President's Lecture Series
The President’s Lecture Series was established by President Shirley M. Tilghman in the fall of 2001 to give Princeton’s faculty an opportunity to learn about the work of their colleagues in other disciplines and to share their research with the University community. First proposed by Alan B. Krueger, the Lynn Bendheim Thoman, Class of 1976, and Robert Bendheim, Class of 1937, Professor in Economics and Public Policy, the lectures are presented three times a year and are open to the public. Past lectures have addressed a wide variety of topics, from “Jane Austen and War” to “How Bacteria Talk to Each Other.” Lectures for this year can be found below.
Naomi E. Leonard
Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Thursday, October 22, 2009, 4:30 p.m.
Friend 101
Flocks and Fleets: Collective Motion in Nature and Robotics
http://www.princeton.edu/WebMedia/flash/lectures/20091022_preslect_leonard.shtml
Douglas S. Massey
Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs
Thursday, December 10, 2009, 4:30 p.m.
Friend 101
America's War on Immigrants: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions