Hoffman Scholars Program

The Alumni Council's Committee on Academic Programs for Alumni (CAPA) is proud to be recognizing the work of three graduate students this spring with the inaugural Hoffman Scholars Presentation. Named in honor of the late Bob Hoffman *58, a proud graduate alumnus of Princeton and ardent supporter of alumni education, the program is designed to share with alumni some of the best doctoral research being conducted at the University. 

2008 Hoffman Scholars Honorees

All graduate and undergraduate alumni, students and members of the Princeton community at large are invited to the Hoffman Scholars Talk on Thursday, May 15, 2008 from 4:30 -6:30 p.m. in East Pyne 010.

The 2008 honorees and their presentation titles are:

• Kellam Conover, Classics, “Bribery in Classical Athens”
• Pieter deGanon, East Asian Studies, “Beef and Power in Modern Japan”       
• Renee Fox, English, “Necromantic Victorians: History and the Reanimation of the Dead in 19th-Century British and Irish Literature”

Dean of the Graduate School Bill Russel will be on hand to introduce the Scholars, each of whom will give a brief presentation of his or her research.  A brief reception will follow the presentations. 
 
For more information on this program, please contact the Office of the Alumni Association at (609) 258-0014.