Nov. 16: Sandy Kenyon ’78 Reports on Kevin Wilkes ’83’s Robeson Project

Author Suleika Jaouad ’10 said journaling and thinking of “survival as a creative act” helped get her through four years of isolation while fighting cancer, and they’ve also been helpful for people “living in limbo” during the pandemic. — NPR
 
ABC news entertainment reporter Sandy Kenyon ’78 reported on architect Kevin Wilkes ’83’s project restoring the Princeton home of artist and social justice activist Paul Robeson. Kenyon said he learned of the project by reading a PAW story by Francesca Billington ’19. — WABC-TV
 
Richard Rusczyk ’93’s Art of Problem Solving online math school, with its accompanying social network, “has become a lifeline for math whizzes.” — The New Yorker
 
In the last 18 months, Dartmouth English and creative writing professor Joshua Bennett *16 won a Guggenheim fellowship and a Whiting Award, had two books published, gained tenure, and became a full professor. — Dartmouth Alumni Magazine

“At a time when there is more data, more facts, more information — more knowledge — and all of it instantly available, millions of people are depending on intuition, superstition, and conspiracy theories.”

— Author and former Time editor Richard Stengel ’77, writing about why we all need to better understand what data is and how it’s used in the modern economy. — Time

Internist Lucy McBride ’95 recommended parents strongly consider COVID vaccines for their children between 5 and 11 years old, as “getting the vaccine is a lot safer than getting COVID-19.” — Yahoo! News
 
While discussing workplace diversity initiatives at a summit with Meghan Markle, Ariel Investments co-chief executive and president Mellody Hobson ’91 said, “the No. 1 beneficiary of diversity initiatives in this country has been white women.” — The New York Times
 
Penn State English professor Hester Blum ’95 will be one of 15 college and university instructors competing in an inaugural Jeopardy! Professors Tournament starting Dec. 6. — PennLive.com

A match on the dating app Tinder and $20 borrowed from his father for a first date led Denrick Kimathi Cooper Jr. ’09 to meet and marry Elizabeth Comer. — The New York Times
 
Long before their October wedding in the Chapel, Sarah Santucci ’16 and Kevin Zhang ’16 bonded over botany. At a Princeton activities fair, Zhang said, she stopped at his botany club table and said, “Oh my goodness, is this a Nepenthes?” — The New York Times
 
At the 2021 Ignatius Forum, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos ’86 described his vision for space colonies, which he said are more practical than trying to “terraform Mars or do something very dramatic like that.” — Business Insider

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