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July 9, 2025 | Latest Issue
The Dartmouth

Daily Debriefing

It is "quite possible" that cases of swine flu will arise in Hanover or elsewhere in New Hampshire, Director of Health Services John Turco wrote in an e-mail to campus on Wednesday. Administrators will continue to evaluate the situation and provide daily e-mail updates to the Dartmouth community, Turco wrote in his e-mail, noting that new cases of swine flu have been reported in Maine and Massachusetts in recent days. The World Health Organization has elevated the level of the swine flu outbreak to its second-highest level of alert, but the vast majority of cases in the United States have not been life-threatening, according to Turco's e-mail. Students evacuated from the Language Study Abroad in Puebla, Mexico, will be monitored at home and will be treated with anti-viral medication if they exhibit signs of swine flu, Turco said in the e-mail. Turco also advised students who develop flu-like symptoms, and have also been in close contact with someone diagnosed with swine flu or visited an area that has seen a significant number of cases to be tested for the virus.

Dartmouth Medical School genetics department chair Jay Dunlap was elected to the National Academy of Sciences on Tuesday, according to a DMS press release. Dunlap was among 72 national members and 18 foreign associates elected to the Academy for their accomplishments in scientific research. Dunlap is internationally renowned for his investigation into the genetics of the circadian clock, a mechanism that regulates many of the body's physiological processes, including the metabolic and sleep cycles, according to the release. Dunlap and DMS professor Jennifer Loros were the first to show the influence of light and dark cycles, as well as temperature, on the functions of the circadian clock.

New York University has called more than 1,800 families of accepted students to discuss the possible financial burdens of choosing to attend the school, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported. Financial aid counselors contacted families of accepted students who will be the first in their families to attend college, as well as families for which there was a sizable difference between the package offered by NYU and what the family could likely pay. At $54,000 a year, NYU is one of the most costly institutions of higher education in the nation, according to The Chronicle. NYU President John Sexton expressed concern that full-time students working two or three jobs might not be able to fully benefit from the quality of education that NYU provides, The Chronicle reported. University officials hope that calling families to discuss financial options will reduce the number of students that later transfer or drop out of the school due to fiscal concerns, The Chronicle reported.