Calendar of events
March 7-20, 2004
Monday, March 7
Lectures
[G] 12:15 p.m. McGraw Center lecture. “Race and Ethnicity in the Classroom.” Eddie Glaude, Bill Gleason and Anne-Maria Makhulu. 328 Frist.
3 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. “Toyota and the United States: Is the Japanese Production System Welcomed by American Workers?” Hideaki Otaka, Toyota Motor, North America. 307 Frist.
4 p.m. Applied and computational mathematics lecture. “Progresses and Challenges in Multiscale Modeling.” Weinan E. 214 Fine.
4 p.m. Electrical engineering/electronic materials and devices/optics and optical electronics seminar. “Terahertz Quantum Cascade Lasers.” Qing Hu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. B205 Engineering Quadrangle.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “Iraq: A View from the Inside — What Does the Future Hold?” Wayne White, formerly of the U.S. State Department. 16 Robertson.
6 p.m. School of Architecture lecture. “At Work.” Michiel Riedijk, Neutelings Riedijk, Rotterdam. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.
Notices
[G] 4:30 p.m. Faculty meeting. Nassau.
Tuesday, March 8
Arts
5 p.m. Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures/humanities reading. “Book Errant: 400 Years Reading ‘Don Quixote.’” Rotunda, Chancellor Green.
8 p.m. Princeton Composers’ Ensemble/music concert. Gregg Smith Singers. Music by Dmitri Tymoczko, Elliott Carter and Charles Ives. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
Lectures
11:30 a.m. Mathematics seminar. “Group Actions and Automorphic Forms.” Boris Kalinin, University of South Alabama. Professors’ Lounge.Fine.
Noon. Population research/demography seminar. “Maternal Employment and Child Development: A Fresh Look Using Newer Methods.” Jennifer Hill, Columbia University. 300 Wallace.
12:30 p.m. Molecular biology lecture. “Parallel Chemical Genetic and Genome-Wide RNAi Screens Identify Cytokinesis Inhibitors and Target Pathways.” Ulrike Eggert, Harvard University. 101 Icahn.
12:30 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute seminar. “Bacteria Chemotaxis in Porous Media.” James Smith. 10 Guyot.
2 p.m. Mathematics analysis seminar. “The Essential Spectrum of Advective Equations.” Roman Shvydkoy, University of Illinois-Chicago. 214 Fine.
2:15 p.m. Mathematics discrete mathematics seminar. “The Exact Turán Function of the Generalized Triangle.” Oleg Pikhurko, Carnegie Mellon University. 224 Fine.
4 p.m. Molecular biology lecture. “Learning Biology From Network Level Observations.” Saeed Tavazoie. 3 Thomas Lab.
4:15 p.m. Astrophysical sciences astronomy colloquium. “The Early Evolution of Disk Galaxies.” Julianne Dalcanton, University of Washington. Auditorium, Peyton. Social gathering at 5:15 p.m., main hallway.
4:30 p.m. Ancient world lecture. “Rome and Jerusalem.” Martin Goodman, Oxford University. 106 McCormick.
4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. “Administration of Justice in Late Imperial China.” Wejen Chang, Harvard University. 309 Frist.
4:30 p.m. Institute for International and Regional Studies/Black lecture. “The United States and Democracy Promotion: Learning From Postcommunist Eurasia.” Valerie Bunce, Cornell University. 16 Robertson.
4:30 p.m. Law and public affairs/Woodrow Wilson School/Bernstein lecture. “Preventing Surprise Attacks: Intelligence Reform in the Wake of 9/11.” Richard Posner, 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics algebraic geometry seminar. “Cohomology and Representations of Finite Group Schemes.” Eric Friedlander, Northwestern University. 322 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Operations research and financial engineering seminar. “The Optimal Stopping of a Markov Chain, the Generalized Gittins Index and Recursive Solution of Poisson and Bellman Equations.” Isaac Sonin, University of North Carolina. E219 Engineering Quadrangle.
7 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/ science and global security lecture. “Weapons of Mass Destruction, Terrorism and Security.” Hans Blix, International Commission on Weapons of Mass Destruction. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson. Simulcast in 1, 2 and 16 Robertson.
Sports
[F] 8 p.m. Men’s basketball vs. University of Pennsylvania. Jadwin Gym.
Wednesday, March 9
Arts
12:30 p.m. Chapel music afternoon concert. Chapel.
7:30 p.m. Judaic studies film and discussion. “Jews in Iraq and the Influence of Iraqi-Born Writers on Israeli Literature.” Salim Fattai, Israeli writer. 105 Chancellor Green.
8 p.m. Chapel music jazz vespers. University Jazz Ensemble, Anthony D.J. Branker, director. Chapel.
8 p.m. Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures/humanities/“Book Errant: 400 Years Reading ‘Don Quixote’” film. Grigori Kozintsev: “Don Kikhot.” 106 McCormick.
Lectures
[G] Noon. Information technology seminar. “Redefining the Photograph in the Digital Era.” Andrew Moore. Multipurpose Room B, Frist. For information, visit <www.princeton.edu/lunchnlearn>.
Noon. Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials seminar. “Complex Supramolecular Self-Assembly: A Tool to Generate Novel Nano-Materials and Printing Techniques.” Francesco Stellacci, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 222 Bowen.
Noon. Molecular biology lecture. “A Systems Biology Approach to Viral Pathogenesis.” Jay Nelson, Oregon Health Sciences Center. 3 Thomas Lab.
4 p.m. Chemical engineering seminar. “Azide-Bearing Amino Acids in Protein Engineering and Proteomic Profiling.” Jamie Link, California Institute of Technology. A224 Engineering Quadrangle. Social gathering at 3:30 p.m.
4:15 p.m. Princeton plasma physics colloquium. “Nanotechnologies for the Terabit Communications Network.” David Bishop, Bell Labs/Lucent Technologies. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.
4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. “City Images in Negotiation: From the Publication of an Early 17th-Century Urban Guidebook to the Placemaking and Remaking of Ming Nanjing (1368-1644).” Si-yen Fei, University of Pennsylvania. 234 Frist.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics colloquium. Kannan Soundararajan, University of Michigan. 314 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “Two Challenges in Iraq: Sunni Arab Engagement and Balanced Economic Growth.” Robert Silverman, U.S. State Department. 16 Robertson.
7:30 p.m. Near Eastern studies Israeli lecture series. 105 Chancellor Green.
Thursday, March 10
Arts
7:30 p.m. East Asian studies/Tang Center Taiwan film series. Edward Yang: “Yi Yi.” Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
[F] 8 p.m. Theater and dance senior thesis production. Anton Chekhov: “The Seagull.” Nikki Muller and Emma Worth. Berlind Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. University concerts. Ivan Moravec, piano. Music by Schumann, Debussy and Beethoven. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander. Reception follows.
Lectures
Noon. East Asian studies lecture. “Another Quiet American: Stories of Life in Laos.” Brett Dakin, Harvard University. 23 Robertson.
Noon. International Center “Bridging Cultures” luncheon discussion. “Balancing Our Native Cultures With Life in America: Some Mental Health Issues.” Anita McLean. West Room, Murray-Dodge.
[G] 12:15 p.m. McGraw Center lecture. “Grading as a Teaching Tool.” Maitland Jones and Antoine Kahn. 328 Frist.
2 p.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics seminar. “Inverse Methods for Aerosol Retrieval Using Aeronet and Satellite Datasets.” Oleg Dubovik, University of Maryland. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.
2 p.m. Mathematics ergodic theory and statistical mechanics seminar. “Joinings of Cartan Actions.” Manfred Einsiedler. 322 Fine.
4:25 p.m. Mathematics topology seminar. “Diophantine Approximations on Negatively Curved Manifolds.” Sa’ar-David Hersonsky. 314 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Classics lecture. “Poetic Ends: Statius, Silvae 3.2 and 3.5.” Carole Newlands, University of Wisconsin. 161 East Pyne.
4:30 p.m. Italian studies lecture. “Francis of Assisi and the Metaphor of Nudity.” Alessandro Vettori, Rutgers University. 105 Chancellor Green.
4:30 p.m. Judaic studies lecture. “People of the Book, People of the Land: The Bible and Israeli Identity.” Anita Shapira, Tel Aviv University. 2 Robertson.
4:30 p.m. Politics lecture. “Off Center: Republican Rule and the Erosion of Political Accountability.” Paul Pierson, University of California-Berkeley. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “The Future of the Transatlantic Partnership.” Przemyslaw Grudzinski, ambassador of Poland to the United States. 1 Robertson.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “Evangelicals and American Politics: Assessing the Past, Scouting and the Future.” Michael Cromartie, Ethics and Public Policy Center. 16 Robertson.
Notices
4:30 to 6 p.m. Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures/humanities colloquium, first of two days. “Book Errant: 400 Years Reading ‘Don Quixote’” 101 East Pyne.
Sports
[F] Noon. Men’s basketball/Ivy League playoff. Jadwin Gym.
Friday, March 11
Arts
12:30 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. “Floating Above the Clouds: Mount Fuji in Japanese Prints.” Sinead Kehoe. Art Museum.
7:30 p.m. East Asian studies/Global Issues Forum film. “Children of the Secret State: North Korea.” Wood Auditorium, McCosh 10.
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Sweet Honey in the Rock. Matthews Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. Music by Mendelssohn, Prokofiev and Brahms. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
[F] 8 p.m. Theater and dance senior thesis production. Anton Chekhov: “The Seagull.” Nikki Muller and Emma Worth. Berlind Theatre.
Lectures
8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Education research/Future of Children/Policy Research Institute for the Region/Woodrow Wilson School conference. "School Readiness: Closing Racial and Ethnic Gaps." Robertson Hall.
For information, visit www.futureofchildren.princeton.edu/schoolreadiness/home.asp.
Noon. Ancient world lecture. “Romans, Jews and Christians on the Names of the Jews.” Martin Goodman, Oxford University. 203 Scheide Caldwell House.
2:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering seminar. “Progress on Growth and Mixing of Rayleigh-Taylor Instability Flows.” Paul Dimotakis, California Institute of Technology. 222 Bowen. Social gathering follows, J223 Engineering Quadrangle.
Notices
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures/humanities colloquium, last of two days. “Book Errant: 400 Years Reading ‘Don Quixote’” 101 East Pyne.
Sports
7 p.m. Men’s volleyball vs. Springfield College. Dillon Gym.
Saturday, March 12
Arts
11 a.m. Art Museum children’s talk. “Shells Keep Still.” Wendel Lim, docent. Art Museum.
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. David Broza, guitarist and composer. Berlind Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. Theater and dance senior thesis production. Anton Chekhov: “The Seagull.” Nikki Muller and Emma Worth. Berlind Theatre.
Sports
[F] Noon. Men’s basketball/Ivy League playoff. Jadwin Gym.
Sunday, March 13
Arts
3 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. “Floating Above the Clouds: Mount Fuji in Japanese Prints.” Sinead Kehoe. Art Museum.
[F] 4 p.m. Princeton Symphony Orchestra. Thomas Pandolfi, piano. Music by Armando, Liszt and Dukas. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
Notices
11 a.m. Chapel service. Thomas Breidenthal. Chapel.
Sports
2 p.m. Women’s lacrosse vs. Loyola College. 1952 Stadium.
Tuesday, March 15
Lectures
11:30 a.m. Mathematics group actions and automorphic forms seminar. Thomas Ward, University of East Anglia. Fine.
4:15 p.m. Astrophysical sciences astronomy colloquium. “Planetary Diversity.” David Stevenson, California Institute of Technology. Auditorium, Peyton. Social gathering at 5:15 p.m., main hallway.
Wednesday, March 16
Arts
12:30 p.m. Chapel music afternoon concert. Chapel.
Lectures
Noon. Molecular biology lecture. “Homology-Triggered Genetic Surveillance Mechanisms.” Andrew Fire, Stanford University. 3 Thomas Lab.
4:15 p.m. Princeton plasma physics colloquium. “The Growth of Understanding in Astrophysics.” Martin Harwit, Cornell University. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.
Thursday, March 17
Lectures
4:30 p.m. Judaic studies lecture. “Translating Amos Oz.” Nicholas de Lange, Cambridge University. 127 East Pyne.
Notices
[FG] 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Prospect House Patrick’s Day buffet. Prospect House.
Friday, March 18
Arts
12:30 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. “Recarving China’s Past.” Cary Liu. Art Museum.
8 p.m. Friends of Music concert. Fadlou Shehadi, baritone, and Phyllis Lehrer, piano. Music by Brahms, Mahler, Debussy, Fauré and Poulenc. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.
Saturday, March 19
Arts
11 a.m. Art Museum children’s talk. “Stories From China.” Katherine Sartarelli, docent. Art Museum.
[F] 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Karen Akers. Berlind Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. Westminster Community Orchestra. Music by Berlioz and Bartok. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
Sports
2 p.m. Women’s lacrosse vs. Pennsylvania State University. 1952 Stadium.
Sunday, March 20
Arts
3 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. “Recarving China’s Past.” Cary Liu. Art Museum.
4 p.m. International Center/Middle East Society performance. “We’ve Come Undone.” Kayhan Irani, Theater of the Oppressed. 101 Friend.
Notices
11 a.m. Chapel Palm Sunday service. Thomas Breidenthal. Chapel.
Weekly
Alcoholics Anonymous
12:15 p.m. Mondays. West 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.” March 19 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.
Lobby: “McCarter Theatre: 75 Years in the Spotlight.” Through May 2.
Milberg Gallery for the Graphic Arts: “Derso and Kelen: Cartoons and Caricatures.” Through March 20.
Visual Arts Program
Lucas Gallery, 185 Nassau St. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed weekends.
An exhibit of art by certificate students Clara Wong and Caroline James. Through March 11.
Women and Gender Studies
Lounge, 113 Dickinson Hall. Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed weekends.
“Pink” by Carol Armstrong. Through March 15.
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.
