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(10/13/10 2:00am)
Although Dartmouth placed 77th among national institutions in a recent National Science Foundation report on federal research spending, the College would likely place higher in surveys that consider statistics that account for an institution's size and type like research dollars per faculty member according to faculty and staff members interviewed by The Dartmouth.
(09/22/10 2:00am)
The National Cancer Institute named Dartmouth a Center of Nanotechnology Excellence on Friday, awarding researchers a $12.8-million grant that will fund large-scale research on nanotechnology treatments for cancer, intended to cause fewer side effects than current treatments. The research could potentially lead to a "cure" for a range of cancers, according to Ian Baker, a professor at the Thayer School of Engineering and the research program's director.
(09/15/10 2:00am)
Three years after the murder of Hayley Petit, who was to matriculate with the Class of 2011, proceedings against Steven Hayes, one of her alleged killers, began Monday in New Haven, Conn.
(08/20/10 2:00am)
High school students uncovered footprints, identified blood evidence and dusted for fingerprints in a mock crime scene on Wednesday for the class "Crime Scene Investigation" a part of the Summer Institute for the Gifted Program at Dartmouth. This type of out-of-classroom experience was not unique to the program's curriculum, which provided a variety of learning opportunities for elite students from the United States and abroad, Pati Coughlin, the academic dean for the program, said.
(08/17/10 2:00am)
This past weekend, students dressed in flair were seen playing tug-of-war outside of Baker, eating inordinate amounts of mozzarella sticks on Collis lawn and volleying serves on the Green as a part of the College's fifth annual Fieldstock weekend, which allowed students to form teams and compete against one another.
(08/13/10 2:00am)
Kristin Baxivanos, a member of Yale University's Class of 2010, was named interim coordinator for the Sexual Abuse Awareness Program, according to a Thursday e-mail from Department of Health Promotion director Bryant Ford to members of Mentors Against Violence. Baxivanos who will assume her position on Aug. 16 said she will use student input to better understand the campus culture and further develop SAAP's priorities.
(08/06/10 2:00am)
The College plans to convert doubles in Fahey-McLane residential cluster to triples in order to accommodate the increased size of the Class of 2014 by 49 students, according to Acting Dean of the College Sylvia Spears. College officials will be allowed to increase the residence hall's capacity by up to 51 students for the upcoming Fall term, according to documents from the Town of Hanover.
(08/03/10 2:00am)
Work towards implementing the recommendations made by the Student and Presidential Alcohol Harm Reduction Committee in May including the creation of an administrative team to review the recommendations has begun, though many recommendations will not be implemented until at least Fall Term, according to Acting Dean of the College Sylvia Spears.
(07/27/10 2:00am)
Follow The Dartmouth for live coverage of President Jim Yong Kim's second Dartmouth Presidential lecture.
(07/23/10 2:00am)
The administration and Student Assembly will create a task force to evaluate long-term options for use of the College-controlled land along the Connecticut River, according to an e-mail the Dean of the College on July 16, which was signed by Acting Dean of the College Sylvia Spears, Associate Dean of the College for Campus Life April Thompson, and three members of Student Assembly. "It will be very important that the Task Force members represent the breadth of the student community," the e-mail said. The College plans to solicit input from staff and faculty who possess "particular areas of expertise" as well, the e-mail said. Administrators evaluated proposals for "safe use of the waterfront" earlier this term but determined that the College's river docks will remain closed for swimming throughout the remainder of the summer, according to the e-mail. The College will continue to provide free shuttles to the Storrs Pond recreational area on weekends, and will continue to offer free canoe and kayak rentals, according to the e-mail.
(07/16/10 2:00am)
Dartmouth's social scene is one of a kind: pong, flair and blitz are unheard of outside our bubble, and the exclusivity of our social traditions often borders on vanity.
(07/13/10 2:00am)
Aaron Rausen '51 who attended Dartmouth from 1947 to 1950 and served as chief of pediatric oncology at New York University Langone Medical Center for 16 years died of pancreatic cancer last Wednesday at Calvary Hospital Hospice in Bronx, N.Y., according to a statement released by his daughter, Susan Drewes. Rausen was 80 years old.
(07/06/10 2:00am)
The transition process will begin this month as Pyramid employees visit and evaluate current conditions at the Inn, Olsen said.
(07/02/10 2:00am)
Prescription drug websites are loosely regulated and often poorly communicate information to consumers, according to a study conducted by Dartmouth linguistics professor Lewis Glinert and Jon Schommer, associate head of the University of Minnesota's department of pharmaceutical care and health systems. Glinert and Schommer called for improved oversight of online drug advertising in a June 28 presentation of the study at the Communication, Medicine and Ethics 2010 Conference at Boston University School of Public Health, according to Glinert.
(06/25/10 2:00am)
The College has indefinitely closed the Connecticut River swim docks following a safety review by the administration that raised concerns about dangers posed by the river, according to Associate Dean for Campus Life April Thompson. Students were informed of the decision in an e-mail sent by Thompson to campus Wednesday afternoon but were not consulted beforehand, she said.
(03/05/10 4:00am)
Although Hanover Police cited an increase in the number of students arrested for alcohol-related offenses since 2007 when announcing their proposed sting operations, students in Greek houses and advisors to Greek organizations say the level of student alcohol consumption has stayed relatively constant in recent years. However, the prevalence of "pre-gaming" and an increase in the consumption of hard alcohol may be creating a more dangerous drinking culture, some individuals said.
(02/26/10 4:00am)
Kenneth Block '87, who founded the Moderate Party of Rhode Island last year because he was unsatisfied with the polarized policies of the major parties, will run in Rhode Island's November gubernatorial election on the Moderate Party ticket, he said in an interview with The Dartmouth. He officially declared his candidacy last Sunday, according to The Providence Journal.
(02/16/10 4:00am)
Private wells, which are not subject to mandatory arsenic tests, provide approximately 40 percent of the New Hampshire water supply, according to Stanton. Although Dartmouth's water is supplied by a public source and has low contamination levels, the rest of the Upper Valley is serviced by private wells at the 40 percent rate.
(02/15/10 4:00am)
A biology professor at the University of Alabama was charged with murder after she allegedly shot and killed three colleagues at a Friday afternoon faculty meeting, The New York Times reported. The professor, Amy Bishop, had been denied tenure for a second time and learned of the decision Friday, a faculty member told The Times. Although the department's chair had supported her bid, Bishop's "thin" publication record and the fact that she had not secured enough grants led to the failure of Bishop's tenure bid, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. Three faculty members were killed and three more were critically injured at the meeting, according to The Times. Bishop had previously fatally shot her brother in 1986 and was subsequently released, although police are now considering re-opening the case, The Times reported.
(02/11/10 4:00am)
"Dartmouth laying off 76 people should have no appreciable effect on the Upper Valley economy," Anderson said in an e-mail to The Dartmouth. "Even if not one of the laid-off workers found a new job, the Upper Valley unemployment rate would only change by .1 percent going from a well-below the national average 4.1 to 4.2 percent."