Princeton Weekly Bulletin Calendar of events

September 23-29, 2002

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Monday, September 23

     

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Lectures

Noon. Madison program/politics lecture. "The Moral Dimension in Higher Education." Marvin Bressler. 103 Bobst.

4 p.m. Geosciences lecture. "Paleo-tempestology of the U.S. Gulf and Atlantic Coasts." Kam-biu Liu, Louisiana State University. 220 Guyot.

4 p.m. Mathematics/PACM colloquium. "A Computational Approach to Drosophila Development and Transcriptional Control." John Reinitz, State University of New York-Stony Brook. 214 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Ecology and evolutionary biology colloquium on the biology of populations. "Quantitative Approaches to the Conservation of Sea Turtles: Successes and Daunting Challenges." Larry Crowder, Duke University. 10 Guyot.

4:30 p.m. Latin American studies lecture. "Graduate Field Research Report II." William Barndt, Paola Cortes-Rocca and Natasha Zaretsky. B04B Frist.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. "Rockonomics: Economics and Public Policy in the Rock and Roll Industry." Alan Krueger. 016 Robertson.

Notices

G 4:30 p.m. Faculty meeting. Nassau.

Tuesday, September 24

     

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Lectures

Noon. Latin American studies lecture. "Simón Bolívar and the Other American Revolution." Jeremy Adelman. 107, 58 Prospect.

Noon. Population research/demography seminar. "A New Approach to Estimating the Efficacy of Medical Abortion." Allison Hedley. 300 Wallace.

4:30 p.m. African-American studies lecture. "Alternative Parents: Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemmings and the Racial Origins of the American Republic." Clarence Walker, University of California-Davis. 211 Dickinson.

4:30 p.m. Classics/religion lecture. "The Foundations of Comparative Religions: Moses and the Greeks in Hellenistic Literature." Philippe Borgeaud, University of Geneva. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

5 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School panel. "Legacies of Sept. 11: Domestic Policy and Politics." Amy Gutmann; Paul Krugman; Nolan McCarty; Sara McLanahan; Frank von Hippel; and Christopher Eisgruber, moderator. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

Notices

G 4:30 p.m. Dean of the College meeting for new faculty members, including assistants-in-instruction, part-time and visiting faculty, regarding the honor system. Faculty Room, Nassau.

Sports

7:30 p.m. Women's soccer vs. Monmouth University. Lourie-Love Field.

Wednesday, September 25

     

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Arts

12:30 p.m. Chapel music concert. Kevin O'Malia, Trinity Episcopal Church. Chapel.

4:30 p.m. Creative writing/Althea Ward Clark poetry reading. Junot Diaz, novelist reading his work. Introduction by Chang-rae Lee. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

F 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre drama series. Joe Orton: "Loot." McCarter Theatre.

Lectures

12:15 p.m. Information technology/McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning seminar. "Password Security." Multipurpose Room C, Frist.

4 p.m. Chemical engineering seminar. "Atomistic Simulations of Surface Chemical Reaction for Growing High-K Stacks." Charles Musgrave, Stanford University. A224 Engineering Quadrangle. Social gathering at 3:30 p.m.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. "Collecting China: Britons as Collectors in China, 1860-1900." Judith Green, University of Sussex. 202 Jones. Social gathering at 4 p.m.

4:30 p.m. Ecology and evolutionary biology colloquium on the biology of populations. "Ecosystem Decay in Amazonian Forest Fragments." William Laurance, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. 10 Guyot.

4:30 p.m. Slavic languages and literatures/humanities/Faber lecture. "From Post- to Proto-: On Possible Paradigmatic Shifts in the Humanities." Mikhail Epstein, Emory University. 008 Friend.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/study of religion lecture. "Quakers and the Search for Pacifist Realism in the 20th Century." Jerry Frost, Swarthmore College. 016 Robertson.

5:30 p.m. Architecture school lecture. "Tower(s) of Babel." Bernard Tschumi, Bernard Tschumi Architects, New York; and Columbia University. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

Notices

FG 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Hispanic Heritage Month buffet. Prospect.

Thursday, September 26

     

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Arts

10 a.m. Chapel music for meditation. Chapel.

F 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre drama series. Joe Orton: "Loot." McCarter Theatre.

F 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. Christopher Durang: "Betty's Summer Vacation." Theater, Murray-Dodge.

F 8 p.m. University concerts series. American String Quartet and Friends. Music by Haydn, Mozart and Brahms. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Lectures

Noon. Science and technology/McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning seminar. "Teaching ScGoodell, Dan Rubenstein and Eileen Zerba. Henry Room, Jadwin. Lunch provided.

2 p.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics seminar. "Retrieval of Microphysical and Thermodynamic Properties From Non-Uniform Cloud Fields." Harshvardhan, Purdue University. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies seminar. "China's New Rulers: Policies and Prospects." Andrew Nathan, Columbia University; Cheng Li, Hamilton College; Bruce Gilley; and Perry Link. 202 Jones.

4:30 p.m. European studies lecture. "The German Election: An Assessment of the Impact of German Foreign Policy." Wolfgang Ischinger, Germany's ambassador to Washington. 2 Robertson.

4:30 p.m. Latin American studies/ecology and evolutionary biology lecture. "The Future of the Amazon." William Laurance, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. 107, 58 Prospect.

4:30 p.m. Physics colloquium. "A Second Look at the Second Law." Elliott Lieb. A10 Jadwin.

Friday, September 27

     

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Arts

F 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre drama series. Joe Orton: "Loot." McCarter Theatre.

F 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. Christopher Durang: "Betty's Summer Vacation." Theater, Murray-Dodge.

Lectures

9:15 a.m. to 6 p.m. Regional studies/international studies/Bobst Center for Peace and Justice conference, first of two days. "Understanding and Respond-ing to the Islamic World After Sept. 11." Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.

Noon. Madison program/politics lecture. "Non-State Violence, HIV Pestilence and Other Emerging Security Threats: Rethinking National Interest, Sovereignty and Intervention at the Dawn of a New Era." Jem Spectar, University of Scranton. 127 Corwin.

4:30 p.m. Irish studies lecture. "Newman and Joyce: Converting the Empire." Seamus Dean, University of Notre Dame. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

5:30 p.m. Architecture school roundtable discussion to celebrate the publication of Alan Colquhoun's new book "Modern Architecture." Mary McLeod and Mark Wigley, Columbia University; Anthony Vidler, Cooper Union; Beatriz Colomina; Esther da Costa Meyer; and Michael Hays, Harvard University, moderator. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

Notices

2 p.m. Memorial service for Professor of English Claudia Tate. Chapel.

Sports

3 p.m. Women's tennis/Princeton Invitational. Pagoda Courts.

6 p.m. Men's water polo/North-South Tournament. DeNunzio Pool.

7 p.m. Field hockey vs. University of Maryland. 1952 Stadium.

7 p.m. Women's volleyball vs. Long Island University. Dillon Gym.

Saturday, September 28

     

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Arts

11 a.m. Art Museum talk for children. "Meet Chang-Kuo Lao, One of the Eight Immortals." Enea Tierno, docent. Art Museum.

F 2 and 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. Christopher Durang: "Betty's Summer Vacation." Theater, Murray-Dodge.

F 4 and 8:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre drama series. Joe Orton: "Loot." McCarter Theatre.

8 p.m. Theater and dance performance. Ralph Lemon. Hagan Dance Studio, 185 Nassau St.

Lectures

9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Regional studies/international studies/Bobst Center for Peace and Justice conference, last of two days. "Understanding and Respond-ing to the Islamic World After Sept. 11." Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.

Sports

9 a.m. Women's golf/Princeton Invitational. Springdale Golf Course.

9 a.m. Women's tennis/Princeton Invitational. Pagoda Courts.

4 p.m. Men's soccer vs. Dartmouth College. Lourie-Love Field.

4 p.m. Women's volleyball vs. Long Island University. Dillon Gym.

6 p.m. Men's water polo/North-South Tournament. DeNunzio Pool.

F 7 p.m. Football vs. Lafayette College. Princeton Stadium.

Sunday, September 29

     

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Arts

F 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre drama series. Joe Orton: "Loot." McCarter Theatre.

Notices

11 a.m. University Chapel service. Deborah Blanks. Chapel.

3 p.m. Friends of the Library tour. "Woodrow Wilson at Princeton: The Path to the Presidency." Dan Linke. Milberg Gallery, Firestone.

Sports

9 a.m. Women's golf/Princeton Invitational. Springdale Golf Course.

9 a.m. Women's tennis/Princeton Invitational. Pagoda Courts.

10 a.m. Men's water polo/North-South Tournament. DeNunzio Pool.

1 p.m. Field hockey vs. University of Maryland. 1952 Stadium.

Weekly

     

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Alcoholics Anonymous

12:15 p.m. Mondays, West Room, Murray-Dodge; and 9:30 a.m. Sundays, G2 Dickinson. Membership not required to attend.

Exhibits

     

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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.

•"Beyond the Visible: A Conservator's Perspective." Through Jan. 5.

•"Japanese Woodblock Prints: Gifts From Anne van Biema." Through Sept. 29.

•"Immortals, Deities and Sages in Chinese Painting: A Research Exhibition." Through Sept. 29.

•"Photographs by Lewis Baltz." Through Jan. 19.

•"Photographs From the Peter C. Bunnell Collection." Through Oct. 27.

Firestone Library

Exhibition Gallery and Milberg Gallery for the Graphic Arts (second floor): 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:

•"Woodrow Wilson at Princeton: The Path to the Presidency." Through Oct. 27.

Milberg Gallery:

•"Heroic Pastorals: Images of the American Landscape." Through Oct. 6.

Lobby: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 11:45 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. to 11:45 p.m.

Frist Campus Center

100 Level. Monday-Friday, 7 a.m. to 2 a.m.; Saturday, 7:30 a.m. to 3 a.m.; and Sunday, 8 a.m. to 2 a.m.

•Photographs by Emery Guzelsu.

Mudd Manuscript Library

Wiess Lounge, Olden Street. Monday-Friday, 8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday until 8 p.m.

•"Paix et Liberté: Posters that Go BANG!" Through Feb. 1.

Women and Gender Studies

Lounge, 113 Dickinson Hall. Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed weekends.

•"War and Prophecy." Pat Feeney Murrell, duCret School of Art. Through Oct. 30.

Woodrow Wilson School

Bernstein Gallery. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

•"After Sept. 11." Through Dec. 1.

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