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Blinder discusses solutions to worldwide economic ‘mess’

Economics professor Alan Blinder ’67 presented a public lecture on the economic downturn and potential recovery on Monday night titled “Storm Clouds Rising: Are There Ways Out.” “I was thinking I would just call this lecture: ‘The Mess,’ ” Blinder joked, underscoring the somewhat pessimistic tone of the lecture, which was part of the Wilson School’s Economic Recovery Series.

Jenkins discusses danger of toxic chemicals in household products, cosmetics

McKay Jenkins GS ’96 discussed his bestselling new book on the growing presence of synthetic chemicals in our bodies and the environment, “What’s Gotten into Us? Staying Healthy in a Toxic World,” in Guyot Hall on Monday afternoon.

Einstein’s Alley brings together academia, business

An event held by Einstein’s Alley, an organization which seeks to foster technology-based entrepreneurship in New Jersey, drew around 80 participants from a variety of fields to the Frick Chemistry Laboratory’s Taylor Commons on Monday night.

News & Notes: FBI, EPA chiefs to receive Alumni Day awards

FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III ’66 and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson GS ’86 will be awarded the Woodrow Wilson Award and James Madison Medal, respectively, during Alumni Day on Feb. 25, 2012.

Durkee talks arts neighborhood

The Council of the Princeton University Community convened to discuss the Arts and Transit Neighborhood project and University finances on Monday evening.

Lecturer calls health, due process ‘human rights’

In a lecture titled “Investigating Health and Human Rights Abuse” on Sunday evening, Wilson School visiting lecturer Joseph Amon described health as a “human right.”“Human rights are really about how people with certain health conditions are subject to discrimination,” Amon said, citing examples such as how people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS are shunned by their communities.

Princeton Packet up for sale

Princeton media institution The Packet Media Group — composed of the Princeton Packet and its 10 sister newspapers — and its Princeton property on Witherspoon Street, are up for sale, according to a statement by James Kilgore, the president and owner of the newspaper publishing company. The Packet is home to over 100 employees.

Sittenfeld ’07 elected Cincinnati council member

Cincinnati City Council member P.G. Sittenfeld ’07 became the youngest Cincinnati city council member ever when he won the election with 30,474 votes, the second-highest number of votes, last Tuesday. 

Bodine discusses common threads in Arab Spring

The sudden birth of the Arab Spring took even the most seasoned State Department diplomats by surprise, former U.S. ambassador to Yemen Barbara Bodine said in a lecture titled “A Time for Every Season: Assessing the Arab Spring” in Jadwin Hall on Saturday morning.

Survey conducted on rush ban

The implementation of the ban on freshman affiliation with a fraternity or sorority was furthered last week, as an online survey soliciting suggestions on how to administer the new policy was made available to students on Thursday.

News & Notes: University releases third annual sustainability report

Princeton released its third annual Sustainability Report on Nov. 9, confirming its progress in sustainable practices on campus, including a 2.6 percent reduction in greenhouse emissions from 2008 and a 13 percent decrease in water and landfill waste since 2006.

Cartoon: The fun never ends

Zuckerman lectures on social media

To appreciate the role that social media plays in the Arab Spring, London revolts or Occupy movements, we must first understand how larger media networks function and encourage civic participation, according to Ethan Zuckerman, director of the Center for Civic Media at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and principal research scientist at MIT’s Media Lab, who spoke in a lecture Thursday night in Sherrerd Hall.

3,547 students apply Early Action

Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye announced that 3,547 students applied to Princeton’s single-choice early action program.

Foer ’99, Oates, discuss writing, Jewish identity

“I remember sitting in class here,” Jonathan Safran Foer ’99 said as he sat down with creative writing professor Joyce Carol Oates for an armchair discussion, “Writing Life,” in McCosh Hall 50 on Thursday. “It’s strange and exciting to be back and on stage.” 

News & Notes: University Professor emeritus Falk declines debate

Politics professor emeritus Richard Falk rejected a debate challenge from Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz over a book titled “The Wandering Who?”, by Gilad Atzmon, after Falk endorsed the book and Dershowitz described it as “anti-Semitic.”

Q&A: Raga ’11 publishes teen book

For most Princeton students, senior year is a hectic blur of job-hunting, thesis research and figuring out what life after graduation will look like. But alumna Suzanne Raga ’11 spent her last year at the University working on an e-book for music-loving tweens. Her book, titled “YOU ROCK! How to Be A STAR Student & Still Have FUN,” offers study tips for academic success and will “put the cool back in school,” according to its description. Raga spoke with staff writer Kathy Sun on Thursday about the writing process.

Satok ’14 establishes Voices of Change site

Last semester, Voices of Change founder Ari Satok ’14 made the quintessential freshman mistake: He showed up to the wrong class. Instead of going to the international news reporting class he had signed up for, Satok ended up in a radio journalism class by accident.

Siegel, Greenhouse discuss abortion, politics

Yale law professors Reva Siegel and Linda Greenhouse, a Pulitzer Prize winner, explored the polarization of America’s abortion debate on Thursday afternoon.

University uses skewed income bracket

The University defines low-income students as those coming from households making $60,000 a year or less, a figure markedly greater than the 2009 national household median income of $49,777.