Princeton - Weekly Bulletin 2005/10/17

Calendar of events

October 17-23, 2005

[F] Admission charged, [G] Not open to general public.
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Monday, October 17

Arts

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Wynton Marsalis Sextet. Matthews Theatre.

Lectures

2 p.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics seminar. “How Much Antarctic Water Enters the Atlantic?” Anders Levermann, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.

[G] 3:30 p.m. McGraw Center professional development workshop. “The Teaching Portfolio.” 328 Frist.

4 p.m. Electrical engineering seminar on electronic materials and devices. “Bending the Quantum Hall Effect: Metal-Insulator Transition in One Dimension.” Matthew Grayson, Walter Schottky Institute. B205 Engineering Quadrangle.

4 p.m. Lewis-Sigler Institute seminar series on “Quantitative and Computational Biology.” Manolis Kellis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 101 Icahn Lab.

4:15 p.m. Industrial relations/labor economics seminar. “California Class Size Reduction Reform: What Really Happened to Student Achievement?” Fatih Unlu. 200 Fisher.

4:30 p.m. President’s Lecture Series. “How Bacteria Talk to Each Other.” Bonnie Bassler. 101 Friend.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “Iran, the West and the Nuclear Issue.” Mohammad Zarif, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

Notices

7 p.m. University Store book reading and signing. Patricia Stroud, author of “The Man Who Had Been King: The American Exile of Napoleon’s Brother Joseph.” University Store.

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Tuesday, October 18

Arts

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano. Matthews Theatre.

8 p.m. Music/Cone memorial concert. Brentano String Quartet. Music by Haydn, Shostakovich and Debussy. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Lectures

Noon. Population research/demography seminar. “Occupational Specific Human Capital and Mobility Out of Working Poverty.” Ted Mouw, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. 300 Wallace.

12:15 p.m. Latin American studies lecture. “The Politics of Social Policy Reform in Latin America.” Robert Kaufman, Rutgers University. 107, 58 Prospect Ave.

12:30 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute seminar. “The Arctic Ocean and the Carbon Cycle.” Nick Bates, Bermuda Biological Station for Research. 10 Guyot.

2 p.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics seminar. “The Off-State and the Multi-Stability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in CLIMBER-3alpha.” Juliette Mignot, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.

4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. “Glutamate Receptors As Seen With Light.” Vasanthi Jayarman, University of Texas-Houston. DuPont Seminar Room, 324 Frick.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. “Women’s Education in the Early Edo Period.” Setsuko Nakano, Kanazawa University. 202 Jones.

4:30 p.m. Physics mathematical physics seminar. “Correlations Within the Spectrum of a Large Quantum Graph.” Gregory Berkolaiko, Texas A&M University. 343 Jadwin.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “School Choice: Fulfilling the Promise of Brown v. the Board of Education.” Clint Bolick, Alliance for School Choice. 16 Robertson.

7 p.m. Chemistry illustrated lecture. “Finding a Voice in Glass.” Josh Simpson, glass artist. 120 Frick Lab. Registration required, call 258-5015, or e-mail kirsten@princeton.edu.

Sports

7 p.m. Women’s volleyball vs. Seton Hall University. Dillon Gym.

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Wednesday, October 19

Arts

12:30 p.m. Chapel music organ concert. Edward Moore, Lewinsville Presbyterian Church, McLean, Va. Chapel.

7 p.m. German film series on “Fritz Lang—The Weimar Films.” “Die Nibelungen.” 10 East Pyne.

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. August Wilson: “Gem of the Ocean.” Matthews Theatre.

9 p.m. Latin American studies film. Paricio Guzmán: “El Caso Pinochet.” 10 East Pyne.

Lectures

11 a.m. Computer science lecture. “A Virtual Internet.” Joe Touch, University of Southern California. 105 Computer Science.

Noon. Geophysical fluid dynamics seminar. “Why Does AM2 Have a Warm and Dry Bias Over the U.S. Southern Great Plains in Summer?” Stephen Klein, Lawrence Livermore National Lab. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.

[G] Noon. Information technology seminar. “Tech Tools for Academic Writers: RefWorks and EndNote.” Audrey Wright. Multipurpose Room B, Frist.

Noon. Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials graduate seminar. “Silicon Process Directions in the Nanoelectronics Era.” Mark Pinto, Applied Materials Inc., Santa Clara, Calif. Auditorium, Bowen.

Noon. Molecular biology lecture. “DNA in a Tight Squeeze: From DNA Packing to Transcriptional Regulation.” Rob Phillips, California Institute of Technology. 3 Thomas Lab.

12:15 p.m. Mathematics discrete mathematics seminar. “The Minimum Spanning Tree and Other Problems for Random Subgraphs.” Jan Vondrak, Microsoft Research. 224 Fine.

12:30 p.m. Mathematics graduate student seminar. Andrew Snowden. 224 Fine.

[G] 3:30 p.m. McGraw Center lecture. “Identity and Stereotype Threat: Powerful Influences for Student Development, Achievement and Performance.” Valerie Purdie-Vaughns, Yale University. Multipurpose Room A, Frist. Discussion follows, 328 Frist.

4 p.m. Chemical engineering seminar. “Electric-Field-Driven Control, Manipulation and Separation of Particles.” Boris Khusid, New Jersey Institute of Technology. A224 Engineering Quadrangle. Social gathering at 3:30 p.m., A214 Engineering Quadrangle.

4:30 p.m. Electrical engineering/ computer engineering seminar. “Computing Sparse Solutions to Linear Inverse Problems.” Bhaskar Rao, University of California-San Diego. B205 Engineering Quadrangle.

4:30 p.m. Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions/politics lecture series on “America’s Founding and Future.” “Rehabilitating Eugenics.” Christine Rosen, Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington, D.C. 104 Computer Science.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics colloquium. Assaf Naor, Microsoft Research. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “The War on Terror: Who’s Winning?” Edmund Hull. 16 Robertson.

6 p.m. School of Architecture lecture. “No Bushes.” Ken Smith, Workshop: Ken Smith Landscape Architect, New York. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

8:15 p.m. University Public Lecture Series. “The Outlook for the Global Economy and the Challenges That Must Be Met.” Robert Rubin, Citigroup. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Notices

[G] 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Human resources Benefits Fair. Spitzer Building, PPL.

Sports

7 p.m. Women’s soccer vs. Rider University. Lourie-Love Field.

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Thursday, October 20

Arts

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. August Wilson: “Gem of the Ocean.” Matthews Theatre.

8 p.m. French and Italian/Center for French Studies performance. Jean Racine: “Andromaque.” Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St. For reservations, e-mail lecentre@princeton.edu.

[F] 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. Greg Allen: “30 Neo-Futurist Plays From Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind.” Theater, Murray-Dodge.

Lectures

[G] 12:15 p.m. McGraw Center workshop. “Grading as a Teaching Tool.” 328 Frist.

2 p.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics seminar. “Cooperative Control of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles for Ocean Sampling.” Naomi Leonard. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.

4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. “The Currents of Life: Electron Flow Through Iron and Copper Proteins.” Harry Gray, California Institute of Technology. DuPont Seminar Room, 324 Frick.

4:30 p.m. Davis Center for Historical Studies seminar. “Slavery and the Utopian Family: Mauritius in the 18th Century.” Megan Vaughan, Cambridge University. 211 Dickinson.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. “Literature and Politics in Contemporary China.” Ma Jian, author. 202 Jones.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics topology seminar. “Periodic Solutions of Hamilton’s Equations on Tori.” Nancy Hingston, College of New Jersey. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Operations research and financial engineering seminar. “Principal-Agent Problems in Continuous Time.” Jaksa Cvitanic, California Institute of Technology. E219 Engineering Quadrangle.

4:30 p.m. Physics colloquium. “The Pan-STARRS Survey Telescope Project.” Nicholas Kaiser, Institute for Astronomy. A10 Jadwin.

Notices

[G] 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Human resources Benefits Fair. Multipurpose Room, Frist.

[FG] 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Prospect Walter’s Soul Food Buffet. Prospect House.

7 p.m. University Store book reading and signing. Lewis Dabney, author of “Edmund Wilson: A Life in Literature.” University Store.

8 p.m. Religious life/Fellowship in Prayer interfaith community gathering to honor hurricane victims. Chapel. For information, visit www.sacredjourney.org.

Sports

7 p.m. Men’s water polo vs. Queens College. DeNunzio Pool.

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Friday, October 21

Arts

12:30 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. “John W. Alexander’s Portrait of Henry G. Marquand.” Karl Kusserow. Art Museum.

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Marian McPartland, jazz piano. Berlind Theatre.

8 p.m. French and Italian/Center for French Studies performance. Jean Racine: “Andromaque.” Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St. For reservations, e-mail lecentre@princeton.edu.

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. August Wilson: “Gem of the Ocean.” Matthews Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. Greg Allen: “30 Neo-Futurist Plays From Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind.” Theater, Murray-Dodge.

[F] 8 p.m. University Orchestra, Michael Pratt, conductor. Music by Prokofiev, Bernstein and Berlioz. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Lectures

10:30 a.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics seminar. “Aerosol Effects on Water and Ice Clouds.” Ulrike Lohmann, Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, Zurich. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.

Noon. Electrical engineering/computer engineering seminar. “Challenges in Programming Sensor Networks.” Feng Zhao, Microsoft. 101 Friend.

2:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering seminar. “The Outlook for Inertial Fusion Ignitions.” Christopher Keane, U.S. Department of Energy. 222 Bowen. Social gathering follows, J223 Engineering Quadrangle.

3 p.m. Latin American studies/Institute for International and Regional Studies/law and public affairs lecture. “The Prosecution of General Augusto Pinochet.” Juan Guzmán, Court of Appeals, Santiago, Chile. 16 Robertson. Reception follows.

3 p.m. Mathematics geometric analysis seminar. “Local Smooth Solutions to Degenerate Hyperbolic Monge-Ampere Equations,” Qing Han, University of Notre Dame; and “The Monge-Ampere Operator and Geodesics in the Space of Kahler Metrics,” Jacob Sturm, Rutgers University. 314 Fine.

4 p.m. Philosophy seminar. “Ontological Realism.” Ted Sider, Rutgers University. 4 McCosh.

Notices

12:30 p.m. French and Italian lectures. “Oulipofest.” Chancellor Green.

5 to 8 p.m. School of Architecture conference, first of two days. “In Search of the Public: The Architecture of the Contemporary City.” Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

Sports

[F] 4 p.m. Men’s and women’s swimming/black-orange intersquad. DeNunzio Pool.

[F] 7 p.m. Men’s ice hockey vs. University of Waterloo. Baker Rink.

7 p.m. Women’s volleyball vs. Brown University. Dillon Gym.

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Saturday, October 22

Arts

10 a.m. Art Museum talk for children. “Monet in the London Fog.” Paulo Barbosa, docent. Art Museum.

[F] 2 and 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. Greg Allen: “30 Neo-Futurist Plays From Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind.” Theater, Murray-Dodge.

[F] 3 and 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. August Wilson: “Gem of the Ocean.” Matthews Theatre.

7 p.m. Fields Center/African Student Association African dance party. “Dance for Darfur.” Fields Center. Donations suggested.

[F] 8 p.m. Theater and dance performance. Jamie Cunningham and Tina Croll: “From the Horses’s Mouth: Magical Tales of Real Dancers.” Hagan Dance Studio, 185 Nassau St.

[F] 8 p.m. University Orchestra, Michael Pratt, conductor. Music by Prokofiev, Bernstein and Berlioz. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Notices

9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. School of Architecture conference, last of two days. “In Search of the Public: The Architecture of the Contemporary City.” Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

11 a.m. French and Italian lectures. “Oulipofest.” Chancellor Green.

[F] 2 to 4 p.m. University Store National Poetry Day workshop. “Tell Me a Story: Writing Narrative Poetry.” University Store.

Sports

2 p.m. Women’s ice hockey vs. Yale University. Baker Rink.

4 p.m. Women’s volleyball vs. Yale University. Dillon Gym.

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Sunday, October 23

Arts

[F] 2 and 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. August Wilson: “Gem of the Ocean.” Matthews Theatre.

3 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. “John W. Alexander’s Portrait of Henry G. Marquand.” Karl Kusserow. Art Museum.

[F] 4 p.m. Princeton Pro Musica concert. Edward T. Cone’s “Two Psalms for Chorus and Orchestra.” Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Notices

[FG] 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Prospect Oktoberfest brunch. Prospect House.

11 a.m. Chapel service. Kelli Daniel, Princeton Theological Seminary. Chapel.

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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.

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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.

“The Legacy of Homer: Four Centuries of Art From the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris.” Through Jan. 15.

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. 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.

Visual Arts Program

Lucas Gallery, 185 Nassau St. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed weekends.

Exhibit of student drawings. Oct. 18 through Nov. 3. Opening reception Oct. 18, 6 to 8 p.m.

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.

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Et cetera

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