DartMUN, the College's Model United Nations, hosted the third annual model UN conference at Dartmouth this weekend. Over 100 delegates from 11 participating New England high schools represented diplomats from different countries and debated various international issues in order to help develop solutions to world problems. Kenneth Yalowitz, director of the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding, spoke at the opening ceremonies Friday afternoon about his experiences as the former U.S. ambassador to Belarus and Georgia. DartMUN is not a competitive team, and instead helps organize and raise funds exclusively for this conference. "Since we don't have a competitive team, we're able to focus all of our efforts on the conference," Jerry Guo, '10, DartMUN 2008 Secretary General, said.
John Modlin, chair of pediatrics at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, was appointed senior associate dean for clinical affairs at Dartmouth Medical School, DMS announced earlier this month. Modlin will serve as an advisor to DMS dean William Green on all academic issues related to DMS and teaching programs at DHMC. Modlin will continue to serve as chair of pediatrics, a post he has held since 2001. He is a national expert on children's infectious diseases, with a focus on infections transmitted from mother to infant, including polio and AIDS. Modlin previously served as chair of the Centers for Disease Control and an advisor on vaccines to the FDA. He joined DMS in 1991 as a professor of pediatrics and medicine after holding positions at Harvard University and Johns Hopkins University.
David M. Rockefeller, a 1936 graduate of Harvard University, pledged $100 million to his alma mater, the largest gift by an alumnus in the university's history. Seventy percent of the gift will support and enhance international programs while the remaining funds will help expand arts education. Harvard will not actually receive the donation until Rockefeller's death but will also be given $2.5 million annually until then. Rockefeller is the son of oil magnate John D. Rockefeller, and is the former chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank. Rockefeller, who is 92 years old, told The New York Times that he did not intend to donate to Harvard again but could not guarantee so. He added, "I won't live forever, but I hope to be around for awhile to enjoy the ones I've already made." The addition of the Rockefeller gift further solidifies Harvard's status as the university with the largest endowment in the world, with assets worth $35 billion.
