Calendar of events
February 21-27, 2005
Monday, February 21
Lectures
4 p.m. Applied and computational mathematics lecture. “Signal Processing and Wireless Networks.” Vincent Poor. 214 Fine.
4 p.m. Electrical engineering seminar on electronic materials and devices. “Devil’s Staircase of Incompressible Electron States in a Nanotube.” Dmitry Novikov. B205 Engineering Quadrangle.
4:30 p.m. Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia lecture. “State, Islam, Gender: Middle Eastern Perspectives.” Mounira Charrad, University of Texas. 1 Robertson.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/African studies lecture. “Peace in Sierra Leone: Not Yet Sustainable.” Peter Chaveas, National Defense University. 16 Robertson.
Notices
7 p.m. University Store book reading and signing. Kwame Anthony Appiah, author of “The Ethics of Identity.” University Store.
Tuesday, February 22
Arts
4:30 p.m. /@arts lecture series. Tony Oursler, New York artist, talking about his work. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
Lectures
11:30 a.m. Mathematics group actions and automorphic forms seminar. “Existence and Weyl’s Law for Cusp Forms.” Akshay Venkatesh, Clay Math Institute. Professors’ Lounge, Fine.
Noon. Population research/demography seminar. “Intergenerational Differences in Health Behaviors for Mexican-Americans: The Role of Culture and Cohesion.” Rachel Kimbro. 300 Wallace.
12:15 p.m. Latin American studies lecture. “Puerto Rican Plena: World Music, (Trans)local Roots.” Marilyn Miller, Tulane University. 107, 58 Prospect Ave. Lunch served at noon.
12:30 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute seminar. “Greening Princeton and Sustainability.” Michael McKay. 10 Guyot.
2:30 p.m. Mathematics/Institute for Advanced Study complex geometry seminar. “Volume Minimization and Comparison for Isotropic Surfaces.” Ed Goldstein, Institute for Advanced Study. 110 Fine.
4:15 p.m. Astrophysical sciences astronomy colloquium. “The Co- Evolution of Galaxies and Black Holes: An SDSS Perspective.” Tim Heckman, Johns Hopkins University. Auditorium, Peyton. Social gathering at 5:15 p.m., main hallway.
4:30 p.m. Institute for International and Regional Studies lecture. “Why the Islamic Middle East Did Not Generate an Indigenous Corporate Law.” Timur Kuran, University of Southern California. 101 McCormick.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics algebraic geometry seminar. “The Geometry of Grassmannians and Flag Manifolds.” Izzet Coskun, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 322 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Women’s Center/women and gender studies lecture. “Is It Possible to Eliminate Sexual Assault and Relationship Abuse?” Courtney Esposito, Womanspace and New Jersey Advisory Council on Domestic Violence. 101 McCormick.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/graduate career services lecture. “From Summers to Sistani: Women’s Rights Under Attack in the 21st Century.” Kavita Ramdas, Global Fund for Women. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.
Wednesday, February 23
Arts
12:30 p.m. Chapel music afternoon concert. Chapel.
4:30 p.m. Creative writing/Althea Ward Clark reading series. Jhumpa Lahiri, author, reading her work. Introduction by Susan Choi. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
Lectures
Noon. Institute for International and Regional Studies/European politics and society/Center for French Studies lecture. “Des Politiques de Lutte Contre la Criminalite Aux Politiques Anti-Terroristes: L’Europe Adopte-T-Elle L’Approche Americaine?” Sophie Body-Gendrot, University of Paris IV and Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Paris. 305 East Pyne.
Noon. Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials seminar. “Lessons in Optics From the Deep.” Joanna Aizenberg, Lucent Technologies. 222 Bowen.
[G] 12:15 p.m. McGraw Center lecture. “The Princeton Classroom: Grading as a Teaching Tool.” 328 Frist.
12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences seminar. “Reverse Engineering of Regulatory Networks in Human B Cells.” Andrea Califano, Columbia University. 105 Computer Science.
12:30 p.m. International economics seminar. “Testing the ‘Home Market Effect’ in a Multi-Country World: A Theory-based Approach.” Gianmarco Ottaviano, Bocconi University. 15 Robertson.
2:15 p.m. Mathematics discrete mathematics seminar. “Tournaments, Voting Paradoxes and Non-Transitive Dice.” Noga Alon, Tel Aviv University and Institute for Advanced Study. 224 Fine.
4 p.m. Chemical engineering seminar. “Kinetic Basis of Tension-Dependent Control of Focal Adhesions in Capillary Endothelial Cells.” Tammay Lele, Harvard University. A224 Engineering Quadrangle. Social gathering at 3:30 p.m.
4:15 p.m. Princeton plasma physics colloquium. “Rip, Mix, Burn, Sue: Technology, Politics and the Fight to Control Digital Media.” Edward Felten. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.
4:30 p.m. African American studies lecture. “Enslaving Postcolonialism: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, Modernity and Postcolonial Sierra Leonean Drama.” Matthew Christensen, University of Texas-Pan American. 210 Dickinson.
4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. “Outside the Canon: Bangai Noh Plays on the Genpei War.” Michael Watson, Meiji Gakuin University. 234 Frist.
4:30 p.m. Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions/politics/ Mason Lecture in Constitutional Law and Political Thought. “Citizenship and Leadership.” Daniel Robinson, Oxford and Georgetown universities. 104 Computer Science.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics colloquium. “Examples in Algebraic Cobordism.” Markus Rost, Institute for Advanced Study and University of Bielefeld. 314 Fine.
[G] 6 p.m. Pace Center/McGraw Center/career services interactive student workshop. “Strategies for a Sustainable Career.” Melissa Everett, Sustainable Careers Institute. 328 Frist.
6 p.m. School of Architecture lecture. “Herzog and deMeuron: Built Images.” Philip Ursprung, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.
7 p.m. Alumni Council lecture series on “What Can the Art and Literature of a Country Tell You About Its Culture?” “Mountains and Water, Shan Shui: What Do We Mean by ‘Landscape’ in Chinese Landscape Painting?” Jerome Silbergeld. 106 McCormick.
7:30 p.m. University Public Lectures. “Catastrophic Stellar Explosions: Celestial Fireworks!” Alex Filippenko, University of California-Berkeley. Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.
Thursday, February 24
Arts
4:30 p.m. Art and archaeology lecture. “Male Desire: The Homoerotic in American Art.” Jonathan Weinberg, Clark Art Institute. 106 McCormick.
4:30 p.m. Art Museum lecture. “Landscape Painting in the Age of Imperialism.” Stephen Eisenman, Northwestern University. 101 McCormick. Reception follows.
7:30 p.m. Latin American studies/Wilson College film. Fernando Trueba: “Calle 54: Contemporary Latin Jazz.” B204 Wilcox.
[F] 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. Michael Bennett: “A Chorus Line.” Theater, Murray-Dodge.
Lectures
Noon. International Center bridging cultures luncheon discussion. “Racial and Ethnic Discrimination in Different Cultures.” West Room, Murray-Dodge.
2 p.m. Mathematics ergodic theory and statistical mechanics seminar. “Parisi Ansatz and Bounds for the Free Energy of the SK Mean Field Model of Spin Glasses.” Luca de Santis. 322 Fine.
2 p.m. Mathematics geometric analysis seminar. “Existence of Infinitely Many Equilibrium Configurations of the Liquid Crystal System for Non-Constant Boundary Data.” Min-Chun Hong, University of Queensland. 214 Fine.
4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. “NMR and MRI From Nanometers to Meters.” Alexander Pines, University of California-Berkeley. DuPont Seminar Room, 324 Frick.
4 p.m. Mathematics joint analysis seminar. “Localization in the Higher Dimensional Anderson-Bernoulli Model.” Jean Bourgain, Institute for Advanced Study. 214 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Contemporary European politics and society lecture. “Revisiting the Conditions for Stability in Western Europe in the Two Postwar Eras: The Constitutional Struggle for Administrative Governance, 1920s-1950s.” Peter Lindseth, University of Connecticut. 1 Robertson.
4:30 p.m. German lecture. “Die unbewältigte Sprache. Hannah Arend’s Theory of Poetry.” Thomas Schestag, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität. 10 East Pyne.
4:30 p.m. Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions/politics lecture. “Civil Liberties and the State in 20th-Century America: A Discussion of Ken Kersch’s ‘Constructing Civil Liberties: Discontinuities in the Development of American Constitutional Law.’” Ken Kersch; Theodore Lowi, Cornell University; William Novak, New York University and University of Chicago; and Keith Whittington, moderator. 104 Computer Science.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics topology seminar. “A Spectral Sequence Approach to Normal Forms.” Martin Bendersky, City University of New York. 314 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Physics colloquium. “The International Linear Collider: The Next Step in High-Energy Electron-Positron Physics.” Michael Peskin, Stanford University. A10 Jadwin.
6 p.m. School of Architecture/Kessler lecture. “Recent Issues.” Rem Koolhaas, Metropolitan Architecture, Rotterdam. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.
7 p.m. Institute for International and Regional Studies/Princeton Environmental Institute/Woodrow Wilson School conference on “Trading Morsels, Growing Hunger, Decimating Nature: Linking Food and Trade to Development and the Environment,” first of three days. Keynote address by George McGovern, United Nations global ambassador on world hunger. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson. For more information, visit <www.princeton.edu/~piirs/trading_morsels/>.
7:30 p.m. University Public Lectures. “Enigmatic Gamma-Ray Bursts: Birth Cries of Black Holes.” Alex Filippenko, University of California-Berkeley. Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.
Sports
9 a.m. Women’s swimming/Ivy Championship. Denunzio Pool.
Friday, February 25
Arts
12:30 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. “Recent Acquisitions in Modern Chinese Art.” Sonja Kelley. Art Museum.
[F] 8 p.m. Chapel music organ concert. Eric Plutz, principal University organist. Chapel.
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Shen Wei Dance Arts. Matthews Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. Michael Bennett: “A Chorus Line.” Theater, Murray-Dodge.
[F] 8 p.m. University Concert Choir. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
Lectures
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Institute for International and Regional Studies/Princeton Environmental Institute/Woodrow Wilson School conference on “Trading Morsels, Growing Hunger, Decimating Nature: Linking Food and Trade to Development and the Environment,” second of three days. 16 Robertson. For more information, visit <www.princeton.edu/~piirs/trading_morsels/>.
[G] 12:15 p.m. McGraw Center lecture. “The Scholar as Teacher.” Daphne Brooks. 328 Frist.
2:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering seminar. “Status of Aerothermal Modeling Capabilities for Future NASA Planetary Entry Missions.” Michael Wright, NASA Ames Research Center. 222 Bowen. Social gathering follows, J223 Engineering Quadrangle.
3 p.m. Chemistry lectures. “Palladium Catalyzed Carbon-Heteroatom Bond Formation Using Alkenes,” Erik Alexanian; “A Nucleoside Analog Program Directed at Herpes and Hepatitis B,” Robert Zahler, Bristol-Myers Squibb; and “Venturing Into Catalysis-Based Natural Product Synthesis,” Alois Füstner, Max-Plank Institute. DuPont Seminar Room, 324 Frick.
4 p.m. Philosophy seminar. “Vagueness as Indeterminacy.” Brian Weatherson, Cornell University. 4 McCosh.
7:30 p.m. University Public Lectures. “Einstein’s Biggest Blunder? The Case for Cosmic ‘Antigravity.’” Alex Filippenko, University of California-Berkeley. Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.
Sports
9 a.m. Women’s swimming/Ivy Championship. Denunzio Pool.
3 p.m. Women’s tennis vs. Syracuse University. Jadwin Gym.
7 p.m. Women’s ice hockey vs. Union College. Baker Rink.
7 p.m. Women’s basketball vs. Columbia University. Jadwin Gym.
Saturday, February 26
Arts
[F] 11 a.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Dan Zanes. Matthews Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Angelique Kidjo. Matthews Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. Michael Bennett: “A Chorus Line.” Theater, Murray-Dodge.
Lectures
9 to 11:45 a.m. Institute for International and Regional Studies/Princeton Environmental Institute/Woodrow Wilson School conference on “Trading Morsels, Growing Hunger, Decimating Nature: Linking Food and Trade to Development and the Environment,” last of three days. 16 Robertson. For more information, visit <www.prince-ton.edu/~piirs/trading_morsels/>.
Notices
[G] 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Alumni Day and Parents’ Program. See story on page 8 or visit <tigernet.princeton.edu/Events/AlumniDay.asp>.
3 p.m. Chapel Service of Remembrance. Christine Parham ’80, Gethsemane Lutheran Church, Columbia, S.C. Chapel.
Sports
9 a.m. Women’s swimming/Ivy Championship. Denunzio Pool.
11 a.m. Men’s tennis vs. George Washington University. Jadwin Gym.
2 p.m. Men’s lacrosse vs Quinnipiac College. 1952 Stadium.
4 p.m. Women’s ice hockey vs. Union College. Baker Rink.
5 p.m. Men’s tennis vs. St. Joseph’s University. Jadwin Gym.
7 p.m. Women’s basketball vs. Cornell University. Jadwin Gym.
Sunday, February 27
Arts
3 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. “Recent Acquisitions in Modern Chinese Art.” Sonja Kelley. Art Museum.
[F] 3 p.m. University concerts. Richardson Chamber Players. Music by J.S. Bach, C.P.E. Bach and C.H. Braun. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
Notices
11 a.m. Chapel African-American Heritage Sunday service. Otis Moss, Olivet Institutional Baptist Church, Cleveland. Music by University Jazz Ensembles. Chapel.
Sports
4 p.m. Women’s tennis vs. University of Maryland. Jadwin Gym.
Weekly
Alcoholics Anonymous
12:15 p.m. Mondays. West Room, Murray-Dodge.
9:30 a.m. Sundays, basement, Murray-Dodge. Membership not required to attend.
Religious Life
Noon. Wednesdays. “Hour of Power: Interdenominational Service of Praise, Prayer and Proclamation.” East Room, Murray-Dodge.
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.
“Songs, Psalms and Praises: An 18th-Century Ethiopian Manuscript.” Through June 5.
Firestone Library
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: “Portraits of the Lost Generation.” Through April 17.
Lobby: “McCarter Theatre: 75 Years in the Spotlight.” Through May 2.
Milberg Gallery for the Graphic Arts: “Derso and Kelen: Cartoons and Caricatures.” Through March 20.
Cotsen Children’s Library: “Don’t Go Into Mr. McGregor’s Garden: The Dangerous World of Beatrix Potter.” Through Feb. 28.
Women and Gender Studies
Lounge, 113 Dickinson Hall. Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed weekends.
“Pink” by Carol Armstrong. Through Feb. 28.
Woodrow Wilson School
Bernstein Gallery. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. “Works on Paper.” Through March 3.
Et cetera
Art Museum
Hours: 258-3788. <www.princetonartmuseum.org>.
Athletic Ticket Office
Tickets and information: 258-3538.
Dillon Gymnasium
Hours: 258-4466.
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
<jobs.princeton.edu>.
Frist Campus Center
Welcome Desk: 258-1766. <fristqna@princeton.edu>. University Ticketing: <www.princeton.edu/utickets/>.
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.
