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Calendar of events

May 8-21, 2006

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Monday, May 8

Lectures

Noon. Geophysical fluid dynamics seminar. “The Southern Hemisphere Westerlies in a Warming World: Propping the Door Open to the Deep Ocean.” Joellen Russell, University of Arizona. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.

4 p.m. Mathematics analysis seminar. “The Local Equivalence Problem and Symmetries of Levi Degenerate.” Martin Kolar, Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Buddhist studies workshop. “Bringing the Dharma to the People: Xiangguang Nuns and Adult Education Classes on Buddhism in Taiwan.” Chun-fang Yu, Columbia University. 137, 1879.

Notices

1 to 5 p.m. David A. Gardner ’69 Magic Project/Slavic languages and literatures conference. “Magic in the Culture of Russia’s Silver Age.” 245 East Pyne.

Sports

[F] Noon. Athletics golf classic. Springdale Golf Club.

Tuesday, May 9

Arts

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Beth Henley: “Ridiculous Fraud.” Berlind Theatre.

8 p.m. Composers Ensemble at Princeton concert. Music by Newton Armstrong, Betsey Biggs, Seth Cluett, Chris Tignor, Dan Trueman, Scott Smallwood and Barbara White. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Preservation Hall Jazz Band of New Orleans. Matthews Theatre.

Lectures

4:15 p.m. Astrophysical sciences astronomy colloquium. “Deep Impact: Excavating Comet Tempel 1.” Michael A’Hearn, University of Maryland. Auditorium, Peyton. Social gathering at 5:15 p.m., main hallway.

4:30 p.m. Philosophy/Hempel lecture on “Surviving Death,” first of three. “The Uses and Abuses of Heaven.” Mark Johnston. 101 McCormick.

Notices

7 p.m. University Store discussion. “American Mythos.” Robert Wuthnow. University Store.

Wednesday, May 10

Arts

12:30 p.m. Chapel music organ concert. David Tinoco, St. John’s Episcopal Church, Los Angeles. Chapel.

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Beth Henley: “Ridiculous Fraud.” Berlind Theatre.

8 p.m. Music/Friends of Music/performance student recital. Jennifer Chu, piano; Daniela Kende, cello; and Daniela Smolov, piano. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.

Lectures

Noon. Information technology seminar. “Video Vivations: Constructing a Documentary in Real Time.” David Hopkins. Multipurpose Room B, Frist.

Noon. International Center bridging cultures lunch discussion. “Sami Culture and Identity in the 21st Century: Yearning for the Old, Adapting to the New.” Kristin Bjøklid, University of Tromsø. 243 Frist.

Noon. Molecular biology lecture. “Filopodia as Agents of Neural Circuit Construction and Remodeling.” Stephen Smith, Stanford University. 3 Thomas Lab.

[G] 2:50 p.m. Bendheim Center for Finance/Civitas Foundation lecture. “Financial Structure, Liquidity and Firm Locations.” Sheridan Titman, University of Texas-Austin. Bendheim Center. Registration required, call 258-0538.

4 p.m. Chemical engineering seminar. “Granular Flows: Rheology and Booming Sand Dunes.” Melany Hunt, California Institute of Technology. A224 Engineering Quadrangle. Social gathering at 3:30 p.m., A214 Engineering Quadrangle.

4 p.m. Lewis-Sigler Institute lecture. “Over 100 Years of Nobel Prizes.” Erling Norrby, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 101 Icahn Lab.

4:15 p.m. International economics lecture. “Shaking All Over? International Trade and Industrial Dynamics.” Josh Ederington, University of Kentucky. 103 Bendheim Center.

4:30 p.m. Ecology and evolutionary biology colloquium on the biology of populations. “Gettin’ Even: Mechanisms and Consequences of Worker Density Regulation in Contrasting Species of Ants.” Frederick Adler, University of Utah. 10 Guyot.

4:30 p.m. Philosophy/Hempel lecture on “Surviving Death,” second of three. “The Self as Dreamt by the Objects.” Mark Johnston. 101 McCormick.

4:30 p.m. Plasma science and technology lecture. “Large-area Electronics.” Sigurd Wagner. 105 Computer Science.

Notices

2 to 6 p.m. and 7:30 to 9 p.m. Princeton Astrobiology Club Human Spaceflight Forum. Afternoon lectures by astronauts and others involved in the U.S space program: Auditorium, Peyton. Evening panel discussion with lecturers and Princeton faculty: Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.

7 p.m. University Store lecture. “I’m No Angel: The Blonde in Fiction and Film.” Ellen Tremper, City University of New York. University Store.

Thursday, May 11

Arts

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Beth Henley: “Ridiculous Fraud.” Berlind Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. University Sinfonia, Ruth Ochs and Geoff McDonald, conductors. Jennifer Chu, piano, and Grant Strother, violin. Music by Schumann, Mozart and Vaughan Williams. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Lectures

[G] 9 a.m., noon and 3 p.m. Information technology/Firestone Library/Academic Productivity 501 Learning Series. “Faster, Better Research Collaboration (MS Word IV).” Multipurpose Room C, Frist. (3 p.m. class held in 101 Icahn Lab.)

4:30 p.m. Philosophy/Hempel lecture on “Surviving Death,” last of three. “A New Refutation of Death.” Mark Johnston. 101 McCormick.

4:30 p.m. Slavic languages and literatures/Art Museum/Institute for International and Regional Studies lecture (in Russian). “Na granitse kul’tury i tsivilizatsii.” Andrei Bitov, writer, St. Petersburg. 245 East Pyne.

Friday, May 12

Arts

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Beth Henley: “Ridiculous Fraud.” Berlind Theatre.

8 p.m. Music/Friends of Music/performance student recital. Lauren Carpenter, Sean Carpenter and Anna Lim, violin; David Carpenter, violin and viola; Ami Connolly, cello; and Christine McLeavey, piano. Music by Vivaldi, Mozart, Prokofiev and Beethoven. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Lectures

Noon. Ancient world lecture. “Rome’s Exemplary Government.” Michael Peachin, New York University. 209 Scheide Caldwell House.

Noon. Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials lecture. “The Advantages of Single Site Heterogeneous Catalysts.” John Thomas, University of Cambridge. 222 Bowen.

12:30 p.m. Science and global security/Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “Coordination on Bioterrorism Prevention, Preparedness and Response Initiatives.” Scott Steele, FBI. 280 Icahn.

Saturday, May 13

Arts

[F] 3 and 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Beth Henley: “Ridiculous Fraud.” Berlind Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. University Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Composers Collective concert, Anthony D.J. Branker, director, and Bryan Carrott, vibraphone. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Notices

9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Near Eastern studies/Islamic legal studies at Harvard University conference, first of two days. “Customary Law in the Middle East and North Africa.” 202 Jones.

Sunday, May 14

Arts

[F] 2 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Beth Henley: “Ridiculous Fraud.” Berlind Theatre.

Notices

9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Near Eastern studies/Islamic legal studies at Harvard University conference, last of two days. “Customary Law in the Middle East and North Africa.” 202 Jones.

[FG] 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Prospect Mother’s Day Brunch. Prospect House.

11 a.m. Chapel Student Recognition Sunday service. Chapel.

Monday, May 15

Arts

8 p.m. Music/Friends of Music concert. “Students in Music 308: Contemporary Music Through Composition and Performance.” Taplin Auditorium, Fine.

Notices

[G] 4:30 p.m. Faculty meeting. Nassau.

Tuesday, May 16

Arts

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. Matthews Theatre.

Lectures

4:30 p.m. Operations research and financial engineering seminar. “Dynamic Risk Measures.” Pauline Barrieu, London School of Economics. E219 Engineering Quadrangle.

Wednesday, May 17

Arts

12:30 p.m. Chapel music organ concert. Clarence Cloak, Seabreeze United Church, Daytona Beach, Fla. Chapel.

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Beth Henley: “Ridiculous Fraud.” Berlind Theatre.

Lectures

Noon. Information technology seminar. “What’s Up With Google: The View From the Library.” Elana Broch and Wayne Bivens-Tatum. Multipurpose Room B, Frist.

Noon. Molecular biology lecture. “How to Live a Longer, Healthier, Dementia-Free Life Through Autophagy.” Daniel Klionsky, University of Michigan. 3 Thomas Lab.

4 p.m. Chemical engineering seminar. “Computational Protein Design: Theory, Experiments, Applications.” Homme Hellinga, Duke University. A224 Engineering Quadrangle. Social gathering at 3:30 p.m., A214 Engineering Quadrangle.

4:15 p.m. Princeton plasma physics colloquium. “The Nature of Short-Hard Gamma-Ray Bursts.” Derek Fox, Pennsylvania State University. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.

Thursday, May 18

Arts

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Beth Henley: “Ridiculous Fraud.” Berlind Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. University concerts. Aulos Ensemble and Friends. Music by Telemann and Handel. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Lectures

[G] 9 a.m., noon and 3 p.m. Information technology/Firestone Library/Academic Productivity 501 Learning Series. “Safer Computing, at Home and on the Road.” 309 Frist. (3 p.m. class held in 101 Icahn Lab.)

Friday, May 19

Arts

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Zakir Hussain’s Percussion Masters of India; with Sultan Khan, sarangi. Matthews Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Beth Henley: “Ridiculous Fraud.” Berlind Theatre.

8 p.m. Music/Friends of Music/performance concert. Clare McNamara, mezzo-soprano, and Jennifer Chu, piano. Music by Rameau, Bluck, Schubert, Brahms, Debussy and Britten. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.

Lectures

10:30 a.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics seminar. “Estimation and Correction of Model Errors.” Eugenia Kalnay, University of Maryland. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.

Saturday, May 20

Arts

[F] 3 and 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Beth Henley: “Ridiculous Fraud.” Berlind Theatre.

3 p.m. Music/Rockefeller College recital. “Forgotten Beauty: The Many Faces of the Mystery Sonatas of Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber.” Lillian Pierce, violin; Richard Tang Yuk, organ; and Diana Rosenblum, cello. Common Room, Rockefeller College.

Sunday, May 21

Arts

[F] 2 and 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Beth Henley: “Ridiculous Fraud.” Berlind Theatre.

Notices

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

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 and Archaeology

First floor Lounge, McCormick Hall. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

“The Monastery of St. Catherine at Mount Sinai.” Through July 28.

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.

Chancellor Green Lower Hyphen. Monday-Friday and Sunday, 9 a.m. to midnight; Saturday, 9 to 1 a.m.“Bodies in Evidence: Texts and Art Works by Princeton Atelier Students.” May 9 through 12.

Friend Center

Atrium.

“Art of Science.” Opening reception, May 10, 5 to 7 p.m.

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: “Framing the Frontier: Photographers and the American West, 1850-1920.” Through Sept. 24.

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. 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.

University League

171 Broadmead. Tuesday, 1 to 5 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Closed weekends.

“Marcia Miller.” Through May 20.

Visual Arts Program

Lucas Gallery, 185 Nassau St. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed weekends.

Senior thesis exhibit by Temitayo Ogunbiyi, mixed media. Through May 9.

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. www.princeton.edu/frist/.

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. www.princeton.edu/prospecthouse/.

Richardson Auditorium

Event information: 258-5000. www.princeton.edu/richaud.

Theater and Dance

Event information: 258-8562. www.princeton.edu/~visarts/the.html.

Theatre Intime

Event information: 258-4950.

www.theatreintime.org.

Tiger Sportsline

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

University Ticketing

Tickets for events at Richardson Auditorium, Frist Campus Center, Theatre Intime, Program in Theater and Dance, University Chapel: 258-9220. www.princeton.edu/utickets/.