Calendar of events

November 13 – 19, 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, November 13

Arts

7:30 p.m. Center for Human Values/dean of the faculty/School of Architecture films on “Ideas of Freedom.” Rainer Werner Fassbinder: “The Marriage of Maria Braun.” Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Little Feat. Matthews Theatre.

Lectures

Noon. Pace Center lecture. “Why an International Health Care Internship?” Jacqueline Latina, Lindsay Lough and Derek Yecies. East Room, Murray-Dodge.

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 Laboratory. 302 Computer Science.

4 p.m. Applied and computational mathematics lecture. “Denoising Color Images.” Yang Wang, Georgia Institute of Technology. 214 Fine.

4 p.m. Mathematics analysis seminar. “Global Existence for Energy Critical Waves in 3-D Domains.” Nicolas Burq, Université Paris-Sud 11. 110 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Center for the Study of Religion/East Asian studies/Institute for International and Regional Studies lecture. “The Three Boys and Other Buddhist Folktales From Tibet.” Yeshi Dorjee, Land of Compassion Buddha Center, and John Major, China Institute, New York. 1 Robertson.

Notices

10 a.m. to 1 p.m. University Health Services FluFest. Multipurpose Rooms, Frist.

4:30 p.m. Council of the Princeton University Community meeting. Wood Auditorium, McCosh 10.

Tuesday, November 14

Arts

4:30 p.m. Visual arts illustrated lecture. Wangechi Mutu, painter and installation artist. Room 219, 185 Nassau St.

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Soledad Barrio and Noche Flamenca. Matthews Theatre.

Lectures

Noon. Population research lecture. “New Evidence on the Effects of Maternal Work Hours on Low-Income Adolescent’s Development.” Lisa Gennetian, MDRC. 300 Wallace.

12:15 p.m. Latin American studies lecture. “Competitive Authoritarianism in Post-Cold War Latin America.” Steven Levitsky, Harvard University. 216 Burr. Buffet lunch served at noon.

4:30 p.m. Center for the Study of Religion/East Asian studies lecture. “Comparing the Buddhisms of East and Southeast Asia: A World Historical Perspective.” John McRae, University of Tokyo. Room 137, 1879.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics algebraic geometry seminar. “Toric Vector Bundles and the Resolution Property.” Sam Payne, Stanford University. 322 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics mathematical physics seminar. “Many Bosons.” Eugene Trubowitz, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich. 343 Jadwin.

4:30 p.m. Medieval studies lecture. “Philosophy and Humanism in the Middle Ages.” Stephen Gersh, University of Notre Dame and Institute for Advanced Study. 101 McCormick.

4:30 p.m. Operations research and financial engineering seminar. “Roughing It Up: Including Jump Components in the Measurement, Modeling and Forecasting of Return Volatility.” Francis Diebold, University of Pennsylvania. E219 Engineering Quadrangle.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Pace Center lecture. “Realizing the Democratic Good Society: Does the Research University Matter?” Ira Harkavy, University of Pennsylvania. 35 Robertson.

7:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/teacher preparation/Education Research Section lecture. “A Daring Reform: Turning Around New York City’s Public Schools.” Joel Klein and Eric Nadelstern, New York City Department of Education. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

Notices

7 p.m. University Store book reading and signing. Benjamin Elman, author of “A Cultural History of Modern Science in China.” University Store.

Wednesday, November 15

Arts

12:30 p.m. Chapel music organ concert. Jeremy Bruns, St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, New York. Chapel.

4:30 p.m. Creative writing/Althea Ward Clark reading series. Clayton Eshelman, reading translations of “Vallejo,” and David Ferry, reading translations of “Virgil.” Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band; with Paquito D’Rivera and Roy Hargrove. Matthews Theatre.

Lectures

10 a.m. Library/Educational Technologies Center geographic information systems lecture. “How Much of our Earth Is Urban? A Comparison of Six Global Maps of Urban Land Cover.” David Potere. A-6-D Firestone Library.

Noon. Information technology seminar. “PlanetLab: Evolution vs. Intelligent Design in Global Network Infrastructure.” Larry Peterson. Multipurpose Room B, Frist.

Noon. Molecular biology lecture. “A Class of Membrane Proteins Shaping the Tubular Endoplasmic Reticulum.” Tom Rapoport, Harvard University. 3 Thomas Lab.

12:15 p.m. Center for Health and Wellbeing/development studies lecture. “Does Money Matter? Effects of Transfers on Child Health and Development in Ecuador.” Christina Paxson. 300 Wallace.

12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences seminar. “Finding Informative Regulatory Elements.” Noam Slonim. 402 Computer Science.

[G] 2:50 p.m. Civitas Foundation/Bendheim Center for Finance seminar. “Asset Price Dynamics When Traders Care About Reputation.” Amil Dasgupta, London School of Economics. 103 Bendheim Center, 26 Prospect Ave. Registration for outside attendees required, call 258-0538.

[G] 3:30 p.m. McGraw Center lecture. “Becoming a Colleague: Making the Transition to Writing in Graduate School.” Amanda Wilkins. 328 Frist.

4:15 p.m. Princeton plasma physics colloquium. “Ice Sheets, Global Warming and Sea Level Rise.” Michael Oppenheimer. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.

4:30 p.m. Center for Human Values/Moffett lecture. “The Moral Psychology of Hypocrisy or Why Good Reasons Have So Little Power to Cause Good Actions.” Jonathan Haidt. 1 Robertson. Reception follows.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. “Glimpses of a Hermit Kingdom: A Most Unofficial Tour of Today’s North Korea.” Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times. 202 Jones.

4:30 p.m. Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions/Mason lecture series on “Constitutional Law and Political Thought: The Institutions.” “Rewriting the Founding: Theodore Roosevelt as Historian.” Jean Yarbrough, Bowdoin College. 6 Friend.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics colloquium. Mircea Mustata, University of Michigan and Institute for Advanced Study. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Pace Center lecture series on “Civic Awareness and Action.” “The Price of Admission.” Daniel Golden, Wall Street Journal. 2 Robertson.

5 p.m. Art and archaeology/Institute for Advanced Study lecture series on “The Sensuous in Art.” “‘As It Were’: Mysticism, Visuality and the Odor of Sanctity.” Jeffrey Hamburger, Harvard University. 101 McCormick.

8 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions lecture series on “Presidential Leadership in Times of Crisis.” “Lyndon Johnson as Commander in Chief.” George Herring, University of Kentucky. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

Notices

[FG] 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Prospect Thanksgiving Day buffet. Prospect House.

7 p.m. University Store book reading and signing. Daniel Golden, author of “The Price of Admission: How America’s Ruling Class Buys Its Way into Elite Colleges — and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates.” University Store.

Sports

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

Thursday, November 16

Arts

[F] 8 p.m. Theater and dance play. John Millington Synge: “The Playboy of the Western World.” Berlind Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. Theatre Intime student playwright festival. Theater, Murray-Dodge.

Lectures

Noon. Information technology seminar. “Professional Research Posters Using PowerPoint.” Sam Roze. Multipurpose Room B, Frist.

Noon. Pace Center lecture. “Starting an International Nonprofit.” Julia Neubauer, Dan Honig and Ann Woolley. East Room, Murray-Dodge.

12:30 p.m. Ecology and evolutionary biology lecture. “Linking Plant Traits, Community and Ecosystem Dynamics, and Global Change: Keys to a Predictive Ecology?” Peter Reich, University of Minnesota. 10 Guyot.

4:30 p.m. Davis Center lecture. “Zwischeneuropa: The Search for Modernity Between Paris and Petersburg, 1910-1930.” Marci Shore, Indiana University. 211 Dickinson. Reception follows, Faculty Lounge, Dickinson.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies/history of science lecture. “Technology: A 17th Century Chinese Approach by Song Yingxing (1587-1666?).” Dagmar Schafer, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin, and University of Pennsylvania. 202 Jones.

4:30 p.m. Latin American studies lecture. “Latin America’s Left Turn: A Tale of Two Lefts.” Jorge Castañeda, New York University. 219 Burr.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics topology seminar. “On Triangulations of 3-Manifolds.” William Jaco, Institute for Advanced Study and Oklahoma State University. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics/Institute for Advanced Study number theory seminar. “Intersection Complex on the Baily-Borel Compactification of a Siegel Modular Variety.” Sophie Morel, Institute for Advanced Study. 214 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Physics colloquium. “New Measurement of the Electron Magnetic Moment and Fine Structure Constant.” Gerald Gabrielse, Harvard University. A10 Jadwin.

8 p.m. Public Lecture Series lecture. “Advances on the Neurobiology of Emotion: Taking Stock.” Antonio Damasio, University of Southern California. Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.

Notices

[G] 4:30 to 6 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute conference. “Food, Ethics and the Environment.” Various locations. For registration, visit www.princeton.edu/~eating/.

7 p.m. University Store book reading and signing. Rashid Khalidi, author of “The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood.” University Store.

Friday, November 17

Arts

4:30 p.m. Irish studies reading. Nuala O’Faolain, author, reading her work. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

[F] 8 p.m. Theater and dance play. John Millington Synge: “The Playboy of the Western World.” Berlind Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. Theatre Intime student playwright festival. Theater, Murray-Dodge.

Lectures

Noon. Ancient world lecture. “Faustus’ Choice: A Lesson in Identity Construction From Republican Coinage.” Liv Yarrow, Brooklyn College. 209 Scheide Caldwell House.

3 p.m. Mathematics differential geometry and geometric analysis seminar. Young-Heon Kim, University of Toronto. 314 Fine.

3:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering seminar. “Lessons From Six Years in the Desert.” Ivan Marusic, University of Minnesota. 222 Bowen. Social gathering follows, J223 Engineering Quadrangle.

Notices

[G] 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute conference. “Food, Ethics and the Environment.” Various locations. For registration, visit www.princeton.edu/~eating/.

Sports

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

Saturday, November 18

Arts

[F] 8 p.m. Chapel music organ concert. “Musique Héroïque.” Eric Plutz. Chapel.

[F] 7 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Tchaikovsky: “The Nutcracker.” American Repertory Ballet. Matthews Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. Theater and dance play. John Millington Synge: “The Playboy of the Western World.” Berlind Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. Theatre Intime student playwright festival. Theater, Murray-Dodge.

Lectures

10 a.m. Alumni Association pre-football lecture. “Is the Universe Shaped Like a Football? Measuring the Geometry and Topology of Space.” David Spergel. 101 McCormick.

Sports

[F] 1 p.m. Football vs. Dartmouth College. Princeton Stadium.

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

Sunday, November 19

Arts

[F] 1 and 4:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Tchaikovsky: “The Nutcracker.” American Repertory Ballet. Matthews Theatre.

Notices

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

Sports

Noon. Men’s squash vs. Cornell University. Jadwin Gym.

2 p.m. Women’s squash vs. Cornell University. Jadwin Gym.

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.

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 paintings. Nov. 14 through Nov. 30. Opening reception, Nov. 14, 6 to 8 p.m.

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.