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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.

Monday, February 23

Arts

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre concert. The King’s Singers. Matthews Theatre.

Lectures

12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences lecture. “Organ Development: Insights From Engineered Tissues and Numerical Models.” Celeste Nelson. 302 Computer Science.

4 p.m. Geosciences lecture. “The 2008 (M8) Wenchuan, China, Earthquake: Lessons Learned About the Tibetan Plateau and Earthquake Hazards Closer to Home.” John Shaw, Harvard University. 220 Guyot.

4 p.m. Mathematics analysis seminar. Irene Gamba, University of Texas-Austin. 110 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Music musicology colloquium. Suzannah Clark, Harvard University. Cone Seminar Room, Mendel Music Library, Woolworth.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/Liechtenstein Institute lecture. “A Regional Approach to Afghanistan.” Barnett Rubin, New York University. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

Notices

8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. University Army ROTC/Student Volunteers Council blood drive. Multipurpose Room, Frist. To register: www.membersforlife.org/pennj/schedule/bdc_schools.php.

Tuesday, February 24

Arts

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre dance performance. Mark Morris Dance Group. Matthews Theatre.

Lectures

Noon. Population research lecture. “The Human Adaptive Complex and the Evolution of the 70-Year Lifespan.” Hillard Kaplan, University of New Mexico. 300 Wallace.

[G] 1 p.m. Geosciences/geophysical fluid dynamics laboratory/atmospheric oceanic sciences lecture. “Modeling the Amazon Hydroclimate: Impacts of Land Surface Heterogeneity.” First of two. David Medvigy, Duke University. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics algebraic geometry seminar. Yichao Tian, Institute for Advanced Study. 322 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics mathematical physics seminar. “Localization Bounds for Multiparticle Systems.” Simone Warzel, Technical University, Munich. 343 Jadwin.

4:30 p.m. Princeton Environmental Institute/University Center for Human Values lecture. “Evaluating Climate Change Institutions: Justice or Legitimacy?” Robert Keohane. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School panel discussion. “Bought and Sold: Modern-Day Slavery.” 16 Robertson. Reception follows.

5 p.m. Lewis Center for the Arts/theater and dance discussion. “A Conversation With Mark Morris and Simon Morrison.” Mark Morris, dancer and choreographer; and Simon Morrison. McCosh 50.

6 p.m. Career services lecture. “Career Opportunities and Realities in Global Technology.” Sev Onyshkevych, management expert. 302 Frist.

8 p.m. Public Lecture Series/Princeton University Press/Stafford Little lecture. “A Short History of Freedom: The Origins and Institutionalization of Freedom.” First of three. Orlando Patterson, Harvard University. McCosh 10.

Notices

8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. University Army ROTC/Student Volunteers Council blood drive. Multipurpose Room, Frist. To register: www.membersforlife.org/pennj/schedule/bdc_schools.php.

Wednesday, February 25

Arts

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies/Faber film screening. “Godzilla.” 101 McCormick.

5 p.m. Music performance. “New Jersey High School Jazz Combo Festival.” Taplin Auditorium, Fine.

Lectures

[G] Noon. Geosciences/geophysical fluid dynamics laboratory/atmospheric and oceanic sciences lecture. “Understanding Ecosystem-Carbon-Climate Linkages on Multiple Scales.” Last of two. David Medvigy, Duke University. 209 GFDL, Forrestal.

[G] Noon. Information technology lecture. “Creative Commons: Guilt-Free Re-use of the Creative Works of Others.” Keith Gresham and David Hollander. Multipurpose Room B, Frist.

2:45 p.m. Bendheim Center for Finance seminar. “Managerial Incentives and Stock Price Manipulation.” Lin Peng. 103 Bendheim Center, 26 Prospect Ave. To register, e-mail neukirch@princeton.edu.

4:15 p.m. Princeton plasma physics lecture. “The Nuclear Renaissance in the U.S.” Jacopo Buongiorno, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Gottlieb Auditorium, PPPL, Forrestal.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies lecture. “Hidden Transcripts: Bao Shichen’s ‘Advice to the Prince.’” William Rowe, Johns Hopkins University. 202 Jones.

4:30 p.m. Judaic studies/Kwartler lecture. “Jews and Israelis: Issues in Membership in the Jewish Religion, the Jewish People and the Jewish State.” Ruth Gavison, Hebrew University, Israel. 10 East Pyne.

4:30 p.m. Lewis Center for the Arts/creative writing/Clark Reading Series. Nicholson Baker and Karen Russell, authors. Stewart Film Theater,
185 Nassau St. Reception and book
signing follows.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics colloquium. “Large N Limit of Random Matrices, Free Probability and the Graded Algebra of a Planar Algebra.” Vaughan Jones, University of California-Berkeley. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Woodrow Wilson School/graduate career services lecture. “Global Health and Development: Prospects in a New Administration.” Michael Gerson, Council on Foreign Relations. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

6 p.m. School of Architecture lecture. “Fuzzy Boundaries.” Hitoshi Abe, University of California-Los Angeles. Betts Auditorium, School of Architecture.

8 p.m. Public Lecture Series/Princeton University Press/Stafford Little lecture. “A Short History of Freedom: The Origins and Institutionalization of Freedom.” Second of three. Orlando Patterson, Harvard University. McCosh 10.

Notices

8 a.m. Ash Wednesday chapel service. Chapel.

Thursday, February 26

Arts

4:30 p.m. Music performance. Lee Hyla: “Howl for Narrator and String Quartet.” Brentano String Quartet, with a recording of Allen Ginsburg reading “Howl.” Taplin Auditorium, Fine.

7 p.m. Near Eastern studies film screening. “Satin Rouge.” Arabic with English subtitles. Raja Amari, director. 100 Jones.

8 p.m. French and Italian/L’Avant-Scène play. Jean Racine: “Britannicus.” Florent Masse, director. Sterling Morton Gallery, art museum.

Lectures

[G] Noon. Davis International Center/University Health Services lecture. “Mindfulness for Undergraduates.” Shefalika Gandhi. 243 Frist.

Noon. Information technology lecture. “Scanning and Image Editing With Photoshop.” Jill Moraca. Multipurpose Room A, Frist.

12:30 p.m. Ecology and evolutionary biology lecture. “Sexual Selection and Plasticity in an Extreme Mating System.” Maydianne Andrade, University of Toronto. 10 Guyot.

12:30 p.m. Integrative information, computer and application sciences lecture. “Physical Approaches to Cytoskeletal Self-Organization.” Konstantin Doubrovinski. 402 Computer Science.

2:15 p.m. Mathematics discrete mathematics seminar. Joel Spencer, New York University. 224 Fine.

3:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering/CRoCCo colloquium. “Toward a Silent Aircraft.” First of two. Ann Dowling, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. 222 Bowen.

4 p.m. Mathematics ergodic theory and statistical mechanics seminar. “Limit Lognormal Process, Selberg Integral as Mellin Transform and Intermittency Differentiation.” Dmitry Ostrovsky, independent scholar. 401 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Center for Information Techonology Policy lecture. “Expertise-Sharing Dynamics in Online Forums.” Lada Adamic, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. 101 Sherrerd.

4:30 p.m. East Asian studies/Faber lecture. “From Godzilla to Hello Kitty.” Kato Norihiro, Waseda University, Tokyo. 101 McCormick.

4:30 p.m. Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education lecture. “A Sharp Knife and a Steady Hand: Perspectives on Leadership From a Surgeon.” Laura Forese, New York Presbyterian Hospital. Convocation Room, Friend.

4:30 p.m. Mathematics topology seminar. “Topologically Invariant Chern Numbers of Projective Varieties.” Dieter Kotschick, Institute for Advanced Study. 314 Fine.

4:30 p.m. Physics lecture. “Towards X-Ray and Fusion Mems.” Seth Putterman, University of California-Los Angeles. A10 Jadwin.

8 p.m. Law and public affairs lecture. “The Challenge of Closing Guantánamo: Experiences and Reflections of a Guantánamo Habeas Lawyer.” David Remes, Appeal for Justice. Dodds Auditorium, Robertson.

8 p.m. Public Lecture Series/Princeton University Press/Stafford Little lecture. “A Short History of Freedom: The Origins and Institutionalization of Freedom.” Last of three. Orlando Patterson, Harvard University. McCosh 10.

Friday, February 27

Arts

8 p.m. French and Italian/L’Avant-Scène play. Jean Racine: “Britannicus.” Florent Masse, director. Sterling Morton Gallery, art museum.

[F] 8 p.m. McCarter Theatre concert. Kris Kristofferson. Matthews Theatre.

Lectures

10:15 a.m. Davis Center for Historical Studies lecture. “America: A Global History.” Tom Bender, New York University. 211 Dickinson.

12:30 p.m. Art museum gallery talk. “Small French Paintings — Bonnard and Vuillard.” Caroline Harris. Art museum.

3 p.m. Mathematics differential geometry and geometric analysis seminar. Xianzhe Dai, University of California-Santa Barbara. 314 Fine.

3:30 p.m. Mechanical and aerospace engineering/CRoCCo colloquium. “Jet Noise.” Last of two. Ann Dowling, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. 222 Bowen.

4:30 p.m. Irish studies lecture. “Shades of Green: Ireland and Climate Change.” Kevin Sweeney, University of California-
Berkeley. Stewart Film Theater,
185 Nassau St.

Notices

2 p.m. Memorial service for Lorin Maurer, athletics friends group manager in the Office of Development. Chapel.

Sports

[F] 7 p.m. Men’s basketball vs. Brown. Jadwin Gym.

Saturday, February 28

Arts

[F] 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. McCarter Theatre concert. Dan Zanes. Matthews Theatre.

[F] 8 p.m. University Glee Club concert. “Britten and Haydn.” Richard Tang Yuk, conductor. Richardson Auditorium, Alexander.

Sports

1 p.m. Women’s lacrosse vs. Johns Hopkins. Class of 1952 Stadium.

2 p.m. Men’s tennis vs. St. John’s. Jadwin Gym.

[F] 6 p.m. Men’s basketball vs. Yale. Jadwin Gym.

6 p.m. Men’s volleyball vs. Springfield. Dillon Gym.

Sunday, March 1

Arts

7:15 p.m. Near Eastern studies film screening. “Children of the Sun.” Hebrew with English subtitles. Discussion follows with Ron Goldman, editor. 101 McCormick.

Notices

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

Sports

2 p.m. Men’s tennis vs. College of Charleston. Jadwin Gym.

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.

Office of Religious Life

Worship and meditation activities. web.princeton.edu/sites/chapel/religioushome.html.

Prospect House

Noon. Mondays and Thursdays. “Communal Table” informal lunch and discussion for faculty and staff. Tap Room.

Exhibits

Art Museum

Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m.
• “Myth and Modernity: Ernst Barlach’s Images of ‘The Nibelungen’ and ‘Faust.’” Through June 7.

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:
• “Egypt Unveiled: The Mission of Napoleon’s Savants.” Through May 10. Tours at 3 p.m. March 1 and April 26.
Milberg Gallery:
• “Beauty and Bravado in Japanese Woodblock Prints: Highlights From the Gillett G. Griffin Collection.” Through June 7.

Lewis Center for the Arts

Lucas Gallery, 185 Nassau St. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• “in arms.” Talia Nussbaum, photographer. Feb. 25-27. Opening reception, Feb. 24, 6 p.m.

Murray-Dodge

Lobby. 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
• “What Is Peace?” Through Dec. 1.

Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library

Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Wednesday until 8 p.m.
• “‘The Best Old Place of All’: Treasures From the Princeton University Archives.” Through Jan. 29. Saturday viewing of University charter: May 30, 9 a.m. to noon; Oct. 10, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Women and Gender

Lounge, 113 Dickinson Hall. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• “Drawings, Prints, Mixed Media.” Phyllis Wright, artist. Through March 3.

Woodrow Wilson School

Bernstein Gallery, Robertson Hall. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• “Bought and Sold: Faces of Modern-Day Slavery.” Kay Chernush, photographer. Through March 27.

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 and 3:30 p.m.; Sunday at 1 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.