Calendar of events
February 25-March 2, 2008
[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.
Monday, February 25
Arts
6:30 p.m. Slavic languages and literatures film screening. Pavel Lungin: “Wedding (Svad’ba).” 100 Jones.
7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre performance. “In Their Own Voices.” Writers and composers read and perform works in progress. Rehearsal room, Berlind Theatre.
Lectures
10:50 a.m. Physics lecture. “New Results From the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search.” Jeffrey Filippini, University of California-Berkeley. A9 Jadwin.
12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences lecture. “Multicore Meets Petascale: The Catalyst for a Software Revolution.” Kathy Yelick, University of California-Berkeley. 302 Computer Science.
4 p.m. Chemical engineering/Wilhelm Lecture Series. “Design of Hybrid Inorganic-Organic Materials for Heterogeneous Catalysis.” First of two. Mark Davis, California Institute of Technology. Convocation Room, Friend.
4:30 p.m. Liechtenstein Institute lecture. “The Second World.” Parag Khanna, New America Foundation. 16 Robertson.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “The Sandbox Investment: Kids First Politics.” David Kirp, University of California-Berkeley, and Stanley Katz. 16 Robertson.
6 p.m. School of Architecture lecture. “What Does Abortion Have to Do With Architecture?” Rebecca Gomperts, Women on Waves, Amsterdam. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.
Notices
[G] Noon. Council of the Humanities/Tang Center for East Asian Art/Lewis Center for the Arts workshop. “The Essence of Chinese Landscape Painting, an Insider’s View.” First of three. Arnold Chang, artist. Room 218, 185 Nassau St. Signup sheets available on first floor, 185 Nassau St.
Tuesday, February 26
Arts
8 p.m. Music concert film screening. “From Heart to Heart: Beethoven’s Plea for Peace.” Gilbert Levine, conductor. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.
Lectures
Noon. Population research lecture. “Studying Drug Injectors, Sex Workers and Other Hidden Populations With Random Walks: An Introduction to Respondent-Driven Sampling.” Matthew Salganik. 300 Wallace.
Noon. Russian and Eurasian studies/Near Eastern studies lecture. “Russian Muslims and Their Religious Bonds With Bukhara: 1700-1917.” Allen Frank, U.S. government. 202 Jones.
12:15 p.m. Latin American studies lecture. “‘Asi lo Parece por su Aspecto’: Recording Diversity in the Early Modern Spanish World.” Joanne Rappaport, Georgetown University. 216 Burr.
4 p.m. Chemistry lecture. “Self-Assembling Supramolecular Containers for Catalysis.” Joseph Hupp, Northwestern University. 324 Frick.
4:15 p.m. Astrophysical sciences colloquium. “The Formation of the First Stars and Black Holes and How They Regulated Cosmological Reionization.” Zoltan Haiman, Columbia University. 145 Peyton.
4:30 p.m. Career services lecture. “The Unimagined Career Journey.” Andrea Jung, Avon Products Inc. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.
4:30 p.m. Davis International Center/Initiating Mutual Understanding Through Student Exchange panel discussion. “Democratic Changes in China.” 302 Frist.
4:30 p.m. Tang Center for East Asian Art/art and archaeology lecture. “From Form to Picture: Japanese Sword Fittings in an Age of Peace.” Joe Earle, Japan Society. 106 McCormick.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Center for the Study of Religion lecture. “Crazy for God: How I Grew Up as One of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right and Lived to Take All (or Almost All) of It Back.” Frank Schaeffer, author. 16 Robertson.
5 p.m. Campus Plan panel discussion. “The Open Campus: A Conversation About the Changing Nature of Campuses and Campus Planning.” Neil Kittredge, Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners, moderator. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.
7 p.m. Chemistry/Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials/Princeton Environmental Institute lecture. “Conversion of Fossil and Biomass Feedstocks to Fuels.” Wolfgang Ruettinger, BASF Corp. 124 Frick.
Wednesday, February 27
Arts
12:30 p.m. Chapel music organ concert. Eric Plutz. Chapel.
4:30 p.m. Lewis Center for the Arts/creative writing/Clark Reading Series. Mary Karr and Honor Moore, poets and nonfiction writers. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.
Lectures
[G] Noon. Information technology lecture. “Digitizing the Universe From Your Backyard.” Robert Vanderbei. Multipurpose Room B, Frist.
Noon. Molecular biology/ecology and evolutionary biology lecture. “Learning About the Origin of Life From Efforts to Design an Artificial Cell.” Jack Szostak, Harvard University. 3 Thomas Lab.
[G] Noon. Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies/population research/Graduate School lecture. “The Urban Transformation of the World and the Transformation of Urban Professionals.” Elliot Sclar, Columbia University. 165 Wallace.
Noon. Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials lecture. “Electrostatic Complexes in Polymer Materials Science: Experiments With Polyelectrolyte Brushes.” Matthew Tirrell, University of California-Santa Barbara. 222 Bowen.
12:15 p.m. Center for Health and Well-being/development studies lecture. Anne Case, Christina Paxson and Angus Deaton. 300 Wallace.
12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences lecture. “Bioinformatics of Protein Domains.” Maricel Kann, University of Maryland. 402 Computer Science.
3 p.m. Mathematics geometry, representation theory and moduli seminar. “Stability Conditions and Stokes Factors.” Valerio Laredo, Northeastern University. 214 Fine.
4 p.m. Chemical engineering/Wilhelm Lecture Series. “Systemic Delivery of siRNA via Targeted Nanoparticles.” Last of two. Mark Davis, California Institute of Technology. Convocation Room, Friend.
4:15 p.m. Industrial relations/labor economics seminar. “Social Competition and Efficiency With Publicly Funded Catholic Schools.” David Card, University of California-Berkeley. 103 Bendheim.
4:15 p.m. International economics seminar. “Heterogeneity and Trade.” Arnaud Costinot, University of California-San Diego. 200 Fisher.
4:15 p.m. Princeton plasma physics lecture. “The Challenges of Plasma-Facing Materials in ITER and Beyond.” Dennis Whyte, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.
4:30 p.m. Art and archaeology lecture. “The Face and Hand of Christ: Modes of ‘Magic’ on a 14th-Century Melkite Amulet Roll.” Glenn Peers, University of Texas-Austin. 106 McCormick.
4:30 p.m. Davis International Center/Initiating Mutual Understanding Through Student Exchange lecture. Jicheng Xu, Beijing Olympics organizing committee. 1 Robertson.
4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. “Sichuan and Empire-Building Under the Qing.” Yingcong Dai, William Paterson University. 202 Jones.
4:30 p.m. Mathematics colloquium. “Integral Apollonian Circle Packings.” Jeff Lagarias, University of Michigan. 314 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia/Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies lecture. “Community and Sovereignty in Contemporary Arabic Political Theory.” Ellis Goldberg, University of Washington. 219 Burr.
Notices
[G] Noon. Council of the Humanities/Tang Center for East Asian Art/Lewis Center for the Arts workshop. “The Essence of Chinese Landscape Painting, an Insider’s View.” Second of three. Arnold Chang, artist. Room 218, 185 Nassau St. Signup sheets available on first floor, 185 Nassau St.
Thursday, February 28
Arts
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre opera. “Barber of Seville.” Teatro Lirico d’Europa and Orchestra. Matthews Theatre.
8 p.m. Music student recital. John Travis, voice. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.
[F] 8 p.m. Princeton University Players performance. Peter Mills and Cara Reichel: “The Flood.” Molly Borowitz and Sara-Ashley Bischoff, directors. Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.
Lectures
[G] Noon. Information technology/University Library lecture. “Word 2007 for Academic Users.” Jon Edwards and Audrey Betsy Welber. Multipurpose Room C, Frist.
2 p.m. Mathematics ergodic theory and statistical mechanics seminar. “The Bilinear Hardy-Littlewood Function for the Tail.” Idris Assani, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. 401 Fine.
3:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering lecture. “Fluid Dynamics at Low Temperatures: Thermal Convection.” K.R. Sreenivasan, Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics, Italy. 222 Bowen.
4 p.m. Chemistry lecture. “Phononic Effects in Nanowire Materials.” James Heath, California Institute of Technology. 324 Frick.
4:30 p.m. Davis Center for Historical Studies lecture. “Conceptions of Terror in the European Enlightenment.” Ronald Schechter, College of William and Mary. 211 Dickinson.
4:30 p.m. Women and gender lecture. “‘I Am Not A Woman Writer’: About Women, Literature, and Feminist Theory Today.” Toril Moi, Duke University. 10 East Pyne.
4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “The 2008 Elections.” Mara Liasson, National Public Radio. 16 Robertson.
4:45 p.m. Physics/Sackler lecture. “Measuring Cosmic Acceleration.” Brian Schmidt, Australian National University. A02 McDonnell.
Notices
[G] Noon. Council of the Humanities/Tang Center for East Asian Art/Lewis Center for the Arts workshop. “The Essence of Chinese Landscape Painting, an Insider’s View.” Last of three. Arnold Chang, artist. Room 218, 185 Nassau St. Signup sheets available on first floor, 185 Nassau St.
Sports
11 a.m. Women’s swimming Ivy League championships. First of three days. DeNunzio Pool.
Friday, February 29
Arts
12:30 p.m. Art museum gallery talk. “Educating the Camera Eye.” Joel Smith. Art museum.
8 p.m. Lewis Center for the Arts/theater and dance performance. Select student choreography. Hagan Dance Studio, 185 Nassau St.
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. Yehuda Hyman: “The Mad 7.” Mara Isaacs, director. Rehearsal room, Berlind Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. Princeton University Players performance. Peter Mills and Cara Reichel: “The Flood.” Molly Borowitz and Sara-Ashley Bischoff, directors. Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.
Lectures
[G] Noon. Judaic studies seminar. “The Status of Scripture in Early Rabbinic Midrash.” Azzan Yadin, Rutgers University. 203 Scheide Caldwell House.
Noon. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. King Abdullah II of Jordan. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander. See story on page 8 for ticket information.
2 p.m. Mathematics symplectic geometry seminar. “(Conjectural) Triply Graded Link Homology Groups of the Hopf Link and Hilbert Schemes of Points on the Plane.” Hiraku Nakajima, Kyoto University, Japan. 314 Fine.
3 p.m. Mathematics differential geometry seminar. Aaron Naber. 314 Fine.
4 p.m. Philosophy lecture. “The First Motive to Justice: Hume’s ‘Circle Argument’ Squared.” Don Garrett, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. 2 Robertson.
4:30 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute/Near Eastern studies lecture. “Iraq: Economic Development and the Oil Curse.” Ali Allawi, University of Oxford. 219 Burr.
8 p.m. Music student recital. Kieran Ledwidge, violin. Taplin Auditorium, Fine.
Notices
[G] 1 to 5 p.m. Princeton Alcohol Coalition workshop, last of three. “Responsibilities Regarding High-Risk Drinking.” Wu Dining Hall, Butler College. Reception follows. To register, e-mail acc@princeton.edu or call 258-5980.
3:30 to 6:30 p.m. American studies/Center for African American Studies/law and public affairs film screening and panel discussions. “The Opportunity of Crisis: Integrating the University of Alabama.” McCosh 50.
Sports
11 a.m. Women’s swimming Ivy League championship. Second of three days.DeNunzio Pool.
[F] 7 p.m. Women’s basketball vs. Brown. Jadwin Gym.
Saturday, March 1
Arts
[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre ballet. “Romeo and Juliet.” Tchaikovsky Ballet and Orchestra. Matthews Theatre.
8 p.m. Lewis Center for the Arts/theater and dance performance. Select student choreography. Hagan Dance Studio, 185 Nassau St.
[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. Yehuda Hyman: “The Mad 7.” Mara Isaacs, director. Rehearsal room, Berlind Theatre.
[F] 8 p.m. Princeton University Players performance. Peter Mills and Cara Reichel: “The Flood.” Molly Borowitz and Sara-Ashley Bischoff, directors. Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.
[F] 8 p.m. University Glee Club concert. “Music of J.S. Bach.” Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
Sports
11 a.m. Women’s swimming Ivy League championship. Last of three days. DeNunzio Pool.
4 p.m. Men’s volleyball vs. George Mason. Dillon Gym.
[F] 6 p.m. Women’s basketball vs. Yale. Jadwin Gym.
Sunday, March 2
Arts
[F] 2 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. Yehuda Hyman: “The Mad 7.” Mara Isaacs, director. Rehearsal room, Berlind Theatre.
3 p.m. Art museum gallery talk. “Educating the Camera Eye.” Joel Smith. Art museum.
[F] 3 p.m. University Jazz Ensemble concert. “A Woman’s Voice: The Music of Women Composers in Jazz.” Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.
Notices
11 a.m. Chapel service. Paul Raushenbush. 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.
• “An Educated Eye: Princeton University Art Museum Collections.” Through June 15.
• “Invoking the Comic Muse: Toulouse-Lautrec’s Parody of ‘The Sacred Grove.’” Through June 15.
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.
Lobby:
• Campus Plan model and display boards. Feb. 24-29.
Main Gallery:
• “Numismatics in the Renaissance.” Through July 20. Tours at 3 p.m. March 16 and June 1.
Millberg Gallery:
• “Notre Livre: ‘À Toute Épreuve.’ A Collaboration Between Joan Miró and Paul Éluard.” Through June 29. Opening lecture and reception at 3 p.m. March 9.
Murray-Dodge
Lobby. 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
• “What Is Family? Princeton Views.” Through Dec. 1.
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library
Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Open to 7:45 p.m. Wednesday.
• “Times They Are A-Changin’.” Through July 15.
Women and Gender
Lounge, 113 Dickinson. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Closed weekends.
• Drawings and paintings by Lucía Maya. Through March 7.
Woodrow Wilson School
Bernstein Gallery, Robertson. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• “Looking at the Sequential Dialectic: The Death of Black Mane and the Feared Self.” Michael LaRiccia, artist. Through April 4.
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
Weekday tours leave from Undergraduate Admission Reception Area, Clio. Saturday and Sunday tours leave from Frist Campus Center Welcome Desk. Tours Monday-Saturday at 11:15 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.
University Ticketing
Ticket information: 258-9220. www.princeton.edu/utickets.
