Calendar of events
October 11-17, 2004
Monday, October 11
Lectures
4 p.m. Applied and computational mathematics lecture. ''Optimal Decisions: From Neural Spikes, Through Stochastic Differential Equations, to Behavior.'' Philip Holmes. 214 Fine.
4 p.m. Electrical engineering seminar on electronic materials and devices. ''Solid State Lighting: Energy Savings Prospects and an Overview of Sandia's R&D.'' Jerry Simmons, Sandia National Lab. B205 Engineering Quadrangle.
4:30 p.m. Judaic studies lecture. ''Writing Jerusalem.'' Sidra Ezrahi and Linda Zisquit, Hebrew University. 10 East Pyne.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/ science, technology and environmental policy lecture. ''One With Nineveh: Politics, Consumption and the Human Future.'' Paul Ehrlich, Stanford University. 16 Robertson.
8 p.m. Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions/politics/Vaughan lecture. ''Virtue, Republicanism and Disestablishment of Religion at the Founding.'' Michael McConnell, 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. 104 Computer Science.
Tuesday, October 12
Arts
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Zora Neale Hurston and Dorothy Waring: ''Polk Country.'' Matthews Theatre.
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Steven Dietz: ''Last of the Boys.'' Berlind Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. Brentano String Quartet. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
Lectures
Noon. Population research/demography/Center for Health and Wellbeing seminar. ''Partnership Status and the Human Sex Ratio at Birth.'' Karen Norberg, Washington University, St. Louis. 300 Wallace.
12:15 p.m. Latin American studies lecture. ''Miracles on the Border: Retablos of Mexican Immigrants.'' Douglas Massey. 107, 58 Prospect Ave.
4:30 p.m. Classics lecture. ''What Is 'Classical' About Classical Antiquity.'' James Porter, University of Michigan. 161 East Pyne.
4:30 p.m. English/African American studies lecture. ''Passing, Natural Selection and Love's Failure: The Ethics of Survival From Chang-rae Lee to Jacques Lacan.'' Anne Cheng, University of California-Berkeley. 211 Dickinson.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics algebraic geometry seminar. ''Cubic Threefolds and 5-Dimensional Abelian Varieties.'' Robert Friedman, Columbia University. 322 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Operations research and financial engineering seminar. ''Sensitivity Analysis of Utility Based Prices and Risk-Tolerance Wealth Processes.'' Dmitry Kramkov, Carnegie Mellon University. E219 Engineering Quadrangle.
4:30 p.m. President's Lecture Series. ''Rip, Mix, Burn, Sue: Technology, Politics and the Fight to Control Digital Media.'' Edward Felten. 101 Friend Center.
4:30 p.m. Tang Center for East Asian Art/East Asian studies lecture. ''Art, Science and Religion: The Painted Han Tomb at Xi'an Jiaotong University.'' Lillian Tseng, Yale University. 106 McCormick.
4:30 p.m. Visual arts illustrated lecture. Nancy Rubins, sculptor/installation, drawing artist, talking about her work. 219, 185 Nassau St.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. ''Working for Freedom: Democracy and Foreign Assistance.'' Jennifer Windsor, Freedom House. 16 Robertson.
Sports
7 p.m. Women's soccer vs. American University. Lourie-Love Field.
Wednesday, October 13
Arts
12:30 p.m. Chapel music afternoon concert. Chapel.
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Zora Neale Hurston and Dorothy Waring: ''Polk Country.'' Matthews Theatre.
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Steven Dietz: ''Last of the Boys.'' Berlind Theatre.
Lectures
[G] Noon. Information technology lecture. ''A Computer Deconstructed.'' Adam Re. Multipurpose Room B, Frist.
Noon. Molecular biology lecture. ''Population Neural Codes in the Retina.'' Michael Berry. 3 Thomas Lab.
2 p.m. Mathematics statistical mechanics seminar. ''Divergent Series Methods From Quantum Fields Applied to Classical Mechanics.'' Giovanni Gallavotti, University of Rome and Rutgers University. 343 Jadwin.
2:30 p.m. Mathematics discrete mathematics seminar. ''Almost Optimum Universal Graphs for Bounded-Degree Graphs.'' Michael Capalbo, Rutgers University. 224 Fine.
3 p.m. Mathematics geometry, representation theory and moduli seminar. ''Generalized Double Affine Hecke Algebras and Quantized del Pezo Surfaces.'' Pavel Etingof, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 214 Fine.
4 p.m. Chemical engineering seminar. ''Understanding Complex Reaction Networks Bottom Up and Top Down Using Microfluidics.'' Rustem Ismagilov, University of Chicago. A224 Engineering Quadrangle. Social gathering at 3:30 p.m.
4 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering/Crocco colloquium, first of two days. ''Fluid Mechanics of Heart Failure.'' Mory Gharib, California Institute of Technology. 101 Friend. Social gathering follows, J223 Engineering Quadrangle.
4:15 p.m. Princeton plasma physics colloquium. ''The Detection of the Distant Planet Sedna-Instrumentation and Implications.'' David Rabinowitz, Yale University. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.
4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. ''A Romp in the Capital of Flowers: Images of Early Modern Kyoto in the Newly-Restored Hayashibara Version of Rakuchu-rakugai-zu Folding Screens.'' Yasuo Takahashi, Kyoto University. 234 Frist.
4:30 p.m. Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures/Latin American studies discussion. ''La última revolución del Siglo XX.'' Sergio Ramírez, Nicaraguan novelist; and Deborah Yashar, Miguel Centeno, Rubén Gallo, Stanley Stein and Yansi Pérez, discussants. 10 East Pyne.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. ''Media and Conflict: War Reporting in Iraq, Israel and Other Hotspots.'' Marjorie Miller, Los Angeles Times. 16 Robertson.
Thursday, October 14
Arts
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Zora Neale Hurston and Dorothy Waring: ''Polk Country.'' Matthews Theatre.
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Steven Dietz: ''Last of the Boys.'' Berlind Theatre.
8 p.m. University concerts. Takács String Quartet. Music by Haydn, Borodin and Beethoven. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander. Reception follows.
Lectures
2:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering/Crocco colloquium, last of two days. ''Make Useful Imperfections: Three-Dimensional Flow Mapping by a Novel Defocusing Technique.'' Mory Gharib, California Institute of Technology. 222 Bowen. Social gathering follows, J223 Engineering Quadrangle.
4:30 p.m. Electrical engineering lecture. ''E-Voting: Perils and Promises.'' Rebecca Mercuri, Harvard University. 101 Friend.
4:30 p.m. French and Italian/German lecture. ''Shadows on the Wall of Reason: Diderot Before Fragonard.'' David Ferris, University of Colorado. 106 McCormick.
4:30 p.m. Gauss seminars in criticism on ''French Universalism in Crisis,'' second of three. ''Kinship, Family and the Rights of Homosexual Couples.'' Joan Scott, Institute for Advanced Study. 10 East Pyne.
4:30 p.m. Physics colloquium. ''Advances in Magnetic Fusion Science and the ITER Project.'' Robert Goldston. A10 Jadwin.
Friday, October 15
Arts
12:30 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. ''Spotlight on 17th-Century German Art.'' Joshua Waterman. Art Museum.
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Zora Neale Hurston and Dorothy Waring: ''Polk Country.'' Matthews Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Steven Dietz: ''Last of the Boys.'' Berlind Theatre.
Lectures
1:30 p.m. French and Italian/German graduate seminar. ''Politics of the Useless: Art Between Benjamin and Heidegger, 1935-36.'' David Ferris, University of Colorado. 105 Chancellor Green.
2 p.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics seminar. ''The Influence of Wave Packets Propagating Across Asia on Cyclone Development Over the Pacific.'' Edmund Chang, State University of New York-Stony Brook 209 GFDL, Forrestal.
2:30 p.m. International and regional studies/East Asian studies lecture. ''Japanese Strategic Thought Study Group.'' Akio Kawato, former Japanese ambassador to Uzbekistan. 234 Frist.
4 p.m. Mathematics geometric analysis seminar. ''Estimates and Surgery for Necks in Mean Curvature Flow.'' Gerhard Huisken, Max-Planck Institut für Gravitationsphysik-Potsdam. 314 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Canadian studies poetry reading and discussion. Tim Lilburn, University of Victoria. 209 Humanities Building.
4:30 p.m. Irish studies lecture and music. ''Beyond the Fanlight: Music in Georgian Dublin.'' John Burkhalter and Eugene Roan. Third Floor Dance Studio, 185 Nassau St.
5 p.m. Humanities/theater and dance lecture. ''How to Tap the Creativity Within Each of Us.'' Twyla Tharp, Twyla Tharp Dance. Stewart Theater, 185 Nassau St.
5:15 p.m. Mathematics geometric analysis seminar. ''Resolvent and Scattering Theory on Asymptotically Hyperbolic Manifolds.'' Colin Guillarmou, Purdue University. 314 Fine.
Notices
3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Cotsen Children's Library/Frist Campus Center scarecrow convention. Front Lawn, Frist. Registration required, call 258-2697, or e-mail <bonnieb@princeton.edu>.
Sports
4 p.m. Men's and women's swimming/Black/Orange Intersquad. DeNunzio Pool. 7 p.m. Sprint football vs. Cornell University. Weaver Track Stadium.
7 p.m. Women's volleyball vs. Dartmouth College. Dillon Gym.
Saturday, October 16
Arts
11 a.m. Art Museum talk for children. ''Horses, Horses and More Horses.'' Jane Faggen, docent. Art Museum.
[F] 3 and 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Zora Neale Hurston and Dorothy Waring: ''Polk Country.'' Matthews Theatre.
[F] 3 and 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Steven Dietz: ''Last of the Boys.'' Berlind Theatre.
Lectures
[G] 10 a.m. Alumni Council lecture. ''Dark Satanic Fields: 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' and United States Industrialization.'' Jennifer Greeson. A02 McDonnell.
4:30 p.m. Art Museum lecture. ''Princeton's Paper Trail: American Drawings and Watercolors in the Art Museum.'' John Wilmerding. Wood Auditorium, McCosh 10. Reception follows.
Notices
9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Cotsen Children's Library children's caucus. Main Floor, Firestone. Registration required, call 258-2697, or e-mail <bonnieb@princeton.edu>.
11:30 a.m. Community Day. Princeton Stadium.
Sports
Noon. Field hockey vs. Brown University. 1952 Stadium.
[F] 1 p.m. Football vs. Brown University. Princeton Stadium.
4 p.m. Women's volleyball vs. Harvard University. Dillon Gym.
Sunday, October 17
Arts
[F] 2 and 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Steven Dietz: ''Last of the Boys.'' Berlind Theatre.
[F] 2 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Zora Neale Hurston and Dorothy Waring: ''Polk Country.'' Matthews Theatre.
3 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. ''Spotlight on 17th-Century German Art.'' Joshua Waterman. Art Museum.
7 p.m. Near Eastern studies film. ''Columbia: A Tragic Loss.'' 10 East Pyne.
Lectures
5 p.m. International Center/Middle East Society lecture. ''The Persistence of the Palestinian Problem.'' Joseph Massad, Columbia University. Convocation Room, Friend Center.
Notices
11 a.m. Chapel service. Thomas Breidenthal. Chapel.
Sports
9 a.m. Women's lacrosse/Princeton Invitational. 1952 Stadium.
Weekly
Alcoholics Anonymous
12:15 p.m. Mondays. West Room, Murray-Dodge. Membership not required to attend.
Art for Kids
10 a.m. to noon. Saturdays through Dec. 11. Hands-on art projects. Art Museum.
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.
‣''Bringing Into Being: Materials and Techniques in American Prints.'' Through Jan. 23.
‣''Songs, Psalms and Praises: An 18th-Century Ethiopian Manuscript.'' Through June 5.
‣''West to Wesselmann: American Drawings and Watercolors in the Princeton University Art Museum.'' Oct. 16 through Jan. 9.
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.
Frist Campus Center
100 Level.
‣''People, Landscape and Architecture in Buryatia, Russia'' by photographer Rebecca Matlock. Oct. 12 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. Through Oct. 15.
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.
