Calendar of events
March 28-April 3, 2005
Monday, March 28
Arts
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. George Winston. Matthews Theatre.
Lectures
1:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. “Why Has the Big-Bang Reform of the Capital Markets Not Worked?” Mimi Sasaki-Smith, Harvard University. 228 Frist.
4 p.m. Applied and computational mathematics lecture. “Challenges for Using Sampled Traffic Measurements.” Nick Duffield, AT&T. 214 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Population research/demography seminar. “The Demography of Human Capital Formation: Adding Education to Age and Sex, Adding Quality to Quantity in the Study of Human Population Dynamics.” Wolfgang Lutz, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis. 300 Wallace.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “Al-Qaeda’s Grand Strategy (and Ours Too).” Michael Doran. 16 Robertson.
Notices
4:30 p.m. Council of the Princeton University Community meeting. 101 Friend.
Tuesday, March 29
Arts
7:30 p.m. Wilson College film and discussion. Ferzan Ozpetek: “Harem Suare.” Robert Finn. B204 Wilcox.
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Emerson String Quartet; with Jeffrey Kahane, piano. Matthews Theatre.
8 p.m. Music/Friends of Music/Composers’ Ensemble at Princeton concert. Music by Gregory Spears, David Little, Christopher Tignor, Scott Smallwood, Erin Malley and Jennifer Mesch. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.
Lectures
10:30 a.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics seminar. “Cloud Modeling and the Assumed PDF Method.” Chris Golaz, Naval Research Lab, Monterey, Calif. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.
11:30 a.m. Mathematics group actions and automorphic forms seminar. “Limit Multiplicities of Cusp Forms.” Werner Müller, Institute for Advanced Study. Professors’ Lounge, Fine.
Noon. Population research/demography seminar. “Migration and Health Among the Vietnamese.” Mark VanLandingham, Tulane University. 300 Wallace.
12:15 p.m. Latin American studies lecture. “We Live Daily in Two Countries: Music and Dual Citizenship in Brazil.” Frederick Moehn, State University of New York-Stony Brook. 107, 58 Prospect Ave.
[G] 12:15 p.m. McGraw Center workshop. “The Scholar as Teacher.” Julie Young. 328 Frist.
12:30 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute seminar. “Life at the Foot of Mount Kilimanjaro or What Baboons Know About Survival in a Highly Variable and Changing Environment.” Jeanne Altmann. 10 Guyot.
2:30 p.m. Mathematics/Institute for Advanced Study complex geometry seminar. “Einstein Metrics on Seifert Fibered Manifolds.” János Kollár. 110 Fine.
4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. “Recent Developments in NMR and MRI Using Hyperpolarized Gases.” Thomas Meersmann, Colorado State University. DuPont Seminar Room, 324 Frick.
4 p.m. Molecular biology lecture. “Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms Underlying Mammalina Neuronal Development and Circuit Formation.” Song-hai Shi, University of California-San Francisco. 3 Thomas Lab.
4:15 p.m. Astrophysical sciences astronomy colloquium. “Progress and Prospects for the Cyclic Model of the Universe.” Paul Steinhardt. Auditorium, Peyton. Social gathering at 5:15 p.m., main hallway.
4:30 p.m. Center for the Study of Religion/East Asian studies/religion lecture. “Soteriological Subterfuge: Secret Signs, Coded Language and the Buddhist Tantric Feast.” Ron Davidson, Fairfield University. 137, 1879.
4:30 p.m. Gauss seminars in criticism on time, movement and scale, last of three. “Desire, Absorption and the Close-Up.” Mary Ann Doane, Brown University. 10 East Pyne.
4:30 p.m. Institute for International and Regional Studies lecture. “Internal Criticism and Religious Authority in Contemporary Islam.” Muhammad Qasim Zaman, Brown University. 101 McCormick.
4:30 p.m. Institute for International and Regional Studies/contemporary European politics and society lecture. “Modell Deutschland Never Worked.” Adam Posen, Institute for International Economics. 2 Robertson.
4:30 p.m. Latin American Studies Student Association/creative writing/history lecture. “Ambushed by a Memoir: Confessions of a Wayward Historian.” Carlos Eire, Yale University. 46 McCosh.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics algebraic geometry seminar. “Arakelov Inequalities and the Uniformization of Certain Bounded Symmetric Domains.” Eckart Viehweg, Universität Duisburg-Essen. 322 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Operations research and financial engineering seminar. “Bayesian Test Classification.” David Madigan, Rutgers University. E219 Engineering Quadrangle.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/ science, technology and environmental policy/Princeton Environmental Institute lecture. “Opposing the Bush Onslaught: The Next Four Years of Environmental Advocacy.” Frances Beinecke, Natural Resources Defense Council. 16 Robertson.
Sports
2 p.m. Softball vs. Fairfield University. 1895 Field.
Wednesday, March 30
Arts
Noon. Visual arts illustrated lecture. Denyse Thomasos, painter and installation artist, talking about her work. 219, 185 Nassau St.
12:30 p.m. Chapel music afternoon concert. Chapel.
7:30 p.m. East Asian studies/humanities/Faber performance. “The Artistry of Traditional Japanese Noh Drama: ‘Tomonaga,’ Written by Motomasa.” Naohiko Umewaka, Japan. 101 McCormick.
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Theresa Rebeck: “The Bells.” Matthews Theatre.
7:30 p.m. Princeton Progressive Review film. Steven Greenstreet: “This Divided State.” Wood Auditorium, McCosh 10.
Lectures
[G] Noon. Information technology seminar. “An Introduction to the Tablet PC.” Serge Goldstein. Multipurpose Room B, Frist. For information, visit <www.princeton.edu/lunchnlearn>.
Noon. Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials seminar. “Optoelectronics Research at Agilent Laboratories.” Dave Bour, Agilent Technologies, Palo Alto, Calif. 222 Bowen.
Noon. Molecular biology lecture. “Synaptic Mechanisms of Olfactory Coding in the Drosophila Antennal Lobe.” Rachel Wilson, Oxford University. 3 Thomas Lab.
1:30 to 4:20 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. “The Conduct of Monetary Policy and the Deflationary Problem.” Akinari Hori, Bank of Japan, and Adam Posen, Institute for International Economics. 228 Frist.
2:15 p.m. Mathematics discrete mathematics seminar. “Applications of the Local Weak Convergence Method to Random Graph Problems.” David Gamarnik, IBM Research. 224 Fine.
2:50 p.m. Bendheim Center for Finance/Civitas Foundation finance seminar. “A Theory of Pyramidal Ownership and Family Business Groups.” Heitor Almeida, New York University. Bendheim Center.
4 p.m. Chemical engineering seminar. “Microscale Flow and Transport Problems Arising in Surfactant Rheology, Surface Patterning and Polymer Electrophores.” Satish Kumar, University of Minnesota. A224 Engineering Quadrangle. Social gathering at 3:30 p.m.
4 p.m. Computer science lecture. “The Eyes Have It.” Ben Shneiderman, University of Maryland. 105 Computer Science.
4:15 p.m. Industrial relations seminar on labor economics. “Academic Earmarks and the Returns to Lobbying.” John de Figueiredo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 200 Fisher.
4:15 p.m. Princeton plasma physics colloquium. “Ultrafast X-ray Science.” Philip Bucksbaum, University of Michigan. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.
4:30 p.m. Ecology and evolutionary biology colloquium on the biology of populations. “From Molecules to Mind: Stress, the Individual and the Social Environment.” Bruce McEwen, Rockefeller University. 10 Guyot.
4:30 p.m. Economics/international economics/Graham lecture. “Crises in Emerging Market Economies: A Global Perspective.” Guillermo Calvo, University of Maryland. 1 Robertson.
4:30 p.m. Finance/Princeton Pre Business Society lecture. "Baseball as a Business." Jonathan Mariner, Business Today. 10 East Pyne.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics colloquium. “Markoff Spectrum, Expanding Properties and Spectral Gap.” Gregory Margulis, Yale University. 314 Fine.
6 p.m. International Center/Wilson College bridging cultures dinner dialogue. “Hip Life (a.k.a. Ghanaian Hip Hop): Intercultural Performance and Interactions Between Ghana and the United States.” Amma Ghartey-Tagoe, New York University. Special Dining Room, Wilcox.
6 p.m. School of Architecture/civil and environmental engineering lecture. “Flux Structure.” Mutsuro Sasaki, Hosei University, Tokyo. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.
8 p.m. Near Eastern studies/Judaic studies/Drucker lecture. “Jerusalem 1938 and After.” Walter Laqueur, Center for Strategic and International Studies. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.
Sports
[F] 3 p.m. Baseball vs. Rutgers University. Clarke Field.
7 p.m. Men’s volleyball vs. Stevens Institute of Technology. Dillon Gym.
7:30 p.m. Women’s lacrosse vs. Georgetown University. 1952 Stadium.
Thursday, March 31
Arts
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Theresa Rebeck: “The Bells.” Matthews Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. South Asian Students Association variety cultural show. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
9 p.m. East Asian studies/humanities/Faber performance. “The Artistry of Traditional Japanese Noh Drama: ‘Yashima,’ Written by Zeami Motokiyo.” Naohiko Umewaka, Japan. 302 Frist.
Lectures
2 p.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics seminar. “Measurement of Aerosol Absorption From Space.” Omar Torres, University of Maryland. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.
2 p.m. Mathematics ergodic theory and statistical mechanics seminar. “Transport and Aggregation in Two Dimensions.” Martin Bazant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 322 Fine.
[G] 3:30 p.m. McGraw Center workshop. “Becoming a Colleague: Making the Transition to Writing in Graduate School.” Ann Jurecic. 328 Frist.
4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. “Hydrogen Tunneling and Protein Motion in Enzyme Catalysis.” Sharon Hammes-Schiffer, Pennsylvania State University. DuPont Seminar Room, 324 Frick.
4 p.m. Mathematics joint analysis seminar. Augusto Ponce, Institute for Advanced Study. 214 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Contemporary European politics and society lecture. “A Major Realignment or Business as Usual: The Polish Party Scene Before the 2005 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections.” Krzysztof Jasiewicz, Washington and Lee University and Polish Academy of Sciences. 12 Bendheim.
4:30 p.m. Humanities lecture. “Readers of Novels in Renaissance France.” Richard Cooper, Oxford University. 10 East Pyne.
4:30 p.m. Institute for International and Regional Studies lecture. “Democracy in the Middle East: Historical Observations.” Rashid Khalidi, Columbia University. 101 McCormick.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics topology seminar. “Deformations of the Khovanov Homology.” Jacob Rasmussen. 314 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Physics colloquium. “Quantum Computing.” David DiVincenzo, IBM Research. A10 Jadwin.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School panel. “Uninsured Americans: The Medically Uninsured.” Risa Lavizzo-Mourey; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; David Grande, Uwe Reinhardt and Paul Starr. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.
6 p.m. School of Architecture lecture. “Eladio Dieste: A Principled Builder.” Stanford Anderson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.
Notices
Noon to 1:30 p.m. Registration for University summer day camp. Lobby, Dillon Gym.
Friday, April 1
Arts
12:30 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. “Art About Ability: Claude Monet.” Maryann Belanger, docent, and Caroline Cassells. Art Museum.
7:30 p.m. East Asian studies documentary. “Children of the Secret State: North Korea.” Wood Auditorium, McCosh 10.
[F] 8 p.m. Black Student Union/Asian American Students Association performance by eight student groups. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Theresa Rebeck: “The Bells.” Matthews Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. Theater and dance senior thesis production by Ronit Rubinstein and directed by Matt Lane. “Fire Poems.” Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.
Lectures
10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Center for Human Values/politics/Center for the Study of Religion lecture. “Reason, Faith and Politics: John Locke Re-examined.” 16 Robertson.
2:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering seminar. “Eddy Structure in Turbulent Boundary Layers.” Ellen Longmire, University of Minnesota. 222 Bowen. Social gathering follows, J223 Engineering Quadrangle.
4 p.m. Philosophy seminar. “Epistemic Norms.” Paul Boghossian, New York University. 4 McCosh.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics geometry, representation theory and moduli seminar. “Positivity of Quasi-Local Mass.” Chiu-Chu Liu, Harvard University. 314 Fine.
5 p.m. Friends of the Library lecture. “Finding a Lost Ballet.” Simon Morrison. 101 McCormick.
Notices
11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Study of women and gender conference, first of two days. “Women, Art and Politics in the 20th Century.” Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St. For more information, visit <www.princeton.edu/~prowom/>.
Sports
2 p.m. Men’s tennis vs. University of Pennsylvania. Lenz Tennis Center.
7 p.m. Men’s volleyball vs. St. Francis College. Dillon Gym.
Saturday, April 2
Arts
11 a.m. Art Museum talk for children. “The Eagle Has Landed.” Harriet Teweles, docent. Art Museum.
[F] 3 and 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Theresa Rebeck: “The Bells.” Matthews Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. Princeton High Steppers step dance troupe show. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
[F] 8 p.m. Theater and dance senior thesis production by Ronit Rubinstein and directed by Matt Lane. “Fire Poems.” Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.
Notices
9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Study of women and gender conference, last of two days. “Women, Art and Politics in the 20th Century.” Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St. For more information, visit <www.princeton.edu/~prowom/>.
Sports
[F] 11:30 a.m. Baseball vs. Yale University. Clarke Field.
Noon. Men’s lightweight crew vs. Columbia University. Carnegie Lake.
1 p.m. Softball vs. University of Pennsylvania. 1895 Field.
Sunday, April 3
Arts
[F] 2 and 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Theresa Rebeck: “The Bells.” Matthews Theatre.
3 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. “Art About Ability: Claude Monet.” Maryann Belanger, docent, and Caroline Cassells. Art Museum.
Lectures
4 p.m. Friends of the Library lecture. “Overdue: A Writer’s Debt; A Reader’s Interest.” Toni Morrison. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
Notices
11 a.m. Chapel service of Holy Communion. Paul Raushenbush. Chapel.
Sports
[F] Noon. Baseball vs. Rutgers University. Clarke Field.
1 p.m. Men’s tennis vs. St. John’s University. Lenz Tennis Center.
Weekly
Alcoholics Anonymous
12:15 p.m. Mondays. East 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, 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.” Through July 10.
“For Presentation and Display: Some Art of the ’80s.” Through June 12.
“Recent Acquisitions in Asian Art 1998-2003.” Through July 12.
“Recarving China’s Past: Art, Archaeology and the Architecture of the ‘Wu Family Shrines.’” 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.
Milberg Gallery: “‘Le Pas d’Acier’ (‘The Steel Step’): Re-Creating a Lost Ballet.” April 1 through Sept. 25. Opening reception, April 1, 6 to 8 p.m.
Lobby: “McCarter Theatre: 75 Years in the Spotlight.” Through May 2.
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library
Wiess Lounge, Olden Street. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday until 8 p.m. Closed weekends.
“Clappers, Canes and Cats: Traditionally Princeton.” Through July 15.
Visual Arts Program
Lucas Gallery, 185 Nassau St. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed weekends.
Senior thesis exhibit of “Bodies in Motion” by Rachel Lyon and “The Space Between” by Emily Thornton.Through April 3.
Women and Gender Studies
Lounge, 113 Dickinson Hall. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed weekends.
“Pages From an Album,” by Sarah Stengle. Through May 2.
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.
