Nassau Notes
Cronin speaks on consequences of Timor crisis
Patrick Cronin will speak on "The Crisis in Timor:
Strategic Consequences" at 4:30 pm on October 11 in 1
Robertson Hall.
Cronin is director of research and
studies for the US Institute of Peace, where he manages
projects aimed at understanding the underlying sources of
international conflict, the instruments of diplomacy and
negotiation, and strategies for strengthening international
cooperation and peace.
Previously director of research at the
National Defense University's Institute for National
Strategic Studies, Cronin has been a lecturer at Johns
Hopkins University and taught at the University of Virginia.
He has MPhil and DPhil degrees in international relations
from the Oxford University.
Recipient of the US Army's Civilian
Meritorious Service Award, he holds a commission as an
officer in the US Naval Reserve. Editor of 2015: Power and
Progress and New Perspectives on US Foreign and Defense
Policies, he is coauthor of Redefining the US-Japan
Alliance: Tokyo's National Defense Program.
Milberg features exhibit on Handel
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Entitled "Il Caro Sassone: George Frideric Handel at Princeton," it is the first Princeton library exhibit in more than 30 years to celebrate the life and times of a musician, according to Mary Ann Jensen, curator of the William Seymour Theatre Collection and cocurator of the exhibit. "The title refers to the enthusiastic cries of viva il caro Sassone (long live the dear Saxon) that greeted the performance of Handel's opera Agrippina in Italy," notes cocurator Paula Morgan, Scheide Library librarian.
Centered around the James S. Hall Collection of 18th-century printed music and related material on Handel, the exhibit documents not only Handel's operas, oratorios and other compositions but the period in which he lived. Drawing on other collections in the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, the curators have endeavored to capture the spirit of Georgian London, where the German-born Handel spent most of his career. For example, Music for the Royal Fireworks, which celebrated the end of the War of the Austrian Succession in 1749, is accompanied by a manual on fireworks and a contemporary print of a fireworks display.
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Singer, Asch on ethics, health care
The Bioethics Forum of Princeton will sponsor a public
event entitled "Ethics, Health Care and Disability: A
Discussion with Peter Singer and Adrienne Asch" at 8:00 pm
on October 12 in Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.
Ira W. Decamp Professor of Bioethics in
the Center for Human Values, Singer has addressed such
issues as in vitro fertilization, experimentation on embryo
tissue, the medical definition of death and the allocation
of scarce health care resources. His book Rethinking Life
and Death was awarded the National Book Council of
Australia's prize for the best nonfiction book published in
Australia in 1994. His books, including Animal Liberation
and Practical Ethics, have been translated into 15 languages
and have been taught in ethics classes throughout Europe and
the United States.
Asch, Henry R. Luce Professor in Biology,
Ethics and the Politics of Human Reproduction at Wellesley
College, currently teaches courses in Ethical and Social
Issues in Genetics, and Ethical and Political Issues in
Reproduction. A member of Hillary Clinton's Health Reform
Task Force, she was named Blind Educator of the Year in 1997
by the National Federation of the Blind. She is presently
writing books on cloning and on assisted reproduction.
The event is free and open to the public,
but seating is limited. The hall is wheelchair accessible.
Tickets for these public seats will be distributed on
October 11, from noon until 2 pm in the hyphen of Chancellor
Green.
Members of the campus community wishing
to attend the event should bring their University IDs to the
auditorium. The event also will be simulcast on Channel 7 on
campus and on C-TEC Channel A-10 in Princeton Borough and
Princeton Township. It will be broadcast on the World Wide
Web at www.princeton.edu/RealMedia.
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W.D. Snodgrass (l, photo by Kathleen Snodgrass) and Toi Derricotte will give a poetry reading at 4:30 pm on October 13 in the Film Theater, 185 Nassau St. Sponsored by the Creative Writing Program as part of the Althea Ward Clark W'21 Reading Series, the poets will be introduced by Yusef Komunyakaa, professor of the Council of the Humanities and creative writing.
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The Ying String Quartet will give a concert at 8:00 pm on
October 14 in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall,
performing music by Barber, Copland, Bartok and Ravel.
(Photo by Kim Edward Adams)
Vivian award nominations
Nominations are being accepted until October 15
for the Bud Vivian Service Award, named in honor of the late
Leslie "Bud" Vivian '42.
The award is funded by an endowment
created in 1995 by the Class of 1942 and 16 local
organizations. It is presented annually to a member of the
community who has demonstrated over many years "the ability
to see the need for community action to resolve a problem of
human need, to define the problem and bring various parties
together to find a solution, and the perseverance and
dedication to carry solutions through to successful
completion."
For information phone 688-0300.
Paul Mercer Ellington will direct the Duke Ellington Orchestra at 8:00 pm on October 16 in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall. Presented by the University Concerts Jazz Series, the program will include standards by Duke and Mercer Ellington as well as compositions by Paul Mercer Ellington. |
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Sunday brunch at Prospect
Sunday brunches at Prospect House will be served
monthly (October 17, November 21, December 13,
January 16, February 13, March 12, April 23, May 14 and June
18).
Regular features include omelets, Belgian
waffles, homemade sausage and apple-wood smoked bacon, an
antipasto table, breakfast breads, pastries and desserts. In
addition, each brunch will include special items, live
entertainment and a complimentary champagne mimosa.
The cost for most brunches is $19.95 per
adult and $10.00 for children under 10. For reservations
call 258-3087 or e-mail prospect@princeton.edu.
For complete menus and information visit Prospect's web site
at www.princeton.edu/~prospect.
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Hadley Owen '00 (l) and Kurt Uy '01 will appear in Willy Russell's play Educating Rita, directed by Catherine Keyser '01, through October 23. (Photo by Mary McNealy)
Exhibit
Isabella Pizzano is showing her artwork in an exhibit called "Isamari" in the Study of Women and Gender Lounge, 113 Dickinson Hall, through November 1.
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