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Princeton Weekly Bulletin May 21, 2007, Vol. 96, No. 27 prev next current
- Page One
- • Dale winner to take musical journey across America
- • Berry ‘completes the circuit’ to find a home in neuroscience
- Inside
- • Wu gifts promote excellence in engineering and across campus
- • Wilmerding leaves a legacy of Pop art to Princeton
- • Library acquires papers of Sir Frank Kermode
- • Princeton team advances to next stage in ‘urban challenge’
- • Students put classroom learning to work for Honduran legislators
- • University to consolidate points accounts
- People
- • Four honored for their work mentoring graduate students
- • Tilghman joins in discussion on ‘Women at the Top’
- • Spotlight
- Almanac
- • Calendar of events
- • Nassau notes
- • By the numbers
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Calendar of events
May 21 – June 3, 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.
Roads closed for Reunions
The main campus will be closed to all vehicles except those with Reunions passes from 11 p.m. Wednesday, May 30, through 8 a.m. Sunday, June 3. For information, call 258-3157.
Monday, May 21
Lectures
4 p.m. Geosciences lecture. “The GRACE Satellite Mission: Using Time-Variable Gravity to Study the Earth.” John Wahr, University of Colorado-Boulder. 220 Guyot.
Tuesday, May 22
Arts
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. “Mrs. Packard.” Emily Mann, writer and director. Berlind Theatre.
Wednesday, May 23
Arts
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. “Mrs. Packard.” Emily Mann, writer and director. Berlind Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre concert. Derek Trucks Band. Matthews Theatre.
8 p.m. Music/Friends of Music student recital. Chuck Staab, drums; Irwin Hall, saxophone; Dean Reynolds, bass; Julia Brav, piano; and Ben Wasserman, saxophone. Original works of Staab. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.
Lectures
4:15 p.m. Princeton plasma physics lecture. “Angular Momentum Transport in Astrophysical Disks and Laboratory Flows.” Hantao Ji and Jeremy Goodman. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.
Thursday, May 24
Arts
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. “Mrs. Packard.” Emily Mann, writer and director. Berlind Theatre.
Friday, May 25
Arts
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. “Mrs. Packard.” Emily Mann, writer and director. Berlind Theatre.
Saturday, May 26
Arts
[F] 3 and 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. “Mrs. Packard.” Emily Mann, writer and director. Berlind Theatre.
Sunday, May 27
Arts
[F] 2 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. “Mrs. Packard.” Emily Mann, writer and director. Berlind Theatre.
Notices
11 a.m. Chapel service. Deborah Blanks. Chapel.
Tuesday, May 29
Arts
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. “Mrs. Packard.” Emily Mann, writer and director. Berlind Theatre.
Wednesday, May 30
Arts
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. “Mrs. Packard.” Emily Mann, writer and director. Berlind Theatre.
Lectures
2 p.m. Geophysical fluid dynamics lecture. “Towards Spectral Element and Discontinuous Galerkin Semi-Implicit Nonhydrostatic Models.” Francis Giraldo, Naval Postgraduate School. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.
4:15 p.m. Princeton plasma physics lecture. “Applied Mathematics in the Pharmaceutical Industry.” Jeffrey Saltzman, Merck Research Laboratory. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.
Thursday, May 31
Arts
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. “Mrs. Packard.” Emily Mann, writer and director. Berlind Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. David Mamet: “Glengarry Glen Ross.” Theater, Murray-Dodge.
[F] 8 p.m. University Players musical. Tom Greenwald and Andrew Lippa: “john & jen.” Theater, Frist.
[F] 10 p.m. Quipfire! improv comedy. Theater, Murray-Dodge.
Friday, June 1
Arts
3:30 p.m. Chapel music organ concert. Eric Plutz, University organist. Chapel.
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. “Mrs. Packard.” Emily Mann, writer and director. Berlind Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. David Mamet: “Glengarry Glen Ross.” Theater, Murray-Dodge.
[F] 8 p.m. Triangle Club show. “Heist Almighty.” Matthews Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. University Players musical. Tom Greenwald and Andrew Lippa: “john & jen.” Theater, Frist.
[F] 10 p.m. Quipfire! improv comedy. Theater, Murray-Dodge.
Saturday, June 2
Arts
[F] 3 and 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. “Mrs. Packard.” Emily Mann, writer and director. Berlind Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. Theatre Intime play. David Mamet: “Glengarry Glen Ross.” Theater, Murray-Dodge.
[F] 8 p.m. Triangle Club show. “Heist Almighty.” Matthews Theatre.
8 p.m. University Orchestra lawn concert. Finney and Campbell fields.
[F] 8 p.m. University Players musical. Tom Greenwald and Andrew Lippa: “john & jen.” Theater, Frist.
[F] 10 p.m. Quipfire! improv comedy. Theater, Murray-Dodge.
Notices
2 p.m. P-rade. Front campus.
9:15 p.m. Fireworks. Finney and Campbell fields.
Sunday, June 3
Arts
[F] 2 and 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. “Mrs. Packard.” Emily Mann, writer and director. Berlind Theatre.
Notices
11 a.m. Chapel service. Frederick Borsch. Chapel.
[G] 2 p.m. Baccalaureate service. (Open to ticket holders only.) Chapel.
5:30 p.m. Pan-African Graduation. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander. To RSVP, e-mail caf@princeton.edu.
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.
“Treasures From Olana: Landscapes by Frederic Edwin Church.” Through June 10.
“’57 Collects: A 50th Anniversary Celebration.” Through Aug. 12.
“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.
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, except 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 2.
“Tune Every Harp and Every Voice.” Through July 27.
University League
171 Broadmead. 2 to 6 p.m.
“Traces of Luminosity.” Jannick Wildberg, painter. May 26.
Visual Arts
Lucas Gallery, 185 Nassau St. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed weekends.
Spring semester group show. May 22 through June 5. Opening reception, May 22, 6 to 8 p.m.; video screenings, 7:30 to 9 p.m., Stewart Film Theater.
Women and Gender
113 Dickinson Hall. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed weekends.
“Worlds.” Drawings and paintings by Tina Salvesen. Through July 7.
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
Bernstein Gallery, Robertson Hall. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
“Turning on Nature.” Photographs by Susan Hockaday. Through Sept. 14.
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.