seminar. “Relative Heegaard Homology.” Wu-Chung Hsiang. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Physics colloquium. “Observational Cosmology as a Probe of Fundamental Physics.” Uros Seljak. A10 Jadwin.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “U.S. International Broadcasting: Meeting Tomorrow’s Public Diplomacy Challenges.” Kenneth Tomlinson, Broadcasting Board of Governors. 16 Robertson.

12:30 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. “‘In Her Eyes Such Fullness Was of Joy’: Canova’s Bust of Beatrice.” Caroline Cassells. Art Museum.

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. Matthews Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. Latin American studies Columbian folk music and dance. La Cumbiamba eNeYé. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Steven Dietz: “Last of the Boys.” Berlind Theatre.

9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/science technology and environmental policy lectures. “Innovative Ways for Public and Private Institutions to Value Environmental Goods.” Mindy Lubber, Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies, keynote speaker. 300 Wallace.

2:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering seminar. “A New Turbine Burner.” William Sirignano, University of California-Irvine. 222 Bowen. Social gathering follows, J223 Engineering Quadrangle.

3 p.m. Mathematics geometric analysis seminar. “‘Bernstein Type’ Results for the Born Infeld Model of Gravitational Strings.” Lesley Sibner, Polytechnic University. 314 Fine.

4:15 p.m. Industrial relations seminar on labor economics. “The Impact of Wives’ Market Employment on Family Earnings Inequality.” John Pencavel, Stanford University. 200 Fisher.

10 a.m. Art Museum children’s talk. “How to Paint with Ketchup.” Hank Segal, docent. Art Museum.

[F] 3 and 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Steven Dietz: “Last of
the Boys.” Berlind Theatre.

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Branford Marsalis Quartet. Matthews Theatre.

8 p.m. Theater and dance performance and discussion. Terrain: Rebecca Lazier Dance Company. Hagan Dance Studio, 185 Nassau St.

[F] 2 and 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Steven Dietz: “Last of
the Boys.” Berlind Theatre.

3 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. “‘In Her Eyes Such Fullness Was of Joy’: Canova’s Bust of Beatrice.” Caroline Cassells. Art Museum.

[F] 3 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Peter Boal and Company. Matthews Theatre.

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.

•“19th-Century Photographs From the Permanent Collection.” Through Oct. 24.

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

•“Bringing Into Being: Materials and Techniques in American Prints.” Through Jan. 23.

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 North American Indian: Photographs by Edward Curtis, 1895-1927.” Through Oct. 24.

•“Testing Boundaries: Cartoon Visions of Roosevelt’s Third Term.” Through Jan. 31.

Galleries and Stewart Theater, 185 Nassau St. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed weekends.

• Exhibit of junior independent work. Sept. 28 through Oct. 15. Opening reception, Sept. 28, 6 to 8 p.m.

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