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Princeton Weekly Bulletin April 23, 2007, Vol. 96, No. 24 prev next current
- Page One
- • World premiere production of “Boris Godunov”
- • Deepening the discourse on racial dynamics
- Inside
- • Program will create community of humanities scholars
- • Researchers combine efforts to help people of African savannas manage their land
- • Revised plan unveiled for arts neighborhood
- • On a quest for ancient coins, Steiglitz finds inspiration for a book and a course
- • Communiversity set for April 28
- Almanac
- • Calendar of events
- • Nassau notes
- • By the numbers
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Calendar of events
April 23–29, 2007
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Monday, April 23
Arts
8 p.m. Atelier performance. “Making Music for Dance.” American Ballet Theatre Company dancers and student musicians. David LaMarche, conductor, and Jonathon Appels, choreographer. Berlind Theatre.
Lectures
12:30 p.m. Civil and environmental engineering lecture. “Structural Engineering and Aristotle’s Elements: An Overview of Activities in Structural Engineering at the NIST.” Emil Simiu, National Institute of Standards and Technology. 4 Friend.
12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences lecture. “Modeling Fatigue and Wear of Strongly-Correlated Electron Materials.” Nick Mosey. 302 Computer Science.
4 p.m. Geosciences lecture. “W(h)ither Clouds.” Bjorn Stevens, University of California-Los Angeles. 220 Guyot.
4:30 p.m. Law and public affairs lecture. “Public Law Values and the Privatization of Foreign Affairs.” Laura Dickinson, University of Connecticut. 301 Marx.
4:30 p.m. Madison Program lecture. “Why Be Human?” Charles Rubin, Duquesne University. 6 Friend.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “Lessons Learned From Military Reconstruction Operations in Afghanistan.” Roland de Marcellus, U.S. Department of State. 16 Robertson.
Notices
[G] 4:30 p.m. Faculty meeting. Faculty Room, Nassau.
Tuesday, April 24
Arts
4:30 p.m. Visual arts senior thesis video screening. “Young Americans.” Mike Jorgensen. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St. Reception follows.
7:30 p.m. Center for Human Values/dean of the faculty film screening. Emir Kustrica: “Arizona Dream.” 16 Robertson.
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre dance performance. “Connect Transfer.” Shen Wei Dance Arts. Matthews Theatre.
Lectures
Noon. Population research lecture. “‘Big’ Labor Goes to the Polls: Unions and Voter Turnout in Post-Accord America.” Jake Rosenfeld. 300 Wallace.
12:15 p.m. Latin American studies lecture. “The Fourth Branch: Decentralization and Subnational Politics in Latin America.” Tulia Falleti, University of Pennsylvania. 216 Burr.
2 p.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics lecture. “On the Growth of the Trade-Wind Layer.” Bjorn Stevens, University of California-Los Angeles. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.
4 p.m. Molecular biology/Wallace seminar. “Protein Misfolding: The Risks.” Susan Lindquist, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. 3 Thomas Lab.
4:15 p.m. Astrophysical sciences astronomy colloquium. “Wide-Field Astronomy With Subaru Telescope: An Extensive Search for Star-Forming Galaxies at Z=3.” Toru Yamada, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. 145 Peyton.
4:30 p.m. Judaic studies/history/European cultural studies lecture. “Past Encounters: Lea Goldberg and Ilsabe Hunke von Podewils.” Yfaat Weiss, New York University. 211 Dickinson.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics algebraic geometry seminar. “Free Absolute Galois Groups.” David Harbater, University of Pennsylvania. 322 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Operations research and financial engineering lecture. “A Duality Theory for Set-Valued Convex Functions.” Andreas Hamel, Martin Luther University, Germany. E219 Engineering Quadrangle.
4:30 p.m. Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies/Black lecture. “Putin’s Russia and Beyond: What Is the Model?” Andrei Illarionov, Cato Institute, former chief economic adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin. 219 Burr.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “The State of Global Health Funding Initiatives: Short-Term Placebos and Long-Term Solutions.” Andrew Farlow, University of Oxford. 16 Robertson.
5:30 p.m. Classics/Princeton Society of the Archaeological Institute of America lecture. “Animals for the Arena: The Roman Wild Beast Trade.” Roger Wilson, University of British Columbia. 10 East Pyne.
7:30 p.m. Princeton Varsity Club/McCandless lecture. “Sports: The Hype and the Hoopla.” Frank Deford, journalist and author. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
8 p.m. Center for the Study of Religion/Doll lecture. “Philanthropy ... It’s Definitely Not for Wimps: Reflections on Faith and Finance.” Dick DeVos, Windquest Group, and Stanley Katz. Chancellor Green Rotunda.
Notices
4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Women’s Center/Fields Center/Pace Center observance of YWCA National Day of Commitment to Eliminate Racism. Liberation Hall, Fields Center. To register, call 497-2100, ext. 308, or e-mail pelmi@ywcaprinceton.org.
Wednesday, April 25
Arts
12:30 p.m. Chapel music organ concert. Keith Reas, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Washington, D.C. Chapel.
4:30 p.m. Judaic studies/Near Eastern studies poetry reading. Linda Stern Zisquit, Bar Ilan University, Israel. 203 Scheide Caldwell House.
5 p.m. English/Center for African American Studies/Center for Human Values reading. “The Fire This Time.” Randall Kenan, novelist and essayist. Chancellor Green Rotunda.
Lectures
[G] Noon. Information technology seminar. “Video on Demand at Princeton.” Marianne Crusius. Multipurpose Room B, Frist.
12:15 p.m. Center for Health and Wellbeing/development studies lecture. “Aggregate Income Shocks and Infant Mortality in the Developing World.” Norbert Schady and Jed Friedman, World Bank. 300 Wallace.
12:15 p.m. Latin American studies lecture. “More Than Met the Eye: Behind the Mask of Jonkonnu and Other Afro-Atlantic Festivals.” Kenneth Bilby, Columbia College. 216 Burr.
12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences. “Simultaneous Model Selection via Rate-Distortion Theory, With Applications to Clustering and Significance Analysis of Gene Expression Data.” Rebecka Jornsten, Rutgers University. 402 Computer Science.
2:15 p.m. Mathematics discrete mathematics seminar. Assaf Naor, New York University. 322 Fine.
4 p.m. Chemical engineering lecture. “Design of a MEMS-based Acoustic Wave Biosensor.” Steinar Hauan, Carnegie Mellon University. A224 Engineering Quadrangle.
4:15 p.m. International economics lecture. “Trade Integration, Firm Selection and the Costs of Non-Europe.” Gianmarco Ottaviano, University of Bologna, Italy. 200 Fisher.
4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. “Reading Across the Lines: Manchu-Choson Accounts of the 1636-37 Manchu Invasion.” Evelyn Rawski, University of Pittsburgh. 202 Jones.
4:30 p.m. Italian studies lecture. “New Beginnings: The Poetics of Purgatorio.” Giuseppe Mazzotta, Yale University. 101 McCormick.
4:30 p.m. Madison Program/Mason lecture. “Responsible Freedom Under the Religion Clauses: Exemptions, Legal Pluralism and the Common Good.” Angela Carmella, Seton Hall University. 6 Friend.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics colloquium. Jacob Rasmussen. 314 Fine.
4:30 p.m. President’s Lecture Series. “Structural Plasticity in the Adult Brain.” Elizabeth Gould. McCosh 10.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Near Eastern studies/Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies lecture. “Al-Qaeda: Past, Present and Future.” Lawrence Wright, journalist and author. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.
Thursday, April 26
Arts
[F] 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. William Wycherley: “The Country Wife.” Will Ellerbe, director. Theater, Murray-Dodge.
Lectures
[G] Noon. Information technology lecture. “Professional Research Posters Using PowerPoint.” Sam Roze. Multipurpose Room C, Frist.
2 p.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics lecture. “New Insights Into Tropospheric Chemistry and Climate From the EOS-Aura Troposheric Emission Spectrometer (TES).” Helen Worden and Kevin Bowman, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.
2 p.m. Mathematics ergodic theory and statistical mechanics seminar. “Poincaré Lectures II.” Aaron Naber. 401 Fine.
2:30 p.m. Molecular biology lecture. “Structure of the ‘30nm’ Chromatin Fibre and the Regulation of Its Compaction.” Daniela Rhodes, Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, United Kingdom. 107 Schultz.
4:30 p.m. Classics lecture. “Alphabetic Investigations.” Barry Powell, University of Wisconsin-Madison. McCosh 66.
4:30 p.m. Davis Center lecture. “The Hydrocarbon Utopia.” Tim Mitchell, New York University. 211 Dickinson.
4:30 p.m. East Asian studies/Wendt lecture. “Fear, Sovereignty and Memory in the Changing U.S.-Japan Alliance.” David Leheny, University of Wisconsin-Madison. 202 Jones.
4:30 p.m. English lecture. “Kingsley Amis in America: Pleasure and Prejudice in Princeton and Nashville.” Zachary Leader, Roehampton University, London. McCosh 2, Entry B.
4:30 p.m. Physics colloquium. “Solving Gauge and String Theories With Integrable Spin Chains.” Niklas Beisert, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Germany. A10 Jadwin.
4:30 p.m. Sociology/Tumin lecture. “Stability and Change in the City.” Robert Sampson, Harvard University. 6 Friend.
8 p.m. University Public Lecture Series/Stafford Little lecture. “Work in Progress #131.” Thom Mayne, architect, Morphosis. 101 Friend.
Friday, April 27
Arts
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre jazz concert. John Medeski, Billy Martin and Chris Wood. Matthews Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. Theater and dance senior thesis play. J.M. Barrie: “Peter Pan.” Rodney DeaVault, director, with Nicole Greenbaum. Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.
[F] 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. William Wycherley: “The Country Wife.” Will Ellerbe, director. Theater, Murray-Dodge.
[F] 8 p.m. University Orchestra/Mindlin concert. Works by Rivier, Hindemith, Prokofiev and Mahler. Michael Pratt, conductor. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
Lectures
Noon. French and Italian lecture. “Marx’s ‘Bovary,’ Flaubert’s ‘Kapital.’” Emily Apter, New York University. 105 Chancellor Green.
12:30 p.m. Science and global security/Woodrow Wilson School/Carnegie biodefense seminar. Ken Alibek, George Mason University. 280 Icahn.
1 p.m. Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia lecture. “Current Counterterrorism Strategies and the ‘War of Ideas’ in Saudi Arabia: Re-education, Rehabilitation and Reintegration.” Christopher Boucek. 216 Burr.
2 p.m. Mathematics symplectic geometry seminar. “Vanishing of the Fundamental Class of Displaceable Lagrangian Submanifolds.” Peter Albers, New York University. 214 Fine.
3 and 4 p.m. Mathematics differential geometry and geometric analysis seminar. Meijun Zhu, University of Oklahoma, and Dan Lee, Duke University. 314 Fine.
3:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering lecture. “Flame Ignition and Stabilization by Nanosecond Repetitively Pulsed Plasmas.” Christophe Laux, Ecole Centrale, Paris. 222 Bowen.
4 p.m. Philosophy lecture. “Metaphors: A Deflationary Account.” Dan Sperber, National Center for Scientific Research, Paris. 2 Robertson.
4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. “Japanese Language Students’ Perceptions on Kanji and Kanji Learning Strategies.” Yoshiko Mori, Georgetown University. 302 Frist.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics topology seminar. Hossein Namazi. 314 Fine.
Notices
9 a.m. to 8 p.m. “Leading Change in Science and Technology: A Princeton Engineering Conference for Black Alumni,” first of two days. For more information: engineering.princeton.edu/lcst.
Sports
Noon and 2:30 p.m. Baseball vs. Cornell. Clarke Field.
3 p.m. Women’s lacrosse vs. Columbia. 1952 Field.
Saturday, April 28
Arts
[F] 2 and 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. William Wycherley: “The Country Wife.” Will Ellerbe, director. Theater, Murray-Dodge.
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre jazz concert. “Rebirth of the Cool.” Chris Botti. Matthews Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. Theater and dance senior thesis play. J.M. Barrie: “Peter Pan.” Rodney DeaVault, director, with Nicole Greenbaum. Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.
[F] 8 p.m. University Orchestra/Mindlin concert. Works by Rivier, Hindemith, Prokofiev and Mahler. Michael Pratt, conductor. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
8 p.m. Visual arts senior thesis video screening. “Young Americans.” Mike Jorgensen. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St. Reception follows.
Notices
8:30 a.m. to noon. “Leading Change in Science and Technology: A Princeton Engineering Conference for Black Alumni,” last of two days. For more information: engineering.princeton.edu/lcst.
Noon to 5 p.m. Communiversity celebration. See article on page 7.
Sports
11 a.m. Women’s open crew vs. Georgetown, Virginia and Notre Dame. Lake Carnegie.
Noon. Men’s lacrosse vs. Dartmouth. 1952 Field.
3 p.m. Women’s lacrosse vs. Brown. 1952 Field.
Sunday, April 29
Arts
[F] 11 a.m. McCarter Theatre play. “The Adventures of Perseus.” Christopher Parks, director. Matthews Theatre.
[F] 2 and 8 p.m. Theater and dance senior thesis play. J.M. Barrie: “Peter Pan.” Rodney DeaVault, director, with Nicole Greenbaum. Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.
[F] 4 p.m. Princeton Pro Musica concert. “The Majesty of Slavic Music.” Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
Lectures
4 p.m. International Center/East Asian studies/Middle East Society lecture. “The European Role in International Crisis Management: Iran and Afghanistan.” Wolfgang Danspeckgruber. 101 Friend.
4:30 p.m. French and Italian lecture. “Private Detectives in France, 1830-1930” (in French). Dominique Kalifa, New York University. 10 East Pyne.
Notices
11 a.m. Chapel service. Avery Cardinal Dulles, Fordham University. Chapel.
Sports
1 and 3 p.m. Softball vs. Cornell. 1895 Field.
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 and Archaeology
First floor lounge, McCormick Hall. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
“Global Views: 19th-century Travel Photographs.” Through Sept. 28.
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: 2 p.m. June 2; 11 a.m. Sept. 2.
Main Gallery: “To the Mountains of the Moon: Mapping African Exploration, 1541-1880.” Through Oct. 21.
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.
School of Engineering and Applied Science
EQuad Café. Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Closed weekends.
“Lessons From Hurricane Katrina.” Photographs of the Mississippi coast by Yin Lu “Julie” Young and colleagues. Through May 11.
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. Eleanor Oakes, photographer. Through April 27. Reception, 6 to 8 p.m., April 24.
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.
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.