Calendar of events

October 23 – November 5, 2006

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[F] Admission charged, [G] Not open to general public.
All other events are open to members of the University community and the general public free of charge. Any speaker not otherwise identified is a member of the faculty, staff or student body of Princeton University. The calendar is posted at www.princeton.edu/pr/pwb/. Submissions for future calendars may be made electronically at the same location or by entering information in the University-wide Web-based events calendar at calendar.princeton.edu.

Monday, October 23

Arts

7:30 p.m. Center for Human Values/dean of the faculty/School of Architecture films on “Ideas of Freedom.” Péter Gothár: “Time Stands Still.” Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

Lectures

12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences seminar. “Tuning One’s Sense of Self: How T Cells Adjust Self/Non-Self Discrimination in the Immune System.” Gregorie Altan-Bonnet, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. 302 Computer Science.

4 p.m. Applied and computational mathematics lecture. “Solving Nasty Optimization Problems in Science and Engineering.” Margaret Wright, New York University. 214 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/European Union Program/Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination lecture. “A Conversation With Joschka Fischer.” Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

5:30 p.m. Alumni Association “Princeton in Princeton” 250th anniversary celebration lecture. “Nassau Hall and the Front Campus: 250 Years of Accommodating Change.” Jon Hlafter. 101 McCormick. Reception follows.

6 p.m. School of Architecture/Kassler lecture. Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Arquiteto, São Paulo. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

Tuesday, October 24

Arts

4:30 p.m. Visual arts illustrated lecture. Yann Beauvais, film/video artist, talking about his work. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

8 p.m. Composers’ Ensemble/music concert. Manhattan School of Music Contemporary Ensemble TACTUS. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.

Lectures

Noon. Population research lecture. “Why Do We Age So Differently?” Kaare Christensen, University of Southern Denmark. 300 Wallace.

4:30 p.m. Alumni Association “Princeton in Princeton” 250th anniversary celebration lecture. “Pealing Washington: Washington at the Battle of Princeton and the Creation of a National Identity.” David Ward, Peale Papers. 101 McCormick. Reception follows.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics algebraic geometry seminar. Hershel Farkas, Hebrew University-Jerusalem and State University of New York-Stony Brook. 322 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics mathematical physics seminar. “Correlation Estimates for Quantum Many-Body Systems at Positive Temperature.” Robert Seiringer. 343 Jadwin.

4:30 p.m. Operations research and financial engineering lecture. “A Fictitious Play Approach to Complex Systems Optimization.” Robert Smith, University of Michigan. E219 Engineering Quadrangle.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “The War on Terror and the Mid-term Elections.” Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian. 16 Robertson.

Wednesday, October 25

Arts

12:30 p.m. Chapel music organ concert. Michael Smith, Groton School. Chapel.

[F] 7:30 p.m. Concert. Derek Trucks Band and Susan Tedeschi. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Brian Friel: “Translations.” Matthews Theatre.

8 p.m. French and Italian/L’Atelier workshop. Marivauz: “Le Jeu de L’Amour et du Hasard.” Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.

8 p.m. Friends of Music concert. Lee Gregory, baritone, and Michael Baltzer, piano. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.

Lectures

Noon. Information technology seminar. “When Worlds Collide: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson in the Era of eBay.” Kevin Guthrie, Ithaka. Multipurpose Room B, Frist.

Noon. Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials seminar. “Multi-Scale Modeling of Adsorbed Molecules and Thin Elastic Films: Implications for Biosensors and Chemo-mechanical Microdevices.” Matthew Begley, University of Virginia. Room 222, Bowen.

Noon. Molecular biology lecture. “Disruption of Self Renewal Pathways in Cancer.” Michael Clarke, Stanford University. 3 Thomas Lab.

2:15 p.m. Mathematics discrete mathematics seminar. “Packing Hamilton Cycles in Random Graphs.” Michael Krivelevich, Tel Aviv University. 224 Fine.

4 p.m. Chemical engineering seminar. “Materials for PEM Fuel Cells: Transport in Complex Media.” Thomas Zawodzinski, Case Western Reserve University. A224 Engineering Quadrangle. Social gathering at 3:30 p.m., A214 Engineering Quadrangle.

4:30 p.m. Center for Human Values/DeCamp seminar. “When Do We Harm Persons by Causing Them to Exist? Expected Values, Harm and the Slave Child Case.” Melinda Roberts, College of New Jersey. 1 Robertson.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “From the Rear of the Secretary’s Plane: A Journalist’s-Eye View of the Cold War.” Don Oberdorfer, Johns Hopkins University. 16 Robertson.

5 p.m. Center for Innovation in Engineering Education panel discussion. “Creating New Ventures in India: Experiences, Opportunities and Challenges.” Auditorium, Friend Center.

5:30 p.m. Alumni Association “Princeton in Princeton” 250th anniversary celebration lecture and performance. “Popular Songs of Early America.” Caroline Moseley, independent scholar. 106 McCormick. Reception follows.

Thursday, October 26

Arts

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Brian Friel: “Translations.” Matthews Theatre.

8 p.m. French and Italian/L’Atelier workshop. Marivauz: “Le Jeu de L’Amour et du Hasard.” Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.

Lectures

4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. “Charge and Spin Transport Dynamics in Bio-inspired Nanostructures: From Photosynthesis to Organic Electronics.” Michael Wasielewski, Northwestern University. DuPont Seminar Room, 324 Frick.

4:30 p.m. Davis Center lecture. “Knowledge Painfully Acquired: The Gulag Memoirs of a Japanese Humanist, 1945-1949.” Andrew Barshay, University of California-Berkeley. 211 Dickinson. Reception follows, Faculty Lounge, Dickinson.

4:30 p.m. English lecture. “Poem, Prose, Prose-Poem: Two and a Half Definitions.” James Longenbach, University of Rochester. 2 McCosh.

4:30 p.m. Medieval studies lecture. “‘I Have a Soule for to Kepe’: The Indiscernability of the Female Subject in Chaucer’s ‘The Merchant’s Tale.’” Elizabeth Robertson, University of Colorado-Boulder. 10 East Pyne.

4:30 p.m. Music composition colloquium. “New Music for a New Hollywood.” Paul Chihara, University of California-Los Angeles. 102 Woolworth.

4:30 p.m. Physics colloquium. “Carbon Nanotube Nanofluidics.” Olgica Bakajin, Lawrence Livermore National Lab. A10 Jadwin.

7:30 p.m. Alumni Association “Princeton in Princeton” 250th anniversary celebration lecture. “Pre-Princeton, Princeton.” Wanda Gunning, independent scholar. Faculty Room, Nassau. Reception follows.

Friday, October 27

Arts

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Brian Friel: “Translations.” Matthews Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. New Jersey Symphony Orchestra with Sarah Chang. Music by Brahms. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Lectures

12:30 p.m. Science and global security/Woodrow Wilson School/Carnegie biodefense seminar. “Integration of Former Soviet Bioweapons Facilities Into the International Research Community: Success or Failure?” Jens Kuhn, Harvard University. 280 Icahn.

3 p.m. Mathematics differential geometry/geometric analysis seminar. Gaoyong Zhang, Polytechnic University, New York. 314 Fine.

4 p.m. Philosophy/Lewis lecture. “A Priori Biconditionals and Metaphysics.” Frank Jackson, Australian National University. 2 Robertson.

Notices

7 to 9 p.m. Chemistry/American Chemical Society National Chemistry Week Activity Night. “Your Home — It’s All Built on Chemistry.” Frick Laboratory. Reservations required by calling 258-2937.

Sports

7 p.m. Women’s ice hockey vs. St. Lawrence University. Baker Rink.

7 p.m. Women’s volleyball vs. Harvard University. Dillon Gym.

Saturday, October 28

Arts

[F] 3 and 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Brian Friel: “Translations.” Matthews Theatre.

Lectures

1 p.m. Alumni Association “Princeton in Princeton” 250th anniversary celebration lecture. “Nassau Hall: Revolution and Evolution.” Richard Smith. Faculty Room, Nassau. Reception follows.

Notices

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. “Princeton in Princeton” 250th anniversary celebration. “Revolutionary Princeton Day.” In and around Nassau Hall. For schedule, visit web.princeton.edu/sites/pucra/PDFs/250th_Princeton-Princeton.pdf.

Sports

4 p.m. Women’s ice hockey vs. Clarkson University. Baker Rink.

4 p.m. Women’s volleyball vs. Dartmouth College. Dillon Gym.

[F] 7 p.m. Men’s ice hockey vs. Bentley University. Baker Rink.

Sunday, October 29

Arts

[F] 2 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Brian Friel: “Translations.” Matthews Theatre.

[F] 4 p.m. Princeton Pro Musica concert. “The Grandeur of Opera.” Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Notices

11 a.m. Chapel service. Cheni Khonje, Princeton Theological Seminary. Chapel.

Monday, October 30

Arts

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Gidon Kremer, violin, and Krystian Zimerman, piano. Music by Brahms. Matthews Theatre.

Lectures

4 p.m. Mathematics analysis seminar. Benjamin Schlein, University of California-Davis. 110 Fine.

Tuesday, October 31

Notices

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Purchasing vendor fair. Dillon Gym.

Wednesday, November 1

Arts

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Bayanihan Philippine National Dance Company. Matthews Theatre.

Thursday, November 2

Arts

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre solo acoustic concert. Richard Thompson. Matthews Theatre.

Lectures

2 p.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics seminar. “Annular Modes, Eddy Feedback and the Atmospheric Response to External Forcings.” Alan Plumb, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.

4 p.m. Chemistry seminar. “Palladium- and Nickel-Catalyzed Coupling Reactions.” Gregory Fu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. DuPont Seminar Room, 324 Frick.

4:30 p.m. Alumni Association “Princeton in Princeton” 250th anniversary celebration lecture. “Princeton’s Revivalist Roots From a 21st-century Religious Perspective.” Thomas Breidenthal. West Room, Murray-Dodge. Reception follows.

Friday, November 3

Arts

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Bo Diddley and Friends: Alvin Youngblood Hart and Ruthie Foster. Matthews Theatre.

Sports

7 p.m. Field hockey vs. University of Pennsylvania. 1952 Stadium.

7 p.m. Women’s volleyball vs. Yale University. Dillon Gym.

Saturday, November 4

Arts

[F] 8 p.m. Westminster Community Orchestra. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Lectures

10 a.m. Alumni Association pre-football lecture. “Presidents, Public Opinion and Policy.” Brandice Canes-Wrone. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

Sports

10 a.m. Women’s basketball vs. Villanova University. Jadwin Gym.

[F] 1 p.m. Football vs. University of Pennsylvania. Princeton Stadium.

1 p.m. Men’s soccer vs. University of Pennsylvania. Lourie-Love Field.

4 p.m. Women’s soccer vs. University of Pennsylvania. Lourie-Love Field.

4 p.m. Women’s volleyball vs. Brown University. Dillon Gym.

Sunday, November 5

Notices

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

“A Painting in Context: Pietro da Cortona’s ‘St. Martina Refuses to Adore the Idols.’” Through Jan. 21.

“Fin de Siècle.” Through Jan. 14.

“Japanese Views of East and West: Imprinting the Other in Meiji Eves.” Through Jan 7.

“Front and Center: Figure Drawings by Pietro da Cortona and His Contemporaries.” Through Jan 21.

“Modernist Art: Prints, Drawings and Photographs.” Through Jan 14.

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. Lobby: “Student, Scholar, President: Robert F. Goheen at Princeton, 1936-2006.” Through Dec. 31.

Frist Campus Center

9 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, 2 to 11 p.m.

Nassau Hall and Maclean House 250th anniversary celebration exhibition. “History of Nassau Hall.” 100 level. Through Nov. 4.

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 Dec. 31.

Visual Arts Program

Lucas Gallery, 185 Nassau St. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed weekends.

Exhibition of student work. Through Oct. 27.

Women and Gender Studies

Lounge, 113 Dickinson Hall. Monday-Friday, 9 to a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed weekends.

Exhibit of artworks by Lucy Graves McVicker. Through Oct. 31.

Et cetera

Art Museum

Hours: 258-3788. www.princetonartmuseum.org.

Athletic Ticket Office

Tickets and information: 258-3538.

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.

(No tours held afternoons of football games.)

Prospect Association

Reservations: 258-3686. www.princeton.edu/prospecthouse.

Richardson Auditorium

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

Tiger Sportsline

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