Calendar of events
February 28 - March 6, 2004
Monday, February 28
Lectures
12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences seminar. “Computing the Universe.” Jerry Ostriker. 105 Computer Science.
4 p.m. Applied and computational mathematics lecture. “Invariant-Based Face Recognition.” Nigel Boston, University of Wisconsin. 214 Fine.
4 p.m. Chemical engineering seminar. “A Bottom-Up Assembly Approach Toward Integrated Nanosystems.” Yu Huang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A224 Engineering Quadrangle. Social gathering at 3:30 p.m.
4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. “Physico-Chemical Properties of Diamond Surfaces and Diamond Thin Film Growth.” Alon Hoffman, Technion, Israel. DuPont Seminar Room, 324 Frick.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination/law and public affairs lecture. “The ICC in the New World Order.” Luis Moreno-Ocampo, International Criminal Court. 16 Robertson.
6 p.m. Women’s Center/Black History Month Committee/Fields Center lecture. “The Role of the Arts in Social Justice.” Angela Davis, University of California-Santa Cruz. Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.
6:30 p.m. Committee on Palestine/Center for Jewish Life lecture. “Radical Hope: Creating a Culture of Peace and Healing Israel/Palestine.” Jordan Pearlstein, Tikkun Campus Network. 234 Frist.
7 p.m. Alumni Council lecture series on “What Can the Art and Literature of a Country Tell You About Its Culture?” “From Baghdad to Bengal: Court Paintings of the Medieval Caliphs, Sultans and Rajahs.” Michael Barry. 106 McCormick.
Tuesday, March 1
Arts
4:30 p.m. Visual arts/Faber/Sacret Young/African-American studies film. William Greaves: “Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey.” Discussion follows with Cornel West and director. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Venice Baroque Orchestra; with Katia and Marielle Lebeque, duo fortepianos. Matthews Theatre.
Lectures
11:30 a.m. Mathematics group actions and automorphic forms seminar. Tsachik Gelander, Yale University. Fine.
Noon. Population research/demography seminar. “Nature X Nurture: The Interplay of Genes and Environments in the Development of Children’s Conduct Problems.” Sara Jaffee, University of Pennsylvania. 300 Wallace.
12:15 p.m. Latin American studies lecture. “Interdisciplinary Approaches to Reconstructing Ancient Mexican Civilization.” John Pohl. 107, 58 Prospect Ave.
4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. “Silicon-Triggered Organic Reactions.” Léon Ghosez, Institute Européen de Chimie et de Biologie and Universite Catholique de Louvain. DuPont Seminar Room, 324 Frick.
4:15 p.m. Astrophysical sciences astronomy colloquium. “Dynamics of Galactic Nuclei: Beyond the Million-Body Problem.” David Merritt, Rochester Institute of Technology. Auditorium, Peyton. Social gathering at 5:15 p.m., main hallway.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics algebraic geometry seminar. “D-Modules and Singularities.” Nero Budur, Johns Hopkins University. 322 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Operations research and financial engineering seminar. “Bounding the Greeks.” Mete Soner, KOC University, Turkey. E219 Engineering Quadrangle.
4:30 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute lecture. “Science and the Federal Budget.” John Marburger, science adviser to President Bush. 10 Guyot.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Center for Health and Well-Being/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation lecture. “The Media and U.S. Health Care Reform.” Dr. Timothy Johnson, ABC News and “Good Morning America.” Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.
Sports
7 p.m. Men’s volleyball vs. Rutgers University-Newark. Dillon Gym.
Wednesday, March 2
Arts
12:30 p.m. Chapel music afternoon concert. Chapel.
4:30 p.m. Visual arts/Faber/Sacret Young/African-American studies film. William Greaves: “Symbiopsychotaxiplasm, Take 2-1/2.” Discussion follows with Su Friedrich and director. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Aspen Santa Fe Ballet. Matthews Theatre.
Lectures
[G] Noon. Information technology seminar. “A Quick Tour of Geographic Information Systems.” Bill Guthe. Multipurpose Room B, Frist. For information, visit <www.princeton.edu/lunchnlearn>.
Noon. Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials seminar. “High-Performance Quantum Dot Lasers: Physics, Properties and Applications.” Pallab Bhattacharya, University of Michigan. 222 Bowen.
Noon. Molecular biology lecture. “The Biochemistry of HIV-1 Budding.” Wes Sundquist, University of Utah. 3 Thomas Lab.
2:15 p.m. Mathematics discrete mathematics seminar. “A Tight Threshold for Metric Ramsey Phenomena.” Adriana Karagiozova. 224 Fine.
2:50 p.m. Bendheim Center for Finance/Civitas Foundation finance seminar. “Do Acquirers With More Uncertain Growth Prospects Gain Less From Acquisitions?” Rene Stulz, Ohio State University. Bendheim Center.
4 p.m. Chemical engineering seminar. “Induced-Charge Electro-Osmosis: Toward Portable Microfluidics.” Todd Squires, California Institute of Technology. A224 Engineering Quadrangle. Social gathering at 3:30 p.m.
4:15 p.m. Industrial relations seminar on labor economics. “What Mean Impacts Miss: Distribution Effects of Welfare Reform Experiments.” Hilary Hoynes, University of California-Davis. 200 Fisher.
4:30 p.m. Electrical engineering/computer engineering lecture. “Timing Analysis of Embedded Systems.” Tulika Mitra, National University of Singapore. B205 Engineering Quadrangle.
4:30 p.m. Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination/Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “NATO and the Future of World Order.” Karl Kaiser, Harvard University. 1 Robertson.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics colloquium. “Jacobian Determinants and Null Lagrangians.” Tadeusz Iwaniec, Syracuse University. 314 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “Death in Darfur: Can Africa Handle Security Crises on Its Own?” Ibrahim Gambari, undersecretary-general/special adviser on Africa to the United Nations. 16 Robertson.
Thursday, March 3
Arts
Noon. Chapel music Graduate College organ concert. Procter (charge for lunch).
7:30 p.m. East Asian studies Taiwan film series. Hou Hsiao-hsien: “The Puppetmaster.” Introduction by Richard Suchenski. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
8 p.m. Raks Odalisque dance concert. “Belly Dance and Beyond!” 301 Frist.
Lectures
1:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering/Baetjer colloquium, first of two. “Charged Macromolecules: Solutions, Aggregates and Gels.” Monica Olvera de la Cruz, Northwestern University. 101 Friend. Social gathering follows, J223 Engineering Quadrangle.
2 p.m. Mathematics ergodic theory and statistical mechanics seminar. “Mean Field Spin Glasses Part II: Random Multi Overlap Structures for Diluted Models and Optimization Problems.” Luca De Sanctis. 322 Fine.
4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. “Facilitated Chemical Genetics Using Tagged Small Molecule Libraries.” Young-tae Chang, New York University. DuPont Seminar Room, 324 Frick.
4 p.m. Mathematics joint analysis seminar. “On the Absence of Positive Eigenvalues of Schrodinger Operators With Rough Potentials.” Alexandru Ionescu, University of Wisconsin-Madison. 214 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Classics lecture. “From Popular Sovereignty to the Sovereignty of Law: Law, Politics and Citizenship in Early Fourth-Century Athens.” Victoria Wohl, Ohio State University. 161 East Pyne.
4:30 p.m. Law and public affairs/Woodrow Wilson School/Harlan Lecture in Constitutional Adjudication. “In Order to Form a More Perfect Union: American and European Constitutionalization — A Parallel?” Dieter Grimm, Institute for Advanced Studies, Berlin. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics topology seminar. “On Knot Floer Homology and Satellite Knots.” Matthew Hedden, Columbia University. 314 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Physics colloquium. “Cosmology With Gravitational Wave Detectors in Space.” Sterl Phinney, California Institute of Technology. A10 Jadwin.
4:30 p.m. President’s Lecture Series. “Jane Austen and War.” Claudia Johnson. 101 Friend Center.
4:30 p.m. Women and gender studies lecture. “Orbus.” Ellen Gallagher, artist. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/science and global security lecture. “North Korea and the Bomb: How Real the Threat?” Bruce Cumings, University of Chicago; Joseph DeTrani, U.S. State Department Special Envoy to North Korea; and Gilbert Rozman. Harold Feiveson, moderator. Wood Auditorium, McCosh 10.
Notices
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Athletics, physical education and recreation FitFest. Dillon Gym.
Friday, March 4
Arts
12:30 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. “A Pocket Retinue: Chinese Ceramic Tomb Figurines.” Zoe Kwok. Art Museum.
8 p.m. Raks Odalisque dance concert. “Belly Dance and Beyond!” 301 Frist.
[F] 8 p.m. Theater and dance senior thesis production. Anton Chekhov: “The Seagull.” Nikki Muller and Emma Worth. Berlind Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Los Angeles Guitar Quartet; with Colin Currie, percussion. Matthews Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. University Orchestra, Michael Pratt, conductor. Music by Schnittke, Mozart and Wagner. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
Lectures
Noon. Psychology colloquium. “The Social and Emotional Impact of Interpersonal Rejection.” Mark Leary, Wake Forest University. 0-S-6 Green.
2 p.m. Institute for International and Regional Studies and Program in Latin American Studies lecture. “Violence and Inequality in Latin America: Truth Commissions and Their Consequences.” Elizabeth Oglesby, University of Arizona; Teresa Godwin Phelps, University of Notre Dame; Carlos Iván Degregori; and Jeremy Adelman and Deborah Yashar, discussants. 127 Corwin.
2:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering/Baetjer colloquium, last of two. “Surface Pattern Formation in Self-Assembled Heterogeneous Molecules: Co-Assembled Cationic and Anionic Peptide Amphiphiles.” Monica Olvera de la Cruz, Northwestern University. 101 Friend. Social gathering follows, J223 Engineering Quadrangle.
3 p.m. Mathematics geometric analysis seminar. “Calibrated Manifolds and Gauge Theory.” Selman Akbulut, Michigan State University and Institute for Advanced Study. 314 Fine.
4 p.m. Philosophy seminar. “Functionalism Remodeled.” Peter Godfrey-Smith, Harvard and Australian National universities. 4 McCosh.
4:30 p.m. Irish studies lecture. “St. Brigit Goes to Ground: Cult After Kildare.” Lisa Bitel, University of Southern California. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
Sports
[F] 7:30 p.m. Men’s basketball vs. Harvard University. Jadwin Gym.
Saturday, March 5
Arts
11 a.m. Art Museum talk for children. “George Washington in Princeton.” Sally Sword, docent. Faculty Room, Nassau.
1 p.m. Art Museum workshop for the family. “Ancient Images, Timeless Tales: Retelling Stories From the ‘Wu Family Shrines.’” Tara McGowan. Cotsen Children’s Library, Firestone.
2 and 8 p.m. Raks Odalisque dance concert. “Belly Dance and Beyond!” 301 Frist.
4:30 p.m. Art Museum lecture. “Brilliant Artifacts: Art and Architecture of the ‘Wu Family Shrines.’” Cary Liu. Wood Auditorium, McCosh 10.
[F] 8 p.m. Theater and dance senior thesis production. Anton Chekhov: “The Seagull.” Nikki Muller and Emma Worth. Berlind Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Count Basie Orchestra; with Nnenna Freelon. Matthews Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. University Orchestra, Michael Pratt, conductor. Music by Schnittke, Mozart and Wagner. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
Sports
3 p.m. Men’s lacrosse vs. Johns Hopkins University. 1952 Stadium.
6 p.m. Women’s lacrosse vs. Johns Hopkins University. 1952 Stadium.
[F] 7:30 p.m. Men’s basketball vs. Dartmouth College. Jadwin Gym.
Sunday, March 6
Arts
[F] 2 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. National Black Theatre of Prague. “Fantasy Travellers.” Matthews Theatre.
3 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. “A Pocket Retinue: Chinese Ceramic Tomb Figurines.” Zoe Kwok. Art Museum.
Notices
11 a.m. Chapel service. Paul Raushenbush. Chapel.
Sports
1 p.m. Men’s volleyball vs. George Mason University. Dillon 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.
Art for Kids
10 a.m. to noon. Saturdays, March 5 through May 1. Hands-on art projects. Art Museum.
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.
“Floating Above the Clouds: Mount Fuji in Japanese Prints.” March 5 through July 10.
“Recent Acquisitions in Asian Art 1998-2003. Through July 12.
“Recarving China’s Past: Art, Archaeology and the Architecture of the ‘Wu Family Shrines.’” March 5 through June 26.
“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.
Visual Arts Program
Lucas Gallery, 185 Nassau St. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed weekends.
An exhibit of art by certificate students Clara Wong and Caroline James. March 1 through March 11. Opening reception, March 1, 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.
“Pink” by Carol Armstrong. Through March 15.
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.
