Speakers: Alan Blinder, Gordon S. Rentschler Memorial Professor of Economics and Public Affairs; William Dudley, former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; Jessica Metcalf, Associate Professor of Ecology, Evolutionary Biology and Public Affairs; Moderator: Senator William Frist, M.D., former U.S. Senate majority leader
Bryan Grenfell, the Kathryn Briger and Sarah Fenton Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Public Affairs, will present “What the Population Dynamics of Endemic Infections Can Tell Us About the Future of COVID-19 — and Vice Versa,” via Zoom webinar.
This event will be held online via Zoom webinar — register here in advance to receive a webinar link.
Science on Saturday is a series of lectures given by scientists, engineers, and other professionals involved in cutting-edge research. Held on Saturday mornings throughout winter, the lectures are geared toward high school students. The program draws more than 300 students, teachers, parents, and community members. Topics are selected from a variety of disciplines.
Topic: Plasma Science Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic with PPPL's Dr. Sophia Gershman
Science on Saturday is a series of lectures given by scientists, engineers, and other professionals involved in cutting-edge research. Held on Saturday mornings throughout winter, the lectures are geared toward high school students. The program draws more than 300 students, teachers, parents, and community members. Topics are selected from a variety of disciplines.
Plasma Science Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic presented by Sophia Gershman, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Science on Saturday is a series of lectures given by scientists, engineers, and other professionals involved in cutting-edge research. Held on Saturday mornings throughout winter, the lectures are geared toward high school students. The program draws more than 300 students, teachers, parents, and community members. Topics are selected from a variety of disciplines.
The event will begin with a brief introduction by Senator Bill Frist, M.D. Then Alan Blinder, Bill Dudley and Jessica Metcalf will share updated outlooks on the fiscal stimulus, Federal Reserve measures, and health policy outlook since the June webinar. Senator Frist will moderate a follow-up discussion and then take questions submitted from the audience.
Presenters:
Alan Blinder, Gordon S. Rentschler Memorial Professor of Economics and Public Affairs
With introductions by Markus Brunnermeier, Director of the Princeton Bendheim Center for Finance
Space is limited, pre-registration is required.
A Zoom link will be emailed to those who register early the morning of the event.
The Zoom webinar room will open to attendees five minutes before the webinar begins.
On Friday, June 12 at 12:30 PM ET, Kenneth Rogoff will join the Princeton Bendheim Center for Finance to discuss the implications of COVID-19 for global sovereign debt and the dollar. Rogoff is a Professor of Public Policy and Economics at Harvard University and a former Chief Economist of the IMF.
The event will begin with a brief discussion by Markus Brunnermeier, Director of the Princeton Bendheim Center for Finance. Rogoff will then present. Both Brunnermeier and Rogoff will take questions from the audience.
On Monday, June 8 at 12:30 PM ET, Lisa Cook will join the Princeton Bendheim Center for Finance to discuss the economic and social implications of racial disparities in the United States. Cook is a Professor of Economics and International Relations at Michigan State University and was previously a senior economist in President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers.
The event will begin with a brief discussion by Markus Brunnermeier, Director of the Princeton Bendheim Center for Finance. Cook will then present. Both Brunnermeier and Cook will take questions from the audience.
Darrell Duffie
The COVID crisis was a wake-up call: Redesigning the U.S. treasury market
Space is limited, pre-registration is required. https://bcf.princeton.edu/event-directory/covid19_21/
A Zoom link will be emailed to those who register early the morning of the event.
The Zoom webinar room will open to attendees five minutes before the webinar begins.
