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Maria Ressa in the newsroom

Q&A with Maria Ressa ’86, Filipina journalist and Time 2018 Person of the Year

“I think the key thing is that you have to look at the world around you today, look at the discipline of teaching that this institution teaches you, and look at the opportunities around you,” Maria Ressa ’86 said. “Your generation will come up with what’s this new form and substance that journalism will become. Your Princeton education, you won’t know how much you love it until you’re gone from Princeton, and, inevitably, whenever I’m confused about what the next step is, I come back.”

NEWS | 04/08/2019

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Association of Black Seminarians’s petition demanding reparations gathers 572 signatures

The Association of Black Seminarians of Princeton Theological Seminary has released a petition for the institution to annually set aside 15 percent of the portion of the endowment used on operating expenses to fund tuition grants for black students. This would amount to $5.3 million a year, based on an estimate derived from the seminary’s expenses in the 2017–2018 school year. The petition also asks for the establishment of a Black Church Studies program.

NEWS | 04/03/2019

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Q&A with Kimberly Bryant, founder of Black Girls Code

Kimberly Bryant, founder of Black Girls Code (BGC) and one of Business Insider’s “25 Most Influential African-Americans In Technology” has been working with young female coders, aged between 7–17 years, through her pioneering nonprofit since 2011.  During Bryant’s recent visit to the University, The Daily Princetonian had the opportunity to speak with her about her journey of educating over 8,000 female technologists with BCG and her dream to reach one million young girls by 2040.

NEWS | 04/02/2019