Calendar of events
April 4-10, 2005
Monday, April 4
Lectures
4 p.m. Applied and computational mathematics lecture. “33 Years of Bin Packing.” David Johnson, AT&T. 214 Fine.
4 p.m. Electrical engineering/computer engineering seminar. “Compiler Technologies for Efficiency and Reliability in Embedded Systems.” Rajeev Barua, University of Maryland. 4 Friend.
4 p.m. Electrical engineering/electronic materials and devices lecture. “Organic Transistor Integrated Circuits for Large-Area Sensors.” Takao Someya, University of Tokyo. B205 Engineering Quadrangle.
4:30 p.m. Center for the Study of Religion lecture. “‘Between Heaven and Earth’: Author-Meets-Critics With Robert Orsi.” Robert Orsi, Harvard University. 302 Frist.
4:30 p.m. Chemistry/FMC plenary lecture, first of two. “Programmed Assembly of Organic Solid State Frameworks: Architectural Diversity and Soft Building Blocks.” Michael Ward, University of Minnesota. Kresge Auditorium, 120 Frick.
4:30 p.m. French and Italian/humanities lecture. “‘Time Is Not Money’: Anti-Capitalism in Austrian Literature.” Claudio Magris, Università di Trieste. 105 Chancellor Green.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination lecture. “The Future of Kurdistan in Iraq.” Brendan O’Leary, University of Pennsylvania. 16 Robertson.
6 p.m. School of Architecture lecture. “Addition and Subtraction.” Adam Yarinsky and Stephen Cassell, Architecture Research Office, New York. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.
Notices
[G] 4:30 p.m. Faculty meeting. Nassau.
Tuesday, April 5
Lectures
Noon. Population research/demography seminar. “Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage.” Kathryn Edin, University of Pennsylvania. 300 Wallace.
12:15 p.m. Latin American studies lecture. “Labor of Love: The Rise of the Brazilian Workers’ Party and the Prospects for Lula’s Government.” John French, Duke University. 107, 58 Prospect Ave.
12:30 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute seminar. “Iron in Biology: Essential Yet Toxic, Abundant Yet Scarce.” Edward Stiefel. 10 Guyot.
4:15 p.m. Astrophysical sciences astronomy colloquium. “Planet Formation.” Peter Goldreich, Institute for Advanced Study. Auditorium, Peyton.
4:30 p.m. Chemistry/FMC plenary lecture, last of two. “Probing Crystal Interfaces at the Nanoscale: From Crystal Growth to Kidney Stones.” Michael Ward, University of Minnesota. Kresge Auditorium, 120 Frick.
4:30 p.m. Medieval studies lecture. “The Historian and Images of Mary.” Miri Rubin, University of London. 10 East Pyne.
4:30 p.m. Operations research and financial engineering seminar. “Useful Bounds on the Expected Maximum of Correlated Normal Variables.” Andrew Ross, Lehigh University. E219 Engineering Quadrangle.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/American Foreign Policy Group lecture. “Combating Anti-Americanism in Europe.” Brian Carlson, former U.S. ambassador to Latvia; Steven Simmons, governor, Broadcasting Board of Governors; and Stanley Katz, 16 Robertson.
Wednesday, April 6
Arts
12:30 p.m. Chapel music afternoon concert. Chapel.
4:30 p.m. Creative writing/Althea Ward Clark reading. Richard Bausch, novelist, and Alan Shapiro, poet. Introduced by C.K. Williams. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Theresa Rebeck: “The Bells.” Matthews Theatre.
8 p.m. Chapel music jazz vespers. University Jazz Ensembles, Anthony D.J. Branker, director. Chapel.
Lectures
[G] Noon. Information technology seminar. “Discovering Data With CPANDA: Powerful Statistics, Easy Interface.” Linda Oppenheim. Multipurpose Room B, Frist. For information, visit <www.princeton.edu/lunchnlearn>.
Noon. Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials seminar. “Can One Hear the Shape of a Pore? Diffusion in Porous Media — Biological to Geological.” Pabitra Sen, Schlumberger-Doll Research, Ridgefield, Conn. 222 Bowen.
Noon. Molecular biology lecture. “Control of Cell Morphogenesis by Actin Homologues in Bacillus Subtilis.” Jeff Errington, Oxford University. 3 Lewis Thomas.
[G] 2:50 p.m. Civitas Foundation/Bendheim Center finance seminar. “Optimal Asset Allocation Under Structural Breaks.” Allan Timmermann, University of California-San Diego. Bendheim Center for Finance, 26 Prospect Ave.
4 p.m. Chemical engineering seminar. “Hyperthermophilic Microorganisms: Genes, Genomes and Genomics.” Robert Kelly, North Carolina State University. A224 Engineering Quadrangle. Social gathering at 3:30 p.m.
4:15 p.m. Industrial relations seminar on labor economics. “Hours Constraints in Market Equilibrium.” William Johnson, University of Virginia. 200 Fisher.
4:30 p.m. Ecology and evolutionary biology colloquium on the biology of populations. Michael Rosenzweig, University of Arizona. 10 Guyot.
4:30 p.m. French and Italian/humanities lecture. “La fuga nel disagio.” Claudio Magris, Università di Trieste. 105 Chancellor Green.
4:30 p.m. International economics/development studies lecture. “General Equilibrium Analysis of the Eaton-Kortum Model of International Trade.” Robert Lucas, University of Chicago. 1 Robertson.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/European Union/Near Eastern studies lecture. “Turkey and the E.U.” Osman Frank Logoglu, Turkish ambassador to the United States. 16 Robertson.
6 p.m. School of Architecture lecture. “The Boys From Brazil?” Esther Meyer. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.
8 p.m. Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions/politics/Murphy Lecture in American Constitutionalism. “By Way of Variation, Addition or Repeal: Revisiting the Unconstitutional Amendment Puzzle.” Gary Jacobsohn, University of Texas-Austin. 104 Computer Science.
8 p.m. Physics/astrophysical sciences/Vanuxem lecture. “The Fabric of the Cosmos.” Brian Greene, Columbia University. Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.
8 p.m. Politics/Princeton Committee on Palestine/Green Party of New Jersey lecture. “Confessions of an Economic Hit Man.” John Perkins, author. Wood Auditorium, McCosh 10.
Sports
7:30 p.m. Women’s lacrosse vs. Temple University. 1952 Stadium.
Thursday, April 7
Arts
Noon. Chapel music Graduate College organ concert. Procter (charge for lunch).
7:30 p.m. Judaic studies performance. “Lost in the Stars.” Adrienne Cooper, Yiddish chanteuse. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Theresa Rebeck: “The Bells.” Matthews Theatre.
7:30 p.m. Near Eastern studies film. Atef Hetata: “The Closed Doors.” 1 Robertson.
[F] 8 p.m. Music/Theater and dance performance. “Le Pas d’Acier” (“The Steel Step”). Berlind 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.
[F] 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. Eugene Ionesco: “The Bald Soprano” and “The Chairs.” Theater, Murray-Dodge.
[F] 8 p.m. University concerts. Nash Ensemble of London; with James Gilchrist, tenor. Music by Finzi, Bliss, Walton, Howells and Gurney. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander. Reception follows.
Lectures
2 p.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics seminar. “SODA: A Reanalyses of Ocean Climate.” James Carton, University of Maryland. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.
[G] 3:30 p.m. McGraw Center lecture. “Becoming a Colleague: Managing Your Dissertation.” Pamela Barnett and Ann Jurecic. 328 Frist.
4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. “Reactions at Semiconductor Surfaces: From Organic Monolayers to Selective Atomic Layer Deposition.” Stacey Bent, Stanford University. DuPont Seminar Room, 324 Frick.
4:30 p.m. Chemistry/molecular biology seminar. “The Use of Repeat-Proteins to Experimentally Determine Protein Folding Energy Landscapes.” Doug Barrick, Johns Hopkins University. 101 Icahn Lab.
4:30 p.m. Entrepreneurship Club/Pace Center/Bildner Fund lecture. “One Day at Princeton.” Greg Forbes Siegman, founder of the 11-10-02 Foundation. 302 Frist.
4:30 p.m. Institute for International and Regional Studies/humanities/human values/Madison Program lecture. “60 Years Later: Critical Books of the 20th Century, Part Three — Karl Popper’s ‘The Open Society and Its Enemies.’” William Scheuerman, University of Minnesota; George Kateb and Jan-Werner Muller. 2 Robertson.
4:30 p.m. Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia/Institute for International and Regional Studies/Near Eastern studies lecture. “Palestinians in the Post-Arafat Era: What Direction?” Khalil Shakiki, Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, Ramallah. 1 Robertson.
4:30 p.m. Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions/politics/Mason Lecture in Constitutional Law and Political Thought. “On the Reading of Cases: The Reasoning We Have Forgotten, the Law We Have Lost.” Hadley Arkes, Amherst College. 104 Computer Science.
4:30 p.m. Physics colloquium. “The Meaning of Naturalness.” Scott Thomas, Stanford University. A10 Jadwin.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Global Issues Forum/Institute for International and Regional Studies lecture. “The Sudan Comprehensive Peace Agreement: A Framework for Eventual Peace and Reconciliation for All Sudanese.” Charles Snyder, U.S. State Department. 16 Robertson.
Sports
3 p.m. Softball vs. Lehigh University. 1895 Field.
Friday, April 8
Arts
12:30 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. “For Presentation and Display: Some Art of the ’80s.” Johanna Burton. Art Museum.
4:30 p.m. Irish studies lecture. “The Collected Letters of W.B. Yeats.” John Kelly, Oxford University. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Theresa Rebeck: “The Bells.” Matthews Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. Music spring concert. University Wind Ensemble. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
[F] 8 p.m. Music/Theater and dance performance. “Le Pas d’Acier” (“The Steel Step”). Berlind 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.
[F] 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. Eugene Ionesco: “The Bald Soprano” and “The Chairs.” Theater, Murray-Dodge.
Lectures
Noon. Psychology colloquium. “Attentional Control of Learning-Related Neural Activity in Human Parahippocampal Cortex.” Marvin Chun, Yale University. 0-S-6 Green.
2:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering seminar. “Transition Between Regular and Mach Reflections in Shock-Shock Interaction: New Results for an Old Problem.” M.S. Ivanov, Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Russia. 222 Bowen. Social gathering follows, J223 Engineering Quadrangle.
4 p.m. Philosophy seminar. “Rational Belief Revision.” Neil Tennant, Ohio State University. 4 McCosh.
Notices
9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Index of Christian Art conference, first of two days. “Interactions: Artistic Interchange Between the Eastern and Western Worlds in the Medieval Period,” 101 McCormick. For more information, visit <ica.princeton.edu/conferences.html>.
9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Institute for International and Regional Studies/African studies/Canadian studies/Graduate School conference, first of two days. “Bridging Disciplines, Spanning the World: Approaches to Identities, Institutions and Inequalities.” Third floor, Frist. For more information, visit <www.princeton.edu/~gradconf/>.
9:45 a.m. to 6:15 p.m. Near Eastern studies conference, first of three days. “Ibn Taymiyyah and His Times.” Convocation Room, Friend. For more information, visit <www.princeton.edu/~nes/fevents.htm>.
10:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School colloquium, first of two days. “Rethinking the War on Terror.” Robertson. For more information, visit <www.wws.princeton.edu/pcpia/>.
[F]5:30 to 9 p.m. Prospect wine dinner. Prospect House.
Sports
Noon. Men’s golf/Princeton Invitational. Springdale Golf Course.
Noon. Men’s outdoor track/Sam Howell Invitational. Frelinghuysen Field.
2 p.m. Women’s tennis vs. Brown University. Lenz Tennis Center.
Saturday, April 9
Arts
10:30 a.m. University concerts special children’s concert. Nash Ensemble of London; with James Gilchrist, tenor. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
11 a.m. Art Museum talk for children. “A Chinese Family Shrine.” Nancy Greenspan, docent. Art Museum.
[F] 2 and 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. Eugene Ionesco: “The Bald Soprano” and “The Chairs.” Theater, Murray-Dodge.
[F] 3 and 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Theresa Rebeck: “The Bells.” Matthews Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. A cappella concert. Roaring 20, Shere Kahn and Tigertones. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
[F] 8 p.m. Music/Theater and dance performance. “Le Pas d’Acier” (“The Steel Step”). Berlind 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.
Notices
9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School colloquium, last of two days. “Rethinking the War on Terror.” Robertson. For more information, visit <www.wws.princeton.edu/pcpia/>.
9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Index of Christian Art conference, last of two days. “Interactions: Artistic Interchange Between the Eastern and Western Worlds in the Medieval Period,” 101 McCormick. For more information, visit <ica.princeton.edu/conferences.html>.
10 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Institute for International and Regional Studies/African studies/Canadian studies/Graduate School conference, last of two days. “Bridging Disciplines, Spanning the World: Approaches to Identities, Institutions and Inequalities.” Third floor, Frist. For more information, visit <www.princeton.edu/~gradconf/>.
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Near Eastern studies conference, second of three days. “Ibn Taymiyyah and His Times.” Convocation Room, Friend. For more information, visit <www.princeton.edu/~nes/fevents.htm>.
Sports
Noon. Men’s golf/Princeton Invitational. Springdale Golf Course.
Noon. Men’s lightweight crew vs. Georgetown University. Carnegie Lake.
Noon. Men’s outdoor track/Sam Howell Invitational. Frelinghuysen Field.
Noon. Women’s outdoor track/Sam Howell Invitational. Frelinghuysen Field.
Noon. Women’s tennis vs. Yale University. Lenz Tennis Center.
Sunday, April 10
Arts
[F] 2 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Theresa Rebeck: “The Bells.” Matthews Theatre.
3 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. “For Presentation and Display: Some Art of the ’80s.” Johanna Burton. Art Museum.
3 p.m. University concerts performance. Nash Ensemble of London; with James Gilchrist, tenor. Music by Princeton graduate student composers Brooke Joyce and Miriama Young. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
7:30 p.m. Near Eastern studies. Israeli film series. 10 East Pyne.
Notices
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Near Eastern studies conference, last of three days. “Ibn Taymiyyah and His Times.” Convocation Room, Friend. For more information, visit <www.princeton.edu/~nes/fevents.htm>.
11 a.m. Chapel Pride Sunday service. Beth Stroud, First United Methodist Church of Germantown, Philadelphia. Chapel.
Sports
Noon. Men’s golf/Princeton Invitational. Springdale Golf Course.
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.” Through Sept. 25.
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 exhibitions: “Borderlands: Series and Sequences” by Jennifer Cheng and “Vestigia” by Clare Jan Ru Huang. April 5 through 15. Opening reception, April 5, 6 to 8 p.m.
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.
