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• Nj.com: Despite pandemic, don’t delay medical care for yourself or your pet for non-COVID-19 illnesses

• National Geographic: America’s face-mask culture is changing, and their meaning changes too

• Cosmos: Learning from the spread of measles

• The New Yorker: Letter From Europe: How Viktor Orbán Used the Coronavirus to Seize More Power

• Economic Times: A herd immunity strategy could actually work in youthful India

• The Washington Post: Pandemic ethics: The case for experiments on human volunteers

• National Review: Europe’s Moment of Truth

• Vox: How China is ruthlessly exploiting the coronavirus pandemic it helped cause

• Bloomberg: Fed Lending Faces a Tough Slog on Main Street

• Project Syndicate: Where Is the Local News About COVID-19?

From Centraljersey.com: Princeton University has announced its newest art fellows for the Lewis Center for the Arts: writer Danez Smith and theater director Will Davis. Smith and Davis will begin two years of teaching and community collaboration in September, which will end in 2022.https://centraljersey.com/2020/04/23/lewis-center-for-the-arts-names-newest-art-fellows-at-princeton-university/

Four Princeton professors — Anne Case, Jennifer Rexford, Suzanne Staggs and Elke Weber — have been named members of the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements. Three of the four are also Princeton alumnae: Anne Case received her Ph.D. in economics in 1988 and her M.P.A. from the Woodrow Wilson School in 1983; Jennifer Rexford completed her B.S.E. in electrical engineering in 1991; and Suzanne Staggs received her Ph.D. in physics in 1993.https://www.princeton.edu/news/2020/04/29/four-princeton-professors-elected-national-academy-sciences

Twelve faculty members from across the disciplines have been elected to membership of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for their contributions to their respective fields. They are: Rubén Gallo, M. Zahid Hasan, Amaney Jamal, Ruby Lee, Margaret Martonosi, Tom Muir, Eve Ostriker, Alexander Smits, Leeat Yariv, James Stone and Muhammad Qasim Zaman. Visiting faculty member Alondra Nelson also was elected to the academy.https://www.princeton.edu/news/2020/04/24/eleven-princeton-faculty-elected-american-academy-arts-and-sciences

Nicholas Johnson, an operations research and financial engineering concentrator from Montreal, has been named valedictorian of Princeton’s Class of 2020. Grace Sommers, a physics concentrator from Bridgewater, New Jersey, has been named the Latin salutatorian.

The Princeton faculty accepted the nominations of the Faculty Committee on Examinations and Standing at its April 27 meeting. Princeton will hold a virtual commencement for the Class of 2020 on Sunday, May 31, 2020, in which Johnson and Sommers will participate. An in-person ceremony will be held in May 2021.https://www.princeton.edu/news/2020/04/27/nicholas-johnson-named-valedictorian-grace-sommers-selected-salutatorian

From ROI-NJ: Merck Chair and CEO Ken Frazier and former Princeton University President Shirley Tilghman are expected to co-chair the lead commission, which will approach the recovery from a macroeconomic viewpoint, numerous sources familiar with the planning told ROI-NJ.https://www.roi-nj.com/2020/04/27/politics/frazier-tilghman-lozano-to-head-groups-that-will-create-blueprint-to-reopen-n-j/

Britt Adamson, an assistant professor in the Department of Molecular Biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, has been named a 2020 Searle Scholar. The program supports bold research programs with the potential to discover fundamental insights and improve health.https://www.princeton.edu/news/2020/04/24/britt-adamson-named-2020-searle-scholar-studies-genome-editing

On this episode of “We Roar,” Ali Nouri *06, president of the Federation of American Scientists, speaks about how misinformation and disinformation have impacted the public’s understanding and lawmakers’ response to COVID-19. He also shares how his organization is combating the problem through its web platform, Ask a Scientist.

“This pandemic has been quite disturbing, both in the public health sense of the pandemic but also in what the World Health Organization calls an infodemic, which is just a massive amount of misinformation that’s being produced,” he said.

Nouri is among the featured speakers this week at the Princeton University GradFUTURES Virtual Forum. The conference, which runs from April 29 to May 1, will bring together graduate students, faculty, staff, alumni and leaders from various fields for virtual events designed to build community and that will allow students to explore opportunities for leadership and meaningful professional development.https://www.princeton.edu/news/2020/04/28/we-roar-graduate-alum-ali-nouri-fights-covid-19-disinformation-fas-president 

In this episode of the University’s new “We Roar” podcast, Cecilia Rouse dean of Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, examines the economic and societal vulnerabilities exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic and highlights areas demanding assertive government steps to protect us from the next one, particularly in the area of public health. “Typically, with an economic recession, we only have to fix the economics, and then we can get going,” said Rouse, who is also the Lawrence and Shirley Katzman and Lewis and Anna Ernst Professor in the Economics of Education and a professor of economics and public affairs. “In this case, we actually first have to deal with the public health part.”https://www.princeton.edu/news/2020/04/24/we-roar-cecilia-rouse-considers-pandemic-policy-amid-economic-pause

Rouse was also a recent guest on the Politics & Polls WooCast Series. In the episode “Economic Turmoil During Covid-19 Featuring Cecilia Rouse,” shejoins hosts Julian Zelizer and Sam Wang to discuss what lies ahead for the global and U.S. economy.http://wws.princeton.edu/news-and-events/news/item/politics-polls-182-economic-turmoil-during-covid-19-featuring-cecilia

In this Q&A with Rory Truex, he shares his thoughts on China’s response to Covid-19 and the future of U.S.-China relations once the pandemic is over.http://wws.princeton.edu/news-and-events/news/item/wws-reacts-china%E2%80%99s-response-covid-19

In this Q&A with Janet Currie, she takes a deeper look at how the global pandemic has impacted mothers and children, its disproportionate effects on low-income populations, and both the positive implications and gaps of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.http://wws.princeton.edu/news-and-events/news/item/wws-reacts-family-health-during-global-pandemic

From The Daily Princetonian: The Princeton Environmental Activism Coalition, the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI), and the Pace Center for Civic Engagement hosted a discussion on environmental policy in the age of the novel coronavirus on April 24. While the panelists acknowledged the pandemic’s severity, they remained optimistic about its potential to catalyze sustainable infrastructure changes and policies such as carbon pricing to combat the climate crisis.https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2020/04/coronavirus-climate-change

In a commentary piece for The Lancet, researchers from Princeton University and the Sunnybrook Research Institute review eight behavioral pitfalls that, if recognized, might help to maintain the behavior changes needed to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. Among the issues they explore are common human traits: a fear of the unknown, personal embarrassment, and hindsight bias, among others.http://wws.princeton.edu/news-and-events/news/item/combat-covid-19-behavioral-pitfalls-must-be-addressed

From The Daily Princetonian: Completely booked schedules — typically filled with morning meetings, lectures, meals with colleagues, office hours, and guest appearances — have been replaced by days in which professors are confined in and work from their homes. This new normal, however, isn’t to say that professors’ responsibilities have suddenly disappeared. Most are working as hard as ever. Furthermore, a subset is confronting a unique challenge: balancing teaching, research continuity, and their children.https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2020/04/two-full-time-jobs-princetons-parent-professors-adjust-to-a-new-normal 

During the coronavirus pandemic, Rhae Lynn Barnes, assistant professor of history, pivoted the content of her “American Cultural History” course and launched a free online history curriculum to help educators. In this Q&A, Barnes reflects on teaching, service and the many ways “history provides models in courage, innovation and the astonishing human capacity to persevere in moments of crisis.”https://www.princeton.edu/news/2020/04/29/we-persisted-teaching-american-cultural-history-pandemic

From University Press Club: The Princeton University campus, once brimming with students running to class, sports games, study breaks, and dance rehearsals, has now come to a near-standstill—to mixed feelings. Amid this strange and unusual time, the Press Club conducted a brief survey and interviewed sixteen students within a wide range of class years and backgrounds to understand how students on campus have been feeling about the recent changes.http://www.universitypressclub.com/archive/2020/04/amid-global-crisis-campus-divided/

As the COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped billions of lives, religious organizations around the world have faced the shuttering of their houses of worship. Without access to their holy spaces, the faithful have been forced to redefine traditions, adapt holidays, foster virtual community, and organize remote weekly prayer. The University’s religious communities are no exception. As students scrambled to leave campus in the wake of the University’s March 13 move-out order, nearly all had to say goodbye to their favorite spaces on campus. For some, those spaces included their spiritual homes.https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2020/04/letting-go-of-the-normal-princeton-pandemic-and-religious-life

From Bloomberg: Princeton University said it won’t accept funding from the federal government to help colleges that have been hurt by economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. “Princeton, which did not request these funds, has examined whether it could use them in a manner consistent with congressional intent and guidance provided by the Department of Education,” spokesman Ben Chang said Wednesday in a statement. “We have also taken steps to meet additional needs resulting from Covid-19, and will continue to look for opportunities to do so throughout this crisis.” https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-22/princeton-university-says-it-won-t-take-federal-stimulus-money

From The Daily Princetonian: University Health Services (UHS) recently updated the terms of its Student Health Plan (SHP), which cover referrals and various benefits, including temporarily increasing coverage for some services, especially those relating to COVID-19. These changes will apply to all students on the SHP.https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2020/04/princeton-uhs-updates-terms-of-student-health-plans-expands-covid-19-coverage

In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Princeton is evaluating various scenarios for campus operations next academic year. While no decisions have been made yet, the Academic Year 2021 Coordinating Committee is preparing for a number of options based on federal and state health guidelines and resources.https://www.princeton.edu/news/2020/04/23/university-evaluating-teaching-and-research-plans-campus-operations-next-academic