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Evening with Kushner set

An Evening With Playwright Tony Kushner" is scheduled for 8 p.m. Thursday, April 4, in McCosh 50.
     The program will include an address by Kushner, who wrote the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning work "Angels in America," followed by a panel discussion.
     The panelists will be: Emily Mann, artistic director of McCarter Theatre; Maria DiBattista, professor of English and comparative literature; Tamsen Wolff, instructor of English; and Michael Cadden, director of the Program in Theater and Dance.
     Kushner's newest play, "Homebody/Kabul," opened in December at the New York Theatre Workshop. Completed before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the play tells the story of a middle-aged English woman -- a "homebody" -- who travels to Afghanistan in 1998 and mysteriously disappears.
     Kushner's appearance is designated as a Farnum Lecture and is part of the University's Public Lectures Series.

Human Rights Watch director to speak April 1

Sidney Jones of Human Rights Watch-Asia will speak on "Elusive Justice in East Timor and Indonesia" on Monday April 1. The talk, part of the Southeast Asia Lecture Series, will begin at 4:30 p.m. in Bowl 2, Robertson Hall.
     Jones has been the executive director of the Asia division of Human Rights Watch since 1989. An Indonesia specialist with 20 years of experience working with the country, she took an eight-month leave of absence from December 1999 through July 2000 to serve as director of the human rights office of the United Nations transitional administration in East Timor.
     The lecture is sponsored by the Center of International Studies, the Department of Politics, the Council on Regional Studies, the Southeast Asia Students Organization, Foreign Policy in Focus and the International Center.

Lecture series on international relations planned for April and May

Alecture series on current issues in international relations will be sponsored by Princeton's Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination and the Center of International Studies in April and May.
     The first in the series of four lectures will be given by Ambassador Frank Wisner, vice chair for external affairs of the American International Group, who, on Tuesday, April 2, will speak on "The Middle East in Current American Diplomacy." Ambassador Claudia Fritsche, permanent representative of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the United Nations, will address "Opportunities and Challenges for Women in Diplomacy" on Wednesday, April 3. These lectures will begin at 4:30 p.m. in 46 McCosh.
     Before joining the American International Group in 1997, Wisner had a long and distinguished career in the U.S. Foreign Service, rising to the rank of career ambassador, the highest in the organization. He served as ambassador to India (1997-99), undersecretary of defense for policy (1993-94), undersecretary of state for international security affairs (1992-93), ambassador to the Philippines (1991-92) and ambassador to Egypt (1986-91). Earlier in his career, he held various senior diplomatic posts for the State Department in Morocco, Vietnam, Tunisia, Bangladesh and Washington, D.C. He is a 1961 Princeton graduate.
     Fritsche, who has served in her present post since 1990, also is president of the International Association of Permanent Representatives to the United Nations. She has represented her country on the European Committee on Equality Between Women and Men and has chaired the Liechtenstein National Committee on Equality Between Women and Men.
     The final two lectures in the series will be presented by: Curt Gasteyger, director of the Program for Strategic and International Security Studies and professor emeritus at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, on Wednesday, April 10; and Joseph Nye, the Don Price Professor of Public Policy and the dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, on Wednesday, May 8. Further details will be announced closer to those dates.

Sports Illustrated writer to lecture

Alexander Wolff, senior writer at Sports Illustrated, will speak on "Sports in a Cultural Context: Why Michael Jordan Is a Revolutionary Hero in China" at 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, in 008 Friend Center.
     A 1979 Princeton graduate, Wolff is a Ferris Professor of Journalism at the University this term. He is the author of six books, including "Big Game, Small World: A Basketball Adventure." At Sports Illustrated since 1981, he has covered the Olympics, soccer's World Cup, Wimbledon and the Tour de France.
     His lecture is sponsored by the Council for the Humanities.

	Jean Tirole

Talks planned on behavioral economics

On six afternoons in April, Jean Tirole of the University of Toulouse will deliver a series of talks on "Egonomics: Explorations in Economics and Psychology." The lectures will cover some of the most significant developments in the newly emerging field of behavioral economics.
     The topics and dates are: "Homo Economicus Gets a Psyche" (April 3); "The Psychological Immune System" (April 8); "Emotional Investment" (April 15); "The Economics of Illusion" (April 17); "Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation" (April 22); and "Implications for Public Policy" (April 24). All will be delivered at 4:30 p.m. in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall.
     Tirole is scientific director of the Institut d'Economie Industrielle at the University of Social Sciences in Toulouse, one of Europe's leading centers for the study of economics, and also is affiliated with Ecole des Ponts in Paris and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author or co-author of six books, including "The Theory of Industrial Organization," "Game Theory," "A Theory of Incentives in Regulation and Procurement" and "The Pru-dential Regulation of Banks." He is a past president of the Econometric Society and the European Economic Association.
     The presentations are part of the Scribner Lecture Series, sponsored by the University and Princeton University Press.

Barton to discuss new world 'disorder'

Frederick Barton, former United Nations deputy high commissioner for refugees, will lecture on "Advancing Hope in the New World Disorder" at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, in Bowl 1, Robertson Hall.
     Barton is the Frederick Schultz Class of 1951 Professor of Economic Policy and lecturer of public and international affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School. He will discuss the challenges of collapsing states, fratricidal conflicts and massive dislocations that have been chronicled with increasing sophistication the past few years. According to Barton, little attention has been given to recent experiments that hold some promise for redirecting the politics of war-torn lands. He will review some of the ongoing work and suggest changes that are needed for these initiatives to be successful.
     In his role with the United Nations from 1999 to 2001, Barton was the second-in-command of the lead global humanitarian organization charged with protecting 22 million uprooted people in more than 130 countries. He served as the director of the Office of Transition Initiatives for the U.S. Agency for International Development from 1994 to 1999, managing humanitarian and development assistance for the Philippines, Rwanda, Bosnia and Haiti.
     The lecture is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

17th-century music devotees gather here

Princeton's Department of Music will play host to the 10th annual meeting of the Society for 17th-Century Music Thursday through Sunday, April 4-7, at Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall.
     The international scholarly organization is devoted to the study and performance of 17th-century music. This year's conference, with a special focus on Venetian topics, is dedicated to the memory of two scholars of Venetian music with close ties to this area: Thomas Walker, professor of music at Princeton until his death in 1995, and Irene Alm, associate professor of music at Rutgers University.
     A distinguished group of scholars from Europe and the United States will present 16 papers, and two special concerts are planned in conjunction with the conference. At 8 p.m. Thursday, the University Concerts Series and the music department will offer "A Venetian Extravaganza" in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall. At 8 p.m. Friday, Princeton students and community members will perform "Capricious Idolatries: Exoticism in 17th-Century Music and Dance" in Taplin Auditorium.
     For more information, visit the conference Web site at www.princeton.edu/~wbheller/sscm.htm, or contact Wendy Heller at wbheller@princeton.edu or 258-1906.

Presentations focus on protecting women facing human rights abuses

The head of a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting women facing human rights abuses will give two presentations on campus on Thursday, April 4.
     Layli Miller, director of the Tahirih Justice Center in Falls Church, Va., will discuss "Do They Hear You When You Cry: Women's Struggle for Rights" at 12:30 p.m. in the West Room of Murray-Dodge Hall. She will focus on "Achieving the Equality of Women and Men: Transforming Rhetoric into Reality through Law and Transformation" at 4:30 p.m. in Multipurpose Room B of the Frist Campus Center.
     Miller is a lawyer who assisted in the high-profile case involving Fauziya Kassindja, a young woman from Togo who was seeking refuge in the United States from the tribal practice of female genital mutilation. The asylum that the U.S. government eventually granted Kassindja set legal precedent. The case is chronicled in a book by Miller and Kassindja titled "Do They Hear You When You Cry?"
     Lunch will be served during the first presentation; those planning to attend are asked to reserve a place by calling 986-7416. Both lectures are free and open to the public.
     The events are sponsored by the Bahá'í Club, Undergraduate Student Government, Woodrow Wilson School, Center for Community Service, Office of Religious Life, Women's Center, Organization of Women Leaders, Program in the Study of Women and Gender, International Center and Third World Center.

Declaration of Independence is topic of April 5-6 conference

Public officials, notable scholars and interested citizens will gather on campus Friday and Saturday, April 5-6, to reflect upon and debate the significance of the ideals of the Declaration of Independence as they relate to the challenges facing America today.
     The conference will run from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday and from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall.
     Steve Forbes, 1970 Princeton graduate and president and chief executive officer of Forbes Inc., will give a plenary address on "Why Investors -- and Everyone -- Need Madisonian Restraint in Economic Policies" at 6 p.m. Friday. Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer will deliver a plenary address at 6 p.m. Saturday.
     The conference will feature five panel discussions on issues such as "Equality in the 21st Century," "Rights of the Individual" and "Religion and the Concept of Divinely Endowed Rights." Distinguished scholars from across the United States will participate in the panels, including: Pauline Maier, the William Kenan Jr. Professor of American History at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; John DiIulio Jr., the Frederic Fox Leadership Professor of Politics, Religion and Civil Society at the University of Pennsylvania; and Amitai Etzioni, a University Professor at George Washington University.
     The conference is sponsored by the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions and the D&D Foundation. For more information, including a schedule of events, visit the Madison program Web site at http://web.princeton.edu/sites/jmadison/ or call Seana Sugrue at 258-6333.

Prints, Drawings and Illustrated Books by European Masters

The arrest, trial, torture, death and resurrection of Christ is examined in an exhibition titled "In the Mirror of Christ's Passion: Prints, Drawings and Illustrated Books by European Masters" on view through June 9 at the University Art Museum. The exhibit features 56 prints, drawings and illustrated books from the museum and the Department of Rare Books at Firestone Library, including "Christ Carrying the Cross" (above), a 15th-century engraving by German artist Martin Schongauer. The exhibition was organized by Todor Todorov, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Art and Archaeology.
 

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April 1, 2002
Vol. 91, No. 21
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Contents

Page one
• Ruby Lee draws on experience in industry and academia to rethink computer design
• Class assignment flourishes as mentoring program for local girls

Inside
• Labouisse prize winner hopes to 'cross-pollinate' with her research
• Economic crisis supplies Goldberg with project fodder
• Students earn scholarships for study in England
• Discovery of bacterial 'touch sensor' could lead to biofilm treatments

People
• Princeton hydrologist wins the 'Nobel Prize of water'
• Spotlight, obituary

Sections
• By the numbers: E-mail
• Nassau Notes
• Calendar of events

Editor: Ruth Stevens
Calendar editor: Carolyn Geller
Staff writers: Jennifer Greenstein Altmann, Steven Schultz
Contributing writers: Marilyn Marks, Evelyn Tu
Photographer: Denise Applewhite
Design: Mahlon Lovett, Laurel Masten Cantor
Web edition: Mahlon Lovett