Office of Undergraduate Judicial Affairs Program Coordinator Marilyn Sturman resigned from her position as of March 1, according to e-mails sent by Undergraduate Judicial Affairs Office Manager Laurie Welch and Director of Judicial Affairs Nathan Miller and obtained by The Dartmouth. Sturman was involved in the Committee on Standards and the Organization Adjudication Committee while at the College, according to Welch's e-mail. Sturman began her Dartmouth career as assistant director of Student Housing and worked for the Tucker Foundation and as an usher for the Roth Center for Jewish Life before joining Judicial Affairs in 2001, according to the e-mail.
Cornell University temporarily suspended Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity Wednesday following the death of sophomore George Desdunes, The Cornell Daily Sun reported. Desdunes was found dead last Friday morning inside the SAE physical plant, according to The Daily Sun. SAE will not be allowed to host parties or hold initiation activities, since University officials said that alcohol involved in Desdunes' death likely violated Cornell's fraternity regulations. "Our action to temporarily suspend the fraternity is informed by the information we have received to date and motivated by what we think is best for the campus at this time," Susan Murphy, vice president for student and academic services, said in an interview with The Daily Sun. If Cornell determines that SAE violated University policy, the administration may permanently revoke recognition of the SAE chapter. The county sheriff said the death was likely alcohol-related, The Daily Sun reported.
Dartmouth engineering professor Eric Fossum was inducted into Invent Now's 2011 National Inventors Hall of Fame which honors individuals "responsible for the great technological advances that make human, social and economic progress possible" on Thursday, the Hall of Fame website reported. Fossum invented the CMOS active pixel image sensor, which converts optical images to electric signals, according to a Hall of Fame press release. The sensor is used in camera phones, digital cameras, webcams, automotive safety systems and swallowable pill cameras. Fossum developed the sensor while working at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology in 1994 and co-founded the Photobit Corporation to commercialize the device. Fossum began work as a research professor at the Thayer School of Engineering in 2010, according to the Thayer website. The Hall of Fame induction ceremony will take place in Washington, D.C., on May 4, according to the press release.
