Chris Oldenburg, a candidate for the new lecturer in speech position at the College's Institute for Writing and Rhetoric, delivered a public talk on Monday at the Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning. His presentation, titled "The Place and Function of Rhetorical Anecdotes in Presidential Debates from 1980-2004," examined recent presidential candidates' use of anecdotes as a political strategy. Qualifications for the lecturer in speech position include strong teaching skills, interest in speech research and knowledge of current events and/or multimedia technology, according to Christiane Donahue, director of the Institute for Writing and Rhetoric.
Dartmouth Medical professor John Hwa will receive an award at the American Heart Association's annual Heart Gala on Jan. 30, according to a Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center press release. Hwa will be recognized for his "dedication to find solutions to save lives," Rosanne Cronin, director of the Heart Gala, said in the release. Hwa's current work uses genetics to identify people who have an elevated risk for cardiovascular disease. This kind of preventative heart disease research is important for developing more effective treatment, improving quality of life and reducing health costs, Hwa said in the release.
Although the United States has experienced a large increase in the number of Indian students enrolled in American colleges and universities over the past two years, this trend will likely come to an end in 2009, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported Friday. While it would be logical for more students to enroll in colleges or universities in response to the current job-market constrictions, this has not been the case, Jaideep Chowdhary, head of public relations at the Hyderabad-based Triumphant Institute of Management Education, a counseling-services company, told the Chronicle. Reductions in the availability of credit and curtailed economic growth makes securing loans more difficult, according to Indian news reports and interviews with students and college counseling firms, the Chronicle reported, and decreased job prospects in both India and the United States make potential students less willing to take out loans.
