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May 12, 2020 Policy
WWS Reacts: Envisioning a Safe, Effective Economic Recovery
Fifteen U.S. states remain in shut down due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, while the remainder have reopened partially or plan to reopen soon. Amid increasing political pressure to re-open, how can policymakers catalyze economic recovery while keeping workers safe? To examine these issues, we spoke with Cecilia Rouse, dean of Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Rouse, whose interests are in labor economics, served as a member of President Barack Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers from 2009 to 2011.
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May 12, 2020 Health Care, News
Liza Hartofilis ’04 Answers the Call
Liza Hartofilis ’04, chief emergency medicine resident at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, goes to work every day worried for herself as much as her patients, given the shortage in personal protective equipment, also known as PPE. In fact, she sent her husband and their children out of Manhattan to keep from infecting them should she contract COVID-19 herself. Her story was recently featured on HBO’s “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel.”
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May 12, 2020 Community, Health Care, Service
Bill Ford ’79 Retools Motor Company to Make Medical Supplies
While COVID-19 has shut down much of Ford Motor Company’s global operations, there’s one thing they’re still making: medical supplies for health care workers.
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May 12, 2020 Arts/Cultural
Essay: The Sounds of Solace
Simon Morisson *97, professor of music and slavic languages and literatures, traces the history of music as a source of comfort in difficult times.
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May 11, 2020 Education, News, Podcasts
‘We Roar’ podcast: Princeton’s First Black Valedictorian Marks Multiple Milestones
Princeton senior Nicholas Johnson reflects on becoming the first black student to achieve this honor in school history. He also explains the impact he hopes to have with his computational research into human behavior — including behaviors related to COVID-19 — and how he and his 2020 classmates have persisted through one of the worst crises in modern times.
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May 11, 2020 Service
Shikha Uberoi Bajpai ’13 recruits students for summer startup experience
When a request came from the Center for Career Development for alumni to share internship or project work opportunities at their organizations, Shikha Uberoi Bajpai ’13, the president of Indi Individuals Inc., saw an opportunity to help and serve.
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May 11, 2020 Arts/Cultural, Community
London Journalist Frank Langfitt ’86 Finds Ways to Tell COVID Stories
Frank Langfitt ’86, NPR’s London correspondent, went from working in his studio office to setting one up at home, and now reports on foot and his bike rather than using public transportation. He finds people are eager to connect, from health care workers to restaurateurs to 9-year-olds.
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May 11, 2020 Education, Service
Daniel Te ’21 Initiates Acts of Kindness
Following his first year at Princeton, junior Daniel Te felt he hadn’t connected to as many classmates as he had hoped, so he decided on a different course of action. Fondly remembering the moments in which classmates were especially kind to him, he decided to pay that kindness forward by offering to cheer on his classmates during finals.
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May 11, 2020 Arts/Cultural
‘Today, When I Could Do Nothing’: Poetry In a Pandemic
Poet Jane Hirshfield ’73’s ninth book of poetry, Ledger (Knopf), was published March 10. She wrote this poem March 17, the day that the San Francisco Bay Area’s six-county shelter-in-place protocol went into effect.
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May 11, 2020 Community, Health Care
Josh Litwin ’87 and Friends Create 21st-Century Counterpart to Rosie the Riveter
When the coronavirus pandemic hit the San Francisco Bay area, three members of the Class of 1987 welded their skills to support those serving on the frontlines. Josh Litwin ’87, Deborah Weil Taylor ’87, and Peter Heinecke ’87 forged Homefront Rosie, an effort to supply healthcare workers with low-cost, reusable, plastic face shields.
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