Friday Roundup

James H. Mullen Jr., president of Elms College, in Massachusetts, will become president of Allegheny College on August 1, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. He’ll replace Richard J. Cook, who will retire after 12 years on the job.
Tenured and tenure-track faculty members at Michigan Technological University have voted against continued representation by the American Association of University Professors by a margin of 143 to 136, according to a university press release. See an item on The Chronicle’s News Blog for more details.
Gallaudet University’s Board of Trustees has decided to postpone its presidential search and keep its current interim president, Robert R. Davila, for an extended amount of time, Paul Basken reports on The Chronicle’s Web site.
Thanks to Zuska for pointing out this very informative post by Alice at On Being a Scientist and a Woman on how to overcome implicit gender bias in hiring.
An article in BusinessWeek notes that high real-estate prices are leading more and more Americans to accept long commutes to work, but at what price? Read more.
The latest dish on Cass Sunstein’s move to Harvard U., via University Diaries.