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Holocaust survivor, French spy Marthe Cohn tells her story to audience of hundreds

Holocaust survivor, French spy Marthe Cohn tells her story to audience of hundreds

Danielle Ranucci

“I discovered that [the Siegfried Line] had been completely evacuated,” Cohn said. “Knowing it was true, I also knew right away that if our Allied armies had not to fight against the Siegfried Line, they could much faster occupy the rest of Germany and terminate the war.”

NEWS | 03/01/2020

Liechtensteinian Ambassador Christian Wenaweser critiques current state of the UN

David Veldran

Wolfgang Danspeckgruber, professor at the Wilson School and founder of the Liechtenstein Institute for Self-Determination, introduced Wenaweser as an “institution within an institution who has been … tagged as one of the stalwarts and promoters of transparency and justice.”

NEWS | 02/28/2020

Panel of professors and disease specialist discuss novel coronavirus

Karolen Eid

“I cannot overemphasize measures like hand hygiene and cough etiquette,” Physician Coordinator for Global and Community Health Irini Daskalaki said. “They’re evidence-based, and they truly can help with lowering the rate of an outbreak.”

NEWS | 02/28/2020

Nobel laureate Kip S. Thorne GS ’65 discusses black holes, receives James Madison Medal at Alumni Day

Allan Shen

The James Madison Medal is awarded annually to an alumnus or alumna of the University Graduate School “who has had a distinguished career, advanced the cause of graduate education or achieved a record of outstanding public service.”

NEWS | 02/23/2020

Professor Ari Waldman, New York Law School, delivers lecture on Data Privacy Discourse to COS126

Professor Ari Waldman, New York Law School, delivers lecture on Data Privacy Discourse to COS126

Zoya Amir Gauhar

In an optional lecture delivered to students enrolled in COS 126: Computer Science: An Interdisciplinary Approach, New York Law School Professor Ari Waldman discussed how engineers typically view data privacy and where he believes that conversation can be improved.

NEWS | 12/12/2019

Ralph Nader ’55 laments corporatization of civic life, citizen apathy

Sam Kagan

Nader, a longtime activist whose work influenced the passage of legislation like the Freedom of Information Act and the Consumer Product Safety Act, utilized his speech to sound alarm bells regarding the state of modern American life.

NEWS | 12/12/2019

Yusef Salaam of Central Park 5 talks wrongful imprisonment and faith

Yusef Salaam of Central Park 5 talks wrongful imprisonment and faith

Uchechi Ihenacho

On May 31st, 2019 Netflix released the series “When They See Us,” which captured the attention over 23 million viewers worldwide and became the United States most-watched series in the months following, portrays the harsh trial that posited him and the others as predators ravenous for the white female jogger.

NEWS | 11/21/2019

Anita Hill, Imani Perry discuss intersectionality in law

Marie-Rose Sheinerman

“We exposed a kind of ugliness with the election of Donald Trump that we thought didn’t exist or that some didn’t know some had,” Hill said. “That exposure is worth something.”

NEWS | 11/18/2019

U. professor holds town hall on gerrymandering with California's Citizen Redistricting Commission

U. professor holds town hall on gerrymandering with California's Citizen Redistricting Commission

Elizabeth Shwe

“Civic engagement, to me, is the constant price we pay for freedom,” California commissioner Andrew Parvenu said. “Democracy needs to be inclusive and move towards the goal of one man, one woman, one vote, under districts we can proudly say are fair and as rationally drawn as possible.”

NEWS | 11/17/2019

Spiritual adviser to Obama speaks on white nationalism

Spiritual adviser to Obama speaks on white nationalism

Elizabeth Shwe

Wallis was invited by the Coalition for Peace Action, a grassroots citizens organization based in the town of Princeton, to preach for its 40th Anniversary Multifaith Service and Conference. Wallis also spoke at the conference later in the afternoon at Nassau Presbyterian Church.

NEWS | 11/12/2019

Professor Aaron Friedberg and and visiting fellow Michael Mazza discuss US-Hong Kong-China relations

Professor Aaron Friedberg and and visiting fellow Michael Mazza discuss US-Hong Kong-China relations

Kris Hristov

On Monday, Nov. 4, professor of politics and international affairs Aaron Friedberg and American Enterprise Institute visiting fellow Michael Mazza discussed China’s policies toward the ongoing Hong Kong protests and the American response.

NEWS | 11/05/2019

Artist Maya Lin discusses her artwork on campus and environmental activism

Artist Maya Lin discusses her artwork on campus and environmental activism

Marissa Michaels

Lin hopes that her art, now displayed outside the Lewis Center for the Arts, reminds people to slow down.

NEWS | 11/05/2019

Ukrainian ambassador Volodymr Yelchenko discusses Russia, governmental corruption

Ukrainian ambassador Volodymr Yelchenko discusses Russia, governmental corruption

Sandeep Mangat

When a professor questioned if Ukraine’s reputation as being one of the most corrupt countries is justified, Volodymr Yelchencko refuted that claim, stating that “there are much more corrupt countries in Africa and in some other parts of this world.”

NEWS | 11/04/2019

Judge Amy Coney Barrett speaks at the University about US Constitution

Sandeep Mangat

Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a judge in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and Professor at the Notre Dame Law School, opened her Oct. 17 talk on campus by arguing, “The story of the United States can’t be told without the Constitution.”

NEWS | 10/18/2019

Jennifer Rubin talks democracy and resistance in the Trump era

Caitlin Limestahl

Rubin pointed to the impeachment proceedings, “vigorous” press coverage, and active courts for evidence of the system’s success.

NEWS | 10/16/2019

New Jersey activists speak on fighting white supremacy at Whig-Clio event

New Jersey activists speak on fighting white supremacy at Whig-Clio event

Benjamin Ball

The Whig-Cliosophic society hosted a talk with Anthony Diaz, Lydia Thorton, an activist with the N.J. Campaign for Alternatives to Isolated Confinement; Alexis Miller, lead organizer of the Patterson, N.J., Black Lives Matter chapter and a law student at Rutgers University; and Antonne Henshaw, Vice President of Women Who Never Give Up, Inc., in the Whig Senate Chamber at 2 p.m. on Saturday. The talk was moderated by Writing Program professor Danelle Gutarra Cordero.

NEWS | 10/14/2019

Wax defends remarks on immigration, race at Whig-Clio talk

Wax defends remarks on immigration, race at Whig-Clio talk

Benjamin Ball

Wax gave this defense at an event, hosted by the Whig-Cliosophic Society, entitled “Speak Freely: A Conversation,” in which she and Keith Whittington, the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics at the University, talked about free speech on college campuses and related topics. The event took place in East Pyne 010, in front of a little more than a dozen audience members.

NEWS | 10/13/2019

George and West GS ’80 discuss open-minded intellectual inquiry

George and West GS ’80 discuss open-minded intellectual inquiry

Allan Shen

“Tonight’s discussion addresses a topic — truth-seeking — that resides at the heart of this university, and indeed, at the center of any research university worthy of the name,” said University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83.

NEWS | 10/13/2019

Finkelstein GS ’87 delivers anti-Semitic remarks at panel on black and Palestinian solidarity

Finkelstein GS ’87 delivers anti-Semitic remarks at panel on black and Palestinian solidarity

Marie-Rose Sheinerman and Caitlin Limestahl

Guest speaker and political scientist Norman Finkelstein GS ’87 addressed Jacob Katz ’23, a veteran of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), saying he should “feel shame” for his role as a “concentration camp guard,” in the Q&A portion of a panel discussion on Thursday, Oct. 10, called “Fighting for Justice: From Gaza to Ferguson.”

NEWS | 10/11/2019

Allen and Felten discuss the ethics of AI

Allen and Felten discuss the ethics of AI

Albert Jiang

In a talk on Wednesday night, Gen. John R. Allen and Professor Edward W. Felten talked about both the benefits and the ethical dilemmas that would accompany military-related advancements in artificial intelligence. “This is a capability that has the capacity for great good,” Allen said, but also can be “applied with great destructiveness.”

NEWS | 10/03/2019

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