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March 27-April 2, 2006

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Monday, March 27

Arts

7:30 p.m. Center for Human Values film series on “Screening Dreams.” Michelangelo Antonioni: “Blow-up.” Theater, Rockefeller and Mathey College.

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Joshua Redman’s SF Jazz Collective; with Taylor Eigsti Trio. Matthews Theatre.

Lectures

12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences seminar. “An Elastic Rod Model for Anguilliform Swimming.” Tyler McMillen. 302 Computer Science.

2 p.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics seminar. “VOCALS: A Program for Studies of the Eastern Tropical Pacific Climate.” Carlos Mechoso, University of California-Los Angeles. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.

4 p.m. Applied and computational mathematics lecture. “Sparsity and Source Separation: Just DUET.” Scott Rickard, University College Dublin. 214 Fine.

4 p.m. Electrical engineering seminar on electronic materials and devices. “Rare Earth Doped GaN: At Long Last Lasing?” Andrew Steckl, University of Cincinnati. B205 Engineering Quadrangle.

[G] 4 p.m. Geosciences lecture. “Distribution of H2O in the Mantle: Constraints on Mantle Circulation.” Marc Hirschmann, University of Minnesota. 220 Guyot.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. “Freckle Juice, Face Powder and Soap: Domesticating Science in Early 20th-Century China.” Eugenia Lean, Columbia University. 202 Jones.

4:30 p.m. Italian studies/Faber/ American Academy lecture. “The Jews of San Nicandro: An Unusual Story of Religious Conversation in Southern Italy in the Mid-20th Century.” John Davis, University of Connecticut. 105 Chancellor Green.

4:30 p.m. Latin American studies panel discussion. “Memory, Justice and Truth Commissions in Latin America.” Elizabeth Jelin, University of Connecticut; Aldo Marchesi, New York University; and Victoria Sanford, City University of New York. 219 Burr.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “Markets, Networks and Governments: Issues in the Debate on Global Governance.” Kemal Dervis, U.N. Development Programme. 16 Robertson.

7 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/ Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions/history lecture. “Eisenhower and Civil Rights: The 1957 Little Rock Crisis.” David Nichols, Southwestern College, Kansas. 1 Robertson.

Notices

4:30 p.m. Council of the Princeton University Community meeting. 101 Friend.

Tuesday, March 28

Lectures

Noon. Population research/demography seminar. “What Drives Inequality of Educational Opportunity? A Test of Stratification Theory From a Latin American Perspective.” Florencia Torche, Columbia University. 300 Wallace.

12:15 p.m. Latin American studies lecture. “The Place of Maroons in Colonial Geographies: Law, History and Poetry.” Paul Firbas. 216 Burr.

12:30 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute seminar. “Sensing Hormone-Like Compounds Using Engineering Microbes.” David Wood. 10 Guyot.

4:30 p.m. Ancient world lecture. “When Was the Athenian Democratic Revolution?” Robin Osborne, Cambridge University. 10 East Pyne.

4:30 p.m. Center for the Study of Religion/Council of the Humanities lecture. “Is It Possible to Enjoy Personal Liberty Without Collective Equality?” Alain Badiou, École Normale Supérieure, Paris; and Cornel West. Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.

4:30 p.m. Near Eastern studies lecture. “‘Thanks to Your Virile Action’: Saed Zaghlul, Woodrow Wilson and the 1919 Revolution in Egypt.” Erez Manela, Harvard University. 202 Jones.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics algebraic geometry seminar. “Nef But Not Semi-Ample Line Bundles Over Finite Fields.” Burt Totaro, Cambridge University. 322 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics topology seminar. “Thom Polynomials.” Richard Rimanyi, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “Assassin’s Gate.” George Packer, The New Yorker. 16 Robertson.

8 p.m. University Public Lecture/ Edge Series. “Fatal Confluences: Islam, Gender and HIV/AIDS in Malaysia.” Marina Mahathir, Malaysian AIDS Council. Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.

8 p.m. Whig-Clio/Rusher debate. William Rusher, founding editor of the National Review, juror. Senate Chamber, Whig.

Notices

7 p.m. University Store book discussion. “Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster.” Michael Eric Dyson, University of Pennsylvania. University Store.

Wednesday, March 29

Arts

12:30 p.m. Chapel music organ concert. Frederick Teardo, Yale Institute of Sacred Music. Chapel.

4:30 p.m. Creative writing/Althea Ward Clark reading series. Louise Gluck and Yusef Komunyakaa, poets, reading their work. Introduction by Susan Wheeler. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. William Shakespeare: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Matthews Theatre.

Lectures

Noon. Information technology seminar. “Automated Radio Tracking of Rainforest Animals: A Pilot System for a Proposed National Observatory Network.” Roland Kays, New York State Museum, Albany; Christian Ziegler, photographer; Axel Haenssen; and Martin Wikelski. Multipurpose Room B, Frist.

Noon. Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials seminar. “Nanoscale Morphology Control Using Ion Beams.” Michael Aziz, Harvard University. 222 Bowen.

Noon. International Center bridging cultures lunch discussion. “Class and Culture.” Mario Small. 243 Frist.

Noon. Molecular biology lecture. “Probabilistic Models in Human Sensorimotor Control.” Daniel Wolpert, Cambridge University. 3 Thomas Lab.

[G] 12:15 p.m. McGraw Center workshop. “The Scholar as Teacher.” Tamsen Wolff. 328 Frist.

12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences seminar. “Molecular Mechanisms of the Malaria Parasite Plasmodium Falciparum.” Manuel Llinás. 402 Computer Science.

2:15 p.m. Mathematics discrete mathematics seminar. “Making, Breaking, Avoiding, Enforcing.” Tibor Szabo, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich. 224 Fine.

[G] 2:50 p.m. Bendheim Center for Finance/Civitas Foundation lecture. “Order Flow and Prices.” Ioanid Rosu, University of Chicago. 103 Bendheim Center. Registration required, call 258-0538.

3 p.m. Mathematics geometry, representation theory and moduli seminar. “The B Model Partition Function and the Holomorphic Anomaly Equation.” Kevin Costello, University of Chicago. 214 Fine.

4 p.m. Chemical engineering seminar. “The Guiding Light: Assembling and Interrogating Colloidal Matter With Holographic Optical Traps.” David Grier, New York University. A224 Engineering Quadrangle. Social gathering at 3:30 p.m., A214 Engineering Quadrangle.

4:15 p.m. Industrial relations/labor economics seminar. “The Income Effects of Unemployment Benefits: Evidence From the United States and Austria.” Raj Chetty, University of California-Berkeley. 200 Fisher.

4:15 p.m. International economics lecture. “Endogenizing Firm Scope: Multiproduct Firms in International Trade.” Volker Nocke, University of Pennsylvania. 103, 26 Prospect Ave.

4:15 p.m. Princeton plasma physics colloquium. “Explosive Propulsion and Detonations.” Joseph Shepherd, California Institute of Technology. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.

4:30 p.m. African American studies/Baldwin lecture. “The Cosmopolitanism of W.E.B. Du Bois.” Kwame Anthony Appiah. 1 Robertson.

4:30 p.m. Center for Human Values lecture. “Abortion and Infanticide: A Critique of Peter Singer’s Views.” Don Marquis, University of Kansas; and Peter Singer, respondent. Wood Auditorium, McCosh 10.

4:30 p.m. Ecology and evolutionary biology colloquium on the biology of populations. “Timing of Behavior: Its Adaptive Importance on a Rotating Planet.” Serge Daan, University of Groningen, the Netherlands. 10 Guyot.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics department colloquium. Gang Tian. 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/Whig-Clio lecture. “What’s Ahead for the U.S. Economy?” Knight Kiplinger, Kiplinger Letter and Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine. Senate Chamber, Whig.

5:30 p.m. Alumni Association lecture on “Turning Points in History,” last of four. “Crossing the Rubicon: Lyndon Johnson and the Decision for War in Vietnam.” Paul Miles. 10 East Pyne.

8 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute/Princeton University Press lecture, first of three. “Stochastic Niche Theory, Neutrality and the Controls of Invasion and Community Assembly.” David Tilman, University of Minnesota. 101 Friend. Reception follows.

Sports

2 p.m. Softball vs. Rutgers University. 1895 Field.

Thursday, March 30

Arts

7 p.m. Near Eastern studies film. Al-Dhakira: “An Egyptian Story.” 100 Jones.

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. William Shakespeare: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Matthews Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. South Asian Students Association variety show. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

[F] 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. Edward Albee: “The Goat or Who Is Sylvia?” Theater, Murray-Dodge.

Lectures

[G] 9 a.m., noon and 3 p.m. Information technology/Firestone Library/Academic Productivity 501 Learning Series. “Faster, Better Graphs, Charts and Tables (Data Visualization 1).” Multipurpose Room, Frist.

2 p.m. Mathematics ergodic theory and statistical mechanics seminar. “The Hecke Correspondence and Equidistribution of Eigenfunctions.” Lior Silberman, Institute for Advanced Study. 322 Fine.

3 p.m. Mathematics algebraic topology seminar. “Homotopy Exponents of Compact Simple Lie Groups.” Don Davis, Lehigh University. 401 Fine.

4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. “Controlling the Solid-State Microwave Irradiation Method to Prepare Inorganic Materials.” Jennifer Aitken, Duquesne University. DuPont Seminar Room, 324 Frick.

4 p.m. Molecular biology lecture. “Shotgun Proteomic Strategies for Studying Protein Sumoylation.” James Wohlschlegal, Scripps Research Institute 107 Schultz.

4:30 p.m. Contemporary European politics and society/Center for French Studies/Institute for International and Regional Studies lecture. “France, Europe and the United States: A Post-Iraq War Perspective.” Jean-David Levitte, France’s ambassador to the United States. 1 Robertson.

4:30 p.m. Davis Center lecture. “Utopia Station.” Molly Nesbit, Vassar College; Rirkrit Tiravanija, artist, Thailand; and Hans Obrist, Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. 101 McCormick.

4:30 p.m. Information technology policy lecture. “Who Controls the Internet?” Tim Wu, Columbia University. 104 Computer Science.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics topology seminar. Elisenda Grigsby, University of California-Berkeley. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Music colloquium. Dean Drummond, composer, discussing his music. 102 Woolworth.

4:30 p.m. South Asian Studies Committee lecture. “Hijab in London: Metamorphosis, Resonance and Effects.” Emma Tarlo, Open University, United Kingdom. 216 Burr.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “The Evolving International Monetary Order and the Need for an Evolving IMF.” David Dodge, Bank of Canada. 16 Robertson.

8 p.m. Physics/Hamilton lecture. “The Energy Problem: Our Current Choices and Future Hopes.” Steven Chu, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. A02 McDonnell.

8 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute/Princeton University Press lecture, second of three. “The Co-existence Paradox: Ecological and Evolutionary Mechanisms for Earth’s Biodiversification.” David Tilman, University of Minnesota. 101 Friend. Reception follows.

Notices

7 p.m. University Store book discussion. “It’s a Jungle Up There.” Edward Burgess and James Burgess. University Store.

Friday, March 31

Arts

12:30 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. “Designer Disaster: Andy Warhol’s ‘Electric Chair.’” Alexander Kitnick. Art Museum.

8 p.m. International Festival opening ceremony/variety show. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. William Shakespeare: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Matthews Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. Theater and dance senior thesis dance performance. Kristen Arnold, Lara Ionescu, Silas Riener and Mariah Steele. Berlind Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. Edward Albee: “The Goat or Who Is Sylvia?” Theater, Murray-Dodge.

Lectures

Noon. Ancient world lecture. “What Was Special About Classical Olbia?” Robin Osborne, Cambridge University. 209 Scheide Caldwell House.

[G] Noon. Judaic studies works-in-progress seminar. “Sefer Eliyyahu: Jewish Eschatology in Byzantine Jerusalem” Martha Himmelfarb. 203 Scheide Caldwell House.

12:30 p.m. Science and global security lecture. “Incapacitating Biochemical Weapons.” Alan Pearson, Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation, Washington, D.C. 280 Icahn.

2:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering seminar. “A General Algorithm for Constructing Combustion Chemical Kinetics.” William Green, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 101 Friend. Social gathering follows, J223 Engineering Quadrangle.

3 p.m. Mathematics geometric analysis seminar. Qing Jie, University of California-Santa Cruz. 314 Fine.

4 p.m. Philosophy seminar. “Intentionally Omitted.” Tamar Gendler, Cornell University. 1 Robertson.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “Task Force Report, More Than Humanitarianism: A Strategic U.S. Approach Toward Africa.” Christine Todd Whitman and Princeton Lyman, Council on Foreign Relations independent task force. Wood Auditorium, McCosh 10.

8 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute/Princeton University Press lecture, last of three. “Biodiversity, Renewable Biofuels and Ecosystem Services: A Path Toward Energy and Environmental Sustainability.” David Tilman, University of Minnesota. 101 Friend. Reception follows.

Notices

1:30 to 6 p.m. Institute for International and Regional Studies conference, first of two days. “Educational Choice in Comparative Perspective: The Experience of Chile, the Netherlands and the United States.” 219 Burr.

1:30 to 7 p.m. Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions conference, first of two days. “The Political God of Our Times: Civic Religion and Democratic Polities in Europe and the United States.” 104 Computer Science.

Sports

7 p.m. Men’s volleyball vs. New Jersey Institute of Technology. Dillon Gym.

Saturday, April 1

Arts

10 a.m. Art Museum talk for children. “Pharaohs, Gods and Mummies.” Enea Tierno, docent. Art Museum.

[F] 3 and 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. William Shakespeare: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Matthews Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. Theater and dance senior thesis dance performance. Kristen Arnold, Lara Ionescu, Silas Riener and Mariah Steele. Berlind Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. Edward Albee: “The Goat or Who Is Sylvia?” Theater, Murray-Dodge.

[F] 8 p.m. University concerts. Bobby Sanabria Afro-Cuban Big Band. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Notices

8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tang Center for East Asian Art/art and archaeology/Art Museum symposium, first of two days. “Bridges to Heaven: A Symposium on East Asian Art in Honor of Professor Wen Fong.” Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.

9 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Institute for International and Regional Studies conference, last of two days. “Educational Choice in Comparative Perspective: The Experience of Chile, the Netherlands and the United States.” 219 Burr.

9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions conference, last of two days. “The Political God of Our Times: Civic Religion and Democratic Polities in Europe and the United States.” 104 Computer Science.

Sports

9 a.m. Men’s heavyweight crew vs Rutgers and Georgetown universities. Carnegie Lake.

11 a.m. Women’s open crew vs. Rutgers, Georgetown and Columbia universities. Carnegie Lake.

[F] 11:30 a.m. Baseball vs. Harvard University. Clarke Field.

Noon. Women’s lacrosse vs. Cornell University. 1952 Stadium.

Noon. Women’s tennis vs. University of Pennsylvania. Lenz Tennis Center.

3 p.m. Men’s lacrosse vs. Yale University. 1952 Stadium.

4 p.m. Men’s volleyball vs. Pennsylvania State University. Dillon Gym.

Sunday, April 2

Arts

[F] 2 and 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. William Shakespeare: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Matthews Theatre.

3 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. “Designer Disaster: Andy Warhol’s ‘Electric Chair.’” Alexander Kitnick. Art Museum.

3 p.m. University concerts student recital. Alexis Kende and Janice Chik, violins; Crista Kende, viola; Daniela Kende, violoncello; Noriko Schneiderman, piano. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.

7:15 p.m. Near Eastern studies film. Dina Zvi-Riklis: “Purple Lawns.” 10 East Pyne.

Notices

8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tang Center for East Asian Art/art and archaeology/Art Museum symposium, last of two days. “Bridges to Heaven: A Symposium on East Asian Art in Honor of Professor Wen Fong.” Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.

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

[FG] 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Prospect Russian Food Festival buffet. Prospect House.

Sports

[F] Noon. Baseball vs. Dartmouth College. Clarke Field.

[F] 1 p.m. Men’s lacrosse vs. Nassau Community College. 1952 Stadium.

2 p.m. Men’s tennis vs. Rutgers University. Lenz Tennis Center.

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.” Through June 25.

“Death by Design: Western Prints From the 15th Through the 20th Centuries.” Through June 25.

“Worldly Guardians of the Buddhist Law.” Through July 9.

“Minotaur in the China Shop: From Ni Zan to Picasso.” Through July 9.

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: “The Lure of the Library: The Friends at 75.” Through April 16. Tour of exhibit at 4 p.m. April 2.

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.

School of Engineering

Café, Engineering Quadrangle. Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Watercolors by Maria Klawe. Through April 11.

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 Michael White, Lauren Bush and Lispeth Nutt, photographers. March 28 to April 7. Opening reception, March 28, 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

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 (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.

www.theatreintime.org.

Tiger Sportsline

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