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Calendar of events

April 10-16, 2006

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Monday, April 10

Arts

2:30 p.m. Theater and dance lecture and workshop. “Authentic Jazz and Swing Dance.” Laura Gadson, craft artist, performer, teacher and choreographer, Hagan Dance Studio, 185 Nassau St.

4:30 p.m. Visual arts/Pozzi illustrated lecture. Nancy Davidson, sculptor, talking about her work. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

7:30 p.m. Center for Human Values film series on “Screening Dreams.” Andrei Tarkovsky: “Solaris.” Theater, Rockefeller and Mathey College.

7:30 p.m. Committee on Palestine/Committee on Film Studies/Center for Human Values film and discussion. Simone Bitton: “Wall.” 101 McCormick.

Lectures

12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences seminar. “Design of High-Resolution and Adaptive Methods for Partial Differential Equations.” Phil Colella, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. 302 Computer Science.

4 p.m. Applied and computational mathematics lecture. “Spirochetes and Spermatozoa: Fluid Dynamic Models of Microorganism Motility.” Lisa Fauci, Tulane University. 214 Fine.

[G] 4 p.m. Geosciences lecture. “Magma Flow in Volcanic Conduits.” Helge Gonnermann, Harvard University. 220 Guyot.

4:30 p.m. Buddhist studies workshop. “Japanese Buddhism During the Tokugawa Period: A New Perspective.” William Bodiford, University of California-Los Angeles. Room 137, 1879.

4:30 p.m. French and Italian lecture. “Qu’est-ce Qu’une Scène?” Denis Guenoun, Université de Paris-Sorbonne. 10 East Pyne.

4:30 p.m. Institute for International and Regional Studies lecture. “The Impact of the Images.” Morley Safer, “60 Minutes”; George Goodman, Adam Smith Global Television; and Paul Starr. Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.

4:30 p.m. Near Eastern studies/Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia lecture. “Politics of Identity and Security: The Israel-Arab Discourses of Peace, 1991-2000.” Avraham Sela, Hebrew and Colgate universities. 216 Burr.

4:30 p.m. President’s Lecture Series. “School Shootings: Why Terrible Things Happen in ‘Perfect’ Places.” Katherine Newman. 101 Friend.

4:30 p.m. Slavic languages and literatures/Art Museum/Institute for International and Regional Studies lecture. “History of a Triplet. Pasternak and Scriabin.” Boris Gasparov, Columbia University. 245 East Pyne.

Tuesday, April 11

Arts

7:30 p.m. Near Eastern studies film. Kamal Tabrizi: “Farshe-Baad.” 100 Jones.

8 p.m. Composers Ensemble at Prince-ton concert. Clogs and QQQ. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Mark Morris Dance Group. Matthews Theatre.

Lectures

Noon. Modern America/history lecture. “The Army in the Marketplace: Recruiting an All-Volunteer Force in the 20th Century United States.” Beth Bailey, Temple University. 210 Dickinson.

Noon. Population research/demography seminar. “An Empirical Analysis of Acting White.” Roland Fryer, Harvard University. 300 Wallace.

12:15 p.m. Latin American studies lecture. “Cuban Slave Society and the Haitian Revolution.” Ada Ferrer, New York University. 216 Burr.

12:30 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute seminar. “The Role of Combustion in Carbon Mitigation.” Chung Law. 10 Guyot.

4 p.m. Applied and computational mathematics lecture. “From Maxwell Demon to Brownian Refrigerator.” Christian Van den Broeck, Hasselt University, Belgium. 214 Fine.

4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. “Fun With Triptycenes: Using Molecular Shape in Materials Design.” Timothy Swager, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. DuPont Seminar Room, 324 Frick.

4:15 p.m. Astrophysical sciences astronomy colloquium. “New Constraints on Europa’s Ocean.” Christopher Chyba. Auditorium, Peyton. Social gathering at 5:15 p.m., main hallway.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. “Between the Ruler and the Way: The Intellectual’s Predicament in Warring States’ China.” Yuri Pines, Hebrew University and Institute for Advanced Study. 202 Jones.

4:30 p.m. Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia lecture. “The Crisis Within: The Struggle for Palestinian Society.” Sara Roy, Harvard University. 219 Burr.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics mathematical physics seminar. “Integrable Models and Operator Algebras.” Detlev Buchholz, University of Goettingen. 343 Jadwin.

4:30 p.m. Medieval studies lecture. “Charlemania: Writing Charlemagne From the Ninth Century to the Present.” Thomas Noble, Institute for Advanced Study and University of Notre Dame. 10 East Pyne.

4:30 p.m. Operations research and financial engineering seminar. “Static and Dynamic Variational Preferences.” Massimo Marinacci, Università di Torino. E219 Engineering Quadrangle.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “Fight Club Politics: Fear and Loathing Inside the Beltway, and How It’s Ruining Congress.” Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post. 16 Robertson Hall.

Notices

7 p.m. University Store book reading and signing. Juliet Eilperin, author of “Fight Club Politics: How Partisanship Is Poisoning the House of Representatives.” University Store.

Sports

[F] 7 p.m. Men’s lacrosse vs. University of Pennsylvania. 1952 Stadium.

Wednesday, April 12

Arts

12:30 p.m. Chapel music organ concert. Chapel.

4:30 p.m. Creative writing/humanities/Althea Ward Clark reading series. Dave Eggers, fiction writer and editor, reading his work. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

Lectures

Noon. Information technology seminar. “Teaching in Byte II: Using Technology in the Classroom.” Janet Temos. Multipurpose Room B, Frist.

Noon. International Center bridging cultures lunch discussion. “Gender Identity and Equality Issues in South America: The Cases of Argentina and Chile.” Gisela Veigel and Letizzia Wastavino. 243 Frist.

12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences seminar. “Evidence for Extensive Natural Selection on Secondary Structure of mRNA.” Barry Cohen, New Jersey Institute of Technology. 402 Computer Science.

12:30 p.m. School of Engineering and Applied Science/academic affairs lecture. “Synthetic Biology: From Parts to Large-Scale Systems.” Jay Keasling, University of California-Berkeley. 101 Friend. Social gathering at noon.

2:15 p.m. Mathematics discrete mathematics seminar. “Laplacians, Domination Numbers and Hypergraph Matching.” Roy Meshulam, Technion and Institute for Advanced Study. 224 Fine.

[G] 2:50 p.m. Bendheim Center for Finance/Civitas Foundation lecture. “Supply Matters for Asset Prices: Evidence From IPOs in Merging Markets.” Borja Larrain, Boston Federal Reserve. 103 Bendheim Center. Registration required, call 258-0538.

3 p.m. Mathematics geometry, representation theory and moduli seminar. Alina Marian, Yale University. 214 Fine.

4 p.m. Chemical engineering seminar. “Polyelectrolyte Solution Rheology.” Ralph Colby, Pennsylvania State University. A224 Engineering Quadrangle. Social gathering at 3:30 p.m., A214 Engineering Quadrangle.

4:15 p.m. Industrial relations/labor economics seminar. “The Impact of Child SSI Enrollment on Household Outcomes: Evidence From the SIPP.” Melissa Kearney, Brookings Institution. 200 Fisher.

4:15 p.m. International economics lecture. “The GATT/WTO as an Incomplete Contract.” Robert Staiger, University of Wisconsin. 103 Bendheim Center.

4:15 p.m. Princeton plasma physics colloquium. “Collimating Stellar Winds.” Bruce Balick, University of Washington. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. “Reading 1900: Allegory and the Experience of Loss in the Song Lyric.” Shengqing Wu, University of Kentucky. 202 Jones.

4:30 p.m. French and Italian/humanities lecture. “La Langue du ‘Prince’ et la Question de la Traduction: Pourquoi Préparer une 25ème Édition Française du ‘Prince’?” Jean-Louis Fournel, University of Paris VII. 10 East Pyne.

4:30 p.m. Molecular biology lecture. “Evolutionary Wormholes: The Developmental Genetics of Diversity.” Enrico Coen, John Innes Centre, United Kingdom. 3 Thomas Lab.

4:30 p.m. Tang Center for East Asian Art lecture. “Xiongnu Archaeology of Mongolia and Transbaikalia.” Dashzveg Tumen, National University of Mongolia. 106 McCormick.

6 p.m. School of Architecture lecture. “Breaking Points.” Michael Maltzan, Michael Maltzan Architecture, Los Angeles. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

Notices

7 p.m. University Store/University Press lecture. “Blind Oracles: Intelligence and War From Kennan to Kissinger.” Bruce Kuklick, University of Pennsylvania. University Store.

Thursday, April 13

Arts

3:30 p.m. Creative writing lecture on independent publishing. Dave Eggers, fiction writer and editor. Room 207, 185 Nassau St.

7 p.m. Near Eastern studies film. Youssef Chahine: “Iskandriyah Kaman wa Kaman.” 100 Jones.

Lectures

12:30 p.m. School of Engineering and Applied Science/academic affairs lecture. “Engineering Microbial Chemical Factories for Production of an Effective and Cheap Antimalarial Drug.” Jay Keasling, University of California-Berkeley. Auditorium, Bowen. Social gathering at noon.

2 p.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics seminar. “The Effect of the Mediterranean Overflow on the General Circulation in the Atlantic.” Shin Kida, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.

2 p.m. Mathematics ergodic theory and statistical mechanics seminar. “Critical Exponents for Dynamical Systems.” Omri Sarig, Pennsylvania State University. 322 Fine.

[G] 3 p.m. Information technology/Firestone Library/Academic Productivity 501 Learning Series. “Gentle Introduction to LaTeX.” 101 Icahn Lab.

4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. “Voltammetric Measurements of Rapid Signalling by Neurotransmitters.” Mark Wightman, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. DuPont Seminar Room, 324 Frick.

4:30 p.m. Center for Human Values/Center for the Study of Religion/Moffett lecture in “Cognition and Religion.” “Ethics, Freedom and the Death of Rationalism: What Cognitive Science Tells Us About the Culture Wars.” George Lakoff, University of California-Berkeley. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

4:30 p.m. Center for Information Technology Policy lecture. “The Future of the Internet.” Susan Crawford, Yeshiva University. 105 Computer Science.

4:30 p.m. Davis Center lecture. “Utopia and the Question of the Political.” Michael Dutton, University of Melbourne. 211 Dickinson. Reception follows, Faculty Lounge, Dickinson.

4:30 p.m. English lecture. “Pandering to the ‘Intelligent Minority’: Art Versus Commerce on Broadway in the ’20s.” David Savran, City University of New York. 48 McCosh.

4:30 p.m. French and Italian/humanities lecture. “Il Processo di Savonarola: Archeologia di una Procedura Giuridica e Effetti Delle Letture dei Verbali Sull, Analisi del Momento Savonaroliano.” Jean-Louis Fournel, University of Paris VII. 105 Chancellor Green.

4:30 p.m. Physics colloquium. “Physical Aspects of the Origin of Life Problem.” Albert Libchaber, Rockefeller University. A10 Jadwin.

6:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “A Conversation with James Baker,” James Baker, former U.S. secretary of state. Wood Auditorium, McCosh 10.

Notices

[F] Noon. Princeton Varsity Club luncheon with the coaches. Bill Tierney, Chris Sailer, Maureen Barron and Curtis Jordan. 1956 Lounge, Princeton Stadium.

9 p.m. Chapel Maundy Thursday service. Chapel.

Friday, April 14

Arts

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Cowboy Junkies, with Shawn Mullins. McCarter Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. Theater and dance senior thesis production. Shakespeare: “Romeo and Juliet.” Jed Peterson, director, and Tarryn Chun, designer. Berlind Theatre.

Lectures

Noon. Psychology colloquium. “Imaging Adult Cortical Plasticity: Moving Out of the Box.” Ron Frostig, University of California-Irvine. 0-S-6 Green.

2:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering seminar. “Risk-Sensitive Control of Complex Decentralized Systems.” John Baillieul, Boston University. 104 Computer Science. Social gathering follows, J223 Engineering Quadrangle.

3 p.m. Mathematics geometric analysis seminar. Hubert Bray, Duke University. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Tang Center for East Asian Art lecture. “Strange Forms and Patterned Surfaces: Wood Carving and Lacquer Painting of the Chu State, Sixth to Third Century B.C.E.” Colin Mackenzie, Middlebury College. 106 McCormick.

Notices

Noon. Chapel Way of the Cross service. Chapel.

2:30 to 9 p.m. Irish studies Samuel Beckett Centenary Symposium. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St. For more information, visit <www.princeton.edu/~visarts/Beckett.htm>.

8 p.m. Chapel Tenebrae service. Chapel.

Sports

2 p.m. Women’s tennis vs. Dartmouth College. Lenz Tennis Center.

Saturday, April 15

Arts

2 to 5 p.m. Art Museum/Cotsen Children’s Library artists’ workshops for families. “The Art of the Book: Block Printing as Book Illustration.” Cotsen Children’s Library, Firestone. Reservations required, call 258-2697.

[F] 7:30 p.m. International Center/Central Jersey Chinese American Association concert. Chin Yun Chorus. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Jackie Mason. “Freshly Squeezed.” Matthews Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. Theater and dance senior thesis production. Shakespeare: “Romeo and Juliet.” Jed Peterson, director, and Tarryn Chun, designer. Berlind Theatre.

Notices

[FG] 9 to 11:30 a.m. Prospect breakfast with the Easter Bunny. Prospect House.

Sports

9 a.m. Women’s open crew vs. University of Virginia and Yale University. Lake Carnegie.

Noon. Men’s outdoor track vs. University of Pennsylvania and Rutgers and Villanova universities. Frelinghuysen and Weaver fields.

Noon. Women’s tennis vs. Harvard University. Lenz Tennis Center.

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

Sunday, April 16

Notices

8 a.m. Chapel Easter communion service. Deborah Blanks. Chapel.

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

11 a.m. Chapel Festival Easter service. Thomas Breidenthal. Chapel.

Sports

1 p.m. Softball vs. Cornell 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.” Through Sept. 24. Tour of exhibit at 3 p.m. May 7, July 9 and Sept. 2.

Frist Campus Center

101 Level.

Monday-Wednesday, 7 a.m. to 2 a.m, Thursday-Friday, 7 to 3 a.m., Saturday, 7:30 to 3 a.m., and Sunday 8 to 2 a.m.

“A Day in Tibet: Scenes and People of Tibet.” Through April 21.

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 Louisine Frelinghuysen and Elizabeth Looke-Stewart, photographers. April 11 through April 21. Opening reception, April 11, 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.