The former Third World Center is located at 86 Olden St. Its name was changed this summer to more accurately reflect its mission.
The new name honors Fields, a former Princeton dean who was the first African American to hold such a high-ranking post at an Ivy League school. Fields came to Princeton in 1964 as assistant director of student aid and, in 1968, was promoted to assistant dean of the college. He pioneered policies and practices aimed at increasing the enrollment and retention of African-American and other minority students. He left the University in 1971 to serve as the planning officer at the University of Zambia under a Ford Foundation Fellowship.
He later was the principal partner and founder of the African Technical Educational Consultant Service, the administrative officer of Riverside Church in New York City and the associate director of the Bishop Tutu Southern African Refugee Scholarship Fund. He died in 1998.
Participating in the ceremony will be members of the University community and the Fields family. Those planning to attend should contact center director Heddye Ducree at 258-5494.
The University will mark the beginning of the academic year with Opening Exercises at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11, in the University Chapel.
The annual interfaith service will include an address by President Shirley M. Tilghman and the recognition of academic achievements of undergraduate students. It is open to all members of the University community.
Classes at the University begin Thursday, Sept. 12.
The Black Bohemia Roundtable Program will present "Elvis is Dead: Music, Literature, Culture and Historical Memory in the Post-Civil Rights Era" at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, at the Princeton University Museum of Art.
The participants include:
The moderator will be Robin Kelley, chair of the history department at New York University. The discussions will be followed with a performance by Byron.
The event is sponsored by the Princeton University Museum of Art, the Program in African-American Studies, the Department of English, the Sophomore Initiative Grant and the Humanities Council.
This year's moon festival, starting Saturday, Sept. 21, with the main party on Sunday, Sept. 22, will feature traditional moon cakes, movies, dancing, karaoke, a photo gallery, and games and competitions. Activities will take place at Frist Campus Center.
Celebration hosts are the Association of Chinese Students and Scholars, the Chinese Students Association and the Hong Kong Students Association. Sponsors are the undergraduate and graduate student governments, the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students, the Graduate School, the electrical engineering department, the architecture school, Pboard and the Chinese consulate of New York.
Titled "Legacies of Sept. 11: Domestic Policy and Politics," the event will feature a panel of faculty members looking at how America has changed on the domestic front over the last year as a result of the terrorism.
Part one of the series, "Legacies of Sept. 11: Priorities and Challenges," took place on the first anniversary of the attacks and analyzed the ways in which Sept. 11 has affected civil liberties, foreign policy and the relationship between the United States and Europe.
The Sept. 24 panel will be moderated by Christopher Eisgruber, the Laurance Rockefeller Professor of Public Affairs and the University Center for Human Values and director of the Program in Law and Public Affairs. Participants will include: Provost Amy Gutmann, the Laurance Rockefeller University Professor of Politics and the University Center for Human Values; Paul Krugman, professor of economics and international affairs; Nolan McCarty, associate professor of politics and public affairs and faculty chair of the Ph.D. program at the Woodrow Wilson School; Sara McLanahan, professor of sociology and public affairs and director of the Bendheim-Thoman Center for Research on Child Wellbeing at the Woodrow Wilson School; and Frank von Hippel, professor of public and international affairs and co-director of the Program in Science and Global Security at the Woodrow Wilson School.
Admission to Dodds Auditorium will be on a first-come, first-served basis. The lecture also will be simulcast live to 001, 002 and 016 Robertson Hall. The panel is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
Krueger is the Bendheim Professor of Economics and Public Policy, director of the Princeton Survey Research Center and professor of economics and public affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School. "Rocko-nomics" is the term he uses to describe his study of the economic effects of the rising cost of concert ticket prices.
Krueger presented his findings in February 2002 to the Concert Industry Consortium. In conducting his study, he was granted almost unlimited access to the historical database of box office information maintained by POLLSTAR, an organization that provides concert tour schedules, box office results, industry directories, news and other industry-related data services to professionals in the music concert industry.
Krueger's primary research and teaching interests are labor economics, education, industrial relations and social insurance. He writes a monthly column on economics for The New York Times. The lecture is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
Adams is the founder and director of the Gesundheit! Institute, a holistic health care center which has provided free medical care to thousands of patients since 1971. He was also the subject of the movie "Patch Adams," starring Robin Williams.
This event is hosted by the Student Health Advisory Board and co-sponsored by the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students, Frist Campus Center, Health Services, the USG Projects Board, the Venture Fund, Pace Center for Community Service, Department of Molecular Biology, Office of the Dean of the College, International Center, Office of Health Professions Advising, Department of Music, Department of Psychology and the Department of Anthropology.
Eskesta, an Ethiopian dance theatre troupe, will perform at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, at Frist 301. The event is free and open to the public.
The troupe consists of 10 dancers of Ethiopian origin who are studying at the University of Haifa, Israel. Eskesta was founded in 1995 partly with the intention of preserving the authentic prayers of today's Ethiopian Jewish community. The troupe has performed throughout Israel and Europe. The event is sponsored by the Program in Jewish Studies.
The school operates from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., offering a variety of programs on a cooperative basis. They include two-, three- and five-day options as well as extended day care for children from 2-1/2 through 4 years old.
Applications for the fall of 2003 are being taken through Jan. 15 (oversubscription to programs is resolved by lottery). For more information, call Pam Betterton at 924-3137.
Tate, who was known for her innovative contributions to African-American literary criticism, died July 29 at age 55 after a long battle with lung cancer.
Tate's obituary is available online.
Scholars and journalists -- most of them from the Islamic world -- will gather at Princeton for a major conference on issues confronting Islam Friday and Saturday, Sept. 27-28.
The conference, titled "Understanding and Responding to the Islamic World After Sept. 11," will run from 9:15 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday in 50 McCosh.
Conference organizer Jeffrey Herbst, chair of Princeton's politics department, said the event will illustrate the "diversity of views in the Islamic world." Panelists will discuss issues relating to Islam both in the United States and abroad, including responses to terrorism, governance, democracy and the relationship between Islam and the non-Islamic world.
The conference is being sponsored by the Council on Regional Studies, Center of International Studies and Bobst Center for Peace and Justice. A complete agenda is available online.
The conference is being Webcast.
The site was developed collaboratively by representatives from the Office of Information Technology, the Office of the Vice President for Campus Life, the Office of Admission, the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students, the Office of Communications and the Office of the Dean of the College.
Members of the University community also may find it a helpful resource for information about the matriculation process, orientation activities, important dates and deadlines.
The site, viewable by clicking here Class of 2006, is scheduled to be updated and expanded throughout the summer. Suggestions and feedback about the site should be directed to tigers06@princeton.edu.
The panelists will be:
The event is being organized by the Global Issues Forum, a student organization that seeks to broaden the understanding of global affairs on the Princeton campus. For more information, contact Taufiq Rahim.
The 17-minute video will be shown every half hour starting at 4 p.m. The last viewing will begin at 7:30 p.m. Food and drinks are not permitted in the theater.
"Beginnings" can also be viewed online by visiting the Undergraduate Admission Web page.
Charles Wheelan, the director of policy and communications for Chicago Metropolis 2020 and former Midwest correspondent for The Economist, will speak. Chicago Metropolis 2020 is a business-sponsored nonprofit group that conducts long-range planning for the Chicago region.
Wheelan is the author of "Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science," published by W.W. Norton & Co. in September. He also has written freelance articles for The Chicago Tribune, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and other publications. He received a master's degree in public affairs in 1993 from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, which is sponsoring the lecture.
The lecture is presented by the Program in Near Eastern Studies and is the third in a series entitled "Israel - Palestine Peace Process: What Went Wrong and Can it be Righted?" Nusseibeh is also the president of Al-Quds University.
The event is co-sponsored by the Center for Regional Studies, the Center for International Studies and the Institute for the Transregional Study of the Contemporary Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia.
For more information, contact Kathleen Fischer at 258-4272.
The Lawyers' Collective litigates human rights cases nationally in Colombia and internationally. Barrios-Mendivil has been with the collective since 1988, and has been addressing Colombian issues before the Human Rights Commission of the United Nations in Geneva, as well as before the Interamerican Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States, since 1995. He currently heads the collective's Washington, D.C., office, working with the OAS and UN.
The lecture will be given in Spanish with a translator. It is cosponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Program in Latin American Studies.
Benedict Anderson, the Aaron Binenkorb Professor of International Studies Emeritus at Cornell University, will speak at 4:30 p.m. in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall.
Anderson is widely known for his seminal work on the origins of nationalism, "Imagined Communities" (1983). His writings on nationalism have crossed disciplinary boundaries and have been read in fields as diverse as anthropology, literature, history, law and politics.
His early work examined revolution in Indonesia and was published as "Java in a Time of Revolution" (1972). His most recent work comprises several essays ranging broadly across Southeast Asian politics and has been published as "The Spectre of Comparisons" (1998). Anderson is the recipient of numerous honors including the 1998 Association for Asian Studies Award for Distinguished Contributions to Scholarship on Asia.
This lecture is cosponsored by the Center of International Studies, the Program in East Asian Studies, the Council on Regional Studies, Foreign Policy in Focus and the Southeast Asia Society.
A symposium titled "Black Resistance in Historical Perspective" will concentrate on the place of resistance and protest in the history of African Americans. It will be held in the Frist Campus Center,Multipurpose Room, at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7.
The symposium will examine how this theme relates to African-American women in the 19th century, focusing on the legendary Underground Railroad figure Harriet Tubman; and the political activism in the 20th century of Paul Robeson, a native son of Princeton and a renowned singer and actor.
The participants are:
The moderator is Giles R. Wright, director of the Afro-American history program, New Jersey Historical Commission.
Cosponsors of the symposium are the Historical Society of Princeton; the Institute of Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience, Rutgers University; the New Jersey Historical Commission, N.J. Department of State; and the Program in African-American Studies, Princeton University.
The program, which is free and open to the public, is offered in conjunction with the Harriet Tubman-William Still Underground Railroad Walk Across New Jersey, sponsored by the N.J. Department of State.
The bank was created in 1934 to aid in financing and to facilitate U.S. exports. A government held corporation, it provides guarantees of working capital loans for U.S. exporters, guarantees the repayment of loans or makes loans to foreign purchasers of U.S. goods and services, and provides credit insurance against non-payment by foreign buyers for political or commercial risk. Before joining the bank, Renberg served as legislative director and deputy chief of staff for U.S Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania.
The lecture is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and Business Today, an undergraduate student-run organization whose goal is to build community between business leaders and college students.
Considered one of Latin America's leading writers, Dorfman focuses on issues of political and cultural identity in his work. He is perhaps best known for his play, "Death and the Maiden." He also has written many novels and political essays as well as a collection of poetry and a book of short stories.
Born in Argentina to Jews who had escaped from Eastern Europe, he moved to the United States and then to Chile. He was forced to flee Chile after the 1973 military coup led by Augusto Pinochet. He lived in Europe before returning to the United States.
In his address at Princeton, Dorfman will look at Latin America's recent and past turmoil by exploring the secret divisions and myths of the region's history. Dorfman's talk is designated as the Stafford Little Lecture and is part of the University's Public Lectures Series. It will be Webcast; for viewing information, visit WebMedia.
The documentary "Jihad in America," which was first aired on PBS in 1994 following the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center towers, will be shown at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 8, in McCosh 10.
Produced by investigative reporter Steven Emerson, the documentary goes behind the scenes of fundamentalist Islamic groups in the United States and shows footage of terrorist training camps, fund-raising events and other activities. The film won the George Polk Award for best TV documentary.
The event is sponsored by the Princeton Israel Public Affairs Committee and the Princeton Committee Against Terrorism.
Wadud is a visiting research associate with the Women's Studies Program at Harvard Divinity School. She is internationally known for her groundbreaking book "Qur'an and Woman: Rereading the Sacred Text From a Woman's Perspective," the first interpretive reading of the Qur'an by a woman.
The lecture is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Center for the Study of Religion.
Diamond, a professor of physiology in the School of Medicine at the University of California-Los Angeles, is known for his breakthrough discoveries in evolutionary biology and landmark research in applying Darwinian theory to such diverse fields as physiology and ecology.
He will discuss "Collapses of Ancient Societies and Their Lessons for Today." Diamond won a Pulitzer Prize in 1998 for his book "Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies," which explores the complex reasons why Eurasian societies evolved more rapidly than societies living on other continents during the same era.
Widely recognized as a founder of conservation biology, he also has contributed to the preservation of endangered species by identifying what makes some animal populations more vulnerable to extinction than others. He has done extensive field research on the ecology and evolution of birds in New Guinea and neighboring islands.
Diamond's talk is designated as the Louis Clark Vanuxem Lecture and is part of the University's Public Lectures Series. It will be Webcast; for viewing information, visit WebMedia.
Thompson is the Alfred North Whitehead Professor of Political Philosophy, director of the Center for Ethics and the Professions and associate provost at Harvard. He holds faculty appointments in the government department and the John F. Kennedy School of Government.
His books include "Democracy and Disagreement" (jointly written with Princeton Provost Amy Gutmann); "Political Ethics and Public Office"; and "Ethics in Congress: From Individual to Institutional Corruption." He is co-editor of Ethics and Politics.
A reception in Robertson Hall will follow the lecture. It is being sponsored by the James Moffett '29 Lectures in Ethics, the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions and the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics. For more information, contact the Center for Human Values at 609-258-4798.
The two-party political system in the United States is the subject of a lecture by Omar Ali that will take place at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, at the Whig Hall Senate Chamber
Ali is a professor at Fordham University and the director of research at the Committee for a Unified Independent Party. He will present his lecture, titled "For the American People, Independent of the Special Interests," at numerous college campuses and communities across the country.
The event is sponsored by Ideas in Action, Student Discourse and Whig-Clio.
The purpose of the symposium is to bring together recognized experts working in the area of bioterrorism defense and preparedness with the academic and scientific community. It will provide an opportunity for academics to learn from experts in the field, while contributing their viewpoints to the debate over bioterrorism preparedness. Individuals from the industrial and the public health sectors also have been invited to attend.
President Tilghman will make opening remarks. A panel of noted experts will lead the three discussion sessions of the symposium: "Science and Technology"; "Security"; and "Preparedness/Response." Speakers will include representatives of universities, the State Department and the National Institutes of Health.
Advance registration is requested. For more information, visit the symposium Web site.
The symposium is sponsored by the Department of Molecular Biology, the Center for Health and Wellbeing, the Program on Science and Global Security and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
The event is intended to highlight a three-year project funded by the Rockefeller Foundation. It opens with a public forum at 4 p.m. Friday titled "Culture, Contention and Conflict: A Historical Perspective" in 016 Robertson. The events on Saturday are reserved for invited participants only.
The public forum is a panel discussion meant to provide an historical context to contemporary battles over artistic expression and cultural and moral values. The panelists include: Stanley Katz, director of the Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies; Gerald Graff, professor of English at the University of Illinois-Chicago and author of "Beyond the Culture War: How Teaching the Conflicts Can Revitalize American Education"; Michael Kammen, professor of history at Cornell University and author of "Contested Values: Democracy and Diversity in American Culture"; and Nell Painter, professor of history at Princeton and author of "Southern History Across the Color Line" and the forthcoming "Creating Black Americans."
The Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies is affiliated with the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and was created to improve the clarity, accuracy and sophistication of discourse about the nation's artistic and cultural life.
The full news release of the event is available online.
A symposium on evolutionary genomics is being presented by the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11, in McCosh 10.
Princeton President Shirley M. Tilghman will deliver the opening remarks. The symposium will feature talks by: Daniel Hartl of Harvard University on "Genomics Ascendant: Elements of a New Modern Synthesis"; Jonathan Eisen of the Institute for Genomic Research in Maryland on "Uses and Misuses of Evolutionary Analysis in Genomics"; and Paul Sharp of the University of Nottingham on "Origins and Evolution of Human Viral Diversity." The symposium will conclude with a panel discussion.
The lectures are free and open to the public. More information is available on the department's Web site.
The Princeton University Orchestra under the direction of Michael Pratt, now celebrating his 25th anniversary as conductor, will open the 2002-03 season with 8 p.m. concerts on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 11-12, in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall.
The concert will start with two early 20th-century American works: Samuel Barber's Overture to "The School for Scandal," Op.5; followed by a suite from Leonard Bernstein's 1944 ballet "Fancy Free." After intermission, violinist James Shin '05, will join the orchestra to perform Mozart's violin Concerto in A, K.219, the "Turkish" concerto. The concert will conclude with Wagner's Prelude to "Die Meistersinger."
Tickets are $15 for general audience, $5 for students, and may be purchased through the Richardson Auditorium box office at (609) 258-5000.
Staff members at Princeton and residents of the local community are invited to an annual celebration of arts, entertainment, sports and community service Saturday, Oct. 12, at Princeton Stadium.
Community/Staff Day consists of two hours of pre-football game festivities featuring activities for all ages and interests: snacks, prizes, balloon sculptors, face painters, spin artists, strolling musicians, bounce house and Polaroid pictures. In addition, the day will include a community track event (with free T-shirts for all participants) and a Community Information Fair (where area nonprofit organizations have exhibits highlighting their missions and volunteer needs).
This year, the fair is featuring the "Princeton Reads" project of the Princeton Public Library. The University will be giving away 100 copies of the Princeton Reads book, Chang-rae Lee's "Native Speaker," as a special door prize.
Doors will open at 11 a.m. for the track event registration; the other festivities will begin at 11:30 a.m. Lee, a newly appointed faculty member at the University, will sign copies of his book at the Princeton Public Library's "Princeton Reads" table from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
The kickoff for the Princeton vs. Colgate football game is at 1 p.m. During the game, the Department of Athletics will recognize participants in this year's Reading with the Tigers program as part of its third annual "Salute to Education Day." Through the program, children who read 10 books over summer vacation receive free admission to selected athletic events throughout the year. Nearly 1,000 children have participated in each of the last three years.
All of the pre-game festivities are included in the price of the football ticket admission, which is $6. However, all University staff (anyone with a PUID or employment card) may pick up their complimentary tickets on the morning of Oct. 12 at a specially designated ticket window. Or, tickets may be obtained in advance at the ticket office in Jadwin Gym (258-3538).
Community/Staff Day is sponsored by the Office of Community and State Affairs, the Office of Human Resources and the Department of Athletics. For more information about the event (not ticket sales), call 258-5144.
The deadline for faculty, students and staff to submit proposals for projects that address alcohol-related issues on campus is set for Friday, Oct. 11.
Grants from funds set aside by the Board of Trustees and President Tilghman through the 2002-03 Trustee Initiative will be awarded to projects that consider topics such as alcohol education and building a social culture independent of alcohol-related activities. While impact on the undergraduate community serves as a primary focus, additional benefits to the larger community will be considered in evaluating proposals.
The Trustee Initiative is intended to support efforts that positively contribute to the quality of life on campus.
Proposals should be submitted to Assistant Dean Thomas Dunne at the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students, 313 West College. More information and a downloadable application form are available on the Trustee Initiative site.
The Student Global AIDS Campaign of Princeton will hold a series of dinner talks with underclassmen to raise awareness about the worldwide AIDS epidemic. Titled "Moving the Mountain," the talks will take place at 6 p.m., Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, Oct. 27, 28 and 31, in Forbes, Wilson and Rockefeller colleges.
Students Adam Frankel '03, Nida Parks '03 and Robin Williams '04 will discuss the implications, challenges and potential solutions of the epidemic based on their own international experiences. Frankel has worked with such matters in China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, India, Botswana, Russia, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Parks' experience covers Cuba and South Africa. Williams' experience includes Ghana and needle-exchange programs in New Jersey.
For more information, visit the Student Global AIDS Campaign site or contact Adam Frankel at (609) 986-8175.
He will discuss "The New Originalism" at 4:30 p.m. in 008 Friend Center. The event will inaugurate this year's Alpheus Mason Lectures in Constitutional Law and Political Thought sponsored by the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions. It will be followed by a reception.
Originalism holds that the proper way to interpret the constitution is to construe its provisions in light of what its framers were trying to achieve. It is an approach that requires legal scholars and judges to have a firm grasp of the contexts in which provisions of the constitution were enacted and of American history generally. Its most prominent proponent is U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
Fleming is a co-author with Walter Murphy and Sotorios Barber of the textbook, "American Constitutional Interpretation." A graduate of Harvard Law School, he earned his Ph.D. in politics from Princeton in 1988. His forthcoming book is titled "Securing Constitutional Democracy."
The University Store is sponsoring a number of events this fall featuring authors with Princeton connections or those of interest to the University community. The authors usually present a short talk at the store, answer questions from the audience and sign copies of their book.
Here is the schedule so far:
For more information on these events, contact Tracy Harkins at the University Store at 921-8500, ext. 255.
The video was produced by Andy Greenspan, who also produced the University's previous admission video in 1992 and a video on "defining moments" in Princeton's history in connection with the University's 250th anniversary. The production was coordinated by Vice President for Public Affairs Bob Durkee and Dean of Admission Fred Hargadon.
The video was shot on campus last fall. It exists in VHS and DVD format, and will be used by admission staff and alumni schools committee volunteers as they meet with potential applicants. It will also be made available to regional alumni associations, and viewings will be scheduled on campus.
The video can be viewed in various formats on the Undergraduate Admission Web page. Click here to view "Beginnings" online.
A service of appreciation in the Princeton University Chapel will take place from 10 a.m. to noon.
Afternoon seminars on Marion Levy's contributions in the fields of sociology, public and international affairs, and East Asian studies will be held in Dodds Auditorium of the Woodrow Wilson School from 1:30 to 5 p.m. The seminar schedule is as follows:
Visit the East Asian Studies Web site for updates on panel participants and additional information.
A jazz concert entitled "Born Free 2002" will be given on Cannon Green at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13.
The event, which is sponsored by the International Center, features the group's only performance in New Jersey. The ensemble's cultural outreach tour is visiting locations in 42 states across the United States in honor of the birthday of Jakarta, Indonesia.
The group will feature compositions by Luluk Purwanto, violinist and one of the foremost jazz artists of Indonesia; Rene Helsdingen, a pianist from the Netherlands; Essiet okon Essiet, leading bassist for Intercontinental Bush Orchestra (Nigeria); and Marcello Pellitteri, a drummer who has performed with Winston Marsalis and Fabio Morgera.
This event is free and open to the public.
While Princeton officials were pleased to be recognized as one of many outstanding universities, they downplayed the significance of the rankings. They stressed that the methodology in this report and similar surveys cannot capture the distinctiveness of any institution or whether one or another university might be an appropriate match for any individual student.
Ron Howard's Academy Award-winning film, inspired by the book about Princeton senior research mathematician John Nash Jr., will be projected on a 20-foot screen at the foot of the Blair Arch steps behind the University Store.
Admission is free to Princeton students, faculty and staff. Those attending are invited to bring a blanket.
The event is being sponsored by the Undergraduate Student Government and the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students.
The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs has scheduled a panel discussion on "Legacies of Sept. 11: Priorities and Challenges" for 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11, in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall.
The panel, moderated by Dean Anne-Marie Slaughter, will feature these faculty members:
A Princeton I.D. will be needed for seating in Dodds Auditorium. Simulcast seating will be available for the general public in Bowls 1, 2 and 016, Robertson Hall.
A commemorative assembly focusing on the tragic events of one year ago is scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11, on Cannon Green, behind Nassau Hall. All students, faculty, staff, alumni and members of the surrounding communities are invited to attend. The event also will be Webcast live by the University's WebMedia service.
The service, expected to last for about an hour, is being planned by the Office of the President. It will include remarks by President Shirley M. Tilghman, readings and reflections by faculty members and students as well as musical selections.
Some bleacher seating will be provided, but those planning to attend are invited to bring their own lawn chairs and blankets. More information and a list of speakers are available online.
In case of rain, the assembly will take place in the University Chapel, with overflow seating in McCosh Hall.
Counseling Center staff will be available to meet with students during and after the assembly from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., as well as on Thursday, Sept.12, from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., in 210 Frist Campus Center.
Extra counselors will be available throughout the day on Wednesday and Thursday for walk-in service in the Counseling Center on the third floor in McCosh Health Center.
On-call services are available at all times by contacting the infirmary at 258-3139.
The Princeton Tigers will play their home opener against the Lafayette Leopards 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28 at Princeton Stadium. For those who can't attend each one of this season's Tiger football games, the events will be presented on radio, cable television and the Web.
All of the games will be broadcast live on WBUD AM 1260, which reaches the Central New Jersey/Bucks County listening area. Also, each of the six home games will be televised by RCN, a local cable affiliate.
The WBUD and RCN broadcasts will be streamed live on the Princeton Athletics Web site. These Webcasts can be accessed by subscribing to the new Tigers Pass. On game days, the Athletics home page will feature a link to both the audio and video broadcasts.
Four home games will be televised on the CN8 network, which is based out of Philadelphia. These games will be against Lafayette (Sept. 28), Brown (Oct. 19), Harvard (Oct. 26) and Penn (Nov. 9).
The Ivy League recently announced that the YES Network will produce and broadcast four Ivy League football games live. Each of the eight Ivy League teams will be shown once during the 2002 season. Princeton fans will get to watch the season finale against Dartmouth (Nov. 23) on the YES Network, which is available on DirecTV.
Information about satellite broadcasts (including the Sept. 28 game) and details on obtaining a Tigers Pass are available on the Athletics Web site.
The Department of Public Safety has posted its annual report online. The report contains crime statistics for the previous three years.
A printed brochure containing this data may be requested by visiting the department's office at Stanhope Hall or by calling 258-5772.
A lecture series titled "The Crossroads of Religion and Politics" will begin on Wednesday, Sept. 25, with a talk on "Quakers and the Search for Pacifist Realism in the 20th Century." Each of the lectures are scheduled for 4:30 p.m. in Roberston Hall, Bowl 016.
The opening talk will be given by J. William Frost, the Jenkins Professor of Quaker History and Research at Swarthmore College and the director of the Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore. An expert on the Quakers, Frost has written extensively on the relationship of religion and war in the context of the Quaker society.
Five lectures are on the slate for the 2002-'03 academic year:
The lectures are being presented by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Center for the Study of Religion. Since its inception in 1999, the series has brought academics, politicians and religious leaders to the campus to discuss the intertwinings of religion and politics.
The council has organized a series of lectures this fall that precede each home football game. The lectures are free and are open to the public.
Here is the schedule:
All will take place in 10 Guyot. For more information, contact Christine Hollendonner at the Alumni Council at (609) 258-5854.
Fred Greenstein, professor of politics emeritus, received the Frank Goodnow Award for Distinguished Service. Named for the association's first president, the award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to both the development of the political science profession and the building of the APSA.
Gene Grossman, the Jacob Viner Professor of International Economics and professor of economics and international affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School, professor of economics and international affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School, received the best book award from the Political Economy Section of the APSA. The award was presented for "Special Interest Politics" as "the best book in political economy published in 2001." Grossman wrote the book with Elhanan Helpman, the Galen Stone Professor of International Trade at Harvard University. Published by MIT Press, the book is about the mechanisms by which special interest groups affect policy in modern democracies.
Evan Lieberman, assistant professor of politics, won the Gabriel Almond Prize for the best dissertation in comparative politics. His dissertation was titled "Payment for Privilege? Race and Space in the Politics of Taxation in Brazil and South Africa." He also was the winner of the Mary Parker Follett Award, given by the APSA's Politics and History Section, for his article, "Causal Inference in Historical Institutional Analysis: A Specification of Periodization Strategies," which was published in Comparative Political Studies 34 (November 2001). The award is given to the best article or book chapter for the year.
Tali Mendelberg, associate professor of politics, received the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award, which honors "the best book published in the United States during the prior year on government, politics or international affairs." It was presented to Mendelberg for her 2001 book, "The Race Card: Campaign Strategy, Implicit Messages and the Norm of Equality." Published by Princeton University Press, the book traces the evolution of political rhetoric about race from the Civil War to the present, analyzing the causes, dynamics and consequences of racially loaded political communication.
Applicants to the Class of 2007 can now register for a log-in account on Princeton's Web site and complete Part 1 of the admission application, apply for financial aid or both.
The new Web application system provides online accessibility, improving the speed and ease of applying for admission or financial aid.
Entering through the Admission & Aid page, prospective students were invited to log in and apply online for the first time on Tuesday, Sept. 17.
The Sherman Scholar is part of the newly created Virginia and Derrick Sherman Emerging Scholars Lecture Series, which provides a platform for emerging scholars to present perspectives, research, concepts and approaches to modern issues and theories in history, politics and international affairs.
As part of the lecture series, Doran will participate in faculty seminars and classroom presentations. The Sherman Scholar receives a $5,000 honorarium.
Subtitled "Crossing Borders," the Princeton Documentary Festival will explore connections between countries and cultures, fact and fiction, and information and experience. "Documentary production in Latin America and Spain has never before shown such vitality and diversity, reflecting -- in surprising ways perhaps -- the moment of crisis and change on many fronts that these societies are facing," said Andrhs Di Tella, an Argentine filmmaker and the director of the festival. "All manners of relations and limits are being redefined, as filmmakers cross the borders of convention and genre, challenging long-held beliefs about reality and fiction."
Films to be shown include "La televisirn y yo" ("Television and Me"); "Viva Sao Joao!" ("Hooray St. John!"); "Um Passaporte Hungaro" ("A Hungarian Passport"); "En construccirn" ("Work in Progress"); and "La batalla de Chile" ("The Battle of Chile"). All films are in Spanish or Portuguese with English subtitles.
There also will be a workshop for graduate students and a discussion with Di Tella and Brazilian filmmaker Sandra Kogut. For the complete schedule, visit the festival's Web site.
The festival was conceived by Ricardo Piglia, a professor of Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures at Princeton. It is sponsored by the Department of Spanish Languages and Cultures, the Program in Latin American Studies, the Council for Regional Studies, the Council of the Humanities and Wilson College. For more information, e-mail the