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WPRB News: Princeton Disabilities Awareness Conference

On November 14, 2010, Princeton Disabilities Awareness (PDA) hosted its fourth-annual Down Syndrome Conference. We interviewed those involved with the event.

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Taking On: Alan Blinder Part 1

This week on Taking On, we sit down with Princeton Professor Alan Blinder to discuss the current economic turmoil, the reform of the financial system, and the role of the Federal Reserve. Part 1 airs on Sunday, November 15. Part 2 will air on Sunday, November 29. To listen to the interview in its entirety, [...]

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Tilghman, Alimta, Commencement: Only Half the Story

Princeton’s President praises the lifesaving drug but neglects to mention how the University is seeking to block cheaper generic versions. By Sebastian Jones Several weeks ago I wrote an article for our sister publication, the Nassau Weekly, about Princeton’s corporate relationships, the potential problems they present and the fact it is extremely difficult for interested [...]

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The Dispatch Update: Princeton Endowment Drops

By Sebastian Jones WPRB News This morning Shirley Tilghman, the President of Princeton University, sent an e-mail to students and staff with an “update on Princeton’s response to the economic downturn”, spelling out some of the losses the university’s endowment has suffered. According to Tilghman, by late October, “the University’s endowment had declined by 11%, [...]

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WPRB Exclusive: Princeton University Invested in Zimbabwe

By Sebastian Jones WPRB News As the United States and members of the European Union condemned the Zimbabwean government and considered strengthening sanctions, Princeton University chose to invest in Robert Mugabe’s troubled African nation, according to tax filings obtained by WPRB. The investment, placed between July 2006 and June 2007, was made despite Zimbabwe’s highly [...]

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Full Dispatch line-up on China

Here’s the full line-up from our recent program on China policy: Princeton University and China Sebastian Jones reports on the ties that bind Princeton University and China– and the potential conflicts of interest that come with them. E. Perry Link Professor E. Perry Link, a distinguished scholar of East Asian and China Studies who, until [...]

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The Dispatch: E. Perry Link on China Policy

Professor E. Perry Link, a distinguished scholar of East Asian and China Studies who, until recently, was based at Princeton University and currently teaches at UC Riverside, joins Sebastian Jones for an interview about the challenges academics and universities face in balancing relations with China.  Link also touches upon the recent Summer Olympics and tells [...]

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The Dispatch Preview: China Policy

This week we take a look at China policy at the crossroads of business, government and academia.  Sebastian Jones reports on Princeton’s delicate relations with Beijing, and we feature interviews with Harper’s Ken Silverstein,  Professor Perry Link from UC Riverside and Anne-Marie Slaughter, Dean of Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School, all with three different takes on [...]

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Campaign Volunteer Pulls a Francisco Nava

By Sebastian Jones- WPRB News If you’ve tuned into cable news in the past few days, you’ve no doubt heard about how a young woman named Ashley Todd from Texas, who had been in Pittsburgh, PA working for the McCain campaign, claimed she had been assaulted by a “6’4″ black male”, who upon seeing her [...]

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