Major highlights:

The Arts & Sciences Council unanimously approved refinements to the undergraduate curriculum, offering students more freedom in choosing courses.

The number of black faculty grew from 17 in 1994 to 38 in fall 2003. The 150 percent increase achieved the goal of the Black Faculty Strategic Initiative.

Ground was broken for an addition to the Sanford Institute and for the French Sciences Center. Renovations began on the Arts, Culture, and Technology Warehouse Studios.

Awards and recognition:

Professors Kenneth A. Dodge (public policy), John H. Reif (computer science), and Weitao Yang (chemistry) were named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Pooja Kumar T'01, now a student at Harvard Medical School, won a Rhodes Scholarship. Ethan Eade T'04 won a Marshall Scholarship. Truman Scholarships were awarded to Philip Kurian T'05 and Anthony Vitarelli T'05. Goldwater Scholarships went to Emily Heikamp T'05, Jacqueline Ou, T'06, and Rahul Satija T'06. Kesan Mohan T'04 won a George J. Mitchell Scholarship.

Faculty and staff appointments:

New faculty include biologists Thomas Mitchell-Olds and Mohamed Noor and economists Christopher Timmins, Stephanie Schmidt-Grohe, Craig Burnside, and Martin Uribe.

Julie Allen was named associate director of development.

School statistics:

Trinity College of Arts & Sciences comprised 5,308 students from 50 states and 58 countries. Thirteen percent of the students were Asian/Pacific Islander, 12 percent African American, 8 percent Hispanic/Latino/Latina, and 7 percent international.

Major gifts:

• Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy: $4 million from David M. Rubenstein T'70.
• Nicholas Faculty Leadership Initiative professorships were established by: Michael T'70 and Patricia W'69 Fitzpatrick; Frederick and Anne Garonzik P'01 '03; William and Cordelia T'80 Laverack; Richard T'69 and Kathryn W'69 Lieb; John J. T'48 and Ruth Mackowski; Arthur Peabody, Jr. T'65; the Tang Family; Trinity College Board of Visitors, in honor of Dean William H. Chafe; Bruce Vor Broker T'74 P'05; G. Richard T'75 and Kathleen T'77 Wagoner; E. Lisk Wyckoff T'55.