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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. Submissions for future calendars may be made online using our calendar submission form.

Rosh Hashanah services

Orthodox: Center for Jewish Life. Sept. 29, 6:30 p.m.; Sept. 30, 8:45 a.m. and 6:20 p.m; Oct. 1, 8:45 a.m., 6:45 p.m. and 7:10 p.m.

Conservative: Richardson Auditorium, Alexander. Sept. 29, 7:30 p.m.; Sept. 30, 9 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.; Oct. 1, 9 a.m.

Reform: Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61 Nassau St. Sept. 29, 7:30 p.m.; and Sept. 30, 10 a.m.

Monday, September 29

Arts

4:30 p.m. Lewis Center for the Arts/visual arts film screening and lecture. Renate Sami, Ute Aurand and Milena Gierke, filmmakers. Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St.

Lectures

12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences lecture. “The Tradeoffs of Large Scale Learning.” Leon Bottou, NEC Labs. 302 Computer Science.

4 p.m. Geosciences lecture. "Rapid Global Warming 55.8 Million Years Ago." Scott Wing, Smithsonian Institutions. 220 Guyot.

4 p.m. Mathematics geometry, representation theory and moduli seminar. “From Gromov-Witten Invariants to Integer Counts.” Alexsey Zinger, State University of New York-Stony Brook. 314 Fine.

Tuesday, September 30

Arts

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. “Herringbone.” Roger Rees, director. Berlind Theatre.

Lectures

Noon. Latin American studies lecture. “Inequality, Party System Institutionalization and Party-Voter Linkages: Why Do Unstable Equilibriums Prevail in Latin America?” Juan Pablo Luna, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. 216 Burr.

Noon. Population research lecture. “Migrants’ Competing Commitments: Sexual Partners in Urban Africa and Remittances to the Rural Origin.” Nancy Luke, Brown University. 300 Wallace.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics algebraic geometry seminar. Gueorgui Todorov. 322 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Operations research and financial engineering lecture. “Singular Control With State Constraints.” Amarjit Budhiraja, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. 101 Operations Research and Financial Engineering.

4:30 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute/University Center for Human Values lecture. “The Ethical Challenge of Climate Change.” Peter Singer. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

Sports

7 p.m. Women’s soccer vs. Fairfield. Roberts Stadium.

Wednesday, October 1

Arts

12:30 p.m. Chapel music concert. Claudia Dumschat, Church of the Transfiguration, New York. Chapel.

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. “Herringbone.” Roger Rees, director. Berlind Theatre.

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

Lectures

[G] Noon. Information technology tour. “On Tour @ Lewis: The Science Library.” Patty Gaspari-Bridges. Lewis Library.

Noon. Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials/Center for Complex Materials lecture. “Ab Initio Theory of Novel Micro- and Nanolasers.” Douglas Stone, Yale University. 222 Bowen.

4 p.m. Chemical engineering lecture. “C1 Metabolism: From the ‘Hadian’ Ocean to Technology for Fuels and Chemicals.” Rathin Datta, Coskata Inc. energy firm.A224 Engineering Quadrangle.

4:15 p.m. Princeton plasma physics lecture. “Rock Magnetic Evidence for Rapid Motion of the Solid Earth With Respect to Its Spin Axis.” Adam Maloof. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.

4:30 p.m. Center for Information Technology Policy lecture. “Copyright, Technology and Access to the Law.” James Grimmelman, New York Law School. 101 Operations Research and Financial Engineering. Reception follows.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “The Prosperity Agenda: What the World Wants From America — and What We Need in Return.” Brian Katulis, Center for American Progress, and Nancy Soderberg, University of North Florida. 16 Robertson.

6 p.m. School of Architecture lecture. “Riding the Rift: Tony Smith’s New Jersey Turnpike and the End of Art.” Michael Golec, School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

7 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Liechtenstein Institute lecture. “Transition in Pakistan and Its Impact on Modern Terrorism.” Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Pakistan’s minister of foreign affairs. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

8 p.m. Center for African American Studies/Princeton University Press/Morrison Lecture Series. First of three. “The Past: A Testimony to the Impossible.” Cory Booker, mayor of Newark, N.J. McCosh 50.

Notices

[G] 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Employee health fall faculty and staff blood drive. First of two days. Multipurpose Rooms A and B, Frist. To register, call 258-5035 or visit www.membersforlife.org/pennj/schedule/bdc_schools.php.

Thursday, October 2

Arts

4:30 p.m. Lewis Center for the Arts/visual arts lecture. Shirley Tse, installation artist, sculptor and arts educator. Lucas Gallery, 185 Nassau St. Reception follows.

7 p.m. Slavic languages and literatures film screening. Aleksandr Askoldov: “Kommissar (The Commissar).” Russian with English subtitles. 100 Jones.

7 p.m. Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures/Latin American studies/University Center for Human Values film screening. Eduardo Coutinho: “Jogo de Cena (Playing).” 10 East Pyne.

[F] 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. “Herringbone.” Roger Rees, director. Berlind Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre dance performance. Savion Glover. Matthews Theatre.

Lectures

12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences lecture. “The Evolution of MicroRNAs and Their Binding Sites.” Kevin Chen, Rutgers University. 402 Computer Science.

4:30 p.m. Art and archaeology lecture. “Classical Myth and Female Morality in Medieval Byzantium: The Case of the Veroli Casket.” Alicia Walker, Washington University. 106 McCormick.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics topology seminar. “Almost Minimal Laminations and the Connectivity of Ending Lamination Space.” David Gabai. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Physics lecture. “String Theory and Inflationary Cosmology.” Shamit Kachru, Stanford University. A10 Jadwin.

4:30 p.m. Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures/Latin American studies/University Center for Human Values lecture. “The Work of the Real.” Consuelo Lins, Brazilian film critic. 10 East Pyne.

8 p.m. Center for African American Studies/Princeton University Press/Morrison Lecture Series. Second of three. “The Present: Through Cynicism, Negativity and Self-Doubt.” Cory Booker, mayor of Newark, N.J. McCosh 50.

Notices

[G] 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Employee health fall faculty and staff blood drive. First of two days. Multipurpose Rooms A and B, Frist. To register, call 258-5035 or visit www.membersforlife.org/pennj/schedule/bdc_schools.php.

Friday, October 3

Arts

2 p.m. Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures/Latin American studies/University Center for Human Values film screening. Luis Ospina and Carlos Mayolo: “Agarrando Pueblo (The Vampires of Poverty).” 10 East Pyne.

4 p.m. Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures/Latin American studies/University Center for Human Values film screening. Luis Ospina: “La Desazon Suprema: Retrato Incesante de Fernando Vallejo (The Supreme Uneasiness: Incessant Portrait of Fernando Vallejo).” 10 East Pyne.

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre play.
“Herringbone.” Roger Rees, director. Berlind Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. New Jersey Symphony Orchestra concert. “Brahms and Mendelssohn.” Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Lectures

10:15 p.m. Davis Center for Historical Studies lecture. “Consuls in the Shadows: The Representation of Ottoman Merchants in Early Modern Europe.” Molly Greene. 211 Dickinson.

12:30 p.m. Science and global security/Woodrow Wilson School lecture. “Biosecurity, Biotechnology and Global Health Seminar.” Peter Rabinowitz, Yale University. 280 Icahn.

2:30 p.m. Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures/Latin American studies/University Center for Human Values lecture. “Developing Films of Underdevelopment.” Luis Ospina, filmmaker. 10 East Pyne.

3:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering lecture. “Turbulent Hypersonic Flows: Physics and Simulation.” Pino Martin. 222 Bowen.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics differential geometry and geometric analysis seminar. “A New Example With Positive Sectional Curvature.” Wolfgang Ziller, University of Pennsylvania. 314 Fine.

8 p.m. Center for African American Studies/Princeton University Press/Morrison Lecture Series. Last of three. “The Future: Humble Hopes and Insane Idealism.” Cory Booker, mayor of Newark, N.J. McCosh 50.

Saturday, October 4

Arts

10 a.m. Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures/Latin American studies/University Center for Human Values film screening. Edgardo Cozarinsky: “La Guerre d’un Seul Homme (One Man’s War).” 10 East Pyne.

[F] 3 and 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. “Herringbone.” Roger Rees, director. Berlind Theatre.

3 p.m. Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures/Latin American studies/University Center for Human Values film screening. Jose Luis Guerin: “Unas Fotos en la Ciudad de Sylvia (Photos in the City of Sylvia).” 10 East Pyne.

Lectures

1:30 p.m. Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures/Latin American studies/University Center for Human Values lecture. “Public Lies, Private Truths?” Edgardo Cozarinsky, filmmaker. 10 East Pyne.

Sports

1 p.m. Women’s soccer vs. Dartmouth. Roberts Stadium.

4 p.m. Men’s soccer vs. Dartmouth. Roberts Stadium.

Sunday, October 5

Arts

[F] 2 and 7:30 p.m. McCarter Theatre play. “Herringbone.” Roger Rees, director. Berlind Theatre.

[F] 3 p.m. University Concerts performance. “Vienna Baroque.” The Richardson Chamber Players. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

[F] 5 p.m. Matthews Theatre concert. Max Raabe and Palast Orchester. Matthews Theatre.

Lectures

4 p.m. Friends of the Princeton University Library lecture. “Greek Books and Their Readers: From Antiquity to the Renaissance.” Anthony Grafton. 101 McCormick Hall. Reception follows in Firestone Library.

Notices

11 a.m. Chapel service. Alison Boden. Chapel.

Sports

1 p.m. Field hockey vs. Providence. 1952 Stadium.

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.
• “Frank Gehry: On Line.” Oct. 4-Jan. 4.
• “Jasper Johns: Light Bulb.” Oct. 2-Jan. 4.
• “Strangers in a Strange Land: Chinese Art From the Imperial Palaces.” Through Dec. 14.

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.
Main Gallery:
• “The Greek Book From Papyrus to Printing.” Through Dec. 7.
Milberg Gallery:
• “Sketching Their Characters: 150 Years of Political Cartoons from Andrew Jackson to George H.W. Bush.” Through Jan. 4.

Lewis Center for the Arts

Lucas Gallery, 185 Nassau St. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Visual arts student exhibition. Through Oct. 12.

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.; Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 7:45 p.m.
• “John Foster Dulles: From Diploma to Diplomat.” Through Jan. 30.

Women and Gender

Lounge, 113 Dickinson Hall. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• “Renewal.” Joan Needham, painter. Through Nov. 3.

Et cetera

Art Museum

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

Athletic Ticket Office

Tickets and information: 258-3538.

Employment Opportunities

jobs.princeton.edu.

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.