Calendar of events
March 13-26, 2006
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Monday, March 13
Arts
7:30 p.m. Center for Human Values film series on “Screening Dreams.” Stanley Kubrick: “Eyes Wide Shut.” Josiah Ober, speaker. Theater, Rockefeller and Mathey College.
Lectures
Noon. School of Engineering and Applied Science lecture. “Biological Engineering: Enabling Design-Based Biological Technologies.” Douglas Lauffenburger, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Auditorium, Bowen.
3:30 p.m. Contemporary European politics and society/Woodrow Wilson School/European Union lecture. “The Future of Transatlantic Relations.” Alain Juppé, former prime minister of France. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.
4 p.m. Electrical engineering seminar on electronic materials and devices. “An Integrated Patch-Clamp Amplifier and the Battle of Bulk Silicon vs. Silicon-on-Insulator CMOS.” Eugenio Culurciello, Yale University. B205 Engineering Quadrangle.
4 p.m. Geosciences lecture. “Hydrous Melting, Rigid Plates and the Earth’s Aesthenosphere.” Joseph Smyth, University of Colorado. 220 Guyot.
4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. “Battle in the Arsenals: The Labor Movement in Chongqing, 1946-1949.” Joshua Howard, University of Mississippi. 202 Jones.
4:30 p.m. Tang Center for East Asian Art/art and archaeology lecture. “Following the Trail of Hanoi’s Avant-Garde Artists: Vietnamese Installation and Performance Art in the Age of Globalization.” Nora Taylor, Arizona State University. 106 McCormick.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Center for Research on Child Well-Being lecture. “Diet in Decline: Can America’s Overnutrition Crisis be Reversed?” Kelly Brownell, Yale University, and Roger Platt, New York City Public Schools. 16 Robertson.
Notices
7 p.m. University Store/C-Span 2 Book TV lecture. “The Intellectuals and the Flag.” Todd Gitlin, Columbia University. University Store.
Tuesday, March 14
Lectures
Noon. Population research/demography seminar. “The European Social Model and the United States.” Jens Alber, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung. 300 Wallace.
12:30 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute seminar. “Political Geography and Ethnic Politics in Contemporary Latin America.” Deborah Yashar. 10 Guyot.
4:30 p.m. Institute for International and Regional Studies/Black lecture. “A Dictatorship’s Past: The Cleansing of Collective Memory.” Adam Michnik, Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland. 219 Burr.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics mathematical physics seminar. “Counting Curves in 3-Folds: A Case of Gauge/String Duality in Algebraic Geometry.” Andrei Okounkov. 343 Jadwin.
4:30 p.m. Medieval studies lecture. “Testing Literacy in the 14th Century.” Katherine Zieman, Institute for Advanced Study. 10 East Pyne.
4:30 p.m. Near Eastern studies/Salaam-Shalom lecture. “Understanding Culture Through Literature: Poetry of the Arabs.” Bassam Frangieh, Yale University. 100 Jones.
4:30 p.m. Operations research and financial engineering seminar. “Inhomogeneous Dependency Modelling With Time Varying Copulae.” Wolfgang Hardle, Humboldt-Universität-Berlin. E219 Engineering Quadrangle.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “Paul Wellstone: The Life of a Passionate Progressive.” Bill Lofy, Wellstone Action. 16 Robertson.
Notices
3 to 6 p.m. Chemistry/Bristol-Myers Squibb symposium. “Organic Synthesis.” DuPont Seminar Room, 324 Frick.
Wednesday, March 15
Arts
12:30 p.m. Chapel music organ concert. Christopher Creaghan, New York City. Chapel.
[F] 8 p.m. Theater and dance senior thesis production written and directed by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. “Heart!!” Berlind Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. University concerts. Bach and the French Connection. Music by Couperin, Blow, Handel, Froberger, Purcell and Bach. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
Lectures
Noon. Information technology seminar. “Portable Media: Fun Players and Phones.” Douglas Dixon, Manifest Technology. Multipurpose Room B, Frist.
Noon. Molecular biology lecture. “Angiogenesis: An Organizing Principle in Biology?” Judah Folkman, Children’s Hospital, Boston and Harvard University. 3 Thomas Lab.
12:15 p.m. Mathematics discrete mathematics seminar. “First Order Definability of Graphs.” Oleg Pikhurko, Carnegie Mellon University. 224 Fine.
[G] 12:15 p.m. McGraw Center workshop. “The Scholar as Teacher.” Paul Prucnal. 328 Frist.
12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences seminar. “Learning Predictive Models of Gene Regulation.” Christina Leslie, Columbia University. 402 Computer Science Building.
12:30 p.m. Mathematics “What Is Happening in Fine Hall?” seminar. “Conformal Invariants Associated With a Measure.” Alice Chang. Professors’ Lounge, Fine.
2 p.m. Mathematics number theory seminar. Kathrin Bringmann, University of Wisconsin-Madison. 314 Fine.
[G] 2:50 p.m. Bendheim Center for Finance/Civitas Foundation lecture. “Fannie and Freddie’s Excellent Adventure: GSEs, Consumer Choice and Pricing in the Residential Mortgage Market.” James Vickery, New York Federal Reserve. 103 Bendheim Center. Registration required, call 258-0538.
3 p.m. Mathematics geometry, representation theory and moduli seminar. “Introduction to Double Affine Hecke Algebras.” Rahul Pandharipande. 214 Fine.
4 p.m. Chemical engineering seminar. “Experimental and Computational Innovation and Quality Control in DNA-Microarray Analysis.” Terry Papoutsakis, Northwestern University. A224 Engineering Quadrangle. Social gathering at 3:30 p.m., A214 Engineering Quadrangle.
4:15 p.m. Industrial relations/labor economics seminar. “From the Cradle to the Labor Market? The Effect of Birth Weight on Adult Outcomes.” Sandra Black. 200 Fisher.
4:15 p.m. International economics lecture. “Trade Policy and Loss Aversion.” Caroline Freund, World Bank. 103, 26 Prospect Ave.
4:15 p.m. Princeton plasma physics colloquium. “Through a Glass, Brightly: Sub-Wavelength Imaging Using MetaMaterials.” Gennedy Shvets, University of Texas-Austin. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.
4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. “The Scholarly Arts of China.” Jonathan Chaves, George Washington University. 202 Jones.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics colloquium. Avraham Soffer, Rutgers University. 314 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Slavic languages and literatures/Art Museum/Institute for International and Regional Studies lecture. “Paris Discovers the ‘World of Art’ in Set Designs for Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes.” Marian Burleigh- Motley, Metropolitan Museum of Art. 101 McCormick.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “A Conversation With George Shultz.” George Shultz, former U.S. secretary of state. Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.
5:30 p.m. Alumni Association lecture on “Turning Points in History,” third of four. “The Scientific Revolution in Early Modern Europe.” Michael Mahoney. 10 East Pyne.
Thursday, March 16
Arts
7 p.m. Near Eastern studies film. Leh Iskandriyah: “Alexandria, Why?” 100 Jones.
[F] 8 p.m. Theater and dance senior thesis production written and directed by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. “Heart!!” Berlind Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. University concerts. Bach and the Italian Connection. Music by Froberger, Scarlatti, Mozart and Bach. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
Lectures
[G] 9 a.m., noon and 3 p.m. Information technology/Firestone Library/Academic Productivity 501 Learning Series. “Virtual Scholarship: Research at Internet Speed.” Multipurpose Room A, Frist.
Noon. International Center bridging cultures lunch discussion. “Religion, Spirituality and Culture.” Deborah Blanks. West Room, Murray-Dodge.
4 p.m. Mathematics analysis seminar. “Convergence of Trigonometric Series.” Sergey Tikhonov, Centre de Recerca Matemàtica. 322 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Davis Center lecture. “Charlie Chaplin and Taylorist Utopia in Soviet Avant-Garde Art of the ’20s.” Yuri Tsivian, University of Chicago. 211 Dickinson. Reception follows, Faculty Lounge, Dickinson.
4:30 p.m. Judaic studies/Biderman lecture. “Writing With Humor About the Holocaust: Journey of a Survivor’s Child.” Amir Gutfreund, Israeli author. 10 East Pyne.
4:30 p.m. Medieval studies/late antiquity/humanities lecture. “Learning to Write Latin Prose in the Ninth Century.” David Ganz, University of London. 105 Chancellor Green.
4:30 p.m. Near Eastern studies lecture. “A Thousand Sighs, A Thousand Revolts.” Christiane Bird, author. 202 Jones.
5 p.m. Friends of the Library lecture. “Contemporary Poetry Finely Presented.” Michael Peich, West Chester University and Aralia Press. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
5 p.m. Graduate Engineering Council/Engineering Office of Graduate Affairs lecture. “GE Goes Green.” Mike Shockling, GE Global Research. 105 Computer Science. Social gathering at 4:30 p.m.
Friday, March 17
Arts
12:30 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. “Art From the Land of the Firebird.” Marianne Grey, docent. Art Museum.
[F] 8 p.m. Theater and dance senior thesis production written and directed by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. “Heart!!” Berlind Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. Orchestra of St. Charles Borromeo concert. “A Celebration of Ireland.” Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
Lectures
Noon. Psychology colloquium. “‘Physics’ of Decision Making: Optimal Performance and Cognitive Control.” Jonathan Cohen. 0-S-6 Green.
12:30 p.m. Science and global security seminar on biodefense. “Codes of Ethics and Whistleblowers in Biodefense Research.” Nancy Connell, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. 280 Icahn.
3 p.m. Mathematics geometric analysis seminar. Xingwang Xu, National University of Singapore. 314 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Irish studies lecture. “Joyce, ‘Ulysses’ and the Poetry of Things.” Terence Brown, Trinity College, Dublin. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
4:30 p.m. Medieval studies/late antiquity/humanities lecture. “Einhard as an Artistic Patron.” David Ganz, University of London. 10 East Pyne.
Notices
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. East Asian studies/Faber/Natsume Soseki workshop. “An Examination of Bungakuron (Theory of Literature) and Other Aesthetic Theories. 202 Jones. For information and registration, visit <www.princeton.edu/~eastasia>.
FG 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Prospect St. Patrick’s Day buffet. Prospect House.
Saturday, March 18
Arts
10 a.m. Art Museum talk for children. “Screening Japanese Folk Tales.” Patty Soffronoff, docent. Art Museum.
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Soprano Christine Andreas. Berlind Theatre.
Sports
[F] 1 p.m. Men’s lacrosse vs. Hofstra University. 1952 Stadium.
4 p.m. Men’s volleyball vs. Juniata College. Dillon Gym.
Sunday, March 19
Arts
2 to 5 p.m. Art Museum/Cotsen Children’s Library artists’ workshops for families. “Reshaping the Elements: Still Life as Collage.” Cotsen Children’s Library, Firestone. Reservations required, call 258-2697.
3 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. “Art From the Land of the Firebird.” Marianne Grey, docent. Art Museum.
[F] 4 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Jazz pianist Brad Mehldau. Berlind Theatre.
[F] 4 p.m. Princeton Pro Musica concert. Brahms: “Ein Deutsches Requiem.” Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
Notices
9:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. Judaic studies/humanities/history workshop. “Christian Scholarship and the Jews.” 105 Bobst.
11 a.m. Chapel service. Kelli Daniel, Princeton Theological Seminary. Chapel.
Sports
[F] 1 p.m. Men’s lacrosse vs. Essex County College-Maryland. 1952 Stadium.
Tuesday, March 21
Arts
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. William Shakespeare: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Matthews Theatre.
Lectures
[G] Noon. Judaic studies works-in-progress seminar. “Forgotten Tongues and Mother Tongues.” Daniel Heller-Roazen. 203 Scheide Caldwell House.
Wednesday, March 22
Arts
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. William Shakespeare: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Matthews Theatre.
Lectures
4:15 p.m. Princeton plasma physics colloquium. “Sputtering of Amorphous Carbon Surfaces by Deuterium.” Steven Stuart, Clemson University. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.
Thursday, March 23
Arts
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. William Shakespeare: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Matthews Theatre.
Lectures
[G] 9 a.m., noon and 3 p.m. Information technology/Firestone Library/Academic Productivity 501 Learning Series. “Faster, Easier Theses, Dissertations, Manuscripts (MS Word III).” Multipurpose Room, Frist.
Notices
[G] 5 to 9:30 p.m. Annual meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association, first of four days. Chancellor Green, East Pyne, Scheide Caldwell House, McCosh and Alexander. For more information, visit <www.princeton.edu/~acla06>.
Friday, March 24
Arts
12:30 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. “The Legacy of Laocoön.” Frances Lange, docent. Art Museum.
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. William Shakespeare: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Matthews Theatre.
Notices
[G] 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Annual meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association, second of four days. Chancellor Green, East Pyne, Scheide Caldwell House, McCosh and Alexander. For more information, visit <www.princeton.edu/~acla06>.
[FG] 5:30 to 9 p.m. Prospect wine dinner. Prospect House.
Sports
[F] 7:30 p.m. Men’s lacrosse vs. Butler University. 1952 Stadium.
Saturday, March 25
Arts
10 a.m. Art Museum talk for children. “Ladies, Plain and Fancy.” Maryann Belanger, docent. Art Museum.
[F] 3 and 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. William Shakespeare: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Matthews Theatre.
Notices
[G] 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Annual meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association, third of four days. Chancellor Green, East Pyne, Scheide Caldwell House, McCosh and Alexander. For more information, visit <www.princeton.edu/~acla06>.
Sports
9 a.m. Women’s crew vs. University of Michigan and Brown University. Carnegie Lake.
2 p.m. Women’s lacrosse vs. University of Virginia. 1952 Stadium.
Sunday, March 26
Arts
[F] 2 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. William Shakespeare: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Matthews Theatre.
2 to 5 p.m. Art Museum/Cotsen Children’s Library artists’ workshops for families. “Seeing the Third Dimension: Portraits Cubed.” Cotsen Children’s Library, Firestone. Reservations required, call 258-2697.
3 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. “The Legacy of Laocoön.” Frances Lange, docent. Art Museum.
[F] 4 p.m. Concert celebrating 250 years of Presbyterians in Princeton. Chancel and Adult Choirs of Witherspoon Street and Nassau Presbyterian churches; Princeton Theological Seminary Choir; with full orchestra. Mozart: “Requiem.” Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
Notices
[G] 8 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Annual meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association, last of four days. Chancellor Green, East Pyne, Scheide Caldwell House, McCosh and Alexander. For more information, visit www.princeton.edu/~acla06.
[FG] 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Prospect spring brunch. Prospect House.
11 a.m. Chapel service. Thomas Breidenthal. Chapel.
Sports
[F] 2:30 p.m. Men’s lacrosse vs. Binghamton University. 1952 Stadium.
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.
“Mir Iskusstva: Russia’s Age of Elegance.” Through June 11.
“Andy Warhol: Electric Chair.” March 18 through June 25.
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: “Wonderful Stories for Pictures: Hans Christian Andersen and His Illustrators.” Through March 26. Main Gallery: “The Lure of the Library: The Friends at 75.” Through April 16. Tours of exhibit at 4 p.m. April 2.
International Center
Frist Campus Center
“Landscapes and Images in Western China,” by Zhaohui Chen. Through March 23.
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library
Wiess Lounge, Olden Street. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., Wednesday
until 7:45 p.m. Closed weekends.
“Going Back in Orange and Black.” Through July 28.
University League
171 Broadmead. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Closed weekends.
“Acrylics on Canvas,” by Jeanne Calo. Through March 31.
Visual Arts Program
Lucas Gallery, 185 Nassau St. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed weekends.
Senior thesis exhibit of Hans Plukas, paintings. March 14 through 17. Opening reception, March 14, 6 to 8 p.m.
Women and Gender Studies
Lounge, 113 Dickinson Hall. Monday-Friday, 9:30 to a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Closed weekends.
“Bodies of Water: A Collaboration Between Carol Armstrong and Sarah Stengle,” by Carol Armstrong. Through April 30.
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
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 (for Matthews and Berlind Theatre events), 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: 258-8562. www.princeton.edu/~visarts/the.html.
Theatre Intime
Reservations: 258-4950.
Tiger Sportsline
Current sports highlights and upcoming athletic events: 258-3545.