Princeton Weekly Bulletin Calendar of events

March 31-April 6, 2003

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Monday, March 31   next   exhibits   top

Arts

4:30 p.m. Slavic languages and literatures concert. "Music of Russian Princesses From the Court of Catherine the Great." Anne Harley, soprano; and Oleg Timofeyev, Russian seven-string guitar. Whig.

8 p.m. International Center international film festival. "Fire." 302 Frist.

F 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Dee Dee Bridgewater; with the Christian McBride Trio. McCarter Theatre.

Lectures

3 p.m. University press/Jefferson papers/Friends of the Library lecture. "The New Digital Monticello: Reinterpreting a Historical Typeface." Matthew Carter, Carter & Cone Type. 104 Computer Science Building.

3:30 p.m. History of science/East Asian studies lecture. "For Whose Greater Glory? Jesuit Strategies and Science in Early Qing Chin (1644-1724)." Catherine Jami, National Center for Scientific Research, Paris. 210 Dickinson.

4 p.m. Electrical engineering seminar on electronic materials and devices. "Carbon Nanotube Transistors and Schottky Barriers." Richard Martel, IBM. C207 Engineering Quadrangle.

4 p.m. Geosciences lecture. "Good Golly, It's Moly! Insights Into Ocean Chemistry and Evolution From Molybdenum and Its Isotopes." Ariel Anbar, University of Rochester. 220 Guyot.

4 p.m. Mathematics analysis seminar. "Quasi-Periodic Solutions for Non-Linear Random Schrodinger Equation." Wei-Min Wang, Institute for Advanced Study. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Jewish studies lecture. "You Too Can Be a Jew: 'How To' Books and the Secret Language of the American Jews." Jack Kugelmass, Arizona State University. 2 Robertson.

4:30 p.m. Latin American studies/history/Dean of the College lecture. "Princeton-in-Cuba 2003 Reports." 211 Dickinson.

Tuesday, April 1   next   exhibits   top

Arts

8 p.m. International Center international film festival. "La Historia Oficial." 302 Frist.

F 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. McCarter Theatre.

Lectures

11 a.m. Chemistry seminar. "Nuclear-Powered Deep Subsurface Microbial Communities?" Tullis Onstott. DuPont Seminar Room, 324 Frick.

Noon. Population research/demography seminar. "Inequality in Pre-School Education and School Readiness." Jane Waldfogel, Columbia University. 300 Wallace.

12:20 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute seminar. "Earth's Orbital Variations and Climate Change During the Ice Ages." Michael Bender. 10 Guyot.

4 p.m. Mathematics analysis seminar. "Linability and Spaceability of Some Nonlinear Sets in Function Spaces." Vladimir Gurariy, Kent State University. 314 Fine.

4:15 p.m. Astrophysical sciences astronomy colloquium. "Extrasolar Planets: The Shadow Knows ." David Charbonneau, California Institute of Technology. Auditorium, Peyton. Social gathering at 5:15 p.m., main hallway.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. "Bamboo Slips From the Kingdom of Wu: Discovery and Study." Luo Xin, Beijing University. 202 Jones. Social gathering at 4 p.m.

4:30 p.m. Humanities/English lecture. "The Residue of History." Saidiya Hartman, University of California-Berkeley. 40 McCosh.

4:30 p.m. Jewish studies lecture. "Rediscovering Eastern Europe: The Construction and Reconstruction of Memory in the Famed Old Jewish Quarter of Krakow." Jack Kugelmass, Arizona State University. 2 Robertson.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics algebraic geometry seminar. Gavril Farkas, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. 322 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics mathematical physics seminar. "Lifshits Tails in Magnetic Fields." Simone Warzel, University of Erlangen-Nuernberg. A06 Jadwin.

G 4:30 p.m. McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning book group discussion. "The Art of Changing the Brain" by James Zull. 328 Frist. Registration required, visit http://www.princeton.edu/mcgraw.

4:30 p.m. Operations research and financial engineering seminar. "On the Theoretical and Practical Importance of Generating Set Search: A Class of Direct Search Methods for Optimization." Tamara Kolda, Sandia National Labs. E219 Engineering Quadrangle.

4:30 p.m. Transregional study of the contemporary Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia lecture. "The United States, Iran and the Iraqi Crisis." Nasser Hadian, University of Tehran and Columbia University. 1 Robertson.

5 p.m. Writing Program lecture. "'Don't Be a Moon-Calf!' Ways of Talking About the Argumentative Essay." Frank Cioffi. 107 Notestein.

7:30 p.m. Jewish studies/Near Eastern studies/Center for Jewish Life lecture. "Beyond the Walls." Eran Preis, Temple University. Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.

8 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute/Taplin lecture. "Global Warming and the USA: Sparking Re-engagement." Fred Krupp, Environmental Defense. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

Sports

2:30 p.m. Softball vs. Fairfield University. 1895 Field.

Wednesday, April 2   next   exhibits   top

Arts

12:30 p.m. Chapel music concert. Chapel.

8 p.m. International Center international film festival. "Domino." 302 Frist.

F 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre drama series. Steven Dietz: "Fiction." McCarter Theatre.

Lectures

G 12:15 p.m. Information technology lecture. "The Knowledge Base." Annie Saunders. Multipurpose Room, Frist.

12:30 p.m. School of Engineering and Applied Science lecture. "Challenges in Meso to Microscale Combustion for Applications in Power Generation and Chemical Reactors." Yiguang Ju. C217 Engineering Quadrangle. Lunch served at noon.

3 p.m. Mathematics geometric analysis seminar. "Regularity of Biharmonic Maps Into Riemannian Manifolds." Changyou Wang, University of Kentucky. 322 Fine.

4 p.m. Chemical engineering seminar. "The Virtual Cell Project." Leslie Loew, University of Connecticut. 224 Engineering Quadrangle. Social gathering at 3:30 p.m.

4:15 p.m. Industrial relations seminar on labor economics. "Does Medicaid Pay Too Much for Prescription Drugs? A Case Study of Atypical Anti-Psychotics." Mark Duggan, University of Chicago. 200 Fisher.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. "The Concept of Justice as Seen in the Case Collections of Late Ming China." Yanhong Wu. 202 Jones.

4:30 p.m. Ecology and evolutionary biology colloquium on the biology of populations. "Pheromones and Social Dynamics: Effects on Neuroendocrine Mechanisms of Fertility and Survival." Martha McClintock, University of Chicago. 10 Guyot.

4:30 p.m. Hellenic studies/study of late antiquity lecture. "Was Leo III an Iconoclast? Some Problems With Early Eighth-Century History." John Haldon, University of Birmingham. 107, 58 Prospect Ave.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics colloquium. Stanislav Smirnov, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. 314 Fine.

G 4:30 p.m. McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning book group discussion. "Teaching Literature" by Elaine Showalter. 328 Frist. Registration required, visit <www.princeton.edu/mcgraw>.

Notices

7 p.m. University Store book reading and signing. Paul Muldoon, author of "Moy Sand and Gravel." University Store.

Sports

3 p.m. Baseball vs. Rider University. Clarke Field.

7 p.m. Men's volleyball vs. Concordia College. Dillon Gym.

Thursday, April 3   next   exhibits   top

Arts

7:30 p.m. German languages and literatures films. Stellan Rye: "Der Student von Prag"; and F.W. Murnau: "Nosferatu, eine Symfonie des Grauens." Theater, Rockefeller-Mathey College.

8 p.m. International Center inter-national film festival. "Red Beard." 302 Frist.

F 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre drama series. Steven Dietz: "Fiction." McCarter Theatre.

F 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. David Brundige: "Bums and Monkeys." Theater, Murray-Dodge.

F 8 p.m. University concerts. Nash Ensemble. Music by Schumann, Maxwell Davies, Brahms and Dvorák. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Lectures

11 a.m. Center for Complex Materials seminar. "Supramolecular and Templating Strategies in Materials Chemistry." Samuel Stupp, Northwestern University. DuPont Seminar Room, 324 Frick.

Noon. Jewish studies lecture. "Sifting the Ruins: Yiddish Travelogue to Poland Immediately After World War II." Jack Kugelmass, Arizona State University. 106 Burr.

2 p.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics seminar. "Rossby Waves in Zonally Opposing Mean Flow: Behavior in Northwest Pacific Summer Monsoon." Hung-Chi Kuo, National Taiwan University. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.

2 p.m. Mathematics ergodic theory and statistical analysis seminar. "Ergodic Properties of Boundary Actions." Tatiana Nagnibeda, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. 214 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Canadian studies lecture. "Complex Terrorism: The Vulnerability of High-Tech Societies to 21st-Century Terrorist Attacks." Thomas Homer-Dixon, University of Toronto. 62 McCosh.

4:30 p.m. Center of International Studies/East Asian lecture. "The Peasantry and the Communist Party in Vietnam: Decollectivizing Agriculture through Noncollective Action, 1960–1980." Ben Kerkvliet, Australian National University. 15 Robertson.

4:30 p.m. Classics/humanities/Faber lecture. "'Aeschylus' Clytemnestra Versus Her Senecan Tradition." Edith Hall, University of Durham. 101 Friend.

4:30 p.m. Humanities/English lecture. "A Fixed Melancholy." Saidiya Hartman, University of California-Berkeley. 40 McCosh.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics topology seminar. John Morgan, Columbia University. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Music composers colloquium. Mark Applebaum, Stanford University. 106 Woolworth.

4:30 p.m. Odyssey Seminar Series. "Conservation of Paper Artifacts: Fact or Fiction." Theodore Stanley. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

4:30 p.m. Physics colloquium. "The Formation and Evolution of Galaxy Clusters." Simon White, University of Munich. A10 Jadwin.

4:30 p.m. Tang Center for East Asian Art lecture. "Bulls, Snakes and Drums: Changing Perspectives on the Archaeology of the Dian Culture in Yunnan, Southwest China." Robert Murrowchick, Boston University. 106 McCormick.

7 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. "No Child Left Behind and Special Education: A View From Washington." Robert Pasternack, U.S. Department of Education. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

Sports

3 p.m. Softball vs. Villanova University. 1895 Field.

Friday, April 4   next   exhibits   top

Arts

12:30 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. "Two Saints: A Spanish 15th-Century Altarpiece." Annette Merle-Smith. Art Museum.

4:30 p.m. Irish studies reading and discussion. Marina Carr, playwright; and Michael Cadden. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

8 p.m. International Center dance performances. "Cultural and Fashion Show." South Lawn, Frist. Multipurpose Room, Frist, in case of rain. See Nassau Notes.

F 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre drama series. Steven Dietz: "Fiction." McCarter Theatre.

F 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. David Brundige: "Bums and Monkeys." Theater, Murray-Dodge.

10 p.m. Frist entertainment. Child's Dance Jazz Combo. Café Vivian, Frist.

Lectures

Noon. Ancient world lecture. "Greek Cities on the Tracian Coast: Identifying Religious and Cultural Traditions en aristera tou Pontou (Seventh to First Centuries B.C.)." Dobrinka Chiekova. 309 Frist.

Noon. Molecular biophysics seminar. "Cancer Therapeutic Strategies Based on Molecular and Tumor Targeting." Esther Chang, Georgetown University. DuPont Seminar Room, 324 Frick.

1:30 p.m. Princeton plasma physics colloquium. "Antimatter Plasma in the Laboratory." Cliff Surko, University of California-San Diego. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.

3:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering seminar in applied physics, fluid mechanics, combustion, and dynamics and control. "Synthesis of Nanoxide Nanoparticles in Flames: Theory and Application." Yiguang Ju. 101 Friend. Social gathering at 4:30 p.m., J223 Engineering Quadrangle.

Notices

1 to 6 p.m. German languages and literatures colloquium. "Issues in Early German Media." Theater, Rockefeller-Mathey College. For information, visit <www.princeton.edu/~german/>.

Sports

2 p.m. Men's tennis vs. University of Pennsylvania. Lenz Tennis Center.

6 p.m. Men's track/Sam Howell Invitational. Weaver Track Stadium.

7 p.m. Men's lacrosse vs. Quinnipiac University. 1952 Stadium.

Saturday, April 5   next   exhibits   top

Arts

10:30 a.m. University concerts. Nash Ensemble. "The Joy of Chamber Music: A Special Concert for Children." Nathan Randall, introduction. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

11 a.m. Art Museum talk for children. Princeton Pro Musica. Art Museum.

F 2 and 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. David Brundige: "Bums and Monkeys." Theater, Murray-Dodge.

F 4 and 8:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre drama series. Steven Dietz: "Fiction." McCarter Theatre.

8 p.m. Chapel music/Milbank concert. "Serenade to Music" and "Dona Nobis Pacem." Chapel Choir, Penna Rose, conductor. Chapel.

8 p.m. International Center inter-national film festival. "Gentle Steps to Freedom." 302 Frist.

8 p.m. Tigressions Jamm 2003. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

10 p.m. Frist open mic night. Café Vivian, Frist.

Notices

11 a.m. University Store book reading and signing. Andrew Fairbanks, co-author of "The Early Admissions Game: Joining the Elite." University Store.

Noon to 5 p.m. International Center festival. South Lawn, Frist. 100 level, Frist, in case of rain. See Nassau Notes.

2 p.m. University Store/New Jersey Poetry Society National Poetry Month event. University Store.

Sports

9 a.m. Men's lightweight crew vs. Georgetown University. Carnegie Lake.

11 a.m. Men's and women's track/Sam Howell Invitational. Weaver Track Stadium.

11:30 a.m. Baseball vs. Brown University. Clarke Field.

Noon. Men's tennis vs. Columbia University. Lenz Tennis Center.

Noon. Softball vs. University of Pennsylvania. 1895 Field.

Sunday, April 6   next   exhibits   top

Arts

F 2 and 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre drama series. Steven Dietz: "Fiction." McCarter Theatre.

3 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. "Two Saints: A Spanish 15th-Century Altarpiece." Annette Merle-Smith. Art Museum.

3 p.m. Friends of Music concert. Nash Ensemble. Music by Debussy, Randall Bauer, Tae Hong Park, György Ligeti and Dmitri Shostakovich. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

7:30 p.m. African studies/Princeton in Africa film and discussion. Robert Bilheimer: "A Closer Walk." Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

Notices

11 a.m. Chapel Pride Sunday service. Ruby Sales, Spirit House, Washington, D.C. Chapel.

3 p.m. Rare Books and Special Collections tour. "Hand Bookbindings: Plain and Simple to Grand and Glorious." Scott Husby. Main Exhibition Gallery, Firestone.

Sports

Noon. Baseball vs. Yale University. Clarke Field.

Exhibits   next   exhibits   top

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.

•"The Arts of Asia: Works in the Permanent Collection." Through June.

•"The Art of Structural Design: A Swiss Legacy." Through June 15.

•"The Arts of Asia: Works in the Permanent Collection." Through June.

•"Books From the Sky: A Work by Xu Bing." Through May 18.

•"Edward Ranney Photographs: The John Elliott Collection." Through June 7.

•"The New Vulgarians: New York Pop." Through July 13.

•"Shuffling the Deck: The Collection Reconsidered." Through June 29.

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:

•"Hand Book-bindings: Plain and Simple to Grand and Glorious." Through April 20.

Milberg Gallery:

•"Unseen Hands: Four Centuries of Women Printers, Binders and Book Designers." Through April 13.

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.

•"Converging Perspectives: An Exhibit Exploring Interfaith Attitudes." Through April 6.

Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library

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

•"Celebrating the Classes of 1943, 1953, 1963, 1978 and 1983."

Visual Arts Program

Lucas Gallery, 185 Nassau St. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed weekends.

•Exhibition of student drawings, spring, 2003. Through April 2.

Women and Gender Studies

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

•"Facades: Photographs of Venice." Maria Pisano. Through April 30.

Et cetera   next   exhibits   top

Art Museum

Hours: 258-3788; http://www.princetonartmuseum.org

Athletic Ticket Office

Tickets and information: 258-3538.

Dillon Gymnasium

Hours: 258-4466.

Employee Assistance Program

G07 McCosh Health Center. Information and appointments: 258-1875, Monday, Tuesday and Friday.

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

Employment Hotline: 258-6130; http://jobs.princeton.edu/openjobs

Frist Campus Center

Welcome Desk: 258-1766. mailto:fristqna@princeton.edu

Library

Hours: 258-3181; http://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. http://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. http://www.princeton.edu/richaud

Theater and Dance

Reservations: 258-3676; http://www.princeton.edu/~visarts/the.html

Theatre Intime

Reservations: 258-4950; http://www.theatre-intime.org

Tiger Sportsline

Current sports highlights and upcoming athletic events: 258-3545.

 
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