Calendar of events
April 18-24, 2005
Monday, April 18
Arts
6 p.m. Creative writing senior thesis fiction readings. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
Lectures
12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences seminar. “Introduction to Stochastic Simulation With the Gillespie Method.” David Karig. 302 Computer Science.
4 p.m. Applied and computational mathematics lecture. “Modeling of Large-Scale Neuroral Network Dynamics.” David Cai, New York University. 214 Fine.
4 p.m. Mathematics joint analysis seminar. “Existence of Solutions to the Nonlinear Wave Equation With an Inverse-Square Potential.” Paschalis Karageorgis, Northwestern University. 314 Fine.
4:15 p.m. Princeton plasma physics colloquium. “Stalking Dark Energy: Supernovae, the Accelerating Universe and More.” Saul Perlmutter, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.
4:30 p.m. Art and archaeology lecture. “Mondrian’s Afterlife.” Nancy Troy, University of Southern California. 106 McCormick.
4:30 p.m. Center for the Study of Religion/East Asian studies/religion lecture. “Gold Ink and Black Hair: Mantra and Mandala in Pre-Modern Japan.” Elizabeth ten Grotenhuis, Boston University. 137 1879 Hall.
4:30 p.m. Institute for International and Regional Studies lecture. “Shaping Global Sympathy: The Transnational Human Rights Agenda.” James Ron, McGill University. 1 Robertson.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics/Institute for Advanced Study number theory seminar. “Equidistribution for Hecke Eigenforms.” Wenzhi Luo, Ohio State University. 322 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Population research/demography seminar. “The Impact of a Change in Abortion Regime on Socio-Economic Outcomes of Children: Evidence From Romania.” Cristian Pop-Eleches, Columbia University. 300 Wallace.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/ Policy Research Institute for the Region debate. “Embryonic Stem Cell Research.” William Hurlbut, Stanford University, and Lee Silver; Harold Shapiro, moderator. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.
7:30 p.m. Princeton Justice Project panel discussion on “An Unjust Sentence?” “Problems of Mental Health in the Criminal Justice System.” Chris Kosseff, New Jersey State Prisons; Nancy Wolff, Center for Mental Health Services and Criminal Justice Research; and panel of lawyers and psychologists. 6 Friend.
8 p.m. Princeton Society of Physics Students lecture on Einstein’s “miracle year.” Richard Gott. A02 McDonnell.
Tuesday, April 19
Arts
4:30 p.m. Visual arts illustrated lecture. Julia Jacquette, painter, talking about her work. 219, 185 Nassau St.
Lectures
11:30 a.m. Mathematics group actions and automorphic forms seminar. “Ergodic Theory of Semisimple Lattices.” Alexander Gorodnik, California Institute of Technology. Professors’ Lounge, Fine.
Noon. Population research/demography seminar. “Nature x Nurture: The Interplay of Genes and Environments in the Development of Children’s Conduct Problems.” Sara Jaffee, University of Pennsylvania. 300 Wallace.
12:15 p.m. Latin American studies lecture. “J. Sousandrade’s Poetry and the Politics of Latin American Exile in 19th-Century New York.” Jussara Quadros. 107, 58 Prospect Ave.
12:30 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute seminar. “Clouds, Precipitation and the Flow of Air Within and Past Mountainous Terrain.” Matthias Steiner. 10 Guyot.
4:15 p.m. Astrophysical sciences astronomy colloquium. “The Detectability of Tensor Modes From Inflation.” George Efstathiou, Cambridge University. Auditorium, Peyton. Social gathering at 5:15 p.m., main hallway.
4:30 p.m. Classics/humanities/Faber lecture. “The Appearance of Democratic Ideology in Classical Athens.” Robin Osborne, Cambridge University. 101 McCormick.
4:30 p.m. Institute for International and Regional Studies/African-American studies lecture. “Britain’s Gulag: Violence and the End of Empire in Kenya.” Caroline Elkins, Harvard University. 307 Frist.
4:30 p.m. Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia lecture. “The Politics of Reproduction in Egypt.” Beth Baron, City University of New York. 2 Robertson.
4:30 p.m. Latin American studies/anthropology lecture. “Disengaging Ethnography: The Challenge of Fieldwork Among Indigenous Peoples.” Alcida Ramos, University of Brasilia. 107, 58 Prospect Ave.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics algebraic geometry seminar. Gordon Heier, Harvard University. 322 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Medieval studies lecture. “The Babylon and Jerusalem of Luis de Camoes: Sacred and Secular Exegesis in the Middle Ages and Renaissance.” John Fleming. 106 McCormick.
4:30 p.m. Operations research and financial engineering seminar. “Smoothly Truncated Stable Distributions, GARCH-Models and Option Pricing.” Christian Menn, Cornell University. E219 Engineering Quadrangle.
4:45 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. “The Conduct of Foreign Exchange Policy and Foreign Concerns.” Hiroshi Watanabe, Ministry of Finance, Japan. 8 Friend.
Sports
[F] 3:30 p.m. Baseball vs. Monmouth University. Clarke Field.
Wednesday, April 20
Arts
12:30 p.m. Chapel music afternoon concert. Chapel.
4:30 p.m. Judaic studies reading. Daniel Mendelsohn, author of “The Lost: Searching for Six of the Six Million.” 10 East Pyne.
6 p.m. Creative writing senior thesis poetry and translation readings. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Mitsuko Uchida, piano. Music by Schubert and Beethoven. Matthews Theatre.
Lectures
[G] Noon. Information technology seminar. “Chess: Modern Tools for the Royal Game.” Jon Edwards. Multipurpose Room B, Frist. For information, visit <www.princeton.edu/lunchnlearn>.
Noon. Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials seminar. “Contact and Friction Between Rough Surfaces: Connecting Continuum Theories to Atomic-Scale Processes.” Mark Robbins, Johns Hopkins University. 222 Bowen.
Noon. Molecular biology lecture. “RNA-Based Attenuation Mechanisms Regulating Tryptophan Synthesis and Its Degradation.” Charles Yanofsky, Stanford University. 3 Thomas Lab.
1:30 p.m. East Asian studies seminar on the Japanese financial system. “The Role of Foreign Financial Institutions and the Merger of Big Banks.” Masastsugu Nagato, Mizuho Corp. 228 Frist.
2:15 p.m. Mathematics discrete mathematics seminar. “Clique-Width for Graph Classes Defined by Forbidden Four-Vertex Subgraphs.” Andreas Brandstaed, University of Rostock. 224 Fine.
4 p.m. Chemical engineering seminar. “Revisiting the Gibbs Adsorption Equation.” Benjamin Widom, Cornell University. A224 Engineering Quadrangle. Social gathering at 3:30 p.m.
4 p.m. Ecology and evolutionary biology/molecular biology lecture. “The Origins of Gene and Genome Complexity.” Michael Lynch, Indiana University. 3 Thomas Lab.
4:15 p.m. Industrial relations seminar on labor economics. “On the Measurement of Segregation.” Roland Fryer, Harvard University. 200 Fisher.
4:15 p.m. International economics lecture. “Globalization and the Dynamics of Cultural Identity.” Thierry Verdier, DELTA, Paris. 103, 26 Prospect Ave.
4:15 p.m. Princeton plasma physics colloquium. “Dusty Plasmas in Basic Science, Astronomy, Industry and Fusion.” John Goree, University of Iowa. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.
4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. “Reclamation and Administration in Hong Kong.” Lee Fan, University of Hong Kong. 1 Robertson.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics colloquium. “Probabilistic Reasoning and Ramsey Theory.” Benjamin Sudakov. 314 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Spanish and Portuguese/English/African-American studies lecture. “‘Wavering on the Horizon of Social Being’: The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo and Its Racial Character in Ámerico Paredes’ ‘George Washington Gómez.’” Josefina Saldaña-Portillo, Rutgers University. 105 Chancellor Green.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Fields Center lecture. “New Foreign Policy Challenges in the Post-9/11 World: The Imperatives of Cultural Competence.” Ernest Wilson, University of Maryland. 16 Robertson.
8 p.m. Science and technology/Evnin lecture. “The Mars Exploration Rover Mission.” Steven Squyres, NASA and Cornell University. Auditorium, McDonnell.
Notices
[FG] 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Prospect staff appreciation day buffet. Prospect House.
Thursday, April 21
Arts
[F] 8 p.m. University Orchestra/Mindlin concert. Michael Pratt and Ruth Ochs, conductors; with John Kang, violin. Music by Berlioz, Bruch and Rachmaninoff. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
Lectures
11 a.m. Near Eastern studies/Judaic studies lecture in Hebrew. “My Life.” Ruth Westheimer. 205 Frist.
Noon. Molecular biology lecture. “Second Scent: Explorations of the Accessory Olfactory System.” Timothy Holy, Washington University-St. Louis. Auditorium, Icahn.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics topology seminar. Peter Kronheimer, Harvard University. 314 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Physics colloquium. “Spin Qubits With Quantum Dots.” Leo Kouwenhoven, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. A10 Jadwin.
4:30 p.m. Spanish and Portuguese lecture. “Comparative Approaches to Spanish American and Brazilian Literature in the 21st Century: Pitfalls and Possibilities.” Earl Fitz, Vanderbilt University. 105 Chancellor Green.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies lecture. “Civilizing War.” Anne-Marie Slaughter; Gary Bass; Roy Gutman, Newsday and U.S. Institute of Peace; and Ronald Haviv, photojournalist. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.
Friday, April 22
Arts
Noon and 4:30 p.m. African-American studies/Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies/music workshop and concert. “24 Bits: Hip-Hop Studies and Etudes, Book 1.” Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR), composer. Noon workshop, McAlpin Concert Hall, Woolworth. 4:30 p.m. concert, Taplin Auditorium, Fine.
12:30 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. “Auguste St. Gaudens and the Gilded Age.” Anne Young, docent. Art Museum.
4:30 p.m. Music performance. Daniel Roumain. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Carol Channing. Matthews Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. University Orchestra/Mindlin concert. Michael Pratt and Ruth Ochs, conductors; with John Kang, violin. Music by Berlioz, Bruch and Rachmaninoff. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
Lectures
Noon. Ancient world lecture. “The Imagery of the Archaic Greek Temple.” Clemente Marconi, Columbia University. 103 McCormick.
Noon. Institute for International and Regional Studies lecture. “Partisans of Allah: Jihad in Theory and South Asian History.” Ayesha Jalal, Tufts University. 2 Robertson.
Noon. Psychology colloquium. “Managing Social Norms for Persuasive Impact.” Robert Cialdini, Arizona State University. 0-S-6 Green.
2 p.m. Mathematics/Institute for Advanced Study number theory seminar. Fred Diamond, Brandeis University. 801 Fine.
2:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering seminar. “How Does a Crack Choose Its Path?” Alain Karma, Northeastern University. 222 Bowen. Social gathering follows, J223 Engineering Quadrangle.
3 p.m. Mathematics geometric analysis seminar. “The Structure of Singularities of Mean Curvature Flow.” Bruce Kleiner, University of Michigan. 314 Fine.
4 p.m. Philosophy seminar. Jeffrey King, University of California-Davis. 4 McCosh.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics geometric analysis seminar. “Spectral Invariants on Surfaces and Markov Chains.” Jean Steiner, Courant Institute. 214 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics geometry, representation theory and moduli seminar. Maryam Mirzakhani. 314 Fine.
Sports
Noon. Men’s outdoor track/Larry Ellis Invitational. Frelinghuysen Field.
2 p.m. Men’s tennis vs. Columbia University. Lenz Tennis Center.
Saturday, April 23
Arts
11 a.m. Art Museum talk for children. “The Blind Leading the Blind.” Barbara Willis, docent. Art Museum.
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, Arturo O’Farrill, music director; with special guest Arturo Sandoval. Matthews Theatre.
Notices
9 a.m. to 6 p.m. East Asian studies/Graduate School/religion Buddhist studies graduate student conference, first of two days. 101 McCormick. For information, visit <www.princeton.edu/~bsgsc>.
Noon to 5 p.m. Communiversity celebration. See article on page 2.
Sports
9 a.m. Men’s heavyweight crew vs. Cornell and Yale universities. Carnegie Lake.
[F] Noon. Baseball vs. Columbia University. Clarke Field.
Noon. Men’s and women’s outdoor track/Larry Ellis Invitational. Frelinghuysen Field.
Sunday, April 24
Arts
3 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. “Auguste Saint Gaudens and the Gilded Age.” Anne Young, docent. Art Museum.
3 p.m. Music/Friends of Music/performance student recital. Alexis Kende, violin; Crista Kende, viola; and Christine McLeavey, piano. Music by Beethoven, J.S. Bach, Schubert and Kriesler. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.
[F] 4 p.m. Princeton Symphony Orchestra concert. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
8 p.m. Music/Friends of Music/performance student recital. Janice Chik, violin; Jennifer Chu, piano; and Allison Cheung, harp. Music by Beethoven, Saint-Saëns, Chausson and Biber. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.
Notices
9 a.m. to noon. East Asian studies/Graduate School/religion Buddhist studies graduate student conference, last of two days. 101 McCormick. For information, visit <www.princeton.edu/~bsgsc>.
11 a.m. Chapel service. Paul Raushenbush. Chapel.
Sports
[F] Noon. Baseball vs. Columbia University. Clarke Field.
Weekly
Alcoholics Anonymous
12:15 p.m. Mondays. East 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.” 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.
Milberg Gallery: “‘Le Pas d’Acier’ (‘The Steel Step’): Re-Creating a Lost Ballet.” Through Sept. 25.
Lobby: “McCarter Theatre: 75 Years in the Spotlight.” Through May 2.
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library
Wiess Lounge, Olden Street. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday until 8 p.m. Closed weekends.
“Clappers, Canes and Cats: Traditionally Princeton.” Through July 15.
Visual Arts Program
Lucas Gallery, 185 Nassau St. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed weekends.
“The Illusion of Reality: Reflection and Transformation of the Visual.” Senior thesis exhibit by Prachie Narain, comparative literature. Through April 29.
“Waterway.” Senior thesis exhibit by Jessica Inocencio, video installation and sculpture work. April 19 through 22. Opening reception, April 19, 6 to 8 p.m.
Women and Gender Studies
Lounge, 113 Dickinson Hall. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed weekends.
“Pages From an Album,” by Sarah Stengle. Through May 2.
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.
