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December 5, 2011- December 16, 2011

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This is the Woodrow Wilson School's consolidated weekly listing of events, which will be emailed out every Friday or, when there are holidays, on the last business day of the week. All WWS Centers and Programs are invited to include their events on this list. Please contact the Office of Public & External Affairs at extaff@princeton.edu to find out how to submit information on your events.


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Monday, December 5, 2011

"Energy Policy Initiatives to Propel Economic Recovery"
Students and faculty preferred
300 Wallace Hall, 12:00- 1:00 p.m.
Speaker: Michael Schwartz , formerly, Senior Vice President, Commercial Strategy for Duke Energy Generation Services, Duke Energy
Sponsor: STEP and PEI
Contact:  chuck Crosby (ccrosby@princeton.edu)
Additional Information:

Lunchtimer- "Religion in American Politics: Transforming the Values Debate"
This event is for WWS students and faculty only, must RSVP.
Room 015, Robertson Hall, 12:15- 1:00 p.m.
Speaker: Rev. Jennifer Butler, Executive Director, Faith in Public Life
Sponsor: Office of Public and External Affairs
Contact: Patricia Yelavich (yelavich@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: You must sign-up to attend as there is limited seating and lunch will be served.

"Disappearing History: Scenes of Trauma in the Theater of Human Rights"
This event is free and open to the public.
Bowl 001, Robertson Hall, 4:30- 6:00 p.m.
Speaker: Cathy Caruth, Frank H. T. Rhodes Professor of Humane Letters at Cornell University
Sponsor: Center for Health and Wellbeing, the Program in Latin American Studies, and the Departments of English, Anthropology and Comparative Literature
Contact: Kristina Graff (kgraff@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: 
http://www.princeton.edu/globalhealth/events_archive/repository/12052011_lecture/
 


"The Role of Documentary in Shaping Public Policy"

This event is free and open to the public.
Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall, 4:30- 6:00 p.m.
Speakers: Purcell Carson, documentary filmmaker and editor, a documentary production specialist, Woodrow Wilson School; and Emily Holland '01, TV producer, human rights law scholar, and co-author of "And Still Peace Did Not Come."
Sponsor: Office of Public and External Affairs
Contact: Patricia Yelavich (yelavich@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: The discussion is part of the School's "Media and Public Policy" series. http://wws.princeton.edu/event_rep/DocPanel12_05/
 
  
 

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

"Is the Foreclosure Crisis Making Us Sick?"
300 Wallace Hall, 12:00 p.m.  

Speaker: Janet Currie, Professor of Economics and Public Affairs
Sponsor: Office of Population Research
Contact: Mary Lou Delaney (md@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: This talk is part of the Notestein Seminar Series.  http://opr.princeton.edu/seminars/fall/2011  

Lunchtimer- "Oil prices and the dollar"
This event is for WWS students and faculty only, must RSVP.
Room 015, Robertson Hall, 12:15- 1:00 p.m.
Speaker: Giacomo Luciani,  2010-11 Princeton Global Scholar Global Scholar; Director, Dubai-based Gulf Research Center Foundation
Sponsor: Office of Public and External Affairs
Contact: Patricia Yelavich (yelavich@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: You must sign-up to attend as there is limited seating and lunch will be served.

"The Time of Our Lives"

This is a ticketed event- please see ticket information below.
Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall, 4:30- 6:00 p.m.
Speaker: Tom Brokaw, broadcast journalist, author and special correspondent for NBC News
Sponsor: Office of Public and External Affairs
Contact: Patricia Yelavich (yelavich@princeton.edu)
Ticket Information: Please visit our website- http://wws.princeton.edu/event_rep/TomBrokaw12_06/
Additional Information: A book sale and signing of Brokaw's new book, "The Time of Our Lives: A Conversation About America; Who We Are, Where We've Been, and Where We Need to Go Now, to Recapture the American Dream" (2011, Random House) will take place immediately after the discussion, with book sales ending at 6:30 pm. 
  

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Lunch Seminar with Mark McClellan
This event is for students, faculty and staff only. RSVP required
333 Wallace Hall, 12:15- 1:00 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Mark McClellan, director of the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, senior fellow of economic studies; and the Leonard D. Schaeffer Chair in Health Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution
Sponsor: Global Health at Princeton
Contact: Kristina Graff (kgraff@princeton.edu)
RSVP: email (dnexon@princeton.edu) by December 2nd
Additional Information: http://www.princeton.edu/globalhealth/events_archive/repository/12072011_lunchseminar/

Organizational Management Lunchtimer with Roberto Fernandez 
This event is for WWS students and faculty only, must RSVP.
Room 015, Robertson Hall, 12:15- 1:00 p.m.
Speaker: Roberto Fernandez, Professor of Organizational Studies, Sloan School of Management, MIT
Sponsor: Office of Public and External Affairs
Contact: Patricia Yelavich (yelavich@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: You must sign-up to attend as there is limited seating and lunch will be served

"Safety Aspects of Small, Modular Reactors"
221 Nassau St., 2nd floor conference room 12:00- 1:30 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Vinod Mubayi, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Sponsor: Program on Science and Global Security
Contact:  Grace Cooper (gracec@princeton.edu)
RSVP: by December 6th at 12pm to (sgs@princeton.edu) or 258-4677
Additional Information: This is a SGS lunch seminar.  

"Counting and Sampling from Populations without a Sampling Frame (with an Application to Child Laborers in Nepal"
300 Wallace Hall, 12:15 - 1:45 p.m.
Speaker: Rob Jensen, Associate Professor of Public Policy, UCLA
Sponsor: Center for Health and Wellbeing and the Research Program in Development Studies
Contact:  Lillian Anderson (latwo@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: CHW: http://www.princeton.edu/chw or
RPDS: http://www.princeton.edu/rpds 

A Public Talk with Mark McClellan

This event is free and open to the public.
Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall, 4:30- 6:00 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Mark McClellan, director of the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, senior fellow of economic studies; and the Leonard D. Schaeffer Chair in Health Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution
Sponsor: Office of Public and External Affairs
Contact: Patricia Yelavich (yelavich@princeton.edu)
Additional Information:
McClellan is visiting the School as part of its Program in Leadership and Governance Program, which brings prominent policy makers to Princeton for a one-to-two day visit so that students can meet and learn from exemplary public leaders. http://wws.princeton.edu/event_rep/MarkMcClellan12_07/ 
 
 

Thursday, December 8, 2011

"Elections and Reform: The Adoption of Civil Service Systems in the U.S. States"
Restricted to faculty, fellows, and graduate students 
300 Wallace Hall 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Speaker: Michael Ting, Professor of Political Science and Public Affairs, Columbia University
Sponsor: Center for the Study of Democratic Politics (CSDP)
Contact:  Michele Demak Epstein (mdeps@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: This is the third in CSDP's American Politics Colloquium Series for 2011-2012. http://www.princeton.edu/csdp/events/viewevent.xml?id=426

Lunchtimer- "Health Policy in China"
This event is for WWS students and faculty only, must RSVP.
Room 015, Robertson Hall, 12:15- 1:00 p.m.
Speaker: Tsung-Mei Cheng, Health Policy Research Analyst, Woodrow Wilson School  
Sponsor: Office of Public and External Affairs
Contact: Patricia Yelavich (yelavich@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: You must sign-up to attend as there is limited seating and lunch will be served.

RPIS Seminar Series
Restricted to Faculty and Students.
Wallace Hall 333, 4:30-6:00 p.m.
Speaker: Matthew Fuhrmann, "Atomic Assistance: How 'Atoms for Peace' Programs Cause Nuclear Insecurity"
Sponsor: Center for International Security Studies
Contact:  Cynthia Ernst (cernst@princeton.edu)
Additional Information:   
 

Friday, December 9, 2011


No scheduled events.  
 

Monday, December 12, 2011

"Three Years After the Meltdown--Where Do We Stand?"
This event is free and open to the public. 
Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall, 4:30- 6:00 p.m.
Speaker: Gretchen Morgenson, assistant business and financial editor and columnist at The New York Times
Sponsor: Office of Public & External Affairs
Contact: Patricia Yelavich (yelavich@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: Morgenson's talk is part of the School's Economic Recovery series. http://wws.princeton.edu/event_rep/GretchenMorgenson12_12/  
 
 
Tuesday, December 13, 2011

"Do Support Environments Influence Fertility?: Evidence from 21 European Countries"
300 Wallace Hall, 12:00 p.m.  
Speaker: Kristen Harknett, Professor of Sociology, Univ. of Pennsylvania
Sponsor: Office of Population Research
Contact: Mary Lou Delaney (md@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: This talk is part of the Notestein Seminar Series.  http://opr.princeton.edu/seminars/fall/2011   
 

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

"Nuclear Policymaking in the Wake of Fukushima" 
221 Nassau St., 2nd floor conference room 12:00- 1:30 p.m.
Speaker: Peter Bradford, Vermont Law School and former commissioner US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Sponsor: Program on Science and Global Security
Contact:  Grace Cooper (gracec@princeton.edu)
RSVP: by December 13th noon to (sgs@princeton.edu) or 609-258-4677 
Additional Information: This is a SGS lunch seminar.   

Lunch seminar: "How does one make a career in health policy design and implementation?"
This event is for students, faculty and staff only. RSVP required.
366 Wallace Hall, 12:15- 1:00 p.m.
Speaker: Liz Fowler, Special Assistant to the President for Health Care and Economic Policy, White House National Economic Council; and Heather Howard, Director, State Health Reform Assistance Network
Sponsor: Center for Health and Wellbeing
Contact:  Kristina Graff (kgraff@princeton.edu)
RSVP: Email (dnexon@princeton.edu) by December 9th 
 Additional Information: http://www.princeton.edu/globalhealth/events_archive/repository/12142011_lunchseminar/

Lunchtimer with Jerry Davis
This event is for WWS students and faculty only, must RSVP.
Room 015, Robertson Hall, 12:15- 1:00 p.m.
Speaker: Jerry Davis 
Sponsor: Office of Public and External Affairs
Contact: Patricia Yelavich (yelavich@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: You must sign-up to attend as there is limited seating and lunch will be served.

Thursday, December 15, 2011

"Incarceration and Barriers to Entry to the Formal Labor Market"
This seminar is open to graduate students and faculty only. 

Wallace Hall Room 001, 12:00- 1:00 p.m.
Speaker and Title: Valentina Duque
Sponsor: Fragile Families Working Group
Contact:  Tracy Merone (ffdata@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: . Lunch will be served. RSVP required.

 

Woodrow Wilson School Public Service Auction  

This event is for WWS students, faculty, staff & alumni.

Shultz Dining Room, Robertson Hall, 4:30 p.m.

Sponsor: WWS Graduate Students

Contact: Wes Joines (wjoines@princeton.edu)

Additional Information: This auction will benefit The Greater Donnelly Neighborhood Initiative, Inc.  

 

Friday, December 16, 2011


No scheduled events.  
 

Please send your event submissions to extaff@princeton.edu by Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. to be included in "The Weeks Ahead."
 
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December 5, 2011
December 6, 2011
December 7, 2011
December 8, 2011
December 9, 2011
December 12, 2011
December 13, 2011
December 14, 2011
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