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Editor: Ruth Stevens
Calendar editor: Shani Hilton
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Calendar of events

April 2–8, 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.

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Monday, April 2

Lectures

12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences lecture. “Content-Based Search of Non-Text Data: What Google Does Not Do.” Kai Li. 302 Computer Science.

4 p.m. Geosciences lecture. “Global Upper-Mantle Structure From Finite-Frequency Tomography.” Ying Zhou, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. 220 Guyot.

4 p.m. Mathematics analysis seminar. “Singularities and Transport in Viscoelastic Fluids.” Becca Thomases, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. 110 Fine.

4:30 p.m. French and Italian lecture. “Nerval, Baudelaire, Lautreamount, Rimbaud, Mallarmé: Mystères et Dépassement Dans L’Oeuvre de Cinq Poètes Majeurs Français.” Jean-Luc Steinmetz, Université de Nantes, France. 10 East Pyne.

4:30 p.m. Tang Center lecture, first of two. “Conspicuous Seclusion: Commemorative Landscape Painting in China.” Anne Clapp, Wellesley College. 101 McCormick.

7 p.m. Chemistry lecture. “Bones and Mummies: Science Revealing the Past.” Frank Rühli, University of Zurich, Switzerland. 6 Friend.

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Tuesday, April 3

Arts

7:30 p.m. Center for Human Values/dean of the faculty film screening. Jim Jarmusch: “Mystery Train.” 16 Robertson.

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. David Sedaris, author. Matthews Theatre.

Lectures

Noon. Population research lecture. “Religion and Fertility in the United States.” Conrad Hackett. 300 Wallace.

12:15 p.m. Latin American studies lecture. “Liberalism and the Good Society in the Iberian World.” Miguel Centeno. 216 Burr.

4 p.m. Physics seminar. “What Has Quantum Mechanics to Do With Factoring?” David Mermin, Cornell University. A9 Jadwin.

4:15 p.m. Astrophysical sciences astronomy colloquium. “Ultra-Compact Binaries.” Gijs Nelemans, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands. 145 Peyton.

4:30 p.m. Art and archaeology lecture. “‘Flou’: Rayographs and the Dada Automatic.” Susan Laxton, Barnard College. 106 McCormick.

4:30 p.m. Institute for International and Regional Studies lecture. “E-magination: Imaging, Digital Mapping and Visualization at the HP VISTA Labs (Birmingham, United Kingdom).” Vincent Gaffney, University of Birmingham. 219 Burr.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics algebraic geometry seminar. “Local Systems and Multiplier Ideals.” Nero Budur, University of Notre Dame. 322 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics mathematical physics seminar. “Laser-Atom Interaction: Ionization and Resonances for a Model System.” Christian Stuccio, Rutgers University. 343 Jadwin.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Bendheim Center lecture. “The Global Economic and Financial Market: 2007.” Min Zhu, vice president, Bank of China Ltd. 16 Robertson.

8 p.m. Mathematics/University Public Lecture Series/Vanuxem lecture. “Escher and the Droste Effect.” Hendrik Lenstra, University of Leiden, Netherlands. McCosh 10.

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Wednesday, April 4

Arts

12:30 p.m. Chapel music organ concert. Brittany Haskel, Westminster Choir College of Rider University. Chapel.

4:30 p.m. Creative writing/Clark Reading Series. Kathleen Jamie and Don Paterson, poets. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. August Wilson: “Radio Golf.” Kenny Leon, director. Matthews Theatre.

Lectures

[G] Noon. Information technology seminar. “A Second Life for the University: Immersive Reality in Teaching.” Janet Temos. Multipurpose Room B, Frist.

Noon. Molecular biology lecture. “Exocytosis of Synaptic Vesicles: Insights Into the Fusion Mechanism.” Reinhard Jahn, Max-Planck-Institute of Biophysical Chemistry, Germany. 3 Thomas Lab.

2:15 p.m. Mathematics discrete mathematics seminar. Endre Szemeredi, Rutgers University. 224 Fine.

4 p.m. Chemical engineering lecture. “Bringing a Molecular Dimension to Process Design.” Claire Adjiman, Imperial College London. A224 Engineering Quadrangle.

[G] 4:15 p.m. International economics seminar. Gilles Duranton, University of Toronto. 200 Fisher.

4:15 p.m. Princeton plasma physics lecture. “A Different Kind of Plasma: Mechanics and Electrophysiology of the Heart by the Immersed Boundary Method.” Charles Peskin, New York University. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.

4:30 p.m. Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia lecture. “Oil, Institutions and Growth in the Middle East.” Nisreen Salti, American University in Beirut. 219 Burr.

4:30 p.m. Liechtenstein Institute/law and public affairs lecture. “The Death Penalty in the U.S.: The Sentence With No Appeal.” Anne James, International Justice Project, United Kingdom. 1 Robertson.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics colloquium. Edward Frenkel, University of California-Berkeley. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Madison Program lecture. “How Abortion Harms Women.” Charmaine Yoest, Family Research Council. 16 Robertson.

4:30 p.m. Operations research and financial engineering lecture. “Inverse Problems in Option Pricing and Random Mixtures of Martingales.” Rama Cont, Columbia University. E219 Engineering Quadrangle.

6:30 p.m. School of Architecture lecture. “Building, Presence and Being.” Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, Stanford University. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

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Thursday, April 5

Arts

4:30 p.m. /@rts lecture. “Being Analog?” Nic Collins, composer. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. August Wilson: “Radio Golf.” Kenny Leon, director. Matthews Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. Roaring 20 and Katzenjammers concert. “A Cappella Jam.” Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

[F] 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. Dylan Thomas: “Under Milk Wood.” Susie Cramer-Greenbaum and Zach Berta, directors. Theater, Murray-Dodge.

Lectures

[G] Noon. Information technology seminar. “Scholarly Papers With MS Word: Templates and Styles.” Jeanne Mrak. Multipurpose Room C, Frist.

12:30 p.m. English/African American studies/Center for Human Values lecture. “Covering: From Style to Politics.” Anne Cheng and Kenji Yoshino, Yale University. 10 East Pyne.

2 p.m. Mathematics ergodic theory and statistical mechanics seminar. “Baby-Talk on the Sato-Tate Problem.” Nicholas Katz. 401 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Center for Human Values/Woodrow Wilson School/Moffett lecture. “The End of Civil Rights? The Supreme Court’s Rejection of Identity Politics.” Kenji Yoshino, Yale University. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall.

4:30 p.m. Center for Innovation in Engineering Education lecture. “Leadership Lessons Learned on the Firing Line.” Anne Mulcahy, Xerox Corp. Convocation Room, Friend.

4:30 p.m. Davis Center lecture. “The Dream of Human Mastery: ‘Conquering’ Nature in Modern Germany.” David Blackbourn, Harvard University. 211 Dickinson.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics colloquium. “Layered Lattices.” Hendrik Lenstra, Leiden University, Netherlands. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Operations research and financial engineering lecture. Gareth James, University of Southern California. E219 Engineering Quadrangle.

4:30 p.m. Physics colloquium. “The Geometry of (Flat) Spacetime.” David Mermin, Cornell University. A10 Jadwin.

4:30 p.m. Tang Center lecture, last of two. “What’s in a Name? The ‘Biehao’ Painting in Chinese Landscape.” Anne Clapp, Wellesley College. 101 McCormick.

Notices

9 p.m. Chapel Maundy Thursday service. Chapel.

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Friday, April 6

Arts

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. August Wilson: “Radio Golf.” Kenny Leon, director. Matthews Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. Dylan Thomas: “Under Milk Wood.” Susie Cramer-Greenbaum and Zach Berta, directors. Theater, Murray-Dodge.

Lectures

Noon. History of science/French and Italian lecture. “Philosophical Fireworks: Pyrotechnic Arts and Sciences in Early Modern Europe.” Simon Werrett, University of Washington. 230 Dickinson.

2 p.m. Mathematics symplectic geometry seminar. “Lagrangian 3-Torus Fibrations.” Ricardo Castano-Bernard, Kansas State University. 214 Fine.

3 p.m. Mathematics differential geometry and geometric analysis seminar. “Energy Functionals, Kahler-Einstein Metrics and the Moser-Tudinger-Onofri Inequality.” Yanir Rubinstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 314 Fine.

3:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering lecture. “Domain Coarsening in 3-D: Beyond Neumann.” David Srolovitz, Yeshiva University. 222 Bowen.

4 p.m. International Festival lecture. “Near East Meets Far East: Chinese Islamic Calligraphy.” Haji Noor Deen, Islamic College, Zhen Zhou, China. 101 McCormick.

Notices

Noon. Chapel Good Friday “The Way of the Cross” service. Chapel.

8 p.m. Chapel Good Friday Tenebrae service. Chapel.

Sports

2 p.m. Women’s tennis vs. Brown. Lenz Tennis Center.

7 p.m. Men’s volleyball vs. New Jersey Institute of Technology. Dillon Gym.

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Saturday, April 7

Arts

2 p.m. International Center film screening. Janet Gardner: “The Last Ghost of War.” 101 McCormick.

[F] 2 and 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. Dylan Thomas: “Under Milk Wood.” Susie Cramer-Greenbaum and Zach Berta, directors. Theater, Murray-Dodge.

[F] 3 and 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. August Wilson: “Radio Golf.” Kenny Leon, director. Matthews Theatre.

Sports

Noon. Women’s tennis vs. Yale. Lenz Tennis Center.

Noon and 2 p.m. Softball vs. Harvard. 1895 Field.

3 p.m. Men’s lacrosse vs. Syracuse. 1952 Stadium.

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Sunday, April 8

Arts

[F] 2 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. August Wilson: “Radio Golf.” Kenny Leon, director. Matthews Theatre.

Notices

8 a.m. Chapel Easter Sunday service. Deborah Blanks. Chapel.

11 a.m. Chapel Easter Sunday service. Paul Raushenbush. Chapel.

1 p.m. Hallelujah Worship Community Easter Celebraton. Deborah Blanks. West Room, Murray-Dodge.

Sports

1 and 3 p.m. Softball vs. Dartmouth. 1895 Field.

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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.

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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.

“History, Identity or None of the Above: Regarding African American Art.” Through May 13.

“Treasures From Olana: Landscapes by Frederic Edwin Church.” Through June 10.

“Pop Art at Princeton: Permanent and Promised.” Through Aug. 12.

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.

Milberg Gallery: “Boris Godunov.” Through Sept. 4. Tours of exhibit at: 6 p.m. April 12; 3 p.m. April 14-15; 2 p.m. June 2; 11 a.m. Sept. 2.

International Center

Frist Campus Center 100 level. Monday-Wednesday, 7 a.m. to 2 a.m.; Thursday and Friday, 7 a.m. to 3 a.m.; Saturday, 7:30 a.m. to 3 a.m.; Sunday, 8 a.m. to 2 a.m.

“Ashraya Institute for Children, Pune, India.” Photographs by Julia Neubauer. April 8-20.

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.

Senior thesis exhibition. Christina McMillan, mixed media and installation artist, and Derek Whitworth, photographer. April 3-13. Opening reception, 6 to 8 p.m., April 3.

Women and Gender Studies

Lounge, 113 Dickinson Hall. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed weekends.

“Print, Paper and Collage.” Betsy Miraglia, freelance artist. Through April 30.

Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs

Bernstein Gallery, Robertson Hall. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

“After Utopia.” Photographs by Elidor Mehilli. Through April 27.

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Et cetera

Art Museum

Hours: 258-3788. www.princetonartmuseum.org.

Athletic Ticket Office

Tickets and information: 258-3538.