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Princeton Weekly Bulletin February 5, 2007, Vol. 96, No. 14 prev next current
- Page One
- • Trustees hold the line on tuition, approve funding for key initiatives
- • Scientists build a world in a grain of silicon
- Inside
- • Wilson School expands Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiative
- • Celebrating music’s inspirational power
- • A window onto Whitman College
- People
- • Martin Kruskal, pre-eminent mathematician, dies at age 81
- • Former Congressman Leach joins Wilson School faculty
- • Spotlight, briefs
- Almanac
- • Calendar of events
- • Nassau notes
- • By the numbers
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Calendar of events
February 5–11, 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.
Tuesday, February 6
Arts
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre concert.Joshua Bell, violinist. Matthews Theatre.
Lectures
2 p.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics lecture. “Ice Sheet-Climate Processes: Toward Coupled Modelling.” Shawn Marshall, University of Calgary, Alberta. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School panel discussion. “From Baghdad to the Woodrow Wilson School: Students’ Experiences in Iraq.” Six graduate students who recently served in Iraq. 16 Robertson.
5:30 p.m. Classics/Princeton Society of the Archaeological Institute of America lecture. “A Stroll in the Byzantine Landscape.” Timothy Gregory, Ohio State University. 10 East Pyne.
Wednesday, February 7
Arts
12:30 p.m. Chapel music organ concert. Harry Huff, Harvard University. Chapel.
Lectures
[G] Noon. Information technology seminar. “Clickers in the Classroom.” Janet Temos. Multipurpose Room B, Frist.
Noon. Molecular biology lecture. “Mapping Regulatory Circuits in Bacteria.” Michael Laub, Harvard University. 3 Thomas Lab.
4:15 p.m. Princeton plasma physics lecture. “Space Science Program in Taiwan.” C.Z. Cheng, Plasma and Space Science Center, Taiwan. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “American Exceptionalism, Institutional Failure and U.S. Foreign Policy.” Stefan Halper, Cambridge University. 16 Robertson.
6:30 p.m. School of Architecture lecture. “Considering Parameters.” Nader Tehrani, Office DA architecture firm, Boston. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.
Thursday, February 8
Arts
[F] Noon. Chapel music/Graduate College organ concert. Harry Huff, Harvard University. Procter (charge for lunch).
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre production. Tarell Alvin McCraney: “The Brothers Size.” Berlind Theatre.
Lectures
[G] Noon. Information technology seminar. “Faster, Easier Bibliographies With EndNote.” Elizabeth Bennett and Audrey Wright. Multipurpose Room C, Frist.
4:30 p.m. Davis Center lecture. “Historical Truth and Political Utopia: The Struggle Over Indian History at the End of Empire, 1920-1950.” Dipesh Chakrabarty, University of Chicago. 101 McCormick.
4:30 p.m. Music composition colloquium. Kenneth Goldsmith, University of Pennsylvania. 102 Woolworth.
4:30 p.m. Physics colloquium. “Hyperpolarized Noble Gas MRI: The Journey From Jadwin Hall to the Radiology Suite.” Bastiaan Driehuys, Duke University. A10 Jadwin.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/graduate career services lecture. “Ethical Pragmatists: Fighting Poverty From the Catseat of the World Bank.” Katherine Marshall, World Bank. 16 Robertson.
8 p.m. University Public Lecture Series/Spencer Trask lecture. “Visual Space/Ritual Space and the Agency of the Greek Priestess.” Joan Breton Connelly, New York University. Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.
Notices
[G] 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Human resources Spring Break and Summer Camp Expo. Multipurpose Rooms B and C, Frist.
Friday, February 9
Arts
[F] 7 p.m. Concert. “Gospelfest 2007.” Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre production. Tarell Alvin McCraney: “The Brothers Size.” Berlind Theatre.
[F] 7:30 p.m. Theater and dance senior thesis production. Wendy Wasserstein: “Uncommon Women and Others.” Directed by Tamsen Wolff. Featuring Kiran Chitanvis and Margaret Riley. Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre concert. Chick Corea and Gary Burton, jazz artists. Matthews Theatre.
8 p.m. Music student recital. Jennifer Hsiao, violin, and Serena Chin, piano.Works of Paganini, Bach, Corigliano, Beethoven and de Sarasate. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.
Lectures
Noon. Geophysical fluid dynamics lecture. “Intercomparison of the Northern Hemisphere Winter Mid-Latitude Atmospheric Variability of the IPCC Models.” Valerio Lucarini, University of Bologna, Italy. 217 GFDL, Forrestal.
Noon. Psychology lecture. “Spatial Patterns of fMRI Response in the Ventral Visual Pathway: What Can They Tell Us About the Neural Representation of Objects?” Nancy Kanwisher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 0-S-6 Green.
12:30 p.m. Science and global security/Woodrow Wilson School/Carnegie biodefense seminar. “Governance for Biological Threat Reduction: A Comprehensive, Interdisciplinary, International Approach.” Gerald Epstein and David Heyman, Center for Strategic and International Studies. 280 Icahn.
1 p.m. Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia lecture. “Oil and Persian Gulf Security: The Hormuz Dilemma.” Mike Booth, military analyst and retired Royal Navy captain. 219 Burr.
4 p.m. Philosophy lecture. “Laws and Meta-Laws of Nature.” Marc Lange, University of North Carolina. 1 Robertson.
Sports
[F] 7 p.m. Men’s ice hockey vs. Harvard. Baker Rink.
[F] 7:30 p.m. Men’s basketball vs. Harvard. Jadwin Gym.
Saturday, February 10
Arts
[F] 7:30 p.m. Theater and dance senior thesis production. Wendy Wasserstein: “Uncommon Women and Others.” Directed by Tamsen Wolff. Featuring Kiran Chitanvis and Margaret Riley. Matthews Acting Studio. 185 Nassau Street.
[F] 8 p.m. Concert. The Mingus Big Band. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre production. Tarell Alvin McCraney: “The Brothers Size.” Berlind Theatre.
Sports
[F] 7 p.m. Men’s ice hockey vs. Dartmouth. Baker Rink.
[F] 7:30 p.m. Men’s basketball vs. Dartmouth. Jadwin Gym.
Sunday, February 11
Arts
[F] 2 p.m. McCarter Theatre production. Tarell Alvin McCraney: “The Brothers Size.” Berlind Theatre.
Notices
1:30 to 6 p.m. Memorial for Martin Kruskal, professor emeritus of mathematics and astrophysical sciences. A02 McDonnell Hall. For more information, visit www.math.rutgers.edu/kruskal.
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.
“Treasures From Olana: Landscapes by Frederic Edwin Church.” Through June 10.
Murray-Dodge
Lobby. 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
“What’s Sacred? Princeton Views.” Through June 5.
University League
171 Broadmead. Feb. 10, 17 and 19, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Feb. 11 and 18, 1 to 6 p.m.
“Agnès Seugnet: Oils and Pastel Paintings, Giclee Prints, Note Cards.” Feb. 10 through 19. Opening reception Feb. 10-11, 4 to 6 p.m.
Visual Arts Program
Lucas Gallery, 185 Nassau St. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed weekends.
Exhibition of student work from fall 2006 visual arts classes (all media). Feb. 6 through Feb. 21. Opening reception, Feb. 6, 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.
“Where the Water Meets the Land.” Photographs and text by Carol Armstrong. “Liquid Logic.” Drawings by Sarah Stengle. Through Feb. 28. Reception Feb. 14, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
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.