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December 12, 2011- December 23, 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.


Monday, December 12, 2011

Lunchtimer with Richard Thoman
This event is for WWS students and faculty only, must RSVP.
Room 015, Robertson Hall, 12:15- 1:00 p.m.
Speaker: Richard Thoman, Managing Partner, Corporate Perspectives
Adjunct Professor, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs 
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. Thoman is the second in a series Organizational Management discussions planned by Dean Paxson. 

"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/  

 LAPA Seminar: "The Law of Kinship: Anthropology, Psychoanalysis, and the Politics of the Family in Twentieth-Century France" 
Kerstetter Room, Marx Hall, 4:30 p.m.
Speaker: Camille Robcis, 2011-2012 Mellon/LAPA Fellow in Law and Humanities; Cornell University, History
Commentator: John Borneman, Anthropology, Princeton University
Sponsor: Program in Law and Public Affairs
Contact:  Judi Rivkin (jrivkin@princeton.edu)
Additional Information: http://lapa.princeton.edu/eventdetail.php?ID=495
LAPA's seminar format asks that attendees familiarize themselves with the paper in advance. The commentator will open the session by summarizing the main themes in the paper and presenting some topics for discussion. The author then has the right of first response before the floor is opened for questions. Each seminar concludes with a brief reception, giving everyone a chance to mingle and meet. 
 
Tuesday, December 13, 2011

"Do Support Environments Influence Fertility?: Evidence from 21 European Countries"
Restricted to faculty, fellows, and students 
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, Professor of Management and Organizations
Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan 
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. Davis is the third in a series Organizational Management discussions planned by Dean Paxson. 

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.

"Are Supreme Court Justices Merely Legislators in Robes?" 

Restricted to faculty, fellows, and graduate students    

300 Wallace Hall 12:00-1:30 p.m.
Speaker: Jeffrey Segal, CSDP and Stony Brook University
Sponsor: Center for the Study of Democratic Politics (CSDP)
Contact:  Michele Demak Epstein (mdeps@princeton.edu)
Additional Information:    

 

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.  
 

Monday, December 19, 2011


No scheduled events.  
 

Tuesday, December 20, 2011


No scheduled events.  
 

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

"Scientific Engagement and Nonproliferation:  Learning Lessons from Cooperative Threat Reduction"
RSVP necessary. 
221 Nassau St., 2nd floor conference room 12:00- 1:30 p.m.
Speaker: Sharon Weiner, School of International Service, American University
Sponsor: Program on Science and Global Security
Contact:  Grace Cooper (gracec@princeton.edu)
RSVP: by December 20th noon to (sgs@princeton.edu) or call 258-4677
Additional Information: This is a SGS lunch seminar. 
 

Thursday, December 22, 2011


No scheduled events.  
 

Friday, December 23, 2011


No scheduled events- offices closed for the holiday weekend. 
 

Please send your event submissions to extaff@princeton.edu by Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. to be included in "The Weeks Ahead."
 
In This Issue
December 12, 2011
December 13, 2011
December 14, 2011
December 15, 2011
December 16, 2011
December 19, 2011
December 20, 2011
December 21, 2011
December 22, 2011
December 23, 2011
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