Sunday, January 9, 2011

Princeton Alumni Weekly: Goodbye, corporate life!

Sharon Keld published an essay in the December 8, 2010 Princeton Alumni Weekly about her adventures in the Peace Corps, what comes next after her time in the corporate world.

Princeton Alumni Weekly: Goodbye, corporate life!

Thursday, November 25, 2010

Florence Hudson Discusses Business Travel in NY Times

Florence DiStefano Hudson provided a first-person view of her corporate travel experiences in the Tuesday, November 23 "Frequent Flyer" feature of the New York Times. Florence gave an interview under the headline, "Lessons in Inefficiency, Learned in Airports Around the World." The article started,

I’m a problem-solver and pattern-recognizer. Traveling as much as I do is always an adventure. I have to admit that a lot of the time, I’m wondering how we actually make it from Point A to Point B since everything is so inefficient.

Thursday, November 11, 2010

John Rogers named head of Advisory Council on Financial Capability

John Rogers last month was named as head of the Advisory Council on Financial Capability, a new committee created by an executive order to complement recent consumer-protection legislation, aims to help President Barack Obama create effective policy to help Americans make better, more informed financial decisions. An October 25 article in The Daily Princetonian detailed the appointment.

More information about the Advisory Council can be found on the White House website.

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Adam Bellow's New Gig: Conservative Books at HarperCollins

Starting in January, Adam Bellow will be in charge of the new imprint Broadside Books at publisher HarperCollins. The line will focus on "culture wars, books of ideas, books of revisionist history, biographies, anthologies, polemical paperbacks and pop-culture books from a conservative point of view," according to a September 27 article in the New York Times. The article quotes Adam,

“What I intend to do is uphold a standard of intellectual seriousness on the right,” Mr. Bellow said. “They should be written in a way that they are serious, soberly argued, well researched, and make a respectable case — agree or disagree.”

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Steve Poskanzer Named President of Carleton College

Steve Poskanzer took over as President of Carleton College in Northfield, Minn., on August 2, following nine years of services as the President of the State University of New York at New Paltz. According to a Carleton statement,

“Steven Poskanzer is a rare individual, who combines intellect, wit, and a passion for the liberal arts with an innate ability to win over almost everyone he meets,” Carleton Board of Trustees chair and presidential search committee co-chair Jack Eugster said. “His successes as president at SUNY–New Paltz and as a teacher-scholar are just the type of experiences the search committee and the Board of Trustees sought for Carleton’s next president. I’m excited that Steve is joining Carleton. He, no doubt, will brilliantly lead Carleton in the fine traditions of the ten presidents who have preceded him.”

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Ted Fishman Published Article in New York Times Magazine

Ted Fishman published an article entitled "As Populations Age, a Chance for Younger Nations" in the October 14 NY Times Magazine. The article notes,

The high costs of keeping our aging population healthy and out of poverty has caused the United States and other rich democracies to lose their economic and political footing. Countries on the rise amass wealth and geopolitical clout by refusing to bear those costs. Older countries lose work to younger countries.


The article was adapted from Ted's upcoming book, “Shock of Gray: The Aging of the World’s Population and How It Pits Young Against Old, Child Against Parent, Worker Against Boss, Company Against Rival and Nation Against Nation."

Saturday, July 31, 2010

David Kaufmann Reviews Poetry and More for Tablet Magazine

David Kaufmann is writing about poetry and other literary topics at Tablet Magazine. He teaches at George Mason University in Virginia. His latest essay is about poet Karen Wieser.