Dark matter physicist Cristian Galbiati describes how he conceived of a "very simple, cheap and effective ventilator" for COVID-19 patients that uses off-the-shelf components — and how his team went from design to production in just six weeks. Transcript: https://princeton.edu/content/transcript-galbiati
The loss of visitors and revenue has presented museums with an existential crisis, says James Steward, the director of the Princeton University Art Museum. At the same time, the pivot to digital alternatives provides an opportunity to rethink many assumptions – including new ways to diversify content while improving access and inclusion. Transcript: https://princeton.edu/content/transcript-steward
Marina Di Bartolo, M.D., '10, is one of the 27,000 DACA recipients "on the front lines of the front lines" in the COVID crisis. She shares her gripping journey from Venezuela to Princeton to the June 2020 high court ruling that protects DACA — for now. Transcript: https://princeton.edu/content/transcript-bartolo
Social distancing has devastated the performing arts and changed how we move through public spaces. Rebecca Lazier, a Princeton senior lecturer in dance, considers the impact on artists, theaters and venues, and how we're all navigating a new concept of togetherness. Transcript: https://www.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/documents/2020/06/RebeccaLazier_transcript.pdf
Natalie Guo '12 took two problems — hungry healthcare professionals and unemployed restaurant employees — and created one solution: Off Their Plate, a donation-funded program paying chefs and shift workers to provide meals to health care staff. Transcript: https://princeton.edu/content/transcript-guo
Céline Gounder, M.D., '97, an infectious diseases specialist and host of the "EPIDEMIC" podcast, knew COVID-19 was poised to cause a pandemic like the U.S. had never seen. Convincing others required her to use an unexpected tool in her medical arsenal: her voice. Transcript: https://princeton.edu/content/transcript-gounder
Historian Keith Wailoo discusses how race, class, urban congestion and a failed public health system have contributed to the extraordinary gulf in coronavirus fatality rates. Transcript: https://princeton.edu/content/transcript-wailoo
Professor Andrew Chignell of the University Center for Human Values teases out a pathway to hopeful engagement in pessimistic times. Transcript: https://princeton.edu/content/transcript-chignell
From legacy media to community newspapers, journalism faces pressure on several fronts as it reports on one of the most important stories of our lifetime — a global pandemic and economic crisis that also threaten the news business. Edward Felsenthal '88 offers his take on what news media must do to continue its essential work. Transcript: https://princeton.edu/content/transcript-felsenthal
Not all colleges and universities will survive this pandemic, says Kate Foster *93, president of The College of New Jersey. But the forest fire raging through higher education will also make room for new growth — opportunities for creative partnerships and possibilities. Transcript: https://princeton.edu/content/transcript-foster
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
Surgical resident Glenn Wakam '11 urges broad-based action to remedy health disparities exposed and amplified by the pandemic. Transcript: https://www.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/documents/2020/05/GlennWakam_transcript.pdf
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