News & Notes: Dean of Forbes College Hodgson to retire
John Hodgson announced his decision to retire from his position as dean of Forbes College in an email sent out to the Forbes listserv on Wednesday.
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John Hodgson announced his decision to retire from his position as dean of Forbes College in an email sent out to the Forbes listserv on Wednesday.
A delegation of University officials and professors, including University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83, will travel to Paris for the second annual Princeton-Fung Global Forum from April 9 to 11, where university leaders and policy makers will convene to discuss the future of higher education.
Princeton’s Elements ranks 20th of the 100 best American restaurants, according totheOpinionated About Dining’s survey. Elements is the only New Jersey restaurant on the list.
Princeton Preview will be shortened this year for the Class of 2018 and will no longer include an overnight component in light of the recent death of a student at Drexel University that was caused by meningitis and linked to contact with Princeton students.
The University has offered admission to 1,939 students, or 7.28 percent, of the 26,641 applicants for the Class of 2018, making this the most selective admission year the University has seen to date. This year marks a one-hundredth increase in selectivity from last year’s record-low 7.29 percent acceptance rate.
The national headquarters of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity has eliminated the pledging process for new members in the hopes of treating all members fairly. All chapters and colonies, including the University's chapter, will have to comply with this change.
The University has yet to review the changes to the SAT announced last week by College Board and has not decided whether or not it will change any admissions policies.
Princeton’s third annual Mental Health Week has taken a more interactive approach this year to increase awareness of mental health issues on campus.
Three in every 10 Republicans say they would not back New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie if he ran for the White House, according to a recently released Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Paul Krugman, the economics professor known for his regular columns in The New York Times, will retire from his position at the University in June 2015.
MIT history professor Craig Steven Wilder argued that colleges were responsible for reinforcing slavery in antebellum America and that slavery played a pivotal role in establishing American universities.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and University trustee A. Scott Berg ’71 gave a lecture on Tuesday on the life of Woodrow Wilson, Class of 1879, depicting Wilson as a president deeply influenced by his regional and religious background and reluctant to take a stand against racism and women’s suffrage.
Both Forbes College and Whitman College will be participating in a pilot exchange program, Global Exchange, with schools in Hong Kong and Cambridge, United Kingdom this upcoming spring break.
As part of attending a White House conference on increasing college opportunities for low-income students on Jan. 16, University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 outlined initiatives to make the University more accessible to lower-income students.
The Office of Religious Life is sponsoring a trip this June that will present students with the opportunity to travel to Cuba in order to focus on religion, human rights and social change, said Alison Boden, who is the dean of the Office of Religious Life and of the Chapel and is responsible for organizing and leading the trip.
“Wilson,” a recent biography of former University president Woodrow Wilson, Class of 1879, has drawn attention from Hollywood for its characterization of the late president as a passionate lover. The film rights to the book have been optioned by Appian Way, the production company owned by Leonardo DiCaprio.
Due to technical difficulties with the Common Application website on Jan. 1, the regular decision application deadline, the University decided to accept undergraduate applications processed on Jan. 2, according to messages posted on its admissions website and social media pages.
The trial of Donald DeZarn,senior operations manager for Butler/Wilson Dining Services, has been postponed, according to a press release posted by a Philadelphia marijuana reform organization. Originally scheduled forThursday, it is now scheduled forJan. 23, 2014.
The Council of the Princeton University Community meeting held yesterday discussed the future of Graduate School housing and proposed incorporating more student and faculty input into classroom design.
Some University students infected with meningitis have suffered some of the disease’s residual effects, according to Peter Johnsen, Director of Medical Services at University Health Services.