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Princeton Weekly Bulletin December 11, 2006, Vol. 96, No. 12 prev next current
- Page One
- • Labyrinth bookstore to open in Princeton as Micawber closes
- • Branker hits high note in leading jazz program
- Inside
- • Alumnus funds pedestrian bridge to link two sides of campus
- • Forum addresses need to improve access to education
- • Clothing drive, other outreach planned
- People
- • Promising scholar Ricardo Krauel dies at age 40
- • Ying-shih Yu selected for Kluge Prize
- • Faculty appointments, promotions
- • Spotlight
- Almanac
- • Calendar of events
- • Nassau notes
- • By the numbers
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Calendar of events
December 11, 2006 – January 7, 2007
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Monday, December 11
Arts
7:30 p.m. Center for Human Values/dean of the faculty/School of Architecture films on “Ideas of Freedom.” Tomas Alea: “Strawberry and Chocolate.” Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.
[F] 7:30 p.m. Chapel music “Messiah” sing. Chapel.
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre concert. “Bach for the Christmas Season.” Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir. Tom Koopman, conductor. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
Lectures
12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences seminar. “Multicellular Heritage, Unicellular Attitude: Computational Studies of the Leukocyte Lifestyle.” Thomas Kepler, Duke University. 302 Computer Science.
4 p.m. Mathematics seminar. “Mathematics Analysis.” Enno Lenzman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 110 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Classics lecture. “Iguvine Interpretations.” Michael Weiss, Cornell University. 10 East Pyne.
4:30 p.m. Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia/African studies lecture. “Oil in Post-9/11 Africa: Fuel for Enhanced Geopolitical Interest.” Stephen Smith, Duke University. 216 Burr.
4:30 p.m. International and regional studies/Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures/creative writing lecture. Ralph Angel, University of Redlands, reading from his translation of the works of Federico García Lorca. 219 Burr.
4:30 p.m. Philosophy/Hempel lecture, first of three. “The Philosophy of Philosophy: Disagreement and Meaning.” Timothy Williamson, University of Oxford. 4 McCosh.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Survey Research Center lecture. “Envisioning the Survey Interview of the Future.” Michael Schober, New School for Social Research. 16 Robertson.
Notices
4:30 p.m. Council of the Princeton University Community meeting. 101 McCormick.
7 p.m. University Store book reading and signing. Freeman Dyson, author of “The Scientist as Rebel.” University Store.
Tuesday, December 12
Arts
8 p.m. Princeton University Sinfonia holiday concert. Ruth Ochs and Geoff McDonald, conductors. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
Lectures
Noon. Population research lecture. “Racial and Ethnic Variation in Marital Disruption in the United States.” Megan Sweeney, University of California-Los Angeles. 300 Wallace.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics seminar. “Algebraic Geometry.” Brendan Hassett, Rice University. 322 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Philosophy/Hempel lecture, second of three. “The Philosophy of Philosophy: Imagination and Counterfactuals.” Timothy Williamson, University of Oxford. 101 McCormick.
4:30 p.m. South Asian studies lecture. “Cats, Cooking and Renunciants: Theorizing Hindu Ethics through the Quotidian.” Leela Prasad, Duke University. 219 Burr.
5:30 p.m. Classics/Archaeological Institute of America lecture. “Archaeological Enigmas: Princeton’s Excavations at Polis Chrysochous, Cyprus.” William Childs. 10 East Pyne.
Notices
7 p.m. University Store book reading and signing. Sharon Sakson, author of “Paws and Reflect: Exploring the Bond Between Gay Men and Their Dogs.” University Store.
Sports
7 p.m. Women’s basketball vs. Rider University. Jadwin Gym.
Wednesday, December 13
Arts
4:30 p.m. Creative writing/Althea Ward Clark reading series. “Student Reading: Fiction, Poetry and Translation from the Fall 2006 Creative Writing Classes.” Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
7:30 p.m. Chapel music candlelight service of lessons and carols. Chapel.
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. “A Christmas Carol.” Matthews Theatre.
8 p.m. French and Italian/French studies/L’Atelier performance of scenes from classical French theater. Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.
8 p.m. Theater and dance performance. “Dance 430: Chamber Dance.” Hagan Dance Studio, 185 Nassau St.
Lectures
[G] Noon. Information technology lecture. “Video Vivations: Constructing a Documentary in Real Time.” Dave Hopkins. Multipurpose Room B, Frist.
Noon. Molecular biology lecture. “Programmed Cell Death: Apoptosis, Necrosis and Autophagy.” Craig Thompson, University of Pennsylvania. 3 Thomas Lab.
Noon. Science and technology lecture. “Transport Phenomena in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells.” Yossef Elabd, Drexel University. 222 Bowen.
12:15 p.m. Health and wellbeing lecture. “Biology, Stress and the Intergenerational Transmission of Economic Status.” Anna Aizer, Brown University. 300 Wallace.
12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences seminar. “Global Cycle Analyses of Biological Networks Reveal a Depletion of Feedback Loops.” Gustavo Stolovitzky, IBM. 402 Computer Science.
2:15 p.m. Mathematics discrete mathematics seminar. Tom Bohman, Carnegie Mellon University. 224 Fine.
2:50 p.m. Civitas Foundation/Bendheim Center for Finance seminar. “Market-Based Regulation and the Informational Content of Prices.” Philip Bond, University of Pennsylvania. 103 Bendheim Center, 26 Prospect Ave.
3 p.m. Mathematics geometry, representation theory and moduli seminar. Mina Aganagic, University of California-Berkeley. 214 Fine.
4 p.m. Chemical engineering lecture. “Aggregation in Two-Dimensional Suspensions: Control Over the Structure and Interfacial Rheology.” Jan Vermant, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. A224 Engineering Quadrangle.
4 p.m. Civil and environmental engineering lecture. "Hurricane Dynamics, Wind Fields, Climatology, Probabilities and Forecasts." Isaac Ginis, University of Rhode Island. E219, Engineering Quadrangle.
4:15 p.m. Princeton plasma physics lecture. “The Path to Fusion Energy Based on Lasers and Inertial Confinement.” John Sethian, Naval Research Lab, Washington, D.C. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.
4:30 p.m. Art and archaeology lecture. “The International Antiquities Market and the Destruction of the Past: Do Museums Make the Market?” Patty Gerstenblith, DePaul University. 106 McCormick.
4:30 p.m. Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions lecture. “The Midterm Elections of 2006 and the Future of American Politics.” Andrew Busch, Claremont McKenna College. 6 Friend Center.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics colloquium. “Trees, Elliptic Operators and K-Theory for Group C*-Algebra.” Paul Baum, Pennsylvania State University. 314 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “Challenges of Funded Pension Schemes in Chile and Latin America.” Guillermo Larrain Rios, former superintendent of pension funds for Chile. 16 Robertson.
Notices
3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Frist Winter Holiday Festival. Frist.
Thursday, December 14
Arts
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. “A Christmas Carol.” Matthews Theatre.
Lectures
[G] Noon. Information technology lecture. “An Introduction to MatLab.” Ning Nwu. Multipurpose Room B, Frist.
2 p.m. Mathematics ergodic theory and statistical mechanics seminar. “Finiteness Results for Veech Groups.” Barak Weiss, Ben Gurion University. 401 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Davis Center seminar. “Strategies for Giving Voice to the People in Late Medieval France: Eustache Deschamps, Christine de Pizan and Jean Gerson.” Susan Dudash, Utah State University. 211 Dickinson.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics topology seminar. Saul Schleimer, Rutgers University. 314 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Physics colloquium. “CMS Experiment at LHC.” Tejinder Virdee, Imperial College, London. A10 Jadwin.
Notices
[FG] 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Prospect holiday buffet. Garden Room, Prospect House.
Friday, December 15
Arts
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. “A Christmas Carol.” Matthews Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. Princeton Pro Musica concert. “Handel’s ‘Messiah.’” Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
Lectures
12:30 p.m. Science and global security/Woodrow Wilson School/Carnegie Biodefense Seminar. “Bioterrorism, Biopreparedness and the 110th Congress.” David Bernstein, American Association for the Advancement of Science Center on Science, Technology and Security Policy. 280 Icahn.
4 p.m. Philosophy/Hempel lecture, last of three. “The Philosophy of Philosophy: Knowledge and Modality.” Timothy Williamson, University of Oxford. 101 McCormick.
Saturday, December 16
Arts
[F] 1 and 5:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. “A Christmas Carol.” Matthews Theatre.
[F] 4 p.m. Princeton Symphony Orchestra family holiday concert. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. “A Holiday Romance.” Karen Mason. Berlind Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. Princeton Pro Musica concert. “Handel’s ‘Messiah.’” Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
Notices
[FG] 9 to 11 a.m. Prospect breakfast with Santa. Prospect House.
Sports
[F] 4 p.m. Men’s basketball vs. Marshall University. Jadwin Gym.
7 p.m. Women’s basketball vs. St. Francis College. Jadwin Gym.
Sunday, December 17
Arts
[F] 1 and 5:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. “A Christmas Carol.” Matthews Theatre.
[F] 4 p.m. American Boychoir concert. “Winter Wonderland.” Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
Notices
[FG] 10:30 a.m. Prospect holiday brunch. Garden Room, Prospect House.
11 a.m. Chapel service. Thomas Breidenthal. Chapel.
Monday, December 18
Arts
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre concert. “Music for the Christmas Season.” Canadian Brass. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
Wednesday – Friday, December 20 – 22
Arts
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. “A Christmas Carol.” Matthews Theatre.
Saturday, December 23
Arts
[F] 1 and 5:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. “A Christmas Carol.” Matthews Theatre.
Sunday, December 24
Arts
[F] Noon and 4 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. “A Christmas Carol.” Matthews Theatre.
Notices
11 a.m. Chapel service. Deborah Blanks. Chapel.
8 p.m. Chapel Christmas Eve service. Thomas Breidenthal. Chapel.
Monday, December 25
Notices
11 a.m. Chapel Christmas Eucharist. Thomas Breidenthal. Chapel.
Saturday, December 30
Athletics
1 p.m. Women’s ice hockey vs. Ohio State University. Baker Rink.
[F] 7 p.m. Men’s ice hockey vs. Minnesota State University. Baker Rink.
Sunday, December 31
Notices
11 a.m. Chapel festival service of lessons and carols. Trinity Episcopal Church choirs. Tom Whittemore, conductor. Chapel.
Friday, January 5
Arts
8 p.m. New Jersey Symphony Orchestra concert. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
Sunday, January 7
Notices
11 a.m. Chapel service. Paul Raushenbush. Chapel.
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. Through Dec 15.
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
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: 258-3060.
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.