Kirk Arnold '81 spoke at Alpha Xi Delta sorority Thursday as part of the Panhellenic Council's "Dartmouth's Distinguished" lecture series. The ongoing series brings successful Greek alumni back to campus in an effort to give students a glimpse of what it means to be a successful part of the Greek community.
Arnold, who served as president of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, is now the Executive Vice President of Product Development for Fidelity Human Resources Services. According to Bay Path Colleges 21st Century Women Business Leader's Hall of Fame, Arnold has been "a pioneer in the information technology industry."
Before coming to Fidelity, Arnold worked for IBM and served as Chief Executive Officer of NerveWire, Inc.
Kappa Delta Epsilon sorority and Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity hosted a Hunger Banquet to benefit Project Bangladesh Thursday night.
The event, which took place at Tri-Kap, included a documentary on world hunger and remarks by Professor Lee Witters of the Dartmouth Medical School.
"At a school like Dartmouth, it can be easy to fall into our daily routines and forget about the real challenges faced by humanity in the 21st century," former Tri-Kap President Adam Patinkin '07 said.
Previous benefits for Project Bangladesh have included Green Key weekend's Festival of Humanity, hookah nights at Alpha Chi alpha, a charity date auction and a bazaar sale.
NASA is almost ready to begin using satellite technology to help provide early warning of floods and landslides, and geography professor Robert Brakenridge is participating in the effort.
Scientists hope to use satellite imagery and observations of soil type, vegetation and land slope, in combination with data on rainfall, rivers and topography to try to determine when and where flooding will occur. The data will allow areas that do not have other early detection systems to receive advanced warning.
"Satellite observations can be absolutely essential in lessening the severity on the local economies and possible injuries in such future occurrences," Brakenridge said.
