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USG Presidential candidates discuss key issues before voting begins

Zachary Shevin, Caitlin Limestahl, and Uanne Chang

| November 23

The 'Prince' sits down (separately) with this year's candidates for Undergraduate Student Government President to discuss their platforms, the role of USG in decision-making, and their individual experiences handling some of the key issues of the past year.

Q&A with Astrophysics Professor, Viktor Ambartsumian International Science Prize winner Adam Burrows

Dr. Adam Burrows
Photo courtesy of Adam Burrows

Q&A with Astrophysics Professor, Viktor Ambartsumian International Science Prize winner Adam Burrows

Sandeep Mangat

August 11

Q&A with activist and former N.J. Senate candidate Lawrence Hamm ’78

Hamm marching with protestors in Newark after the killing of George Floyd.
Courtesy of Lawrence Hamm

Q&A with activist and former N.J. Senate candidate Lawrence Hamm ’78

Marissa Michaels

July 29

Dean Dolan and VP Calhoun discuss new upperclass room draw, ICE guidelines, and potential gap year ‘lottery’ at open Q&A

Dean Dolan and VP Calhoun discuss new upperclass room draw, ICE guidelines, and potential gap year ‘lottery’ at open Q&A

Sandeep Mangat

July 8

Black Princetonians across the nation weigh in on racism, policing, and recent protests

Zachary Shevin, Mark Dodici, and Grace Zhuang

June 17

HIS, AAS Prof. Joshua Guild discusses protests, policing, and a hope for structural change

Ergene Kim

June 17

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Q&A with Dr. Cornel West on racism, Black Lives Matter, and the 2020 Election

Zachary Shevin and Sam Kagan

In this exclusive video interview, Dr. West sits down with The Daily Princetonian’s Sam Kagan to discuss ongoing protests, where they fit into the historical timeline, and what we can expect as a nation moving forward.

NEWS | June 12

Q&A with Dean of the College Jill Dolan on spring decision-making, fall possibilities amid COVID-19

Mark Dodici and Evelyn Doskoch

The Daily Princetonian talks to Dean of the College Jill Dolan, who describes a finicky situation faced by college administrators across the country.

NEWS | June 12

Q&A with Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman on George Floyd protests, policing reform, Trump

Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (NJ-12)
Photo courtesy of Rep. Coleman

Q&A with Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman on George Floyd protests, policing reform, Trump

Marie-Rose Sheinerman

“I think [Trump] needs to be focusing on the fact that these are very peaceful protests of individuals who are hurting, and who are having painful expressions of disappointment in how this government has treated the humanity, or the lack of humanity, of African Americans, and particularly at the hands of law enforcement.”

NEWS | June 4

Q&A with Health Officer Jeffrey Grosser on Princeton’s pandemic response

Katie Tam and Zachary Shevin

“Obviously there’s a potential to increase community transmission as a result of the protests that are happening,“ Grosser said. “It’s something that I think, as a county, we need to be aware of.”

NEWS | June 3

Dolan, Calhoun talk possible summer session, using ‘own lab’ for COVID-19 testing at USG Q&A

Vice President for Campus Life Rochelle Calhoun speaks at the virtual Q&A. Pictured above: USG President Chitra Parikh ’21, USG Executive Director of Communications Hannah Kapoor ’23, and Dean of the College Jill Dolan.

Dolan, Calhoun talk possible summer session, using ‘own lab’ for COVID-19 testing at USG Q&A

Evelyn Doskoch

Dolan and Calhoun answered student questions about Fall 2020, acknowledging that most policies will rest upon President Eisgruber’s July decision on whether to return to campus.

NEWS | May 27

Q&A with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Juliet Eilperin ’92

Juliet Eilperin ’92 in Alaska, reporting for The Washington Post
Photo courtesy of Elperin

Q&A with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Juliet Eilperin ’92

Danielle Ranucci

“I learned how to practice journalism from other students on the ‘Prince.’ I'm somewhat old-school in that I think journalism is a trade and you work at it and you hope to have really good editors that pass on their knowledge and work on your writing and that's the way you learn how to be a journalist.”

NEWS | May 25

Q&A with @lonelycovidtiger: Jeongmin ‘JM’ Cho ’21

As the anonymous @lonelycovidtiger, Jeongmin “JM” Cho ’21 spent the last two months documenting on-campus life amid the pandemic.
Photo by Jeongmin Cho ’21

Q&A with @lonelycovidtiger: Jeongmin ‘JM’ Cho ’21

Sam Kagan

Jeongmin “JM” Cho ’21, the student behind the Instagram account @lonelycovidtiger, opens up about documenting campus life amid COVID-19. “I hope we will be looking back and be able to appreciate the things that we may have otherwise taken for granted — simple things like being able to be with one another, hug your friends, and express appreciation.”

THE PROSPECT | May 15

Q&A with Nicholas Johnson ’20, U.’s first black valedictorian

Q&A with Nicholas Johnson ’20, U.’s first black valedictorian

Paige Allen

Johnson shared his reflections on being named valedictorian, responding to challenging situations, and growing as an undergraduate.

NEWS | May 14

Q&A with Grace Sommers, Class of 2020 salutatorian

“Proud Wilsonite” and salutatorian Grace Sommers posing in front of her former residential college.
Courtesy of Grace Sommers ’20

Q&A with Grace Sommers, Class of 2020 salutatorian

Paige Allen

Sommers said she looks forward to crafting her Latin-language commencement address — “maybe throwing in some jokes.”

NEWS | May 7

Q&A with 2020 Searle Scholar and U. Biology Professor Britt Adamson

Brittany Adamson, Assistant Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics.
Photo Credit: Britt Adamson

Q&A with 2020 Searle Scholar and U. Biology Professor Britt Adamson

Zoya Gauhar

Adamson’s work focuses on understanding how somatic cells respond to DNA damage and mutations. Her lab hopes to achieve an understanding of how DNA damage affects cells as a whole, as opposed to past approaches that focus on individualized mechanisms of cell responses.

NEWS | May 5

Q&A with public health expert Nicholas Christakis

Nicholas A. Christakis is the Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale University and the Co-Director of the Yale Institute for Network Science, where he is also the Director of the Human Nature Lab. (Photo Credit: Big Think)

Q&A with public health expert Nicholas Christakis

Allan Shen

“We are months away from being able to do the South Korean system. Our public is not prepared for that. We don’t have the testing facilities. We don’t have tests.”

NEWS | April 2

Q&A with renowned health economist Anne Case and Nobel laureate Angus Deaton

Professors Anne Case (left) and Angus Deaton (right).
Courtesy of Lori A. Mitrano

Q&A with renowned health economist Anne Case and Nobel laureate Angus Deaton

Zachary Shevin

“If J&J’s vaccine works, you know — here’s Big Pharma to the rescue. They could come out as heroes. And it may be the case that it makes it much harder to see reform,” Case noted.

NEWS | April 1

Q&A with 2020 Abel Prize laureate Hillel Furstenberg GS ’58

Hillel Furstenberg. 
Courtesy of Yosef Adest, Wikimedia Commons

Q&A with 2020 Abel Prize laureate Hillel Furstenberg GS ’58

Edward Tian

“Receiving the Abel Prize implies that others also see and appreciate the beauty in some of the phenomena I've found, particularly connecting ergodic theory with combinatorics and probability theory with group theory,” Furstenberg wrote to The Daily Princetonian. “I hope that the exposure given to my work as a result of the award will bring more mathematicians to look at my work and push it further.”

NEWS | March 31

Q&A with Sarah Kliff, health policy journalist

Sam Kagan

Sarah Kliff stands among America’s preeminent health policy reporters. She sat down with The Daily Princetonian to discuss COVID-19, the price of healthcare, and former President Barack Obama.

NEWS | March 5

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