From SPIA: Drawing from more than 920 media reports and 380 research reports, a team including Princeton SPIA researchers examined online political manipulation tactics and identified 23 new foreign influence efforts from Russia, China and the Middle East. https://bit.ly/2Y1PJYU

From SPIA: In a historic decision, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has selected Sen. Kamala Harris as his pick for vice president, making her the first woman of color to be nominated for national office on a major party ticket. We discussed the decision with faculty experts LaFleur Stephens-Dougan, Brandice Canes-Wrone, and Lauren Wright.https://bit.ly/3ao64vY

From The Daily Princetonian: Professor Burrows sat down with The Daily Princetonian for a virtual interview, touching on his work on brown dwarfs, his career path, and the importance of teaching to excel in research. https://bit.ly/2E35EPK

From The Daily Princetonian: The University continues to urge Congress to enact a legislative solution that provides permanent legal protections, including a path to citizenship, for the full population of Dreamers.https://bit.ly/2E5l9q6

For two decades, PUPP has provided comprehensive college preparation to low-income, high-achieving students from five Mercer County high schools. This year is no exception, despite the challenges presented by COVID-19. https://bit.ly/3kKv710

In a message to the University community Friday, Aug.7, President Eisgruber writes that the pandemic’s impact prevents a genuinely meaningful on-campus experience for undergraduates:

In light of the diminished benefits and increased risks currently associated with residential education amid New Jersey’s battle against the pandemic, we have decided that our undergraduate program should be fully remote in the fall semester of 2020. We will continue to accommodate on campus those students whose situations make it extremely difficult or impossible for them to return to or study from home. We will also accommodate a very limited number of students with previously approved exceptions recognizing their need to be on campus for specific aspects of their senior thesis research or other work essential to their degree programs.

President Eisgruber’s message can be read in full here. https://bit.ly/33M9VSc

The 407 employees being honored through the service recognition program for employment milestones attained in 2019 have devoted more than 8,110 years of service to the University. Six Princeton staff members were honored as recipients of the President’s Achievement Award for their commitment to excellence and exceptional performance. https://bit.ly/3gQQrjn

From Latino Leaders Magazine: Dean of the Princeton School of Architecture Monica Ponce de Leon has been named one of “100 Latina Leaders” by Latino Leaders Magazine. https://bit.ly/30DR4GY

Peter Singer and Isaac Martinez *20: The Case for Human COVID-19 Challenge Trials (Project Syndicate)
Jessica Metcalf:Immunology Is Where Intuition Goes to Die (The Atlantic) 
Sabine Kastner:Why pandemic stress breeds clutter—and how to break the cycle (National Geographic)
Nicole Avena: How to Overcome a Challenging Pandemic Sleep Routine (WBBM)
Frederick Wherry:Can’t Find It at the Store? Try Bartering. (The New York Times)
Markus Brunnermeier:Post COVID-19, the Fed and the Feds will have to tread carefully (Marketplace)andWhat’s disinflation, and why does it matter? (Marketplace)
Alieza Durana: 

• Power Up: Washington wants a deal on evictions. Housing advocates say it might not be enough. (The Washington Post)
• America’s next housing crisis (Axios Re:Cap) 
• As U.S. Congress wrangles over aid, millions of renters get desperate (Reuters) 

Peter Hepburn: Evictions to hit unprecedented levels if renters don’t receive federal relief (The Washington Post)
Eddie Glaude:Unfortunately, Eddie S. Glaude Jr.’s Book is Well-Timed (The New York Times) andMaking Racial Justice A Movement, Not A Moment (Forbes) 
Julian Zelizer:The best way to check Trump is to vote him out of office (CNN)and The History Of The October Surprise (WBUR)
Robert Socolow:80-Year-Old Physicist Credits 17-Year-Old Activist With Shifting Intergenerational Accountability (Forbes)
Maike Sonnewald: The Ocean’s 12 Megaprovinces (Hakai Magazine)
Gudmundur Stefansson: Surprisingly dense exoplanet challenges planet formation theories (Science Codex)
Arunesh Mathur:The Subtle Tricks Shopping Sites Use to Make You Spend More (Wired)  

Theorist Alicia Magann is a compelling example of how interdisciplinary research works at Princeton. A fifth-year graduate student in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Magann’s research nevertheless falls under the advisement of Herschel Rabitz, the Charles Phelps Smyth ’16 *17 Professor of Chemistry.https://bit.ly/3kmnLRl

From New Jersey Stage: Princeton’s Adam Welch, lecturer in the Visual Arts Program, has been appointed executive director of the Arts Council of Princeton, effective September 1.https://bit.ly/2XHOqOS

Additional coverage: 

• Planet Princeton: Arts Council of Princeton names new executive director
• Town Topics: Adam Welch Named ACP Executive Director 

From Nature: Some research groups, notably the Program on Science and Global Security at Princeton University in New Jersey, have been advising the [Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons] founders on various facets of nuclear science, such as how to accurately verify that stockpiles have been permanently dismantled. https://go.nature.com/31BtYQW

From Physics World: Princeton researchers and colleagues in the U.S. developed a portable sensor that can detect tiny biomagnetic signals from the brain and heart – without the expensive magnetic shielding needed by current magnetoencephalographic techniques.https://bit.ly/2PxZPw5

A new partnership between the Princeton Catalysis Initiative (PCI) and Genentech, a biotechnology company based in South San Francisco, is enabling several Princeton faculty members to pursue mission-driven collaborations in fundamental research.https://bit.ly/2XFZPhX