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Princeton Weekly Bulletin March 5, 2007, Vol. 96, No. 18 prev next current
- Page One
- • Creative Connections: ‘Godunov’ project driven by scholarly, artistic collaborations
- • Alumni award winners stress value of public service
- Inside
- • Top students honored with highest awards
- • From dissertations to collaborations
- • University and borough team up to address pedestrian safety
- People
- • Hammond joins facilities senior management team
- • Lawson, Martinez named to enhance diversity initiatives
- • Spotlight
- Almanac
- • Calendar of events
- • Nassau notes
- • By the numbers
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Calendar of events
March 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
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Monday, March 5
Arts
5 p.m. Center for African American Studies/theater and dance lecture. Kenny Leon, director. McCosh 4.
[F] 7 p.m. Princeton Adult School film screening. “The Best of Youth.” Last of two. Kresge Auditorium, Frick.
8 p.m. Comparative literature/music/East Asian studies concert. Works from the Honkyoku, Gaikyoku and contemporary shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute) repertory. Riley Lee, shakuhachi musician. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.
Lectures
12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences lecture. “Climatic Consequences of Regional Nuclear Conflicts.” Alan Robock, Rutgers University. 302 Computer Science.
[G] 3:30 p.m. McGraw Center seminar. “Becoming a Colleague: Managing Your Dissertation.” Pamela Barnett and Amanda Wilkins. 328 Frist.
4 p.m. Applied and computational mathematics lecture. “Linear Stability of Ring Systems.” Robert Vanderbei. 214 Fine.
4 p.m. Geosciences lecture. “Keeping an Eye on the Dam: Monitoring and Understanding the Fastest Glaciers.” Ian Howat, University of Washington. 220 Guyot.
4 p.m. Mathematics analysis seminar. Jan Metzger, Stanford University. 110 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Italian studies lecture. “Leonardo Scrittore: Uno Stile per la Modernità.” Carlo Vecce, Naples Eastern University. 105 Chancellor Green.
4:30 p.m. Judaic studies lecture. “Wagner’s Greeks: Judaism, Hellenism and the Politics of Culture.” Simon Goldhill, University of Cambridge. 10 East Pyne.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Canadian studies lecture. “Afghanistan: The Current Situation.” Christopher Alexander, United Nations. 16 Robertson.
Notices
[G] 4:30 p.m. Faculty meeting. Faculty Room. Nassau.
Tuesday, March 6
Arts
4:30 p.m. Visual arts/@rts/German lecture. Wolfgang Staehle, Internet artist. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
7:30 p.m. Center for Human Values/dean of the faculty film screening. Lars von Trier: “Manderlay.” 16 Robertson.
7:30 p.m. German/humanities reading. “On the Uses of Poesy: Readings From and Commentary on Kluge’s New Books ‘Next Door to Another Life’ and ‘Cinema Stories.’” Alexander Kluge, filmmaker and author. 104 Computer Science.
8 p.m. Composers’ Ensemble concert. Sam Solomon, percussionist. Works of graduate student composers. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre dance performance. Compagnia Nacional de Danza 2. Nacho Duato, choreographer. Matthews Theatre.
Lectures
Noon. Molecular biology lecture. “Genetic Analysis of Innate Behavior in Drosophila.” Barry Dickson, Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna. 3 Thomas Lab.
Noon. Population research lecture. “American Merry-Go-Round: Serial Partnership and Its Consequences for Children.” Andrew Cherlin, Johns Hopkins University. 300 Wallace.
12:15 p.m. Latin American studies lecture. “Ernesto Che Guevara: A 40 Años de su Muerte.” Ricardo Piglia. 216 Burr.
2 p.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics lecture. “The Sensitivity of California’s Snowpack to Climate Change.” Ian Howat, University of Washington. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.
4 p.m. Chemistry lecture. “From Targets to Strategies and Back Again: Some Examples From Complex Molecule Synthesis.” Andrew Phillips, University of Colorado. 324 Frick.
4:15 p.m. Astrophysical sciences astronomy colloquium. Jack Hughes, Rutgers University. 145 Peyton.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics algebraic geometry seminar. “Sections of Families of Abelian Varieties and Restriction to Curves.” Jason Starr, State University of New York-Stony Brook and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 322 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Operations research and financial engineering lecture. “A Filtering Approach to Tracking Volatility From Prices Observed at Random Times.” Boris Rozovsky, Brown University. E219 Engineering Quadrangle.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Center for the Study of Religion lecture. “God and Caesar in America.” Gary Hart, University of Colorado-Denver, former U.S. senator. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.
5 p.m. Art and archaelogy lecture. “Activating the Senses: The Body Royal and the Body Politic in a Mesopotamian Visual Aesthetics of Power.” Irene Winter, Harvard University. 106 McCormick.
5:30 p.m. Classics/Archaeological Institute of America lecture. “In the Shadow of Independence: The Archaeology of the National Constitution Center Site in Independence National Historical Park.” Jed Levin, National Park Service. 10 East Pyne.
8 p.m. University Public Lecture series/Farnum lecture. “Watch What You Eat.” Ruth Reichl, Gourmet editor. McCosh 50. Simulcast in McCosh 10.
Sports
F 7 p.m. Men’s basketball vs. Penn. Jadwin Gym.
9 p.m. Women’s basketball vs. Penn. Jadwin Gym.
Wednesday, March 7
Arts
12:30 p.m. Chapel music organ concert. Gordon Turk, the Great Auditorium, Ocean Grove, N.J. Chapel.
3 p.m. Music/Friends of Music student recital. Works of Martinu, Telemann, Zymann, Muczynski, Varese and Jolivet. Uma Tadepalli, flute; Timothy Hambourger, piano; and Suzanne Westbrook, clarinet. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.
4:30 p.m. Creative writing/Althea Ward Clark Reading Series. Darryl Pinckney and Colson Whitehead, novelists. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
4:30 p.m. Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures illustrated lecture. “The Golden Touch of Al-Andalus: The Art of Moorish Spain.” Michael Barry. 101 McCormick.
7:30 p.m. German/humanities film screening and lecture. “Utopia Just Keeps Getting Better While We’re Waiting for It: Films and Videos From the Salzburger Festspiele, London, Munich and Princeton University.” Alexander Kluge, filmmaker and author. 104 Computer Science.
8 p.m. Chapel music concert. Jazz Vespers Ensemble, Anthony Branker, director; Chapel Choir, Penna Rose, director; and Kadri Voorand, vocalist. Chapel.
Lectures
[G] Noon. Information technology seminar. “Campus Networking and the Internet: How They Work.” Peter Olenick. Multipurpose Room B, Frist. 12:15 p.m. Latin American studies lecture. “The Serpent, the Sickle and the Scythe: Murals From the Mexican Revolution.” Desmond Rochfort, University of Canterbury, New Zealand. 216 Burr.
12:30 p.m. Integrative information computer and application sciences lecture. “A Tale of Histone Tails.” Tamar Schlick, New York University. 402 Computer Science.
2:15 p.m. Mathematics discrete mathematics seminar. “Sum-Product and Applications.” Jean Bourgain, Institute for Advanced Study. 224 Fine.
3 p.m. Mathematics geometry, representation theory, and moduli seminar. Richard Thomas, Imperial College London. 214 Fine.
4 p.m. Chemical engineering lecture. “Synthesis and Environmental Catalysis of Palladium-Coated Gold Nanoparticles.” Michael Wong, Rice University. A224 Engineering Quadrangle.
4:15 p.m. International economics lecture. “Product Differentiation, Multi-Product Firms and the Impact of Trade Liberalization on Productivity in the Belgian Textile Industry.” Jan De Locker, New York University. 200 Fisher.
4:15 p.m. Princeton plasma physics lecture. “Magnetohydrodynamical Turbulence in Star and Planet Formation.” Mordecai-Mark Mac Low, American Museum of Natural History. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.
4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. “Li Qingzhao and the Burden of Female Talent.” Ronald Egan, University of California-Santa Barbara. 202 Jones.
4:30 p.m. French and Italian lecture. “Le Montaigne de Pascal.” Jean-Yves Pouilloux, Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, France. 10 East Pyne.
4:30 p.m. Madison Program lecture. “Bioethics: What Would the Founders Say?” Diana Schaub, Loyola College. 6 Friend.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics colloquium. “Rational Simple Connectedness and Weak Approximation.” Jason Starr, State University of New York-Stony Brook and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 314 Fine.
6:30 p.m. School of Architecture lecture. “Rhetoric and Empiricism in Engineering and Architecture.” Guy Nordenson. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.
Thursday, March 8
Arts
4:30 p.m. Visual arts/film studies/Young lecture. Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian filmmaker, discussing his work with Ivone Margulies, Hunter College. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre concert. Emanuel Ax, pianist. Matthews Theatre.
Lectures
12:30 p.m. Ecology and evolutionary biology lecture. “A General Framework for Cooperative Strategies: Insights From the Cleaner Fish Mutualism.” Redouan Bshary, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. 10 Guyot.
2 p.m. Mathematics ergodic theory and statistical mechanics seminar. “Baby-Talk on the Sato-Tate Problem.” Nicholas Katz. 401 Fine.
3:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering lecture. “Globalization, Mature and Not-So-Mature Technologies, and the Role in Education.” Earl Dowell, Duke University. 222 Bowen.
4 p.m. Chemistry lecture. “Quantum Computing With Individual Atoms and Photons.” Christopher Monroe, University of Michigan. 324 Frick.
4:30 p.m. Art and archaeology lecture. “Must We Mean What We See?” Darby English, University of Chicago. 106 McCormick.
4:30 p.m. Center for the Study of Religion/East Asian studies lecture. “Zen Writes, Zen Rites, Zen Rights: Traditionalism vs. Criticism.” Steven Heine, Florida International University. 202 Jones.
4:30 p.m. Classics/humanities lecture. “Body and Armor: The Heroic Warrior.” François Lissarrague, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France. 101 McCormick.
4:30 p.m. Davis Center lecture. “Technocracy and Dystopia: Science and Liberal Ideals in Late 19th-Century Mexico.” Claudio Lomnitz, Columbia University. 211 Dickinson.
4:30 p.m. Judaic studies lecture. “The Jewish Settlements in the Occupied Territories, 1967-Present.” Idith Zertal, University of Basel, Switzerland. 2 Robertson.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “George W. Bush: High Crimes and Misdemeanors?” Elizabeth Holtzman, attorney, former U.S. representative. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.
Friday, March 9
Arts
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre dance performance. Hungarian State Folk Ensemble. Matthews Theatre.
F 8 p.m. Theater and dance play. William Shakespeare: “The Tempest.” Ronee Penoi, director. Berlind Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. University Orchestra concert. Bartok: “Violin Concerto No. 2”; and Dvorak: “Cello Concerto in B Minor, Opus 104.” Michael Pratt, conductor, Jennifer Hsiao, violin, and Ami Connolly, cello. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
Lectures
12:30 p.m. Science and global security, Woodrow Wilson School/Carnegie biodefense seminar. “Synthetic Biology and Biological Security.” Drew Endy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 280 Icahn.
3 p.m. Mathematics differential geometry and geometric analysis seminar. Nicos Kapouleas, Brown University. 314 Fine.
3:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering lecture. “Reduced Order Models in Unsteady Aerodynamics, Aeroelasticity and Molecular Dynamics.” Earl Dowell, Duke University. 222 Bowen.
4 p.m. Philosophy lecture. “Imagination, Pretense and Action.” Tamar Gendler, Yale University. 2 Robertson.
Notices
5:30 to 7:30 p.m. School of Architecture/African studies/Center for Human Values conference, first of two days. “Connecting Princeton, USA and Kumasi to Work on the Cities of Accra, Ghana, and Lagos, Nigeria.” Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture. For more information, visit www.princeton.edu/~soa/kumasi/info.html.
Saturday, March 10
Arts
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre concert. Sweet Honey in the Rock. Matthews Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. Theater and dance play. William Shakespeare: “The Tempest.” Ronee Penoi, director. Berlind Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. University Orchestra concert. Bartok: “Violin Concerto No. 2”; and Dvorak: “Cello Concerto in B Minor, Opus 104.” Michael Pratt, conductor, Jennifer Hsiao, violin, and Ami Connolly, cello. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
Notices
8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. School of Architecture/African studies/Center for Human Values conference, last of two days. “Connecting Princeton, USA and Kumasi to Work on the Cities of Accra, Ghana, and Lagos, Nigeria.” Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture. For more information, visit www.princeton.edu/~soa/kumasi/info.html.
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. American Moroccan Institute/Center for African American Studies/anthropology conference, first of two days. “Breaking Apart the Monolith: The Many Ways of Being Muslim.” 113 Friend. For more information, visit www.princeton.edu/~religion/Muslim%20Conference/Index2.html.
Sunday, March 11
Arts
3 p.m. University Jazz Composers Collective concert. Anthony Branker: “The Eesti Jazz Suite.” With Kadri Voorand, vocals. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.
[F] 4 p.m. Princeton Symphony Orchestra concert. “The Brilliance of Sir William Walton.” Works of Jarnefelt, Mozart and Walton. Mark Laycock, music director, and Mariam Nazarian, piano. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
Notices
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. American Moroccan Institute/Center for African American Studies/anthropology conference, last of two days. “Breaking Apart the Monolith: The Many Ways of Being Muslim.” 113 Friend. For more information, visit www.princeton.edu/~religion/Muslim%20Conference/Index2.html.
11 a.m. Chapel service. Frederick Borsch. Chapel.
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.
Visual Arts
Lucas Art Gallery, 185 Nassau St. 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. March 6-9.
Senior thesis exhibition. Janice Dru, painter, and Lauren Elachi, photographer. Opening reception, 6 to 8 p.m. March 6.
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.