Stephen Sondheim and Frank Rich
Stephen Sondheim, composer and lyricist, and Frank Rich, former NY Times drama critic and columnist, writer for New York magazine
A Conversation Between Stephen Sondheim and Frank Rich (NOTE: McCarter Theatre; free ticket required. EVENT IS NOW "SOLD-OUT." There are no remaining tickets (as of 9/20/11).)
Mon, 26 Sep 2011 |
Spencer Trask Lecture
Justice John Paul Stevens
Retired associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
The Court, the Constitution, and the Justice from Illinois: Justice John Paul Stevens in Conversation with Provost Christopher Eisgruber ( (NOTE: 4:30 p.m. Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall. Free ticket required.) (
webcast)
Mon, 10 Oct 2011 |
Cosponsored by the Walter E. Edge Lecture Fund and the John Marshall Harlan '20 Lecture in Constitutional Adjudication of the Law and Public Affairs Program
9/11 at the Ten-Year Mark: A Decade of Fear and Fantasy
Tue, 18 Oct 2011 |
Stafford Little Lecture
Thu, 10 Nov 2011 |
Cosponsored by the J. Edward Farnum Lecture Fund, the Center for Jewish Life, and the Departments of English and Comparative Literature
Neil DeGrasse Tyson
Astrophysicist, director of the Hayden Planetarium
Delusions of Space Enthusiasts
Tue, 29 Nov 2011 |
Cosponsored by the Louis Clark Vanuxem Lecture Fund and the Department of Astrophysical Sciences
Stand Up: My Rise and Collapse (NOTE: Free ticket required.)
Thu, 08 Dec 2011 |
Spencer Trask Lecture
Daniel M. Russell
Über Tech Lead for Search Quality and User Happiness, Google
What Does It Mean To Be Literate in the Age of Google? (
webcast)
Tue, 28 Feb 2012 |
Louis Clark Vanuxem Lecture
In the Nation's Service: Diversifying Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Leadership
Mon, 12 Mar 2012 |
Supported by the Louis Clark Vanuxem Fund (NOTE: Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall)
Henry Petroski
Aleksandar S. Vesic Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Professor of History, Duke University
Einstein and Steinmetz: Prototypes or Stereotypes of Scientists and Engineers?
Tue, 27 Mar 2012 |
Stafford Little Lecture
Josh Kornbluth
Comic monologuist and filmmaker
The Mathematics of Change: A Comic Monologue about Failure at Princeton
Thu, 05 Apr 2012 |
J. Edward Farnum
Andrew Hodges
Author of Alan Turing: The Enigma (1983)
Alan Turing: An Atlantic Perspective
Mon, 23 Apr 2012 |
Louis Clark Vanuxem Lecture
The Art of Science Writing (NOTE: 7:00 p.m.)
Fri, 27 Apr 2012 |
Spencer Trask Lecture
Carmen Reinhart
Dennis Weatherstone Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
A Decade of Debt
Thu, 03 May 2012 |
Walter E. Edge Lecture
