Calendar of events

December 4 – 10, 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, December 4

Arts

7:30 p.m. Center for Human Values/dean of the faculty/School of Architecture films on “Ideas of Freedom.” Emir Kusturica: “When Father Was Away on Business.” Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

Lectures

4 p.m. Electrical engineering lecture. “AlGaN Based Devices for Deep Ultraviolet Optoelectronics.” Asif Khan, University of South Carolina. B205 Engineering Quadrangle.

4 p.m. Geosciences lecture. “Heart of Darkness.” Jeremiah Ostriker. 10 Guyot.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies/Tang Center for East Asian Art lecture. “Thangkas for the Ming Court.” Marsha Haufler, University of Kansas. 106 McCormick.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “The Good Fight: Why Liberals — and Only Liberals — Can Win the War on Terror and Make America Great Again.” Peter Beinart, The New Republic. 16 Robertson.

Notices

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

7 p.m. University Store book reading and signing. Greil Marcus, author of “The Shape of Things to Come: Prophecy and the American Voice.” University Store.

Tuesday, December 5

Arts

4:30 p.m. Visual arts/@rts lecture. Teresa Nakra, College of New Jersey. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

8 p.m. Composers’ Ensemble concert. “Eyedrum.” Taplin Auditorium, Fine.

[F] 8 p.m. Holiday concert featuring University a cappella groups. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Lectures

Noon. Population research lecture. “Heterosexual Cohabitation in the United States: Motives for Living Together Among Young Men and Women.” Pam Smock, University of Michigan. 300 Wallace.

12:15 p.m. Latin American studies lecture. “Fidel, W. and the Universities: Can U.S. Scholars Work in Cuba?” Stanley Katz. 216 Burr. Buffet lunch served at noon.

4:30 p.m. Center for Innovation in Engineering Education lecture. “Leadership in a Technological World.” David Crane, president and chief executive officer, NRG Energy Inc. Friend Center Convocation Room.

4:30 p.m. Chemistry/Wyeth seminar. “Molecular Assembly and Encapsulation.” Julius Rebek, Scripps Research Institute. 120 Frick.

4:30 p.m. Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination lecture. “Kabul, Baghdad, Jerusalem, Kyiv: Glimpses of U.S. Foreign Policy.” William Taylor, U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. 1 Robertson.

4:30 p.m. Operations research and financial engineering seminar. “Stability of Utility-Maximization in Incomplete Markets.” Gordon Zitkovic, University of Texas. E219 Engineering Quadrangle.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Woodrow Wilson Political Network lecture. “Behind the Lines: Letters Home.” Andrew Carroll, founder, Legacy Project, and author. 16 Robertson.

4:45 p.m. Gauss seminars in criticism on “No One’s Thing: The Idea of Res Nullius and the Search for a Critique of Violence,” last of three. “Workforce Without Possession (Kafka).” Peter Fenves, Northwestern University. 10 East Pyne.

Wednesday, December 6

Arts

12:30 p.m. Chapel music organ concert. Henry Lowe, Church of the Redeemer, Baltimore. Chapel.

Lectures

Noon. Information technology seminar. “Teaching With a Tablet PC.” Serge Goldstein. Multipurpose Room B, Frist.

Noon. Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials seminar. “Manipulating Light on a Si Chip.” Michal Lipson, Cornell University. 222 Bowen.

Noon. Molecular biology lecture. “Bacterial Speech Bubbles.” Marvin Whiteley, University of Texas. 3 Thomas Lab.

12:15 p.m. Center for Health and Wellbeing lecture. “The Past as Prologue: The Impact Early-Life Individual, Household and Neighborhood Circumstances on Health and Longevity for U.S. Males Born 1895-1930.” Joseph Ferrie, Northwestern University. 300 Wallace.

12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences seminar. “Prediction and Analysis of Protein and Domain Interactions.” Teresa Przytycka, Johns Hopkins University. 402 Computer Science.

4 p.m. Chemical engineering seminar. “Electrostatics Driven Assembly of Hybrid Functional Thin Films.” Paula Hammond, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A224 Engineering Quadrangle. Social gathering at 3:30 p.m., A214 Engineering Quadrangle.

4:15 p.m. Princeton plasma physics colloquium. “Animating Physics.” Ronald Henderson, DreamWorks Animation. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.

4:30 p.m. Center for the Study of Religion/East Asian studies lecture. “Buddhism and the Biographer’s Art in Tibet.” Kurtis Schaefer, University of Virginia. Room 137, 1879.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. “Shanghai Love: The Culture of Leisure and Social Change.” Catherine Yeh, Boston University. 202 Jones.

4:30 p.m. Judaic studies lecture. “Jewish Menstrual Laws and Jewish Fertility: A Historical Reconsideration.” Evyatar Marienberg, University of Notre Dame. 203 Scheide Caldwell House.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Center for Research and Child Wellbeing seminar series on “Researcher Meets Policy-Maker.” “Juvenile Justice Policy in the 21st Century.” Laurence Steinberg, Temple University; and Donald DeVore, Connecticut Department of Children and Families. 16 Robertson.

6 p.m. School of Architecture lecture. “Asphalt.” Mirko Zardini, Canadian Centre for Architecture. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

Notices

7 p.m. University Store book reading and signing. Christine Whelan, author of “Why Men Marry Smart Women.” University Store.

Sports

5 p.m. Women’s basketball vs. New Jersey Institute of Technology. Jadwin Gym.

[F] 7:30 p.m. Men’s basketball vs. Lehigh University. Jadwin Gym.

Thursday, December 7

Arts

Noon. Chapel music/Graduate College organ concert. Henry Lowe, Church of the Redeemer, Baltimore. Procter (charge for lunch).

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. “A Christmas Carol.” Matthews Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. Theater and dance senior thesis production. Andy Hoover: “Set and Drift.” Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.

[F] 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. Ted Tally: “Terra Nova.” Theater, Murray-Dodge.

Lectures

Noon. Information technology seminar. “Scholarly Papers With MS Word: Top, Bottom, Front and Back Matter.” Ben Johnston. Multipurpose Room B, Frist.

4:30 p.m. Classics lecture. “Ibycus and Polycrates.” Felix Budelmann, Open University, United Kingdom. 161 East Pyne.

4:30 p.m. Davis Center lecture. “Cold Utopia: Science and Sentiment in 17th-Century Manchuria.” Ruth Rogaski, Vanderbilt University. 211 Dickinson. Reception follows, Faculty Lounge, Dickinson.

4:30 p.m. Physics colloquium. “Light Microscopy Beyond the Diffraction Limit.” Harald Hess, Janelia Farms Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute. A10 Jadwin.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School policy address. Turki al-Faisal, ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the United States. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

Notices

7 p.m. University Store book reading and signing. Patrick Walsh, poet. University Store.

Friday, December 8

Arts

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. “A Christmas Carol.” Matthews Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. Theater and dance faculty concert. Works by Ze’eva Cohen, Meghan Durham, Dyane Harvey, Rebecca Lazier and Edisa Weeks. Berlind Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. Theater and dance senior thesis production. Andy Hoover: “Set and Drift.” Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.

[F] 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. Ted Tally: “Terra Nova.” Theater, Murray-Dodge.

[F] 8 p.m. University Orchestra concert, Michael Pratt, conductor; with Geoff McDonald, assistant conductor. Music by Prokofiev (North American premiere), Debussy, Copland and Stravinsky. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Lectures

Noon. Psychology colloquium. “How Subjective Grouping of Options Influences Judgment, Allocation and Choice.” Craig Fox, University of California-Los Angeles. 0-S-6 Green.

12:30 p.m. Science and global security/Woodrow Wilson School/Carnegie biodefense seminar. “Pathogen Surveillance and Discovery.” Ian Lipkin, Columbia University. 280 Icahn.

3:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering seminar. “Magnetic Fusion Control.” Eugenio Schuster, Lehigh University. 222 Bowen. Social gathering follows, J223 Engineering Quadrangle.

Notices

1 to 6 p.m. Career services/Princeton Varsity Club sports symposium. Robertson Hall. For more information, visit web.princeton.edu/sites/career/data/sports_symposium.html.

Sports

6 p.m. Men’s and women’s indoor track/New Year Track Invitational. Jadwin Gym.

[F] 7 p.m. Men’s ice hockey vs. Union College. Baker Rink.

Saturday, December 9

Arts

9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Graduate school/music “Décor and Dance” symposium. 10 East Pyne.

Noon. East Asian studies performance. Koji Kakinuma, Japanese calligrapher. Lawn, Frist (Fields Center, in case of rain).

[F] 1 and 5:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. “A Christmas Carol.” Matthews Theatre.

3:30 p.m. Cotsen Children’s Library performance. “Youth Stages Presents: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.” Cotsen Children’s Library, Firestone.

[F] 8 p.m. Theater and dance faculty concert. Works by Ze’eva Cohen, Meghan Durham, Dyane Harvey, Rebecca Lazier and Edisa Weeks. Berlind Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. Theater and dance senior thesis production. Andy Hoover: “Set and Drift.” Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.

[F] 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. Ted Tally: “Terra Nova.” Theater, Murray-Dodge.

[F] 8:30 p.m. University Orchestra concert, Michael Pratt, conductor; with Geoff McDonald, assistant conductor. Music by Prokofiev (North American premiere), Debussy, Copland and Stravinsky. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Notices

8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. “Décor and Dance” symposium. 10 East Pyne. For more information, visit www.music.princeton.edu.

Sports

[F] 7 p.m. Men’s ice hockey vs. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Baker Rink.

[F] 8 p.m. Men’s basketball vs. Rutgers University. Jadwin Gym.

Sunday, December 10

Arts

[F] 1 and 5:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. “A Christmas Carol.” Matthews Theatre.

[F] 3 p.m. University Glee Club holiday concert. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Notices

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

Sports

1 p.m. Wrestling vs. University of Maryland. Dillon 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 ceramics, digital photography and sculpture. Dec. 5 through Dec 15. Opening reception, Dec. 5, 6 to 8 p.m.

Women and Gender Studies

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

“Ink, Paper, Rusted Wire and Mesh.” Works by Margaret Kennard Johnson. Through Jan. 3.

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.