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Princeton Weekly Bulletin   January 8, 2007, Vol. 96, No. 13   prev   next   current

• Page One
• • Sloan survey team on a quest for the universe’s ‘rare birds’
• • Life of Emma Lazarus provides inspiration for Princeton’s Schor

• Inside
• • Early admission offered to 597 students for class of 2011
• • Rabinowitz approaches science from dual perspective
• • Project brings new talent into focus for Princeton staff member
• • Jan. 15 King Day celebration centers on music

• People
• • Ronald Kinchla, longtime psychology professor, dies
• • Employees recognized for completing educational programs
• • Spotlight, promotion, retirement
• • Faculty promotions, resignations

• Almanac
• • Calendar of events
• • Nassau notes
• • By the numbers

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• Editor: Ruth Stevens
  Calendar editor: Shani Hilton
  Staff writers: Jennifer Greenstein Altmann, Eric Quiñones
  Contributing writers: Chad Boutin, Cass Cliatt, Hilary Parker
  Photographers: Denise Applewhite, John Jameson
  Design: Maggie Westergaard
  Web edition: Mahlon Lovett

Calendar of events

January 8 – February 4, 2007

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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.

This issue of the Princeton Weekly Bulletin covers four weeks, Jan. 8-Feb. 4. The next issue, the first of the spring term, covers the week of Feb. 5. The copy deadline is Friday, Jan. 26.

Tuesday, January 9

Arts

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre production. “Lookingglass Alice.” Matthews Theatre.

Lectures

8 p.m. University Public Lecture Series/Stafford Little/University Press lecture on “The Undesigned Universe,” first of three. “Designs on Life.” Peter Ward, University of Washington. Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.

Sports

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

Wednesday, January 10

Arts

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre production. “Lookingglass Alice.” Matthews Theatre.

Lectures

[G] Noon. Information technology lecture. “All Things Google.” Wayne Bivens-Tatum and Nancy Pressman-Levy. Multipurpose Room B, Frist.

Noon. Science and technology lecture. “Dynamics of High Intensity Ultrafast Laser Interaction With Materials.” Steve Yalisove, University of Michigan. 222 Bowen.

4 p.m. Chemical engineering lecture. “Soft Materials in Biology: From Virus Mimics to Stem Cell Fate.” Michael Tsapatsis, University of Pennsylvania. A224 Engineering Quadrangle.

4:15 p.m. Princeton plasma physics lecture. “Origins of Failure in Thermal Barrier Coatings from First Principles.” Emily Carter. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.

8 p.m. University Public Lecture Series/Stafford Little/University Press lecture on “The Undesigned Universe,” second of three. “Designing a Habitable Solar System.” Peter Ward, University of Washington. Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.

Thursday, January 11

Arts

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre production. “Lookingglass Alice.” Matthews Theatre.

8 p.m. Theater and dance senior thesis production. Julia Cain and Josh Williams: “Four Rooms Waking.” Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.

Lectures

[G] Noon. Information technology lecture. “Charting With Excel.” Alexis Furuichi. Multipurpose Room B, Frist.

2 p.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics lecture. “Climate Variability and Change Over South America from IPCC-AR4 Simulations.” Carolina Vera, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.

8 p.m. University Public Lecture Series/Stafford Little/University Press lecture on “The Undesigned Universe,” last of three. “The Construction of the Cosmos.” Peter Ward, University of Washington. Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.

Notices

[F] Noon. Princeton Varsity Club luncheon with the coaches. Joe Scott, Richard Barron, Guy Gadowsky and Amy Bond. 1956 Lounge, Princeton Stadium.

Friday, January 12

Arts

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre production. “Lookingglass Alice.” Matthews Theatre.

8 p.m. Music department performance. Students enrolled in Music 216 “Techniques in Conducting” conduct works of Ravel, Bach, Stravinsky and others. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.

8 p.m. Theater and dance senior thesis production. Julia Cain and Josh Williams: “Four Rooms Waking.” Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.

Lectures

Noon. Psychology colloquium. “Spatial Attention Modulates Firing Rate and Fano Factor Differently Across Neuronal Classes in Area V4.” John Reynolds, Salk Institute. 0-S-6 Green.

Sports

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

7 p.m. Women’s basketball vs. Columbia University. Jadwin Gymnasium.

Saturday, January 13

Arts

[F] 3 and 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre production. “Lookingglass Alice.” Matthews Theatre.

6 p.m. Cotsen Children’s Library pajama party. Jim Rohe, Storytelling Arts Inc. Cotsen Children’s Library. Call 258-2697 for more information.

8 p.m. Music department performance. Works of students enrolled in Music 210 “Composition Workshop.” Taplin Auditorium, Fine.

8 p.m. Theater and dance senior thesis production. Julia Cain and Josh Williams: “Four Rooms Waking.” Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.

Sports

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

7 p.m. Women’s basketball vs. Cornell University. Jadwin Gym.

Sunday, January 14

Arts

[F] 2 p.m. McCarter Theatre production. “Lookingglass Alice.” Matthews Theatre.

3 p.m. Music department/Friends of Music/University Concerts performance. György Kurtág: “Kafka Fragments, Opus 24.” Tony Arnold, soprano, and Movses Pogossian, violin. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.

8 p.m. Theater and dance senior thesis production. Julia Cain and Josh Williams: “Four Rooms Waking.” Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.

Notices

11 a.m. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Service of Recommitment. William Watley, St. James A.M.E. Church, Newark. Chapel.

Monday, January 15

Lectures

4:30 p.m. Near Eastern studies lecture. “Israel/Palestine: History Is Undecided.” Afif Safieh, Palestine Liberation Organization Mission to the United States. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

Notices

1 p.m. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Tuesday, January 16

Lectures

4:15 p.m. Princeton plasma physics colloquium. “Overview of the ASDEX Upgrade Tokamak Programme.” Hartmut Zohm, Max-Planck-Institute for Plasma Physics, Garching, Germany. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.

Wednesday, January 17

Arts

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre production. “Lookingglass Alice.” Matthews Theatre.

Lectures

[G] Noon. Information technology lecture. “Bibliographic Management: No Longer a Chore.” Audrey Wright. Multipurpose Room B, Frist.

Noon. Science and technology lecture. “Blind, Deaf and Tough (Having Fun With Periodic Polymers).” Edwin Thomas, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 222 Bowen.

Thursday, January 18

Arts

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre production. “Lookingglass Alice.” Matthews Theatre.

8 p.m. Music department performance. New music composed and performed by members of the fall 2006 Princeton Laptop Orchestra. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.

Lectures

2 p.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics lecture. “Impacts of Systematic Error Reduction on CAM3.1 Sensitivity to CO2 Forcing.” Charles Jackson, University of Texas-Austin. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.

5 p.m. Art and archaeology lecture. “On the Sensual and the Sensuous in Islamic Calligraphy.” David Roxburgh, Harvard University. 106 McCormick.

Friday, January 19

Arts

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre production. “Lookingglass Alice.” Matthews Theatre.

Saturday, January 20

Arts

[F] 3 and 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre production. “Lookingglass Alice.” Matthews Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. Greater Princeton Youth Orchestra 45th Annual Winter Concert. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Sunday, January 21

Arts

[F] 2 and 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre production. “Lookingglass Alice.” Matthews Theatre.

[F] 4 p.m. Princeton Symphony concert. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Notices

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

Wednesday, January 24

Arts

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre production. “Lookingglass Alice.” Matthews Theatre.

Thursday, January 25

Arts

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre production. “Lookingglass Alice.” Matthews Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. University Concerts performance. Artemis String Quartet. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Friday, January 26

Arts

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Eldar Djangirov, jazz pianist. Berlind Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre production. “Lookingglass Alice.” Matthews Theatre.

Saturday, January 27

Arts

[F] 3 and 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre production. “Lookingglass Alice.” Matthews Theatre.

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. “Opposite You.” Broadway stars and husband and wife Jason Danieley and Marin Mazzie. Berlind Theatre.

Sunday, January 28

Arts

[F] 2 p.m. McCarter Theatre production. “Lookingglass Alice.” Matthews Theatre.

[F] 4 p.m. Princeton Girlchoir concert. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Notices

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

Monday, January 29

Sports

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

Tuesday, January 30

Arts

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. DanceBrazil. Matthews Theatre.

Wednesday, January 31

Lectures

Noon. Molecular biology lecture. “Micro RNA Functions.” Stephen Cohen, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany. 3 Thomas.

Friday, February 2

Sports

7 p.m. Women’s basketball vs. Yale University. Jadwin Gym.

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

Saturday, February 3

Arts

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. “The Yeoman of the Guard.” New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players. Matthews Theatre.

[F] 8:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre CD release concert. GrooveLily. Featuring music from McCarter’s production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Berlind Theatre.

Sports

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

7 p.m. Women’s basketball vs. Brown 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.

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

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

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 Jan. 30.

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: 258-3060.

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.

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