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Violinist and composer Mari Kimura will perform at the Institute for Advanced Study on May 11 at 7:00 p.m. The outdoor concert will take place in the Institute’s Birch Garden.

Peter C. Doherty, Nobel laureate and chair of the Department of Immunology at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., will speak on “Dealing With Virus Infections” on April 24 at the Institute for Advanced Study. The lecture, sponsored by the Program in Theoretical Biology, will take place at 4:30 p.m. in Wolfensohn Hall on the Institute campus.

Doherty will discuss ways in which the immune system combats viral infections, and review some of the major discoveries and advances of modern immunology.

Partha S. Dasgupta, who chairs the Faculty of Economics and Politics at Cambridge University, will speak on "Wealth and Well-Being" on April 16 at the Institute for Advanced Study. The talk, which is co-sponsored by the School of Social Science and the Program in Theoretical Biology, will take place at 4:30 p.m. in Wolfensohn Hall on the Institute Campus.

Pianist Robert Taub will perform at the Institute for Advanced Study on April 10, 12, and 13 at 8:00 p.m. The concerts will take place in Wolfensohn Hall on the Institute campus.

Taub's program will include Beethoven's Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 81a ("Das Lebewohl"); Davidsb�ndlert�nze, Op. 6, by Schumann; the Concert Paraphrase of "Rigoletto" (Verdi-Liszt); and Reflections, for piano and synthesized tape, by Milton Babbitt.