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Archive for April, 2009

Discourse: Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench

From Discourse, Sunday April 19 at 12:00 pm EST, produced by Nikki Leon. A conversation with filmmaker Damien Chazelle, whose debut picture, Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench, is being feaured in the “Discovery” category at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.  Guy and Madeline is a musical, a gritty, vérité-style jazz flick, and, at [...]

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The Latest in Cell Research

From Discourse, Sunday April 19 at 12:30 pm EST, produced by Sophie Jin and Yihe Dong. In this episode we take a look at the life cycle of a cell, and a particular state called “quiescence,” which may hold the key to developments in cancer research. Dong sits down with Hilary Coller, a leading molecular [...]

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WPRB News Preview: The Arts and Sciences

This week, tune in for a  double edition of Discourse, featuring the latest in film and the future of molecular biology. Sunday at 12:00 pm EST, join News Director Nikki Leon for a conversation with filmmaker Damien Chazelle, whose debut picture—Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench—is being featured at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival. [...]

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The Latest in Nanotechnology

From Discourse, Sunday April 12 at 12:00 pm EST, produced by Nikki Leon and Alfred Miller. In this episode, we take a look at a new technology, “nanoimprint lithography” developed by Princeton University scientist Stephen Chou. We explore how this method of building things on a “nano” scale can be used in a variety of [...]

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Discourse: Jon Greenwald on American Diplomacy in the Middle East

From Discourse, Sunday April 12 at 12:00 pm EST, produced by Sophie Jin. In this installment, Jin sits down with Jon Greenwald, Vice President of the International Crisis Group, to talk about about the repercussions of the US War on Terror in the Middle East and the role President Barack Obama has played in changing [...]

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Discourse Preview: Foreign Policy and Nanotechnology

Sunday at 12:00 pm EST, join producer Sophie Jin for an interview with Jon Greenwald, Vice President of the International Crisis Group and former director of the U.S. Department of State Office of Counter-Terrorism.  Greenwald discusses the state of American involvement in the Middle East and how the Obama administration is shaping perspectives on America [...]

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Endowment Officially Drops 30%

While all signs had already pointed in the direction of a 30% loss for Princeton’s endowment this year, an e-mail from Princeton University President Shirley Tilghman, sent this morning, made the news official.

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Discourse: Tony Rothman and Sacred Mathematics

From Discourse, Sunday April 5 at 12:30 pm EST, an interview with physicist and author Tony Rothman about his latest book, Sacred Mathematics. Rothman reads from his book and examines how Japanese mathematics flourished, along with other strains of national culture, during Japan’s pre-19th century period of isolation from the west.  Produced by Nikki Leon. Part [...]

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Discourse: Marriage, Law, and Society Part I on Marriage and the Mormons

From Discourse, Sunday April 5 at 12:00 pm EST, Marriage and the Mormons, part one of the series Marriage, Law, and American Society, produced by Sophie Jin. In this installment, Jin sits down with Slate contributor and Princeton University Historian Neil J. Young to discuss how Mormon political involvement in passing Proposition 8 is part [...]

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Discourse Series Premier: Marriage, Law, and American Society

This Sunday, April 5, at 12:00 pm EST, tune in for the first part of a new interview series on Discourse: Marriage, Law, and American Society.  In Part I: the Mormons and Marriage, producer Sophie Jin sits down with Slate contributor and Princeton History Department Lecturer Neil J. Young to discuss Proposition 8 and the [...]

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“Frightening” Investment Strategies Hit Harvard

By Sebastian Jones WPRB News The Harvard Crimson published a very interesting story a few days ago about Iris Mack, an analyst at the Harvard Management Company who brought attention to “frightening” trades involving derivatives via e-mails to the office of the university’s then-president, Larry Summers.  Like many other whistleblowers, Mack was promptly fired: In [...]

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