How closely do you read PAW’s Alumni in the News roundup? Identify the Princetonians featured in stories with these headlines from the last 12 months.
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1. Jan. 10: This tech leader’s opinion column in Newsweek argued, “We Should Embrace Machine Learning — Not Fear It.”
A. Brad Smith ’81
B. Eric Schmidt ’76
2. Feb. 9: From The New York Times, “Court Refuses to Reinstate Travel Ban, Dealing Trump Another Legal Loss,” about a three-judge panel that included this alum.
A. Richard Clifton ’72
B. Denny Chin ’75
3. March 20: From The New York Times: “Met Opera Auditions Yield a Young Star.”
A. Anthony Roth Costanzo ’04
B. Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen ’15
4. April 5: From The Wall Street Journal: “Sen. __________ Speaks All Night to Protest Gorsuch Nomination.”
A. Ted Cruz ’92
B. Jeff Merkley *82
5. May 17: From Reuters: “Former FBI Chief ______ Appointed To Probe Trump-Russia Ties.”
A. Robert Mueller ’66
B. Buzzy Krongard ’58
6. June 9: From The American Prospect: “School Suspensions, Test Scores, and Lead Poisoning,” a look at research led by this economist.
A. Janet Currie *88
B. James Heckman *71
7. July 11: “Ida B. Wells Offered the Solution to Police Violence More Than 100 Years Ago” was the headline for this historian’s essay for The Washington Post.
A. Michael Eric Dyson *93
B. Keisha N. Blain *14
8. Aug. 13: From The Washington Post: “‘Look at the Campaign He Ran’: Charlottesville Mayor Is Becoming One of Trump’s Strongest Critics.”
A. Steve Adler ’78
B. Mike Signer ’95
9. Sept. 13: Announcement on Time.com: “_________ Chosen To Lead Time as New Editor.”
A. Ed Felsenthal ’88
B. David Remnick ’81
10. Oct. 11: From a Wall Street Journal profile: “________: The Amazon Chief Who Obsesses Over Consumers.”
A. Jeff Bezos ’86
B. Jeff Wilke ’89
11. Nov. 15: From a New Yorker photo feature: “A Photographer’s Old College Classmates, Back Then and Now.”
A. Josephine Sittenfeld ’02
B. Accra Shepp ’84
12. Dec. 7: From The Hill: “Senate Confirms Two Interior, EPA Nominees,” including this head of the EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.
A. Susan Bodine ’83
B. Kathleen Hartnett White *78
ANSWERS: 1. B; 2. A; 3. B; 4. B; 5. A; 6. A; 7. B; 8. B; 9. A; 10. B; 11. A; 12. A.
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