Contents
Calendar of events
September 27-October 3, 2004
Monday, September 27
Lectures
Noon. Institute for International and Regional Studies/Center for French Studies lecture. “La Generation des Baby Boomers.” Jean-Francois Sirinelli, Institut d’etudes Politiques, Paris. 221 Dickinson.
12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences seminar. “Successes of Computational Science.” Jerry Ostriker. Convocation Room, Friend.
2 p.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics seminar. “Regional Pollution Potentials.” Mark Lawrence, Max Planck Institute. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.
4 p.m. Applied and computational mathematics lecture. “Internet Topology Modeling and the Role of Design.” Walter Willenger, AT&T Labs Research. 214 Fine.
4 p.m. Electrical engineering seminar on electronic materials and devices. “Signal Processing With Optical Fibers: Making a Multi-Colored Engine.” Christi Madsen, Lucent Technologies. B205 Engineering Quadrangle.
4:30 p.m. Institute for International and Regional Studies/contemporary European politics and society/French studies lecture. “The War for Muslim Minds: Islam and the West.” Gilles Kepel, Institute of Political Studies, Paris. 2 Robertson.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “Changing the Politics of Hunger.” David Beckmann, Bread for the World. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.
5 p.m. German/art and archaeology/visual arts lecture. “Jeff Wall, Wittgenstein and the Everyday.” Michael Fried, Johns Hopkins University. 101 McCormick.
[G] 7:30 p.m. International Center/Princeton Middle East Society/Churches for Middle East Peace lecture. “The Gaza Disengagement Plan: Dilemmas for the Peace Camp.” Adam Keller, Gush Shalom, Israel. 302 Frist.
8 p.m. University Public Lectures. “Shelley’s Heart and Pepys’ Lobsters.” Hermione Lee, Oxford University. Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.
Notices
4:30 p.m. Council of the Princeton University Community meeting. 101 Friend.
Tuesday, September 28
Arts
5 p.m. German/English/creative writing poetry reading. Michael Fried, Johns Hopkins University, reading his work. 10 East Pyne.
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Steven Dietz: “Last of the Boys.” Berlind Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Three Mo’ Tenors. Matthews Theatre.
Lectures
Noon. Population research/demography seminar. “The Hearts Reasons: Beyond the Calculus of Conscious Choice.” Jennifer Johnson-Hanks, University of California-Berkeley. 300 Wallace.
12:15 p.m. Latin American studies lecture. “The Wrecking Ball and the Making of Urban Public Life in Brazil.” Amy Chazkel, City University of New York. 107, 58 Prospect Ave.
12:20 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute faculty forum. “Economic Impacts of Climate Change on U.S. Agriculture.” Wolfram Schlenker. 10 Guyot.
4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. “Nanorobotic Manipulation: Sensing and Manipulation at the Nanometer Scale.” Bruce Koel, University of Southern California. DuPont Seminar Room, 324 Frick.
4:30 p.m. Institute for International and Regional Studies/Adam Smith Global Television Goodman lecture on Media and Global Affairs. “World Leaders on ‘60 Minutes.’” Mike Wallace, CBS News; George Goodman, Adam Smith Global Television; and Thomas Christensen. Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics algebraic geometry seminar. “Rational Connectedness of Q-Fano Varieties.” Qi Zhang, University of Missouri. 322 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Visual arts/art and archaeology illustrated lecture. Dorothea Rockburne, painter, talking about her work. 219, 185 Nassau St.
6 p.m. International Center/residential colleges lecture. “China’s Path to Modernity and Prosperity: Three Princetonians’ Summer Studies in Singapore, Hong Kong and Shanghai.” David Sheng ’06, Michelle Lin ’07 and Anand Chhabra ’06. Special Dining Room, Wilson College.
8 p.m. University Public Lectures. “Jane Austen Faints.” Hermione Lee, Oxford University. Wood Auditorium, McCosh 10.
Wednesday, September 29
Arts
12:30 p.m. Chapel music afternoon concert. Chapel.
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Steven Dietz: “Last of the Boys.” Berlind Theatre.
8 p.m. Princeton Committee for a Free Palestine, Salaam!/Frist/Graduate Student Government performance. “Hip Hop Spoken Word.” Suheir Hammad, Def Poetry Jam artist. Cafe Vivian, Frist.
Lectures
[G] Noon. Information technology lecture. “Create and Edit Your Own Video Extravaganzas.” David Hopkins. Multipurpose Room B, Frist.
Noon. Molecular biology lecture. “Exit and Entrances: The Functional Architecture of Herpesviruses.” Alasdair Steven, National Institutes of Health. 3 Thomas Lab.
2:30 p.m. Mathematics discrete mathematics seminar. “Pfaffian Labellings and Signs of Edge Coloring.” Serguei Norine, Georgia Institute of Technology. 224 Fine.
4:15 p.m. Industrial relations seminar on labor economics. “Increasing Residual Wage Inequality: Composition Effects, Noisy Data or Rising Demand for Skill?” Thomas Lemeiux, University of British Columbia. 200 Fisher.
4:30 p.m. Classics lecture. “Changing Shapes: Ovid as Entertainer.” David Raeburn, Oxford University. 161 East Pyne.
4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. “The Conflicts of Wolf Killers and Rabid Man-Eaters in Early Modern Japan.” Brett Walker, Montana State University. 211 Dickinson.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics colloquium. “The Space of Strings and the Stable Cohomology of Moduli Space.” Ulrike Tillman, Oxford University. 314 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “The Problems and Challenges of Political Corruption.” Christopher Christie, U.S. attorney for New Jersey. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.
6 p.m. School of Architecture lecture. “Before and After: On the Surface.” George Legendre. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.
8 p.m. University Public Lectures. “Virginia Woolf’s Nose.” Hermione Lee, Oxford University. Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.
Thursday, September 30
Arts
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Steven Dietz: “Last of the Boys.” Berlind Theatre.
8 p.m. Friends of Music teachers’ recital. Katie Lansdale, violin; Daniel Grabois, horn; and Margaret Kampmeier, piano. Music by Brahms, Ligeti and Kelly-Marie Murphy. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.
Lectures
2 p.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics seminar. “Effect of Surface Waves on Air-Sea Fluxes at Strong Wind Speeds.” Isaac Ginis, University of Rhode Island. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.
4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. “Protein Design by Structured-Guided Engineering.” Frances Arnold, California Institute of Technology. DuPont Seminar Room, 324 Frick.
4:30 p.m. Human values/Moffett lecture in ethics. “The Problem With Perfection: Designer Children, Bionic Athletes and Genetic Engineering.” Michael Sandel, Harvard University. Wood Auditorium, McCosh 10. Reception follows.
4:30 p.m. Institute for International and Regional Studies lecture. “Social Consequences of a Free Trade Area of the Americas.” Marianne Wiesebron, Leiden University, Netherlands. 1 Robertson.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics topology seminar. “Relative Heegaard Homology.” Wu-Chung Hsiang. 314 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Physics colloquium. “Observational Cosmology as a Probe of Fundamental Physics.” Uros Seljak. A10 Jadwin.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “U.S. International Broadcasting: Meeting Tomorrow’s Public Diplomacy Challenges.” Kenneth Tomlinson, Broadcasting Board of Governors. 16 Robertson.
Friday, October 1
Arts
12:30 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. “‘In Her Eyes Such Fullness Was of Joy’: Canova’s Bust of Beatrice.” Caroline Cassells. Art Museum.
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. Matthews Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. Latin American studies Columbian folk music and dance. La Cumbiamba eNeYé. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Steven Dietz: “Last of the Boys.” Berlind Theatre.
Lectures
9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/science technology and environmental policy lectures. “Innovative Ways for Public and Private Institutions to Value Environmental Goods.” Mindy Lubber, Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies, keynote speaker. 300 Wallace.
2:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering seminar. “A New Turbine Burner.” William Sirignano, University of California-Irvine. 222 Bowen. Social gathering follows, J223 Engineering Quadrangle.
3 p.m. Mathematics geometric analysis seminar. “‘Bernstein Type’ Results for the Born Infeld Model of Gravitational Strings.” Lesley Sibner, Polytechnic University. 314 Fine.
4:15 p.m. Industrial relations seminar on labor economics. “The Impact of Wives’ Market Employment on Family Earnings Inequality.” John Pencavel, Stanford University. 200 Fisher.
Sports
4 p.m. Women’s field hockey vs. Boston University. 1952 Stadium.
7 p.m. Sprint football vs. University of Pennsylvania. Frelinghuysen Field.
Saturday, October 2
Arts
10 a.m. Art Museum children’s talk. “How to Paint with Ketchup.” Hank Segal, docent. Art Museum.
[F] 3 and 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Steven Dietz: “Last of
the Boys.” Berlind Theatre.
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Branford Marsalis Quartet. Matthews Theatre.
8 p.m. Theater and dance performance and discussion. Terrain: Rebecca Lazier Dance Company. Hagan Dance Studio, 185 Nassau St.
Sports
4 p.m. Women’s soccer vs. Dartmouth College. Lourie-Love Field.
4 p.m. Men’s soccer vs. Dartmouth College. Lourie-Love Field.
Sunday, October 3
Arts
[F] 2 and 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Steven Dietz: “Last of
the Boys.” Berlind Theatre.
3 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. “‘In Her Eyes Such Fullness Was of Joy’: Canova’s Bust of Beatrice.” Caroline Cassells. Art Museum.
[F] 3 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Peter Boal and Company. Matthews Theatre.
Notices
11 a.m. Chapel service. Thomas Breidenthal. Chapel.
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.
•“19th-Century Photographs From the Permanent Collection.” Through Oct. 24.
“Songs, Psalms and Praises: An 18th-Century Ethiopian Manuscript.” Through June 5.
•“Bringing Into Being: Materials and Techniques in American Prints.” Through Jan. 23.
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:
•“The North American Indian: Photographs by Edward Curtis, 1895-1927.” Through Oct. 24.
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library
Olden Street. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Lobby:
•“Testing Boundaries: Cartoon Visions of Roosevelt’s Third Term.” Through Jan. 31.
Visual Arts Program
Galleries and Stewart Theater, 185 Nassau St. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed weekends.
• Exhibit of junior independent work. Sept. 28 through Oct. 15. Opening reception, Sept. 28, 6 to 8 p.m.
Women and Gender Studies
Lounge, 113 Dickinson. Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed weekends.
•Exhibition of still life by Rena Segal. Through Oct. 29.
Et cetera
Art Museum
Hours: 258-3788. <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. <jobs.princeton.edu/openjobs>.
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.