Philosophy professor Adina Roskies received the 2011 Stanton Prize awarded to scholars who have made "significant contributions to interdisciplinary research" from the Society for Philosophy and Psychology, according to the Society's website. Roskies, a neuroscientist and philosopher who specializes in neuroethics, is currently writing a book on the philosophy of brain imaging, she said in an interview with The Dartmouth. Roskies plans to continue this project while serving as a Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Fellow at Princeton University's Center for Human Values next year. Roskies previously won the Society's William James Prize as a graduate student in 2002, she said.
The Faculty Council at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill approved plans to include information comparing students' performance to that of peers enrolled in similar courses on academic transcripts, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported. Beginning next fall, student transcripts will include the median grade for each course and a "Schedule Point Average," which provides the grade point average of students enrolled in the same courses. The university hopes the revised transcripts will provide potential employers and graduate schools with additional information regarding the rigor of students' undergraduate experiences, according to The Chronicle. The university plans to distribute grade distribution reports of various courses to professors, a decision that administrators believe will discourage grade inflation, The Chronicle reported.
Despite new legislation mandating that the University of North Dakota maintain its Fighting Sioux nickname and logo, the NCAA announced that it will still penalize the university for using a logo that has been deemed offensive, The Boston Globe reported. The university had previously agreed to stop using the mascot by August 2011 unless it obtained permission from North Dakota's Spirit Lake and Standing Rock Sioux tribes. Although the Spirit Lake tribe granted the university permission, the Standing Rock tribe refused to do so, according to The Globe. Due to its refusal to change its mascot, the university will be ineligible to host postseason games. Supporters of the "Fighting Sioux law" sponsored by State Rep. Al Carlson, R-Fargo had hoped they could convince the NCAA to reconsider its stance, The Globe reported. UND was one of 18 schools identified as using offensive logos and nicknames when the NCAA first announced it would pressure colleges to eliminate such mascots in 2005, The Globe reported.
