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(01/31/14 1:28am)
“Sincerity with an ulterior motive is something these tough ravaged people know and fear, all of them trained to remember the coyly sincere, ironic, self-presenting fortifications they’d had to construct in order to carry on Out There.” — David Foster Wallace, “Infinite Jest”
(08/23/11 2:00am)
The Alumni Council will consider a unanimous recommendation by the Nominating and Alumni Trustee Search Committee to nominate one individual for each open, alumni-elected trustee seat in the upcoming year's election, according to an email sent to Council members on Aug. 11. The approximately 120-member body will likely vote on the proposition "by the end of September," according to Nominating Committee Chair Pete Frederick '65.
(08/23/11 2:00am)
The Committee on Standards Sexual Assault Review Committee report recommended 12 improvements for the College's sexual assault disciplinary procedures to the Dean of the College's Office, Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson said in a campus-wide email on Monday. The report recommends that the College clarify its definitions of serious sexual misconduct and the possible repercussions of such actions.
(08/19/11 2:00am)
Immelt encouraged the U.S. government to establish clearly defined policies regarding energy and the environment without allowing regulation and bureaucracy to slow growth.
(08/09/11 2:00am)
The 2011 fiscal year saw the slow reversal of the negative effects of the College's budget crisis brought on by the recession in 2008. This recovery was accompanied by a variety of construction and renovation projects aimed at improving the Dartmouth student and faculty experience.
(07/05/11 2:00am)
In response to criticism that their statistical reports on Medicare expenditures failed to take into account regional variations in cost of living expenses, researchers at the Dartmouth Atlas Project of Health Care have released an analysis that adjusts for that variable. The changes in methodology reduced the predominance of outlier locations like New York City and produced a more "fair" comparison of health care utilization across regions, Daniel Gottlieb, co-author and research associate at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, said.
(03/09/11 4:00am)
As voting for the Board of Trustee election cycle opens today, tens of thousands of alumni will open their mailboxes to find ballots with only two candidates, Gail Koziara Boudreaux '82 and R. William Burgess '81, who are running unopposed for the two available Board positions. Boudreaux and Burgess were selected by the Alumni Council's Nominating and Alumni Trustee Search Committee which operates independently of the College in December following a several-month selection process.
(03/03/11 4:00am)
The renovation project first suggested in a 2009 report by the Learning Spaces Study Group, a group of library and Computing Services employees tasked with determining how the College's libraries can better meet students' needs will cost approximately $400,000, according to Justin Anderson, director of media relations for the College.
(02/25/11 4:00am)
The availability of medical resources for Upper Valley residents, including College students, could decline following the approval of an amendment that would eliminate all federal funding for Planned Parenthood, according to Kary Jencks, New Hampshire public affairs director for Planned Parenthood of Northern New England.
(02/21/11 4:00am)
Despite its size, Daphnia pulex a crustacean less than a few millimeters in length may revolutionize scientists' understanding of the relationship between genes and the environment, according to a paper written by members of the Daphnia Genomics Consortium, an international group that includes Dartmouth researchers. "The Ecoresponsive Genome of Daphnia pulex," published in the Feb. 4 issue of Science, was written by researchers from the Consortium, led by John Colbourne, associate director of the Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics at Indiana University.
(02/11/11 4:00am)
The New Hampshire Supreme Court will likely decide whether to dismiss the alumni lawsuit filed against the College in November 2008 within six to 10 weeks, following a summary hearing held Thursday morning, according to Eugene Van Loan, an attorney who represents the plaintiffs in the lawsuit.
(02/08/11 4:00am)
Following its eight-hour conference call Friday, the Board of Trustees did not reach a final decision regarding the anticipated increase in tuition costs, College President Jim Yong Kim said in an interview with The Dartmouth. The Board will determine the cost of tuition and room and board at the College by the end of February, according to Kim.
(02/04/11 4:00am)
Gail Koziara Boudreaux '82 and R. William Burgess '81, nominated by the Alumni Council for the two open seats on the Board of Trustees, will run uncontested in the alumni election that will begin next month, according to Diana Lawrence, director of communications for the Office of Alumni Relations. Individuals wishing to run as petition candidates were able to submit paperwork until 5 p.m. Thursday, but the Office of Alumni Relations did not receive any applications.
(01/28/11 4:00am)
College President Jim Yong Kim will pursue a nationwide initiative to reduce binge drinking, he said in an interview on New Hampshire Public Radio on Jan. 13. Kim said the new effort will involve leaders at other college and universities, as well as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
(01/14/11 4:00am)
College finances and student life initiatives will dominate the platforms of Gail Koziara Boudreaux '82 and R. William Burgess '81, who were nominated last month by the Alumni Council for the two open seats on the Board of Trustees. The candidates who said they do not plan to run extensive campaigns will emphasize the value of long-term budget planning and motivating students to be proactive in addressing student life issues.
(01/05/11 4:00am)
Only two current members of the Association of Alumni executive committee will run for reelection in 2011, as the remaining nine executive members have reached the three-term limit, according to the Association's Dec. 8 announcement of its slate. The Association nominated John Daukas '84, former president of the Alumni Council, to replace Association President John Mathias '69.
(11/11/10 4:00am)
Faculty, alumni and students interviewed by The Dartmouth said they expect newly-elected Trustee Annette Gordon-Reed '81 to offer a distinctive perspective on College issues that will enhance the discussion among members of the Dartmouth Board of Trustees.
(11/08/10 4:00am)
Gordon-Reed, a history professor in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University, also holds teaching positions at Harvard Law School and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
(11/05/10 3:00am)
Following its creation of a bioresorbable sponge that could eliminate tens of thousands of dollars in revisionary surgery costs, a team of Thayer School of Engineering graduates Nathan Niparko '09 Th'10, Devon Anderson Th'10 and Jonathan Guerrette Th'10 received second place in the undergraduate category of the Collegiate Inventors Competition, judges announced last week.
(10/11/10 2:00am)
The Lebanon, N.H.-based company SustainX, which grew out of work conducted at the Thayer School of Engineering, received its first U.S. patent last week for a new energy storage technique, according to SustainX Board Chairman and Thayer Dean emeritus Charles Hutchinson.