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  • In this episode, Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond sits down with Dr. Thalia Gigerenzer on the impact of technology and dating apps on modern interpretations of love. Dr. Gigerenzer's research as an anthropologist has focused on Muslim communities in India, including deep dives into the impacts of technology on relationships and courtship.

    Dr. Gigerenzer's Page (publications, projects, and more!): https://www.thaliagig.com/about-me

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    Credits:
    Writers - Noelle Kim, Lina Kim
    Audio engineer - Laura Sabrosa

  • In this episode, Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond sits down with Avery Barnett, a PhD student from Jamaica. She works closely with her advisors SPIA Professor Michael Oppenheimer and MAE Professor Jesse Jenkins focusing on renewable energy policies in the Caribbean. Barnett spoke about her work with the N.J. Wind Institute Fellowship Program through Princeton, and how she hopes she can apply her findings to her work in renewable energy in the Caribbean.

    This episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond (B cubed) was produced under the 147th board of the Prince in partnership with the Insights newsletter.

    For more information about Avery's work and N.J. Wind Institute Fellowship Program, feel free to visit the page linked below.

    RESOURCES

    https://cpree.princeton.edu/news/2023/avery-barnett-selected-investigate-future-offshore-wind-nj

    CREDITS

    Written and Hosted by Noelle Kim

    Edited and Sound Engineered by Noelle Kim

    Transcript by Ria Tomar

    Produced by Senna Aldoubosh

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  • In this episode of B-Cubed, Senna Aldoubosh and Ria Tomar sat down with ECE graduate student Atsutse Kludze to discuss recent findings of how producers can use 6G wireless signaling as a non-invasive way to quantify and assess produce quality. The project was done at the SWAN lab, in collaboration with Microsoft, with the goal of finding ways to reduce food waste.

    This episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond (B cubed) was produced under the 147th board of the Prince in partnership with the Insights newsletter.

    For more information about the SWAN Lab, feel free to visit the page linked below.

    RESOURCES

    https://ghasempour.princeton.edu/

    CREDITS

    Written and Hosted by Senna Aldoubosh and Ria Tomar

    Edited and Sound Engineered by Senna Aldoubosh

    Transcript by Laura Sabrosa and Ria Tomar

    Produced by Senna Aldoubosh

    For more from the Daily Princetonian, visit dailyprincetonian.com. For more from Princeton Insights, visit insights.princeton.edu. Please direct all corrections to [email protected].

  • Sleep is an integral, yet often overlooked, part of a Princeton students daily schedule. But, what does our brain actually do when it’s asleep?

    This is a focus of Princeton Computational Memory Lab. Dr. Elizabeth McDevitt, a postdoctoral researcher in the lab, likes to picture sleep as the replaying of a playlist of memories and experiences that your brain builds throughout the day when you’re awake.

    Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond sat down with McDevitt and Dr. Ken Norman, chair of the psychology department. Listen in to hear more about their insights on the role of sleep and how it relates to how we learn, remember, and apply the things we experience and see everyday.

  • We asked Princeton undergraduates to send us the names of their favorite teacher's assistants — and they answered. Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond interviewed three STEM TAs: Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE) PhD candidate Jessica Jin, COS Master's Student Rish Raghu, and Math Undergraduate Ben Zenker '24. They explain the demands of their job and how they balance the research and studies on top of it all. Listen in.

    This episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond (B cubed) was produced under the 147th board of the Prince in partnership with the Insights newsletter.

    CREDITS

    Written and Hosted by Senna Aldoubosh, Noelle Kim, and Lina Kim

    Edited and Sound Engineered by Senna Aldoubosh and Noelle Kim

    Transcript by Noelle Kim

    Produced by Senna Aldoubosh

    For more from the Daily Princetonian, visit dailyprincetonian.com. For more from Princeton Insights, visit insights.princeton.edu. Please direct all corrections to [email protected].

  • In this episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond, Senna Aldoubosh and Simone Kirkevold sit down with Hannah Faughnan, a senior in the EEB department, and Imani Mulrain, a senior in the Chemistry department, to learn more about their senior theses. Hannah and Imani cover what got them interested in their topics, their results, and important advice for future seniors undertaking their thesis. This episode is a collaboration between Podcast and News in the Daily Princetonian.

    This episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond (B cubed) was produced under the 147th board of the Prince in partnership with the Insights newsletter.

    RESOURCES

    CREDITS

    Written and Hosted by Senna Aldoubosh and Simone Kirkevold

    Edited and Sound Engineered by Eden Teshome

    Transcript by Senna Aldoubosh

    Produced by Senna Aldoubosh

    For more from the Daily Princetonian, visit dailyprincetonian.com. For more from Princeton Insights, visit insights.princeton.edu. Please direct all corrections to [email protected].

  • In this episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond, Senna Aldoubosh and Noelle Kim sit down with Josh Leeman, a graduate student in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department. Josh discusses his interest in applying technologies from condensed matter theory to quantum computing applications, how doing research remotely during the pandemic gave him insight on his research interests, and valuable advice for students when making their future plans.

    This episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond (B cubed) was produced under the 147th board of the Prince in partnership with the Insights newsletter.

    For more information about the Schoop Lab and Josh's research, feel free to visit the pages linked below.

    RESOURCES

    https://schoop.princeton.edu/
    https://jleeman.com/

    CREDITS

    Written and Hosted by Senna Aldoubosh and Noelle Kim

    Edited and Sound Engineered by Noelle Kim

    Transcript by Noelle Kim

    Produced by Senna Aldoubosh

    For more from the Daily Princetonian, visit dailyprincetonian.com. For more from Princeton Insights, visit insights.princeton.edu. Please direct all corrections to [email protected].

  • In this episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond, Senna Aldoubosh sits down with Dr. Ruth Fong, a researcher and professor at Princeton in the COS department. Dr. Fong discusses her interest in computer vision and explainable AI, gives us insight into her lab's (Looking Glass Lab) collaboration with the Visual AI Lab to learn more about AI biases, and offers the valuable advice of 'finding your village' to students navigating academics.

    This episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond (B cubed) was produced under the 147th board of the Prince in partnership with the Insights newsletter.

    For more information about the Looking Glass Lab and Dr. Fong's research, feel free to visit the page linked below.

    RESOURCES

    https://www.ruthfong.com/

    CREDITS

    Written and Hosted by Senna Aldoubosh

    Edited and Sound Engineered by Vitus Larrieu

    Transcript by Senna Aldoubosh

    Produced by Senna Aldoubosh

    For more from the Daily Princetonian, visit dailyprincetonian.com. For more from Princeton Insights, visit insights.princeton.edu. Please direct all corrections to [email protected].

  • In this episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond, Senna Aldoubosh and Lina Kim sit down with Dr. Pedro Paredes, a professor and researcher in the Computer Science Department to learn more about his research with theoretical computer science. Aside from discussing his work, Dr. Paredes delves into what sparked his interest in the topic, and even includes a puzzle for listeners.

    This episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond (B cubed) was produced under the 147th board of the Prince in partnership with the Insights newsletter.

    For more information about Dr. Paredes and his research, feel free to visit the page linked below.

    RESOURCES

    https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~pparedes/

    CREDITS

    Written and Hosted by Senna Aldoubosh and Lina Kim

    Edited and Sound Engineered by Lina Kim

    Transcript by Eden Teshome

    Produced by Senna Aldoubosh

    For more from the Daily Princetonian, visit dailyprincetonian.com. For more from Princeton Insights, visit insights.princeton.edu. Please direct all corrections to [email protected].

  • In this episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond, Senna Aldoubosh and Ketevan Shavdia sit down with Alexander E. Downie, a final year graduate student in the Graham lab, to learn more about his upcoming dissertation. Alec discusses his research with rewilded lab mice, a recent New Yorker article featuring the Graham lab, and advice for students pursuing grad school.

    This episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond (B cubed) was produced under the 147th board of the Prince in partnership with the Insights newsletter.

    For more information about the Graham Lab, as well as the New Yorker article, feel free to visit the pages linked below.

    RESOURCES

    http://algraham.princeton.edu/
    https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/the-case-for-free-range-lab-mice

    CREDITS

    Written and Hosted by Senna Aldoubosh and Ketevan Shavdia

    Edited and Sound Engineered by Senna Aldoubosh

    Transcript by Oyshee Lahiry

    Produced by Senna Aldoubosh

    For more from the Daily Princetonian, visit dailyprincetonian.com. For more from Princeton Insights, visit insights.princeton.edu. Please direct all corrections to [email protected].

  • In this episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond, Thiago Tarraf Varella sit down with Benjamin Muhoya, a graduate student in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology department to learn more about his research. Benjamin discusses his research in hospitals prior to coming to Princeton, his research looking at the evolutionary perspective of the trends noncommunicable diseases among different socioeconomic backgrounds in Turkana, and some exciting research results coming out soon.

    This episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond (B cubed) was produced under the 147th board of the Prince in partnership with the Insights newsletter.

    For more information about Benjamin's research, feel free to visit the insights article linked below.

    RESOURCES

    https://insights.princeton.edu/2022/10/ses-health/

    CREDITS

    Written and Hosted by Thiago Tarraf Varella

    Edited and Sound Engineered by Senna Aldoubosh

    Transcript by Ketevan Shavdia

    Produced by Senna Aldoubosh

    For more from the Daily Princetonian, visit dailyprincetonian.com. For more from Princeton Insights, visit insights.princeton.edu. Please direct all corrections to [email protected].

  • In this episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond, Senna Aldoubosh and Oyshee Lahiry sit down with Timothy W. Schwanitz, a graduate student in the McBride lab to learn more about his experience working in the lab. Timothy discusses his interest in insects and etymology, the research the McBride lab does, and advice for students in STEM.

    This episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond (B cubed) was produced under the 147th board of the Prince in partnership with the Insights newsletter.

    For more information about the McBride Lab, feel free to visit the page linked below.

    RESOURCES
    https://mcbridelab.princeton.edu/

    CREDITS
    Written and Hosted by Senna Aldoubosh and Oyshee Lahiry
    Edited and Sound Engineered by Oyshee Lahiry
    Transcript by Oyshee Lahiry
    Produced by Senna Aldoubosh

    For more from the Daily Princetonian, visit dailyprincetonian.com. For more from Princeton Insights, visit insights.princeton.edu. Please direct all corrections to [email protected].

  • In this episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond, Senna Aldoubosh and Lina Kim sit down with Dr. AndrĂ©s Monroy-HernĂĄndez, a professor in the Computer Science department to learn more about Social Computing. Dr. Monroy-HernĂĄndez discusses his journey into CS, creative uses for AI, and addressing AI biases.

    This episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond (B cubed) was produced under the 146th managing board of the Prince in partnership with the Insights newsletter.

    For more information about Dr. Monroy-HernĂĄndez's research, feel free to visit his page linked below.

    RESOURCES

    https://www.cs.princeton.edu/people/profile/andresmh

    CREDITS
    Written and hosted by Senna Aldoubosh and Lina Kim
    Edited and sound engineered by Senna Aldoubosh
    Transcript by Lina Kim
    Produced by Senna Aldoubosh

    For more from the Daily Princetonian, visit dailyprincetonian.com. For more from Princeton Insights, visit insights.princeton.edu. Please direct all corrections to [email protected]

  • In this episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond, Senna Aldoubosh and Ketevan Shavdia sit with Dr. Cameron A. Myhrvold, an assistant professor in the Molecular Biology at Princeton, to discuss his research on using CRISPR to develop new technologies to detect pathogens. Dr. Myhrvold discusses his experience as a Princeton undergraduate, his development of CRISPR technologies including mCARMEN, and hopes for future uses of CRISPR in clinical settings.

    This episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond (B cubed) was produced under the 146th managing board of the Prince in partnership with the Insights newsletter.

    For more information about Dr. Myhrvold's research, feel free to visit his page, as well as the specific paper mentioned in the episode, linked below.

    RESOURCES

    https://molbio.princeton.edu/people/cameron-myhrvold

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35130561/

    CREDITS

    Written and Hosted by Senna Aldoubosh and Ketevan Shavdia
    Edited and Sound Engineered by Oyshee Lahiry
    Transcript by Oyshee Lahiry
    Produced by Senna Aldoubosh

    For more from The Daily Princeton, visit dailyprincetonian.com. For more from Princeton Insights, visit insights.princeton.edu. Please direct all corrections to [email protected].

  • In this episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond, Thiago Tarraf Varella sits down with Princeton researcher Dr. Jamey R. Szalay to discuss the science behind Jupiter's auroras. Dr. Szalay also discusses exciting breakthroughs being madeby the Jovian Auroral Distributions Experiment (JADE) in learning about Europa, one of Jupiter's moons.

    This episode of Brains, Black Holes, and Beyond (B Cubed) was produced under the 146th managing board of the Prince in partnership with the Insights newsletter.

    For more information about Dr. Szalay's research, feel free to check out his paper as well as the Insights article review linked below.

    RESOURCES

    Szalay, J. R., et al. (2022). Water-group pickup ions from Europa-genic neutrals orbiting Jupiter. Geophysical Research Letters, 49. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL098111

    https://insights.princeton.edu/2022/03/protons-jupiter/

    CREDITS

    Written and hosted by Thiago Tarraf Varella
    Edited and Sound Engineered by Senna Aldoubosh
    Transcript by Ketevan Shavdia
    Produced by Senna Aldoubosh

    For more from The Daily Princetonian, visit dailyprincetonian.com. For more from Princeton Insights visit insights.princeton.edu. Please direct all corrections to corrections[at]dailyprincetonian.com.

    Correction: A previous version of this description referred to the “Stellar Reference Unit” instead of the “Jovian Auroral Distributions Experiment (JADE) plasma instrument.” The 'Prince' regrets this error.

  • In this special episode of The Highlights, we interview Chino Eke, an undergraduate senior in the Neuroscience department. We discuss his senior thesis research, which was done with his advisor Professor Elizabeth Gould, a professor and researcher in the Princeton Neuroscience department focused on brain plasticity. Chino’s paper investigates two types of social impairments in Autism mouse models, and what this may tell us about the future of autism research.

    This episode of The Highlights was produced under the 146th Managing Board of The Daily Princetonian. Chino Eke is a recent graduate in the Neuroscience department of Princeton University.

    To view the transcript for this episode, click “More Info” and then “Full Transcript” in the episode player.

    Correction: A previous version of this episode used the phrase "autistic mice."

    RESOURCES

    Chino’s Senior Thesis: Mechanisms of Social Memory Dysfunction in Mouse Models of Autism Spectrum Disorder

    CREDITS

    Written and hosted by Senna Aldoubosh and Sophia Villacorta.

    Edited by Sophia Villacorta and Senna Aldoubosh

    Produced by Senna Aldoubosh

    For more information from the Daily Princetonian, visit www.dailyprincetonian.com. Subscribe to Insights on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you got your podcasts!

  • In this special episode of Princeton Insights: The Highlights, we interview show host Thiago Tarraf Varella, a third year graduate student in the Psychology department. We discuss his research, which was done with his advisor, Dr. Asif Ghazanfar, a professor and researcher in the Princeton Psychology Department focused on developmental and evolutionary bases for communication in humans. Thaigo’s research investigates altriciality, cooperative breeding, and reinforcement learning in marmoset monkeys and their ties to evolution.

    This episode of The Highlights was produced under the 146th Managing Board of The Daily Princetonian. Thiago Tarraf Varella is a graduate student in Princeton’s Psychology department in Professor Ghazanfar’s lab. He can be reached at [email protected].


    To view the transcript for this episode, click “More Info” and then “Full Transcript” in the episode player.


    RESOURCES

    Princeton Insights Coverage: https://insights.princeton.edu/2022/01/marmosets-infants-learn-to-speak/

    Original paper: Varella, T. T., & Ghazanfar, A. A. (2021). Cooperative care and the evolution of the prelinguistic vocal learning. Developmental Psychobiology.

    Marmoset audio: D. Y. Takahashi et al., Science 349, 734 (2015)

    CREDITS

    Written and hosted by Senna Aldoubosh and Sophia Villacorta

    Edited by Sophia Villacorta and Senna Aldoubosh

    Produced by Senna Aldoubosh

    Original Insights coverage by Sarah McFann

    “Family of Common Marmosets” by Francesco Veronesi / CC BY-SA 2.0

    Image of Thiago Varella Courtesy of Thiago Varella, taken by Rohini Majumdar

    For more coverage from the Daily Princetonian, visit www.dailyprincetonian.com. Subscribe to Insights on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you got your podcasts!

  • In this episode of The Highlights, we're joined by Yeon Soon Shin, who completed her doctoral degree in neuroscience at Princeton in 2020 and Rolando MasĂ­s-Obando, a 5th-year graduate student in neuroscience. We discuss their paths to graduate work in psychology, their research on how environmental context affects memory, and the virtual reality environments they created to test their ideas.

    This episode of The Highlights was produced under the 145th Managing Board of The Daily Princetonian in partnership with Princeton Insights. Rolando MasĂ­s-Obando is a graduate student in the Princeton Computational Memory Lab and can be reached at [email protected]. Yeon Soon Shin is currently a postdoctoral research associate at Yale University and can be reached at [email protected].

    To view the transcript for this episode, click “More Info” and then “Full Transcript” in the episode player.

    RESOURCES:

    Princeton Insights coverage: Using virtual reality to demonstrate the environmental reinstatement effect

    Original Paper: Context-dependent memory effects in two immersive virtual reality environments: On Mars and underwater

    CREDITS

    Written and hosted by Thiago Tarraf Varella GS and Paula Brooks GS

    Edited and sound engineered by Sophia Villacorta and Isabel Rodrigues

    Produced by Isabel Rodrigues

    Original Princeton Insights coverage by Paula Brooks GS

    For more from The Daily Princetonian, visit www.dailyprincetonian.com. For more from Princeton Insights, visit insights.princeton.edu. Subscribe to The Highlights on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts!

  • In this episode of The Highlights, we're joined by Mira Nencheva, a graduate student in the Department of Psychology. We discuss her path to graduate work in psychology, the day-to-day of working with toddlers at the Princeton Baby Lab, and how the vocal pitch of a caregiver can affect learning early in life.

    This episode of The Highlights was produced under the 145th Managing Board of The Daily Princetonian in partnership with Princeton Insights. Mira Nencheva is a graduate student in the Princeton Baby Lab of the Department of Psychology. She can be reached at [email protected].

    To view the transcript for this episode, click “More Info” and then “Full Transcript” in the episode player.

    RESOURCES:

    Princeton Insights coverage: The moment-to-moment pitch dynamics of child-directed speech shape toddlers’ attention and learning

    Original Paper: The moment-to-moment pitch dynamics of child-directed speech shape toddlers’ attention and learning

    CREDITS

    Written and Hosted by Thiago Tarraf Varella GS and Liza Mankovskaya GS

    Edited by John Shin and Isabel Rodrigues

    Produced by Isabel Rodrigues

    Original Insights Coverage by Liza Mankovskaya GS


    For more from The Daily Princetonian, visit www.dailyprincetonian.com. For more from Princeton Insights, visit insights.princeton.edu. Subscribe to The Highlights on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts!

  • This episode of The Highlights was produced under the 145th Managing Board of The Daily Princetonian in partnership with Princeton Insights. Cassie Stoddard is a professor in the Stoddard Lab of EEB. She can be reached at [email protected].

    To view the transcript for this episode, click “More Info” and then “Full Transcript” in the episode player.

    This episode of The Highlights was produced under the 145th Managing Board of The Daily Princetonian in partnership with Princeton Insights. Cassie Stoddard is a professor in the Stoddard Lab of EEB. She can be reached at [email protected].

    To view the transcript for this episode, click “More Info” and then “Full Transcript” in the episode player.

    RESOURCES:

    Princeton Insights coverage: Prince, perception and purple: The colorful world of wild hummingbirds

    Original Paper: Wild hummingbirds discriminate nonspectral colors

    CREDITS

    Written/Hosted by Thiago Tarraf Varella GS and Jarome Ali GS

    Edited by Sophia Villacorta

    Produced by Isabel Rodrigues

    Original Insights Coverage by Jarome Ali GS

    For more from The Daily Princetonian, visit www.dailyprincetonian.com. For more from Princeton Insights, visit insights.princeton.edu. Subscribe to The Highlights on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts!