Feb. 25: Kim Greene *03 Breeds High-End Protection Dogs

Kim Greene *03 has made a career out of breeding, training, and selling high-end protection dogs that are also good family pets. — CNBC

MIT physicist Krishna Rajagopal *93 developed a model predicting the fluid qualities of the quark-gluon plasma that existed after the Big Bang, finding it behaved like gooey soup. — Science Alert

Manhattan Institute legal scholar Ilya Shapiro ’99 analyzed the Supreme Court’s ruling on President Donald Trump’s tariffs, concluding it was “less a rebuke than a reminder: Congress controls the taxing power.” — City Journal

Michael Froman ’85, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, talked through the tariff ruling, the odds of refunds, and the new tariffs Trump has already announced. — Financial Times

Under the leadership of owner Jeff Bezos ’86, The Washington Post laid off more than 300 of its 800 journalists, reducing its workforce by more than 30%. — The New York Times

Bezos, the Amazon.com founder who has long said he wants to build factories on the moon, is now competing with Elon Musk, who has decided he wants to build a city on the moon. — The Wall Street Journal

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell ’04 announced she’s leaving X, formerly Twitter, because “I have no interest in supporting a platform that promotes hate, disinformation, and exploitation of our kids.” — Boston.com

Three colleagues penned an op-ed raving about Satana Deberry ’91’s successes as district attorney in Durham, North Carolina, and endorsing her for reelection. — IndyWeek.com

Douglas Century ’86’s biography of Israeli heroine Hannah Senesh, Crash of the Heavens, was longlisted for the National Jewish Book Awards. — Jewish Book Council

In an op-ed, New America CEO Anne-Marie Slaughter ’80 contrasted Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s touting of western civilization recently in Munich with the more universal, moral values espoused by European leaders. —Financial Times

William Klein *91, currently lead behavioral scientist at the National Cancer Institute, will become the new dean of Rutgers’ School of Communication and Information in July. — Rutgers

Congressional Budget Office Director Phillip Swagel ’87 released a statement saying the nation’s current “fiscal trajectory is not sustainable,” as debt is forecast to rise from 99% at the end of 2025 to 120% in the next decade. — The Hill

“Should we ‘trust the science’? Sure, in theory — but only when the science in question has earned our trust through transparency and rigor.”

— Author Jesse Singal ’13, discussing in an op-ed recent changes in medical organizations’ approach to gender-affirming care for minors leading up to and following a recent malpractice ruling in New York. — The New York Times

Jordan Salama ’19, author of former Princeton Pre-read Every Day the River Changes, is joining The New Yorker as a contributing writer. — The New Yorker

P.G. Sittenfeld ’07 wrote an essay for The Free Press about the Valentine’s Day he spent in prison on federal corruption charges, and what it was like being separated from his family. He also wrote for The New York Times about the surprising community he found among prisoners.

Jamie Clements ’80 retired as president and CEO of the nonprofit Museum of New Mexico Foundation. — The Santa Fe New Mexican

Historian Heather Ann Thompson *95 discussed her new book, Fear and Fury: The Reagan Eighties, the Bernie Goetz Shootings, and the Rebirth of White Rage. — NPR’s Fresh Air

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