Nassau notes
South Korea’s U.S. ambassador to give talk
Lee Tae-sik, South Korea’s ambassador to the United States, will give a lecture on “The North Korean Nuclear Issue and the Future of the U.S.-South Korean Alliance Relationship” at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1, in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall.
A career diplomat whose service has spanned four decades and four continents, Lee has been ambassador to the United States since October 2005. He also has been an ambassador to Israel and the United Kingdom.
Lee also has held several senior-level positions throughout the South Korean government, including deputy minister of foreign affairs. In that post, Lee led South Korean delegations in various security negotiations and consultations, particularly those addressing North Korea’s nuclear issue.
The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Program on Science and Global Security are sponsoring this talk.
Barbara Ehrenreich
John McPhee
Ehrenreich, McPhee to read work
A reading by Barbara Ehrenreich, author of the bestseller “Nickel
and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America,” and John McPhee, Pulitzer
Prize-winning author and Princeton faculty member, is set for
4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, at the Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
Ehrenreich is the author of 13 books, including “Nickel and Dimed,” for which she moved around the country working in low-wage jobs to examine the lives of America’s working poor. Her other books include “Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy,” “Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream” and “Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War.” Ehrenreich has been a contributor to Time magazine, The New York Times, Harpers magazine and The Progressive magazine.
McPhee, a member of Princeton’s class of 1953 and a Ferris Professor of Journalism since 1974, writes for The New Yorker and has published 27 books. His works have explored topics as diverse as cattle rustling in Nevada (“Irons in the Fire”), birch-bark canoes sewn and lashed by hand in New Hampshire (“The Survival of the Bark Canoe”) and the grooming of the lawns of Wimbledon (part of a collection titled “A Roomful of Hovings”). His work on the geology of North America, “Annals of the Former World,” won the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction in 1999.
The event is part of the Althea Ward Clark Reading Series sponsored by the Program in Creative Writing.
McEwan delivers Belknap lecture
Acclaimed British novelist Ian McEwan, this year’s Belknap Visitor in the Humanities at Princeton, will read and discuss his work at 5 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 4, in McCosh 50.
McEwan’s novels include “Amsterdam,” which won the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1998; “Atonement,” which is coming out as a major film this year; “Saturday,” which was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize; and “On Chesil Beach,” which is shortlisted for this year’s Booker Prize to be announced Oct. 16.
McEwan’s works capture the darker, disquieting elements of human relations and span varied subjects including quantum dynamics, neurosurgery and musical composition. In addition to his novels, he has published short stories and written television and film screenplays.
As Belknap Visitor at Princeton, McEwan joins a distinguished roster of eminent writers and artists, including Chuck Close, Don DeLillo, and Meryl Streep, who delivered last year’s Belknap lecture.
(photo: Denise Applewhite)
Farmers market opens
A new farmers market open to students, faculty, staff and local residents launched Sept. 25 and runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays through Oct. 23 at Firestone Plaza. Organized by students and several campus offices, the market is intended to support area farms and businesses that use sustainable practices. For more on the University’s “community ties,” see page 6.
Panels examine von Neumann’s legacy
The work and legacy of famed mathematician John von Neumann will be explored in two panel discussions featuring his daughter and Nobel laureate economist Thomas Schelling on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 5-6.
Von Neumann’s influence on mathematics and computer science, his involvement in the development of game theory and his work in nuclear physics as a member of the Manhattan Project made him one of the most important figures in the fields of mathematics and science. The Hungarian-born von Neumann was a Princeton faculty member in the early 1930s, and in 1933, with Albert Einstein, became one of the original six mathematics professors at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Von Neumann’s early life will be the subject of a panel discussion titled “Budapest: The Golden Years” at 3 p.m. Oct. 5 in 219 Burr Hall. His daughter Marina von Neumann Whitman, a professor of business administration and public policy at the University of Michigan, will be among the panelists. Others are: Peter Lax, a professor of mathematics at New York University; Laszlo Lovász, the director of the Institute of Mathematics at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest; Ronald Graham, a professor of computer science and engineering at the University of California-San Diego; and Vera Sos, a mathematician at the Alfred Renyi Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
At 8 p.m. Oct. 6 in McCosh 50, a panel of scholars will discuss “Living in von Neumann’s World: Scientific Creativity, Technology Advancement and Civilization’s Accelerating Dilemma of Power.” Speakers will include Schelling, an economist from the University of Maryland-College Park who received the 2005 Nobel Prize. Other panelists will include Freeman Dyson, professor emeritus of physics at the Institute for Advanced Study; his son George Dyson, a historian of science; Martin Nowak, the director of the Program for Evolutionary Dynamics at Harvard University; and Robert Wright, a visiting fellow at Princeton’s University Center for Human Values.
The events are sponsored by the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies and the John Templeton Foundation.
Workshops focus on entrepreneurship
Longtime entrepreneur and business school professor Julian Lange will lead a series of five public workshops beginning Thursday, Oct. 4, that explore the application of entrepreneurial principles in a variety of settings beyond startup ventures.
Lange, a professor of entrepreneurship and public policy at Babson College, currently is serving as the inaugural Dean’s Professor in Entrepreneurship in Princeton’s Center for Innovation in Engineering Education, which is sponsoring the workshops.
The workshops will feature discussions with leaders who have used the entrepreneurial process to effect major changes in government, large corporations, not-for-profit organizations, higher education and economic development. The sessions will explore how the central themes of the entrepreneurial process — including recognizing opportunity, leveraging resources and creating value for stakeholders — can be applied in business and nonbusiness contexts to achieve objectives and build value.
The first workshop, “Entrepreneurship in Government,” will be held at 4:30 p.m. Oct. 4 in the Bowen Hall auditorium. The featured guest speaker will be Craig Benson, former governor of New Hampshire and co-founder of Cabletron Systems, one of the first major providers of computer networking equipment.
Additional events in the series, all beginning at 4:30 p.m., will take place Oct. 11, Oct. 18, Nov. 8 and Nov. 13.
Future guest speakers include Walter Skowronski, president of Boeing Capital Corp. and senior vice president of Boeing Co.; Peter Kellner, a 1991 Princeton graduate and co-founder of Endeavor, an organization that supports entrepreneurs in developing countries; Edward Felten, Princeton computer scientist and director of the Center for Information Technology Policy; and Nancy Malkiel, Princeton’s dean of the college.
More details are available at commons.princeton.edu/ciee/2007/09/workshop_series_2007.html.
Lange earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Princeton in 1965 as well as an M.B.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University. He is the founder and president of the Chatham Associates management consulting firm. Previously, he served as president and chief executive officer of Software Arts Inc., which created VisiCalc, the first electronic spreadsheet.
Lange’s research interests include financing high-growth entrepreneurial ventures and the entrepreneurial challenges and opportunities presented by the Internet.
Exhibition of Chinese calligraphy by artist Seow-Chu See, on display in the Program in the Study of Women and Gender lounge
Exhibition of Chinese calligraphy
“Limitless Potential,” an exhibition of Chinese calligraphy by artist Seow-Chu See, is on display in the Program in the Study of Women and Gender lounge, 113 Dickinson Hall, through Nov. 4. The exhibition can be viewed from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays.
Afghan director to discuss film
Return to Afghanistan,” a documentary film about an Afghan woman who travels back to her native country, will be shown at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2, in the Whitman College theater.
The film follows director Vida Zaher Khadem on her return to Afghanistan, where she contends with the Taliban. Following the screening, Khadem, producer John Roche and Princeton lecturer Robert Finn, a former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, will speak.
The event is sponsored by the Davis International Center, the Office of the Vice President for Campus Life, Whitman College and the Women’s Center.
Documentary film festival set
The fifth Princeton Documentary Festival, highlighting the most recent, cutting-edge documentaries from Latin America and Spain, will be held Monday through Sunday, Oct. 1-7.
This year’s theme is “The Family Photo Album,” which alludes to a comment from filmmaker Patricio Guzman, featured at last year’s festival: “A country without documentary cinema is like a family without a photo album.”
The festival includes free public screenings, classroom discussions and interactions with filmmakers. From Monday through Thursday, the films will be shown at the Frist Campus Center theater, and most will be shown again at the Princeton Public Library Friday and Sunday. All films will be screened in the original language with English subtitles.
For a full schedule, visit www.princeton.edu/spo/films/.
The event is sponsored by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures, Program in Latin American Studies, Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, University Center for Human Values, Council of the Humanities and Davis Center for Historical Studies.
Keefe to discuss intelligence gathering
Writer and commentator Patrick Radden Keefe will present a talk titled “The Espionage Industrial Complex: Costs of Privatizing Intelligence Post-9/11” at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2, in 16 Robertson Hall.
Keefe, a program officer and fellow at the Century Foundation think tank, is a frequent commentator on issues of international security, with a focus on the impact of globalization and new technologies on cross-border security threats, and on the legal and ethical dimensions of intelligence and homeland security policy.
The lecture is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs as part of its “Privatizing National Security” series.
McCarter presents East Coast premiere
John Wesley and Michole Briana White star in the East Coast premiere of Lydia Diamond’s “Stick Fly,” which runs through Oct. 14 at the McCarter Theatre Center.
Set in an elite African American community on Martha’s Vineyard, “Stick Fly” explores complex and intertwining issues of family, trust and class. For ticket information, contact the McCarter box office at 258-2787 or visit www.mccarter.org. (photo: T. Charles Erickson)
Documentary film festival set
The fifth Princeton Documentary Festival, highlighting the most recent, cutting-edge documentaries from Latin America and Spain, will be held Monday through Sunday, Oct. 1-7.
This year’s theme is “The Family Photo Album,” which alludes to a comment from filmmaker Patricio Guzman, featured at last year’s festival: “A country without documentary cinema is like a family without a photo album.”
The festival includes free public screenings, classroom discussions and interactions with filmmakers. From Monday through Thursday, the films will be shown at the Frist Campus Center theater, and most will be shown again at the Princeton Public Library Friday and Sunday. All films will be screened in the original language with English subtitles.
For a full schedule, visit www.princeton.edu/spo/films/.
The event is sponsored by the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures, Program in Latin American Studies, Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, University Center for Human Values, Council of the Humanities and Davis Center for Historical Studies.
IT guidelines posted
The 2007-08 edition of the guidelines governing appropriate use of University information technology resources and Internet access has been posted online.
Since these policies appear only on the Web, the site (web.princeton.edu/sites/guidelines) also offers a printer-friendly version in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format.
This companion document to “Rights, Rules, Responsibilities” is a core policy document, which applies to all members of the University community. It is revised each year by a cross-campus panel.
Roof use prohibited
University policy prohibits the use of roofs on campus for personal or social purposes. This policy exists because of the obvious hazard of falls, as well as the possibility of roof damage.
Some roofs may be used for research and teaching with prior approval by contacting Chris Machusak, maintenance, at 258-6607, or Greg Cantrell, environmental health and safety, at 258-5294 or cantrell@princeton.edu.
