The Tuck School of Business raised $67,400 at its eighth annual auction last week to benefit Tuck GIVES, which helps fund Tuck students' internships at nonprofit organizations, according to a Tuck press release. The Grants to Interns and Volunteers for the Environment and Society auction, which is organized and run by Tuck students, included a poker tournament, a raffle and silent and live auctions. Patricia Palmiotto, director of Tuck's Allwin Initiative for Corporate Citizenship, said the nonprofit sector is quickly developing and added that Tuck GIVES teaches MBA students to apply their skills to "increase their capacity to serve others." Tuck GIVES began in 2001 and receives support from the Allwin Initiative, alumni and Tuck's career development office, among others.
Student Assembly met on the lawn of Baker-Berry library and split into groups to discuss upcoming Assembly events for the organization's weekly General Assembly meeting on Tuesday night. One group focused on the Assembly's role over the Summer term, including its involvement in planning Fieldstock and a number of Pangea events. Another group discussed how the Assembly could recruit and retain more members, including the possibility of creating a mentoring program. The third group planned an event designed to introduce the Class of 2012 to aspects of campus life, such as where to find resources for picking classes. "I think it's a fun way to change up the regular [Assembly] meetings," Assembly Vice President Nafeesa Remtilla '09 said of hosting the meeting on Baker Lawn.
Three physician-researchers from Dartmouth Medical School are working with the Food and Drug Administration to implement "drug fact boxes" to better inform patients about the benefits and drawbacks of prescription drugs, according to the Dartmouth Medicine Magazine. To move the effort forward, Lisa Schwartz, Steven Woloshin and H. Gilbert Welch published a recent study. They also wrote a booklet, which they tested on a random sample of patients, to facilitate comprehension of health statistics. Packaging inserts and consumer-targeted advertisements associated with pharmaceutical drugs and the lack of information about the effectiveness of drugs motivated the research, according to the Magazine.
