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Calendar of events

April 3-9, 2006

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Monday, April 3

Arts

7:30 p.m. Center for Human Values film series on “Screening Dreams.” Alain Resnais: “Last Year at Marienbad.” Josiah Ober, speaker. Theater, Rockefeller and Mathey College.

8 p.m. Friends of Music concert. Carolyn Wu, piano and violin; Chin-Ling Lin, piano. Music by Schumann, Mozart, Ravel, Franck and Pablo de Saraste. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. David Sedaris. Matthews Theatre.

Lectures

12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences seminar. “Transport, Mixing and Coherent Structures in Chaotic Flows.” Francois Lekien. 302 Computer Science.

4 p.m. Electrical engineering seminar on electronic materials and devices. “Light, Bright and Flexible: Advanced OLED Displays on Steel Foil.” Anna Chwang, Universal Display Corp. B205 Engineering Quadrangle.

4 p.m. Geosciences lecture. “Unifying Plate Tectonics and Mantle Convection and the Physics of Lithospheric Shear Localization.” David Bercovici, Yale University. 220 Guyot.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/graduate career services lecture. “CARE’s Partnership With the U.S. Government: Principles, Pragmatism and Politics.” Peter Bell, former president of CARE. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

6 p.m. School of Architecture lecture. “Recent Work.” Ryue Nishizawa, Sanaa Ltd./Kazuyo Sejima, Ryue Nishizawa and Associates, Tokyo. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

Notices

[G] 3 to 5 p.m. University League emeriti tea. Convocation Room, Friend.

[G] 4:30 p.m. Faculty meeting. 101 McCormick.

Tuesday, April 4

Arts

4 p.m. University concerts master class. John O’Conor, piano. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.

4:30 p.m. Visual arts illustrated lecture. “Day by Day: Painting the Glass.” Peter Dreher, German painter. 219, 185 Nassau St.

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Soweto Gospel Choir. Matthews Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. Music concert. Princeton Laptop Orchestra with Zakir Hussain, tabla; Pauline Oliveros, accordion; and So Percussion. Dan Trueman and Perry Cook, directors. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Lectures

Noon. History/Modern America workshop. “1966-1976: The Health, Safety and Environmental Regulatory Revolution and American Law.” Elizabeth Magill, University of Virginia. 210 Dickinson.

Noon. Population research/demography seminar. “What Occupational Segregation by Race, Sex and Ethnic Ancestry Can Teach Us About Racial Classification.” Barbara Reskin, University of Washington. 300 Wallace.

12:15 p.m. Latin American studies lecture. “Hispanic Geographic Scattering: Integration or Segregation?” Marta Tienda. 216 Burr.

12:30 p.m. Mathematics graduate student seminar. Louis-Pierre Arguin. 224 Fine.

12:30 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute seminar. “The Hamadryas Baboons in Early Islamic Texts.” Michael Cook. 10 Guyot.

4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. “Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Program in Hawaii.” Richard Rocheleau, University of Hawaii-Manao. DuPont Seminar Room, 324 Frick.

4:15 p.m. Astrophysical sciences astronomy colloquium. “Handicapping the Dark Energy Derby.” Martin Elvis, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Auditorium, Peyton. Social gathering at 5:15 p.m., main hallway.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics mathematical physics seminar. “Hardy Inequalities for Many Particles.” Ari Laptev, Royal Institute of Technology. 343 Jadwin.

4:30 p.m. Near Eastern studies lecture. “Killing Memory: ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ and the Destruction of Heritage in the Balkan Wars of the 1990s.” András Riedlmayer, Harvard University. 100 Jones.

4:30 p.m. Operations research and financial engineering seminar. “The Structure of Nonsmooth Functions.” Adrian Lewis, Cornell University. E223 Engineering Quadrangle.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Center for the Study of Religion lecture. “Faith-Based Organizations and the Public Good.” Amy Sherman, Sagamore Institute for Policy Research and International Justice Mission. 16 Robertson.

5:30 p.m. Classics/Archaeological Institute of America lecture. “From Sea to Sahara: The Romans in North Africa.” Naomi Norman, University of Georgia. 10 East Pyne.

Wednesday, April 5

Arts

[G] Noon to 2 p.m. Visual arts workshop. Peter Dreher, German painter. 220, 185 Nassau St.

12:30 p.m. Chapel music organ concert. Timothy Spelbring, Eastman School of Music. Chapel.

4 p.m. University concerts lecture. “Beethoven’s Late Piano Sonatas.” Scott Burnham. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.

4:30 p.m. Creative writing/Althea Ward Clark reading series. Chimamanda Adichie, fiction writer; Will Eno, playwright; and Stephanie Griest, nonfiction writer; reading their work. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

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

8 p.m. Undergraduate Film Organization human rights film festival. Luis Mandoki: “Innocent Voices.” Wood Auditorium, McCosh 10. Reception follows.

Lectures

Noon. Information technology seminar. “Visualizing Spatial Information in the Classroom.” Bill Guthe, James Smith, Eric Wood and Wangyel Shawa. Multipurpose Room B, Frist.

Noon. Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials seminar. “Colloid Rheology, Shear Thickening and Novel Energy Adsorbing Materials for Ballistic and Stab Protection.” Norman Wagner, University of Delaware. 222 Bowen.

Noon. Molecular biology lecture. “Single Molecule Imaging of Kinetochore Components in Yeast.” Kerry Bloom, University of North Carolina. 3 Thomas Lab.

12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences seminar. “Identifying Drug-Drug Interactions: Power of the Population Approach.” Amit Roy, Bristol Myers-Squibb. 402 Computer Science.

2:15 p.m. Mathematics discrete mathematics seminar. “A p-Adic View of Abelian Codes Over Rings.” Daniel Katz. 224 Fine.

3 p.m. Mathematics geometry, representation theory and moduli seminar. Michael Usher. 214 Fine.

4 p.m. Chemical engineering seminar. “Engineering in the (Bio)Material World: Overcoming the Natural Limitations of Biocatalysis.” Douglas Clark, University of California-Berkeley. A224 Engineering Quadrangle. Social gathering at 3:30 p.m., A214 Engineering Quadrangle.

4:30 p.m. Art and archaeology/Weitzmann lecture. “Light at Sinai, Natural, Artificial, Divine.” Robert Nelson, Yale University. 101 McCormick.

4:30 p.m. Center for Human Values lecture. “Do We Really Need Informed Consent for Medical Research?” Robert Truog, Harvard University; and Adrienne Martin, National Institutes of Health, respondent. 1 Robertson.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. “Boomtown: Life in a Chinese Factory City.” Peter Hessler, author and journalist. 202 Jones.

4:30 p.m. Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia lecture. “The Road to the Two Breadwinner Family in Palestine: Why Is the Expansion of the Public-State Sector Paramount for the Transformation of the Standard of Living in a Future Independent Palestinian State?” Maya Rosenfeld, Hebrew University. 219 Burr.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “The Reversible Decline of U.S. Cultural Diplomacy.” Richard Arndt, Americans for UNESCO. 16 Robertson.

6 p.m. School of Architecture lecture. “Making Public Buildings: Specificity, Customization, Imbrication.” David Adjaye, Adjaye Associates, London. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

8 p.m. University Public Lecture/Trask lecture. “The Future of the Web.” Tim Berners-Lee, World Wide Web Consortium. Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.

Thursday, April 6

Arts

Noon. Chapel music/Graduate College organ concert. Practitioners of Musick. Eugene Roan, harpsichord and John Burkhalter, recorder. Procter (charge for lunch).

[G] Noon to 2 p.m. Visual arts workshop. Peter Dreher, German painter. 220, 185 Nassau St.

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. William Shakespeare: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Matthews 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. John O’Conor, piano. Music by Beethoven. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander. Reception follows.

Lectures

[G] 9 a.m., noon and 3 p.m. Information technology/Firestone Library/Academic Productivity 501 Learning Series. “Gentle Introduction to MatLab.” Multipurpose Room A, Frist.

4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. “Challenges and New Developments in the Study of Solvation Structures and Transport Mechanisms of Protonic Defects in Hydrogen-Bonded Liquids and at Interfaces.” Mark Tuckerman, New York University. DuPont Seminar Room, 324 Frick.

4:30 p.m. Center for Information Technology Policy lecture. “Contextual Integrity: A Conservative Approach to Privacy.” Helen Nissenbaum, New York University. 104 Computer Science.

4:30 p.m. Classics lecture. “Achilles’ New Shield: The Case for Intelligent Design.” Alan Griffiths, University College London. 10 East Pyne.

4:30 p.m. Davis Center lecture. “Architecture and Urban Planning.” Rahul Mehrotra, University of Michigan. 211 Dickinson. Reception follows, Faculty Lounge, Dickinson.

4:30 p.m. Judaic studies lecture. “The Censor and the Historian.” Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin, Ben Gurion University. 203 Scheide Caldwell House.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics topology seminar. Mikhail Khovanov, Columbia University. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Physics colloquium. “Tests of the Gravitational Inverse-Square Law at the Dark-Energy Length Scale.” Eric Adelberger, University of Washington. A10 Jadwin.

4:30 p.m. University/Historical Society of Princeton Tartan Day lecture. “Scotland’s Values, Ideas and Ambitions, From John Witherspoon to Today.” Jack McConnell, first minister of Scotland. 101 McCormick.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “Following the Israeli Elections: What Next in the Peace Process?” Gadi Baltiansky, Geneva Initiative. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

7:30 p.m. Princeton Varsity Club Jake McCandless speaker series. “Identity and Stereotype Threat: Powerful Influences for Student Development, Achievement and Performance.” Valerie Purdie-Vaughns, Yale University. Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.

Friday, April 7

Arts

12:30 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. “The Eternal Banquet: Liao-Dynasty Tomb Painting.” Zoe Kwork. Art Museum.

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. William Shakespeare: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Matthews 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. John O’Conor, piano. Music by Beethoven. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander. Reception follows.

10 p.m. Undergraduate Film Organization human rights film festival. Jim Butterworth, Aaron Lubarsky and Lisa Sleeth: “Seoul Train.” Wood Auditorium, McCosh 10. Reception follows.

Lectures

2:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering seminar. “Combustion in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells.” David Goodwin, California Institute of Technology. 101 Friend. Social gathering follows, J223 Engineering Quadrangle.

3 p.m. Mathematics geometric analysis seminar. Robert Hardt, Rice University. 314 Fine.

4 p.m. Philosophy seminar. “Speaker’s Freedom and Maker’s Knowledge.” Rae Langton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 1 Robertson.

Sports

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

Saturday, April 8

Arts

10 a.m. Art Museum talk for children. “Sun Prints.” Sally Davidson, docent. Art Museum.

[F] 2 and 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. Edward Albee: “The Goat or Who Is Sylvia?” Theater, Murray-Dodge.

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

8 p.m. Composers Ensemble at Princeton concert. So Percussion. Music by Martin Scherzinger, Paul Lansky, Dan Trueman, Betsey Biggs, David Little and Miriama Young. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.

[F] 8 p.m. Katzenjammers A Cappella Jam. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Sports

9 a.m. Women’s open crew vs. Cornell and Harvard universities. Lake Carnegie.

Noon. Men’s tennis vs. Yale University. Lenz Tennis Center.

1 p.m. Softball vs. Yale University. 1895 Field.

2 p.m. Women’s lacrosse vs. Yale University. 1952 Stadium.

Sunday, April 9

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. “Displaying Character: A Costumer’s Delight.” Cotsen Children’s Library, Firestone. Reservations required, call 258-2697.

3 p.m. Art Museum gallery talk. “The Eternal Banquet: Liao-Dynasty Tomb Painting.” Zoe Kwork. Art Museum.

3 p.m. Music/Friends of Music/performance student recital. Nicole Rowsey, piano; Nikki Federman, viola; and Catherine Lee, piano. Music by Mozart, Brahms, Debussy, Telemann and Walton.

7:15 p.m. Near Eastern studies film. Adi Fuchs: “Appelfeld’s Table.” 10 East Pyne.

Lectures

3 p.m. Firestone Library lecture. “Andrew Carnegie’s Gift to Princeton.” Constance Greiff, author and preservation consultant. Additional remarks by Kenneth B. Miller, 1972 Princeton alumnus and Carnegie’s great-grandson. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

Notices

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

Sports

1 p.m. Softball vs. Brown University. 1895 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.

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.

Milberg Gallery: “O, What a Place for a Lake! The Centennial of the Construction of Loch Carnegie.” April 9 through Sept. 24. Tour of exhibit at 3 p.m. May 7, July 9 and Sept. 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.

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. Through April 7.

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.