Former Dartmouth Provost and professor John Walter Strohbehn died Feb. 22, at the age of 70. In honor of his 31-year commitment to Dartmouth, the Dartmouth Medical School annually awards a medical student the John W. Strohbehn Medal for Excellence in Biomedical Research. Strohbehn came to the College in 1963, teaching at the Thayer School of Engineering. In recognition of his radiophysics engineering research, the National Academy of Sciences selected him in 1967 for an exchange program with the Soviet Union. In 1991, he received the prestigious J. Eugene Robinson Award, which honors investigators who have made outstanding contributions to the field of hyperthermic oncology. Strohbehn authored more than 100 papers and held a position on the scientific and editorial boards for multiple scientific journals. In 1994, he left Dartmouth to serve as Duke University's provost until his retirement in 2003. He is survived by his wife, sister, three children, and five grandchildren.
In an effort to protect its national reputation, the national body of Delta Zeta sorority evicted 23 members of its DePauw University chapter, according to the New York Times. The group that included every overweight, black, Korean and Vietnamese member. The sorority, whose members a psychology professor's survey found were considered "socially awkward," allowed only 12 members to stay, all of whom are slender and popular with fraternity men. Infuriated by the eviction, six of the 12 members allowed to remain in the sorority quit. Some evicted members withdrew from their classes, burdened by depression. In response, the organization has claimed that their actions have been mischaracterized.
The Tuck School of Business hosted its fifth annual Global Sustainability conference on Friday in an effort to merge the worlds of business and global sustainability. Moderators of panel discussions included Tuck and College professors as well as professors from Cornell University and the Presidio School of Management. One panel, which focused on poverty, discussed creating business products and services to meet their needs, products that would also sustain long-term growth and profitability. Speakers also hailed from various businesses; the list included chief executive officers, chief investment officers, presidents and directors. One group of panelists concluded that companies can profit more by adopting sustainable practices, which would reduce costs of manufacturing and processing, appeal to new customers and ensure resources for future generations.
