We Roar

Even as the "Princeton diaspora" is scattered across the world, Rabbi Ira Dounn of the Center for Jewish Life finds that students are maintaining relationships and finding, if not closure, the continuity of being part of the University now and for the rest of their lives. Transcript: https://princeton.edu/content/transcript-dounn

How do you make sound policy decisions for one of the U.S.'s largest cities when faced with limited information about a fast-spreading disease? Eric Johnson *03 explains how he's charting a course for his constituents through uncertain times. Transcript: https://princeton.edu/content/transcript-johnson

No vaccine has ever come to market in less than four years, says Gordon Douglas '55, the former president of Merck's vaccine division and a doctor with decades of clinical and academic experience. Hear how he recommends speeding up the process. Transcript: https://princeton.edu/content/transcript-douglas

Princeton senior Nicholas Johnson reflects on becoming the first black student to achieve this honor in school history. He also explains the impact he hopes to have with his computational research into human behavior — including behaviors related to COVID-19 — and how he and his 2020 classmates have persisted through one of the worst crises in modern times. Transcript: https://www.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/documents/2020/05/Nicholas%20Johnson%20-%20transcript.pdf

Catching COVID-19 isn't all-or-nothing, says immunologist Caroline Bartman: like poison, a high dose of virus can kill while a low 'viral load' may cause mild infections. Transcript: https://princeton.edu/content/transcript-bartman

Economist and Princeton Professor Alan Blinder considers the parallels between the Spanish flu of 1918 and the COVID-19 pandemic, calling the current disruption "one of the most extreme economic events that has ever taken place." Transcript: https://princeton.edu/content/transcript-blinder

Laura Conour, the University's attending veterinarian, describes her team's unflagging care for campus laboratory animals under pandemic conditions and shares early research toward vaccines and treatments for COVID-19. Transcript: https://princeton.edu/content/transcript-conour

President of the American Federation of Scientists Ali Nouri *06 discusses the scientific misinformation and disinformation that has hampered our pandemic response and how his organization is responding. Transcript: https://www.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/documents/2020/04/AliNouri_transcript_0.pdf

This economic crisis is unlike any the nation has ever faced. Cecilia Rouse, economics professor and dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, examines the economic and societal vulnerabilities exposed by this pandemic and highlights areas demanding assertive government steps to protect us from the next one. Transcript: princeton.edu/content/transcript-rouse