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Princeton Weekly Bulletin February 26, 2007, Vol. 96, No. 17 prev next current
- Page One
- • Katz embraces dynamic approach to convey richness of languages
- • Soboyejo tackles problems, inspires students
- Inside
- • Tilghman names advisory committee on international opportunities
- • Playground project benefits day care center, student designers
- • Gift of rare Chinese coins enriches University collection
- People
- • Schäfer chosen for Andrew W. Mellon award
- • Three new faculty members appointed
- • Seven named to endowed professorships
- • Spotlight
- Almanac
- • Calendar of events
- • Nassau notes
- • By the numbers
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Calendar of events
February 26–March 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.
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Monday, February 26
Arts
[F] 7 p.m. Princeton Adult School film screening. “The Best of Youth.” First of two. Kresge Auditorium, Frick.
Lectures
12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences lecture. “Modeling the Soft Geometry of Biological Membranes: From the Endoplasmic Reticulum to Red Blood Cell Shapes.” Ranjan Mukhopadhyay, Clark University. 302 Computer Science.
3 p.m. Chemical engineering lecture. “Surface Engineering Using Layer-by-Layer Assembly of pH-Sensitive Polymers and Nanoparticles.” Daeyeon Lee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A-224 Engineering Quadrangle.
4 p.m. Applied and computational mathematics lecture. “A Taste of Compressed Sensing.” Ron DeVore, New York University. 214 Fine.
4 p.m. Geosciences lecture. “Do We Understand the Water Vapor Feedback on Global Climate?” Steven Sherwood, Yale University. 220 Guyot.
Tuesday, February 27
Arts
7:30 p.m. Center for Human Values/dean of the faculty film screening. Lars von Trier: “Dogville.” 16 Robertson.
8 p.m. Composers’ Ensemble concert. So Percussion. Works of Dan Trueman, Betsey Biggs, Greg Spears, Mark Dancigers, Samson Young, Seth Cluett and Miriama Young. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.
Lectures
Noon. Population research lecture. “The Origins of Disadvantage in the Transition to Adulthood.” Kathleen Mullan Harris. University of North Carolina. 300 Wallace.
12:15 p.m. Latin American studies lecture. “Spain in the 19th-Century Caribbean: The Problem of Equality and Representation, or 1898 Revisited.” Josep María Fradera, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain. 216 Burr.
2 p.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics lecture. “Blood From a Stone: Measuring Trends in the Tropospheric Lapse Rate.” Steven Sherwood, Yale University. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.
4 p.m. Chemistry lecture. “Reaction Chemistry Meets Lithography.” Colin Nuckolls, Columbia University. 324 Frick.
4:15 p.m. Astrophysical sciences astronomy colloquium. “Methane Lakes and Methane Rain on Titan: What It All Means.” Jonathan Lunine, University of Arizona. 145 Peyton.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics algebraic geometry seminar. “On Gabber’s Finiteness Theorem in Etale Cohomology.” Luc Illusie, Université Paris. 322 Fine.
Notices
5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Center for Innovation in Engineering Education/JumpStart New Jersey Angel Network/technology licensing Innovation Forum. Convocation Room, Friend.
Wednesday, February 28
Arts
12:30 p.m. Chapel music concert. Julie Evans, St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church, Bethesda, Md. Chapel.
4:30 p.m. Visual arts/Pozzi illustrated lecture. Thomas Hirschhorn, sculptor and installation artist. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. American Repertory Ballet. “Dancing Through the Ceiling.” Matthews Theater.
Lectures
Noon. Molecular biology lecture. “Snf1/AMPK Pathways and Metabolic Stress: Insights From Yeast.” Marian Carlson, Columbia University. 3 Thomas Lab.
12:15 p.m. Center for Health and Wellbeing/development studies lecture. “Accounting for the Effect of Health on Economic Growth.” David Weil. Brown University. 300 Wallace.
12:15 p.m. Latin American studies lecture. “Port and City: A Century-Long Relationship (Santos, São Paulo, Brazil).” Fernando Teixeira da Silva Universidade de Campinas, Brazil. 216 Burr.
12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences lecture. “Evolutionary Dynamics of Microbial Gene Overlaps.” Carl Kingsford, University of Maryland. 402 Computer Science.
2:15 p.m. Mathematics discrete mathematics seminar. “Graphs and Games: Every Dense Graph Has a Large Surplus.” Jozsef Beck, Rutgers University. 224 Fine.
4 p.m. Chemical engineering lecture. “Design of Pharmaceutical Nanoparticle Morphology for Enhanced Therapeutics.” Keith Johnston, University of Texas-Austin. A-224 Engineering Quadrangle.
4:15 p.m. International economics seminar. “Corporate Hierarchies and the Size of Nations: Theory and Evidence.” Dalia Marin, University of Munich. 200 Fisher.
4:15 p.m. Princeton plasma physics lecture. “Digital Television and Media Innovations.” Michael Isnardi, Sarnoff Corp. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Center for Research on Child Wellbeing lecture. “Teen Relationships, Pregnancy and Marriage.” Sarah Brown, National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, and Rebecca Maynard, University of Pennsylvania. 16 Robertson.
Thursday, March 1
Arts
Noon. Chapel music concert. Julie Evans, St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church, Bethesda, Md. Procter.
8 p.m. Music/Friends of Music student recital. Works of Bach, Walton and Brahms. Nikki Federman, viola, and Mimi Kim, piano. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.
[F] 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. Joshua Williams: “Valentine at Bellevue.” Directed by Whitney Mosery. Theater, Murray-Dodge.
Lectures
[G] 12:15 p.m. McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning lecture. “The Scholar as Teacher.” Michael Gordin. 328 Frist.
4 p.m. Chemistry lecture. “Metallurgy in a Beaker: Nanoparticle Toolkit for Solid State Synthesis.” Raymond Schaak, Texas A&M University. 324 Frick.
4:30 p.m. Davis Center lecture. “The Geography of Freedom: South Africa’s Radical Spaces in Revolutionary Times.” Anne-Maria Makhulu, Duke University. 211 Dickinson.
4:30 p.m. Judaic studies film and lecture. “The Lost Wooden Synagogues of Eastern Europe.” Albert Barry, producer. 1 Robertson.
4:30 p.m. Physics colloquium. “The Mathematics of String Theory.” Nikita Nekrasov. A-10 Jadwin.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “Eyes Off the Prize? Why Bill Cosby Is Right and What We Should Do About It.” Juan Williams, National Public Radio and Fox News. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.
Notices
8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Center for Innovation in Engineering Education conference. “Women Entrepreneurs: Inspirations and Innovations.” Convocation Room, Friend. For more information, visit commons.princeton.edu/ciee.
Friday, March 2
Arts
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre concert. Solomon Burke. Matthews Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. University Glee Club and Chamber Choir concert. Works of Copland, Franklin and others. Richard Tang Yuk, director. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
[F] 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. Joshua Williams: “Valentine at Bellevue.” Directed by Whitney Mosery. Theater, Murray-Dodge.
Lectures
Noon. Psychology colloquium. “Is It Time for a Tri-Process Theory? Distinguishing the Reflective and Algorithmic Mind.” Keith Stanovich, University of Toronto. 0-S-6 Green.
1 p.m. Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia “Political Violence in Saudi Arabia: The Rise and Fall of Al-Qaida on the Arabian Peninsula.” Thomas Hegghammer, Norwegian Defence Research Establishment. 216 Burr.
2 p.m. Law and public affairs/Madison Program/Center for Human Values symposium. “Constitutional Democracy.” Walter Murphy with colleagues and former students. Senate Chamber, Whig.
3 p.m. Mathematics differential geometry and geometric analysis seminar. Brian Weber, University of Wisconsin. 314 Fine.
3:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering lecture. “Laser-Assisted Nanoprocessing and Device Fabrication.” Costas Grigoropoulos, University of California-San Diego. 101 Friend.
4:30 p.m. Irish studies lecture. “The Irish and Whiteness.” Noel Ignatiev, Massachusetts College of Art. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
Notices
12:45 to 5:30 p.m. Latin American studies/University Library colloquium. “Documenting Social Movements and Civil Society: Princeton University Library’s Latin American Ephemera Collection.” 219 Burr. For more information, visit www.princeton.edu/plas.
Sports
[F] 7:30 p.m. Men’s basketball vs. Brown. Jadwin Gym.
Saturday, March 3
Arts
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo. Matthews Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. Joshua Williams: “Valentine at Bellevue.” Directed by Whitney Mosery. Theater, Murray-Dodge.
[F] 8 p.m. University Concert Jazz Ensemble and Swingtet concert. “Never No Lament: Duke Ellington and the Blanton-Webster Band.” Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
Notices
8 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. Black Men’s Awareness Group conference. “Six Faces of Being a Black Man.” Various locations. For more information, visit www.bmagconference.org.
Sports
[F] 7:30 p.m. Men’s basketball vs. Yale. Jadwin Gym.
Sunday, March 4
Arts
3 p.m. Music/Friends of Music student recital. Works of Grieg, Beethoven, Bach, Chopin, Copland and Smetana. Sonya Hsieh, piano, and Carolyn Wu, piano. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.
3 p.m. Visual arts/film studies/media and modernity film screening. Abbas Kiarostami: “Through the Olive Trees.” Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
Notices
11 a.m. Chapel service. Deborah Blanks. Chapel.
4 p.m. Friends of the Library reading. Works of Homer, Virgil and other ancient authors; translations and poems of Robert Fagles. Chancellor Green Rotunda. Reception and dinner for Friends members. For more information, call 258-3155 or visit www.fpul.org.
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.
“Sorcerers of the Fifth Heaven: Nahua Art and Ritual of Ancient Southern Mexico.” Through April 28.
“Treasures From Olana: Landscapes by Frederic Edwin Church.” Through June 10.
Latin American Studies
Second- and third-floor galleries, Burr. 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
“Documenting Social Movements and Civil Society: Princeton University Library’s Latin American Ephemera Collection” Through June 4.
Murray-Dodge
Lobby. 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
“What’s Sacred? Princeton Views.” Through June 5.
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.
“Tune Every Harp and Every Voice.” Through July 27.
Women and Gender Studies
Lounge, 113 Dickinson. 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.
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.