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Princeton Weekly Bulletin   September 11, 2005, Vol. 95, No. 1   prev   next

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Page One
• Frist at five: Facility builds on success as campus epicenter
• Princeton responds to help Hurricane Katrina victims

Inside
• Tenure policy aims to make Princeton more family friendly
• Mudd Library exhibition commemorates 1945
• Online forum to feature ‘tiger tomes’
• Campus transformation accelerates during summer construction season

People
• Quimby selected as associate dean of the college
• New director, new mission lead Pace Center in new directions
• Jeremiah S. Finch, longtime faculty member and administrator, dies at 95
• Eminent astrophysicist John Bahcall dies at 70
• Spotlight, Staff retirements, Staff obituaries

Almanac
• Ceremony marks beginning of year
• Frist open house scheduled for Sept. 14
• Calendar of events
• By the numbers

 




 

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Calendar of events

September 11 – 18, 2005

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[F] Admission charged, [G] Not open to general public.
All other events are open to members of the University community and the general public free of charge. Any speaker not otherwise identified is a member of the faculty, staff or student body of Princeton University. • Contact Calendar editor • Submissions for future calendars may be made online by completing the calendar submission form. • For copy deadlines, please refer to the PWB deadline schedule.

Sunday, September 11

Notices

11 a.m. Chapel service. Deborah Blanks. Chapel.

{G] 3 p.m. Opening Exercises. Chapel.

Arts

[F] 2 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Christopher Durang: “Miss Witherspoon.” Berlind Theatre.

Monday, September 12

Arts

3:30 p.m. Princeton Atelier presentation of Internet and sound art. Mendi+Keith Obadike. Stewart Theater, 185 Nassau St.

Tuesday, September 13

Arts

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Christopher Durang: “Miss Witherspoon.” Berlind Theatre.

Wednesday, September 14

Arts

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Christopher Durang: “Miss Witherspoon.” Berlind Theatre.

Lectures

2 p.m. Molecular biology lecture. “Structural Biology of Programmed Cell Death: From Basic Mechanisms to Cancer Drug Screening.” Yigong Shi. 3 Thomas Lab.

4:15 p.m. Princeton plasma physics lecture. “Methane Hydrates: Energy Source for the Hydrogen Economy?” Thomas Gardner Jr., Raytheon Technical Services Co. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.

Notices

11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Frist Campus Center open house. Frist. 12:30 p.m. tours; 4 to 6 p.m. International Center open house; 8 p.m. films, “Madagascar” and “Mad Hot Ballroom.”

Thursday, September 15

Arts

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Christopher Durang: “Miss Witherspoon.” Berlind Theatre.

Friday, September 16

Arts

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Christopher Durang: “Miss Witherspoon.” Berlind Theatre.

Lectures

4 p.m. Philosophy lecture. “Contingent Composition.” Josh Parsons, University of California-Davis. 4 McCosh.

Notices

9:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions/politics/law and public affairs conference on “Natural Law and Natural Rights in Contemporary Jurisprudence,” first of two days. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.

Saturday, September 17

Arts

[F] 3 and 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Christopher Durang: “Miss Witherspoon.” Berlind Theatre.

Notices

9:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions/politics/law and public affairs conference on “Natural Law and Natural Rights in Contemporary Jurisprudence,” last of two days. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.

Sunday, September 18

Arts

[F] 2 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Christopher Durang: “Miss Witherspoon.” Berlind Theatre.

Lectures

2 p.m. Middle East Society/International Center/Near Eastern studies lecture. “Academic Freedom and Middle East Studies.” Joan Scott, Institute for Advanced Study. 101 Friend.

Notices

11 a.m. Chapel service. Paul Raushenbush. Chapel.

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.

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.

• “Picturesque Imaginings: Defining the Photographic Within 19th-Century European Visual Culture.” Through Oct. 30.

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.

Main Gallery:

•“Poets and Mythmakers in Modern Greece.” Through Oct. 23.

Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library

Olden St. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

• “1945: A World United and Divided.” Through Jan. 31.

Women and Gender Studies

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

• “Womenswear” by Marie Sturken. Through Nov. 1.

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.theatreintime.org>.

Tiger Sportsline

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