Around the Ivies
BROWN UNIVERSITY: Brown University’s New Scientist Program is launching its Graduate-Undergraduate Mentoring Initiative this semester, the Brown Daily Herald reported. The initiative pairs junior and senior undergraduate science majors with graduate students, who will serve as peer advisors and help them prepare for graduate school. The program is currently training 25 graduate students to serve as mentors.
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: A student is launching a smartphone application with Columbia University dining hall information, according to the Columbia Spectator. The app, called Dine@CU, will allow students to look up location hours, menus and nutritional facts. Currently in its pilot phase, the application will soon be available through iTunes.
CORNELL UNIVERSITY: Cornell University will begin offering a cross-college minor in demography this semester, the Cornell Daily Sun reported. The minor will encompass population-related courses across 24 departments and programs. Students from each of Cornell’s undergraduate schools will be able to select the minor.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY: Harvard University received 34,295 applications for the Class of 2018, a 2 percent decrease from last year, according to the Harvard Crimson. This year, more applicants requested fee waivers, a potential sign that more students need financial aid. The percentage of non-white applications also increased.
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: On Monday, Princeton University announced that David Dobkin will step down as dean of the faculty at the end of this academic year, the Daily Princetonian reported. Dobkin has served as dean since 2003 and joined the Princeton faculty in 1981. He will take a yearlong sabbatical before returning to his role as a computer science professor.
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: University of Pennsylvania sophomore Elvis Hatcher died on Tuesday, the Daily Pennsylvanian reported. The cause of his death was ruled a suicide, the university’s second in three weeks.
YALE UNIVERSITY: This week, Yale University released its semi-annual report of sexual misconduct complaints, which included the highest number of complaints since the report was first published in 2011, according to Yale Daily News. The report contained 70 complaints of sexual assault, intimate partner violence and general sexual harassment, a 15 percent increase in complaints from the previous six-month period.