Dean of the College Gretchen Long, Director of International Student Services (ISS) Ninah Pretto, and Assistant Director of ISS Mariia Smirnova advised international students to return to the United States from any international travel before Jan. 19, 2025.
The College admitted 257 out of 964 early decision applicants to the Class of 2029 on Dec. 13, as well as 18 students through QuestBridge’s National College Match program on Dec. 2.
The Record sent its biannual approval ratings survey to 500 randomly selected students last week. The survey asked students to indicate their approval, disapproval, or neutrality toward various campus institutions.
Students and administrators at Mount Greylock Regional School District established a Black Student Union at the high school last month with support from students at the College.
Billick will serve as editor-in-chief in the spring, alongside managing editors Kane and Pallesen. In the fall, Zimmerman will follow Billick as editor-in-chief, with Garcia and Huprikar as managing editors.
CISA, as well as several other students, hosted an open mic event in Baxter Hall on Nov. 18. In addition to commenting on the election’s impact on marginalized communities — the original focus of the event — students also voiced opinions about a variety of other issues, including the ongoing war in Gaza, political apathy among students at the College, and the administration’s response to recent bias incidents on campus.
The Board of Trustees rejected the latest calls by Students for Justice in Palestine and Jews for Justice to divest from weapons manufacturing at a meeting on Oct. 30, according to a statement posted by the two groups on Instagram on Nov. 16.
The College plans to incur $106 million in debt over the next decade to finance its Energy and Carbon Master Plan, which seeks to reduce campus emissions by 80 percent by 2050.
Magnús Bernhardsson, professor of history and chair of global studies, presented the initial findings of his three-year research project at a presentation in Schapiro Hall on Nov. 14. The project — a study of refugee families from Syria and Iraq who resettled in Iceland between 2016 and 2021 — is a collaboration between Bernhardsson and Hanna Ragnarsdóttir, a professor of multicultural studies at the University of Iceland’s School of Education.
The College installed its first solar-powered electric vehicle charging station in the Hollander Hall parking lot earlier this month as part of its long-term efforts to decarbonize campus. The charger, which will become operational later this month, is reserved for faculty and staff use, though the College may install additional models for students.
