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Beyond the Bubble

U. professor and marketing strategist discuss consumer perception of companies

The Daily Princetonian

U. professor and marketing strategist discuss consumer perception of companies

Sharon Deng

Humans are “intent detectors,” and, as such, judge brands and companies based on the latter's ability to project warmth and competence,Susan Fiske and Chris Malone argued in a joint presentation on Wednesday. Fiske is a professor in the psychology department and Malone is thefounder of Fidelum Partners, a consulting firm for consumer marketing strategy. Malone explained that humans make judgments very quickly about others based on the degree of warmth in their intention, and their ability to carry out that intention. “We do this without thinking, almost like breathing,” Malone said. Fiske explained that humans develop emotions — namely disgust, pride, pity and envy—in response to the judgment of others’ warmth and competence.

NEWS | 03/26/2014
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Former inspector general of CIA discusses Snowden

The Daily Princetonian

Former inspector general of CIA discusses Snowden

Jacob Donnelly

Former CIA employee and former NSA contractor Edward Snowden was a product of a culture in the intelligence community that has evolved significantly since the Cold War, Frederick Hitz ’61 said in a lecture on Thursday. Hitz is a former inspector general of the Central Intelligence Agency and adjunct professor at the Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia. “It was really run like a mom-and-pop store,” Hitz said of the CIA’s clandestine service in the Cold War.

NEWS | 03/06/2014

Government whistleblowers discuss consequences of actions

The Daily Princetonian

Government whistleblowers discuss consequences of actions

Konadu Amoakuh

Two government whistleblowers, Cathy Harris and Thomas Tamm, discussed their experiences as whistleblowers and the consequences of their whistleblowing actions at a lecture on campus on Tuesday. Beatrice Edwards, executive director and international program director of the Government Accountability Project, a nongovernmental organization that aims to promote government accountability by protecting whistleblowers and other activists,moderated the lecture.

NEWS | 03/04/2014

Female chemistry professors call for boycott after congress does not include women in list

The Daily Princetonian

Female chemistry professors call for boycott after congress does not include women in list

Elizabeth Paul

Director of the Andlinger Center for Energy and the EnvironmentEmily Carter is joining two other female theoretical chemists in a call for the boycott of the 15thInternational Congress of Quantum Chemistry because its preliminary list of speakers did not include women. Laura Gagliardi, chemistry professor at the University of Minnesota, and Anna Krylov, chemistry professor at the University of Southern California, composed anopen letterwith Carter.

NEWS | 03/03/2014

Nine students arrested at Keystone Pipeline protests

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Nine students arrested at Keystone Pipeline protests

Daily Princetonian Staff and Anna Windemuth

Nine students were arrested in front of the White House at a youth protest against the Keystone XL Pipeline on Sunday. The students joined around 1,000 other participants to protest phase 4 of TransCanada's pathway for crude oil, which is still pending President Barack Obama's approval.If approved, the final leg of the pipeline would have a capacity of 830,000 barrels of oil per day and constitute 329 miles, according to the project’s website. The students were among 398 youths who were arrested and charged with infractions for strapping themselves to the White House fence and blocking sidewalk passages, according to Nikolaus Hofer ’17, who left for Washington, D.C.

NEWS | 03/03/2014

Miller ’93: Finding solace for the dying

The Daily Princetonian

Miller ’93: Finding solace for the dying

Jacob Donnelly

Dr. Bruce J. “BJ” Miller ’93 makes a living taking care of the dying. Miller, a palliative care specialist, was recently selected to receive one of the Project on Death in America’s annual Leadership Awards at the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine’s 2014 Annual Assembly in San Diego, according to his co-worker Dr. Shelley Adler. In 2011, Miller became executive director of the Zen Hospice Project in San Francisco.

NEWS | 02/27/2014

Former CDC director discusses vaccination and infectious diseases

The Daily Princetonian

Former CDC director discusses vaccination and infectious diseases

Charles Kyungchan Min

During a lecture on Tuesday, former Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Julie Gerberding discussed the challenge of developing vaccines to deal with the growing number of new infectious diseases that have limited antimicrobial treatments. Gerberding began with an overview of the problems the CDC and vaccine companies face in properly distributing vaccines around the world.

NEWS | 02/25/2014

MIT professor argues colleges reinforced slavery

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MIT professor argues colleges reinforced slavery

Corinne Lowe

MIT history professor Craig Steven Wilder argued that colleges were responsible for reinforcing slavery in antebellum America and that slavery played a pivotal role in establishing American universities. Drawing upon his book published this September, “Ebony and Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America’s Universities,” Wilder described in a lecture on Tuesday what he calls “the extraordinary role the college played in deciding who could be educated and who couldn’t.” “We don't expect to look at colleges and see slavery,” Wilder said. Wilder stressed that universities have an obligation to confront their pasts, producing a “three-dimensional” depiction of their histories as institutions that accept the responsibility of producing knowledge. In his book, Wilder portrays universities as pillars of the anti-abolition movement, mentioning by name institutions such as Harvard, Yale, Brown and Trinity University during the lecture.

NEWS | 02/25/2014

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