Fri., Sept. 29
2:10 P.M "Dynamics of Thermodynamically Unstable Systems," by Walter Thirring, University of Vienna. Physics Colloquia. 428 Pupin.
3:10 P.M. "High-Beta Disruptions in Tokamaks," by Wonchull Park, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. Plasma Physics Colloquia. 214 S.W Mudd.
3:30 P.M "Statistical Physics of Polymer Gels," by Yitzhak Rabin, University of Bar Ilan, Israel. Depts. of chemistry, chemical engineering, materials science and mining. 320 Havemeyer.
Mon., Oct. 2
Noon. "Alcoholism, Chemical Dependencies, Codependencies and Cures: What Works for Women," by Andrea Spungen, coordinator, Barnard Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention Program. Issues and Controversies in Women's Health Lectures. Office of Student Life and Barnard Student Health Services. 101 Barnard.
4:10 P.M. "Simulation of Micro-Lithography," by Steven Orszag, Princeton. Applied Mathematics Colloquia. 214 S.W Mudd.
4:15 P.M Legal Theory Workshop by Chris Korsgaard, dept. of philosophy, Harvard. Law School. Jerome Greene Lounge.
6:30 P.M. "The Terror of Gravity," by Raimund Abraham, dept. of architecture, Cooper Union. Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Wood Auditorium, Avery.
CORRECTION: "Governing the Global Economy: The State and the New Geography of Power," a lecture by Saskia Sassen, will be delivered Oct. 2, not Sept. 28 as listed previously. A story on the Schoff Memorial Lecture appears this week.
Tues, Oct. 3
Noon. "Religion, State and Society in Romania." by Liviu Vanau, Pro Europe League and Center for the Study of Human Rights (CSHR). Harriman Institute and CSHR. 1219 IAB.
12:15 P.M. "The Potential Value of a 'Western' Analytic Model for African Music: Analyzing a Shona Mbira Dza Vadzimu Song from Zimbabwe," by Martin Scherzinger, dept. of music. Institute of African Studies Lunchtime Seminars. 1134 IAB.
Thurs. Oct. 5
Noon. "Is North Korea's Economy Viable?" by Marcus Noland, senior fellow, Institute of International Economics. East Asian Institute Brown Bag Lunch and Lectures. 918 IAB.
4:10 P.M. "'The Ethics of Belief' Reconsidered," by Susan Haack, University of Miami. Dept. of Philosophy Colloquia. 716 Philosophy.
4:30 P.M. "Microfolding and Phase Stability in Peptide Solutions," by Monte Zimmt, University of Houston. Dept. of Chemistry Colloquia. 309 Havemeyer.
7:00 P.M. "The Newspaper Magazine," by Jack Rosenthal, editor, New York Times Magazine. Delacorte Evening Lectures. C.U.I.D required. Graduate School of Journalism. World Room, 3rd Floor, Journalism.
8:00 P.M. "Seamus Heaney: Atmospheres of Grammar--Poems Constructed Around One Part of Speech," by Helen Vendler, author and A. Kingsley Porter University Professor, Harvard. School of the Arts Writing Division. Rosenthal Auditorium, Schermerhorn.
Fri., Oct 6
12:30 P.M. "Alien Agora," by Krzysztof Wodiczko, artist and director, Center for Advanced Visual Studies, MIT; response by Bruce Robbins, dept. of English, Rutgers. Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture , "Public Space: What Is It? Whose Is It? Where Is It?" Noontime Lecture Series. Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Wood Auditorium, Avery.
3:30 P.M. "Dynamics of Polymer Surfaces," by Steve Granick, University of Illinois. Polymer and Interface Science Seminar Series. Depts. of chemistry, chemical engineering and materials science & mining. 320 Havemeyer.
Mon., Oct. 9
4:10 P.M. "Introduction to the Mathematics of Finance," by Claud Greengard, IBM Watson Research Center. Applied Mathematics Colloquia. 214 S.W Mudd.
5:00 P.M. "Development Challenges in the Post Cold War Era," by Manmohan Singh, Finance Minister, India. 1995 Gabriel Silver Memorial Lecture. School of Public and International Affairs. For information: 854-8598. Altschul Auditorium, IAB.
Tues., Oct. 10
Noon. "Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution: The Framers' Intent," by Donald Robinson, Smith College. East Asian Institute Brown Bag Lunch and Lectures. 918 IAB.
Noon. "Fear, Hatred, Resentment: Ethnic Conflict in Eastern Europe," by Roger Petersen, Washington University. Harriman Institute and Institute on East Central Europe. 1219 IAB.
3:00 P.M. "New York City Infrastructure and the Civil Engineer," by Elliot G. Sander, commissioner, New York City Dept. of Transportation. Dept. of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Seminar Series (Part I of IV). Kellogg Conference Center, 15th Floor, IAB.
6:15 P.M. "Education, Social Work and Socal Policy: Surviving the Century, Preparing for the Next," by Augusta Souza Kappner, president, Bank Street College of Education. Lucille N. Austin Lecture. School of Social Work. Altschul Auditorium, IAB.
7:00 P.M. "The Journal of Opinion," by Victor Navasky, publisher, The Nation. Delacorte Evening Lectures. C.U.I.D required. Graduate School of Journalism. World Room, 3rd Floor, Journalism.
7:30 P.M. "Buddhism and You: Transforming Suffering," by Guo Gu Shi, Ch'an Meditation Center. Presented by Unitarian Universalist Campus Ministry, Earl Hall Center and International Buddist Council of New York. Red Room, Lower Level, St. Paul's Chapel.
Wed., Oct. 11
Noon. Silent Sentinels, Cowards' War, discussion of film on land mines in Cambodia by anthropologist David A. Feingold. East Asian Institute Brown Bag Lunch and Lectures. Room 403 Kent.
1:30 P.M. "Phase and Microstructure Design by Mechanical Milling," by Michael Atzmon, University of Michigan. Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering Colloquia. 1024 Mudd.
4:00 P.M. "Ethnobotany in the Andes," by Christine Franquemont, Cornell. Dept. of Anthropology. Murphy/Fried Student Lounge, 465 Schermerhorn. Ext.
4:00 P.M. "Speaking of Women: Sex and the Single Doll--Barbie as a Proto-Feminist," by MG Lord, author. Barnard Center for Research on Women. Sulzberger Parlor, Barnard.
4:10 P.M. "Transplantation of the Biological Clock: What it Tells us About Brain Functions," by Rae Silver, Barnard. Dept. of Psychology Colloquia. 614 Schermerhorn.
6:00 P.M. "The Japanese Corporation in Transition: Current Challenges," by Yotaro Kobayashi, chairman and CEO, Fuji Xerox., Ltd. Japan Distinguished Business Leaders Lecture Series, sponsored by Center on Japanese Economy and Business and Japan Business Association. 301 Uris.
6:30 P.M. "Death in America," by Hal Foster, Cornell. Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Wood Auditorium, Avery.
Thurs., Oct. 12
Noon. "Law and Literature," by Carol Sanger, School of Law. Humanities Brown Bag Lunch and Lectures. Heyman Center for the Humanities. East Campus.
4:30 P.M. "There and Back Again: Probing Electron Transfer Pathways," by Matthew Zimmt, Brown University. Dept. of Chemistry Colloquia. 309 Havemeyer.
8:00 P.M. "Une Soiree Avec Alain Robbe-Grillet: Le Nouveau Roman, Est-Il "Politiquement Correct?" by writer Alain Robbe-Grillet. Maison Francaise. Buell Hall.
Mon., Oct. 2
8:00 P.M. "Governing the Global Economy: The State and the New Geograpy of Power," by Saskia Sassen, Urban Planning. Leonard Hastings Schoff Memorial Lectures, University Seminars, part I of III. Dag Hammarskjold Lounge, 6th Floor IAB. This is a correction.
Mon.-Fri., Oct. 2-6
9:00 A.M Probability Towards the Year 2000. Five-day symposium on future trends in probability theory. Includes presentations by over 50 representatives of most advanced areas of classical probability and recent developments. Instituto dell 'Enciclopedia Italiana--Rome, Italian Academy, Center for Applied Probability, Centro Vito Volterra and University of Rome-Tor Vergata. For registration information: 854-3556. Davis Alumni Auditorium, 412 Schapiro Center.
Thurs.-Sat., Oct. 5-7
6:00 P.M. Thurs.; 9:00 A.M. Fri.; 10:00 A.M. Sat. Normale Sup' and the USA. Three-day colloquium in celebration of the Bicentennial of l'Ecole Normale Superieure de la Rue D'Ulum, Paris (1795-1995). Includes an exhibition on the history of Normale Sup'. Welcoming remarks by provost Jonathan Cole and Andre Baeyens, Consul General of France in New York. Registration required: 854-4482. Dept. of French and Romance philology, Maison Francaise and L'Ecole Normale Superieure de la Rue D'Ulum, Paris. Buell Hall.
Sat., Oct. 7
9:45 A.M. Deans' Day '95. Jointly sponsored by the School of the Arts, School of General Studies, and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, for alumni, faculty, and students. $35 includes lunch. Registration information: 870-2520. Altschul Auditorium, IAB.
Fri.-Sun., Oct. 6-8
8:30 A.M. Fri., 9:00 A.M. Sat./Sun. Wagner and the Consequences. Three-day international symposium, followed by discussion at Miller Theatre. Registration: $15/per day or $30 for three days; $15 for Miller Theater discussion. Registration information: 280-3964. Deutsches Haus, Goethe House and Miller Theatre. Kellogg Conference Center, 15th Floor IAB.
Thurs., Oct 12
1:00 P.M. The European Union and Its Spanish Presidency: Preparing for the 21st Century. Three panel discussion on future economic and commercial issues of European Union. Panelists include Don E. Baron, member and former president, European Parliament; Glenda G. Rosenthal, director, Institute on Western Europe; Gregorio Garzon, legal counsel, European Parliament; Edward Malefakis, dept. of history; Don V. Echevarria, counselor for economic and commercial affairs, Spanish Embassy, and Washington and Seamus O'Cleireacain, Dept. of Economics. Sponsored by Institite on Western Europe and Consulate General of Spain in New York. Kellogg Conference Center, 1512 IAB.
Photograph: Fête on the Lake.
"Florine Stettheimer: Manhattan Fantastica," an exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art, is a major retrospective of the work of the late New York artist whose whimsical depictions of intellectual and bohemian life in the 1920's, 30's and earlier have gained new appreciation. Five paintings, including "Fête on the Lake," are from Columbia's sizable Stettheimer collection, all a gift of the estate of her sister Ettie in 1967. Also on view, from the Stettheimer Collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library, are ten figurines for the maquette for the Virgil Thomson-Gertrude Stein opera Four Saints in Three Acts, for which Stettheimer designed the costumes and set. The exhibition continues through November 5. The Museum, at Madison Avenue at 75th Street, is open Wed., Fri., Sat. and Sun. from 11 to 6, and Thurs. from 1 to 8 (free Thurs. 6-8).
Recent Paintings, by Allen Kubach and Marjorie Shaw Kubach. Mon.-Fri., 9:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M. Through Oct. 6. Interchurch Center (475 Riverside Dr.)
The Alphabet in History and Imagination. Exhibit of texts illustrating bibliographic aspects of alphabet history in printed, calligraphic, illuminated, papyrus and cuneiform manuscripts. Mon.-Fri., 9A.M.-4:45 P.M. Through Oct. 13. Rare Book and Manuscript Library (RBML), Butler.
The Weissenhofsiedlung: Experimental Housing Built for the Deutscher Werkbund, Stuttgart 1927. On exhibit through Oct. 29. Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. 100 and 400 Level Avery.
Korean Ceramics. Mon.-Fri., 9:00 A.M.-5:30 P.M. Through Oct. 31. Low Rotunda.
Richard Wagner: Four Columbia Collections. Exhibit in conjunction with "Wagner and the Consequences" symposium. Mon.-Fri., 9:00 A.M.-4:45 P.M. Through Nov. 3. West Gallery, RBML, Butler.
The Post-Pre-Raphaelite Print: Etching, Illustration, Reproductive Engraving, and Photography in England in and Around the 1860's. 90 examples including works by Millais, Whistler, Rossetti, Morris, Burne-Jones, Cameron and Carroll, representing the four major printing techniques used in Victorian England. Wed.-Sat., 1-5 P.M. Through Dec. 16. Wallach Art Gallery, Schermerhorn.
Sat., Sept. 30
9:00 P.M. Open Stage at Postcrypt Coffeehouse. Musicians, poets, storytellers, actors, comics and other performers welcome. Postcrypt Coffeehouse. Basement, St. Paul's Chapel.
Fri.-Sat., Oct. 6-7
8:00 P.M. Fri., 2:00 P.M. and 8:00 P.M. Sat. New Works Series I, featuring one-act plays by MFA candidates in theatre: Yellow Bird and The Diva by Roger Kristian Jones, and Slide Thing by Alexandara Cunningham. First in School of the Arts New Works Series. Tickets: $5, $3 students and seniors. Box office: 854-6920. Horace Mann Theatre
Fri., Sept. 29
9:00 P.M. Postcrypt Coffee House. Basement, St. Paul's Chapel.
Thurs., Oct. 5
8:00 P.M. Under The Influence of Poe, Deborah Drattell, composer. First in six-part "Soundings 20/21" music series. Performances by Mosaic and Modigliani String Quartets, soprano Lauren Flanigan, mezzo-soprano Laura Tucker, soprano Geraldine McMillian, tenor Thomas Young and harpist Goulanara Mashourova. Based on writings of Edgar Allan Poe, event includes works Sorrow Is Not Melancholy, and Alone by Drattell, Thomas' Ligeia; Currie's Dreams and Caplet's Conte Fantastique. Tickets: $10, $5 seniors and students. Box office: (212) 854-7799. Miller Theatre.
Fri., Oct. 6
8:00 P.M. Jacky Terrasson. First of five-concert "Jazz at Miller Theatre!" series. Features jazz pianist Jacky Terrasson, accompanied by bassist Ugonna Okegwo and drummer Clarence Penn. Performances from album Jacky Tresson. Tickets: $15, $7 students and seniors. Box office: 854-7799. Miller Theatre.
Sat., Oct. 7
4:00 P.M. Daniel Barenboim and Edward Said. Discourse on Richard Wagner held in conjunction with symposium (see "Special Events": Fri.-Sun., Oct. 6-8). Miller Theatre.
Wed., Oct. 11
12:15 P.M. Gotham Winds. Woodwind quintet performing works by Hadyn, Barthe and Hindemith. Free admission. I.I. Rabi Concerts. Faculty House.
Fri., Sept. 29
8:00 P.M. The Wedding Banquet, by Ang Lee. Free admission. International Students and Scholars Office. Philosophy Lawn (Rain location: Earl Hall Ballroom.)
Tues., Oct 10
8:00 P.M. Sans Toit, Ni Loi (1985) by Agnes Varda with Sandrine Bonnaire. With subtitles. Tickets: $2, $1 students, seniors and members. Buell Hall.
Sat., Sept. 30
11:00 A.M. Women's Soccer vs. Pennsylvania. Baker Field.
2:00 P.M. Men's Soccer vs. Pennsylvania. Baker Field.
Tues., Oct. 3
3:00 P.M. Women's Soccer vs. Central Connecticut. Baker Field.
Wed., Oct. 4
7:00 P.M. Men's Soccer vs. Seton Hall. Baker Field.
Sat., Oct. 7
1:00 P.M. Football vs. Pennsylvania. Baker Field.
Tues., Oct. 3
6:30 P.M. Yom Kippur Kol Nidre. High Holy Day Service, sponsored by Reform Jews at Columbia. Earl Hall Auditorium.
Wed., Oct. 4
10:00 A.M. Yom Kippur Morning Service. Sponsored by Reform Jews at Columbia. Earl Hall Auditorium.
4:00 P.M Yom Kippur Afternoon Service, Yizkor, Concluding Service and Breaking of Fast. Sponsored by Reform Jews of Columbia. Earl Hall Auditorium.
Fri., Sept. 29
11:00 A.M. "Epidemic Diphtheria in the Former Soviet Union," by Iain Hardy, Center for Disease Control (Atlanta). Pediatric Grand Rounds. Dept. of Pediatrics, P&S. McIntosh Conference Room, BH South 1-113.
Noon. "A Simplified In Vitro System to Study Pre-mRNA Splicing," by Boyana Konforti, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics. P&S 11-505.
Tues., Oct. 3
4:00 P.M. "Genetic Approaches to Embryonic Patterning in Flies, Beetles and Mice," by Kathryn Anderson, dept. of molecular and cell biology, U.C.--Berkeley. Dept. of Genetics and Development Seminar. Neurological Institute. Alumni Auditiorum, Ground Floor, Neurological Institute Building.
Thurs., Oct. 5
4:00 P.M. "Mechanistic Studies on the Protein Tyrosine Kinase Csk," by Philip A. Cole, Harvard Medical School. Dep't. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics. HHSC 301.
Mon., Oct. 9
Noon. "Allelic Inactivation: Novel Genetic Regulation of the Olfactory Receptor and Pax Gene Families," by Andrew Chess, center for neurobiology and behavior. Dept. of Pathology. Humphreys Auditorium, P&S.
4:30 P.M. "T Cell Surface Molecules: A Quarter of a Century Perspective," by Leonard Chess, professor of medicine and director, division of rheumatology. Dean's Distinguished Lecture in the Clinical Sciences. P&S Auditorium.
Wed., Oct. 11
11:30 A.M. "Age and Cardiac Effects of TCAs," by Timothy Walsh, dept. of clinical psychiatry. Child Psychiatry Grand Rounds. 8th Floor Auditorium, New York State Psychiatric Institute.
4:00 P.M. "Inhibition of amyloid formation by human CSF protein," by Dmitry Goldgaber, SUN--Stony Brook. Alzheimer's Seminar Series. Dept. of Pathology. Fenoglio Library, PH 15 West.
4:00 P.M. "Biochemistry of Lymphocyte Transformation by Epstein-Barr Virus," by Elliot Kieff, Harvard. Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Seminar. 301 HHSC.
Thurs., Oct 12
6:45 A.M. "Cost Curtailment: Our Current Approach at Duke," by Brian Ginsberg, dept. of anesthesiology, director of acute pain service, Duke University School of Medicine. Dept. of Anesthesiology Guest Lecture Series. Clark Conference Center, Milstein Hospital Building.
4:00 P.M. "Biochemistry of Lymphocyte Transformation by Epstein-Barr Virus," by Elliot Kieff, Harvard. Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Seminars. 301 HHSC.
4:30 P.M. "T Cell Surface Molecules: A Quarter of a Century Perspective," by Leonard Chess, division of rheumatology, P&S. Dean's Distinguished Lecture in the Clinical Sciences. College of Physicians and Surgeons. P&S Alumni Auditorium.
