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(10/18/11 2:00am)
In order to ensure that patient care is not compromised, only about 100 employees who accepted their offers left their jobs on Friday. The remaining individuals will gradually leave their positions over the next several months, Adams said.
(09/22/11 2:00am)
An $11 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will allow Dartmouth Medical School researchers to collaborate with other biologists and statisticians from across New England to study environmental toxins and humans' susceptibility to disease, according to researchers interviewed by The Dartmouth. The grant will fund a new Center of Biomedical Research Excellence, which pools resources from DMS, Harvard University and other universities in Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire.
(06/10/11 2:00am)
Although the College has often featured political figures as Commencement speakers in the past including former President Bill Clinton, and former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson '68 Dartmouth's choice of comedian Conan O'Brien follows a trend at other Ivy League schools of recruiting celebrities as Commencement speakers. Many students interviewed by The Dartmouth were excited about the choice of O'Brien, saying that O'Brien's background as a comedian would make his speech both humorous and meaningful, while others expressed reservations.
(06/01/11 2:00am)
Student Assembly chose its Summer term executive board, acting Student Body Vice President Rohail Premjee '14 said in an email to The Dartmouth. The summer Student Body President will be Christopher O'Connell '13, while Reilly Bertasi '13 will serve as both speaker and second-in-charge, as there will be no summer student body vice president this year, according to Premjee. Sean Zhang '13 will be treasurer, Patricia Liverpool '13 will be secretary, Kevin Cox '13 will be services chair and Elise Smith '13 will be programming chair. Sahil Joshi '13 and Katherine Shu '13 will be the Fieldstock co-chairs for Summer term. In conjunction with the Assembly's Membership and Internal Affairs Committee, Student Body President Max Yoeli '12 and Premjee chose executive board members through a "competitive" application process, according to Premjee. O'Connell will work closely with new Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson after her arrival in July, O'Connell said in an interview with The Dartmouth. He said he also plans to work with the strategic planning steering committee to ensure student input in the process, and he will revisit concerns students raised over Winter term about advising resources and staff and faculty member diversity.
(05/27/11 2:00am)
Through the implementation of new programs and partnerships with the College, Souba hopes to make DMS the most "prestigious" and "unique" medical school in the country, DMS Associate Dean and Chief Operating Officer Charles Mannix said.
(05/20/11 2:00am)
For decades before Dartmouth became coeducational in 1972, women filled the role of imported playthings bussed to Hanover for the social activities of the annual Green Key weekend. Fraternity parties, the Green Key Ball and the "Sweetheart" competition, among other events, included women invited by Dartmouth men to campus for the weekend, and after coeducation, included the growing number of female students studying at the College.
(05/19/11 2:00am)
Six female seniors recounted the lessons they have learned from abusive relationships, financial struggles and issues of sexual identity, among other challenges, at the 22nd annual Women of Dartmouth panel held in Collis Common Ground on Wednesday. The women said they hoped the audience would leave with a message of persistence, strength and courage.
(05/13/11 2:00am)
Dean of the Tuck School of Business Paul Danos was reappointed to serve a fifth four-year term on Wednesday, according to an email from Provost Carol Folt sent to the Tuck community on May 11 and obtained by The Dartmouth. Danos' innovative vision, combined with his tireless efforts to improve the standing of Tuck and to recruit prominent faculty members, led to his reappointment, according to several of Danos' colleagues interviewed by The Dartmouth.
(05/12/11 2:00am)
Tuck School of Business Dean Paul Danos was re-appointed to a fifth four-year term yesterday, according to an email sent to Tuck students, staff and faculty members by Provost Carol Folt. Danos's re-appointment followed a complete review of the his previous term of service, and the decision came with "overwhelming support" from the Tuck community, Folt said. During his time in office, Danos was responsible for recruiting renowned faculty members, establishing the Center for Leadership and introducing Research-to-Practice seminars, according to the email. Under his leadership, a greater percentage of Tuck graduates have received employment by the time of graduation, the email said. Tuck's reputation has also improved internationally under Danos' purview, according to Folt.
(05/05/11 2:00am)
The Hanover Zoning Board of Adjustment voted unanimously on Wednesday night to approve the College's proposal to reopen the swim docks along the Connecticut River. In affirming the College's plan, board member Ruth Lappin said the proposal effectively avoids compromising water resources for aesthetic value an issue raised by board member Gert Assmus in last week's meeting at which College officials presented their proposal. Following the plan's approval, the College will have to submit a building permit to the town before going forward with construction, according to Joanna Whitcomb, director of campus planning for the Office of Campus Planning, Design and Construction. The College is still waiting for permits from the state Division of Historical Resources and Department of Safety, according to Whitcomb. The new swim dock will be located 200 feet downstream from its prior location and will include a path that satisfies accessibility standards set by the Americans with Disabilities Act, Whitcomb said. Because the river docks proposal will require the removal of existing vegetation, concerns surfaced at last week's meeting over the environmental impact of the plan, particularly in regard to erosion and flooding. Roy Schiff, a water resource scientist and engineer for the civil engineering consulting firm Milone and MacBroom, assured board members of the minimal environmental disturbance to the area. Lappin affirmed Schiff's position last night, saying that the proposal effectively meets standards for water quality and erosion control. The docks were closed last summer due to safety concerns, The Dartmouth previously reported.
(05/04/11 2:00am)
Researchers at Dartmouth Medical School received an 18-month $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant to examine the way polio vaccines work in resource-limited countries with high population densities and poor sanitation, according to DMS pediatrics professor Peter Wright. The DMS team, led by Wright, received the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation-sponsored grant for a project titled "Mucosal Immunity in Polio" on Thursday.
(04/26/11 2:00am)
Of the 680 students who applied to be Dartmouth Outing Club First-Year Trips leaders this year, 286 students were accepted and 85 others were wait-listed, according to Trips director Emily Unger '11. Of the 140 applicants for Croos, the five groups of students that act as Trips support teams, 46 students were accepted. The Trips program notified students of their application status via email Monday evening, Unger said.
(04/13/11 2:00am)
Professors value YouTube as a professional and teaching tool far more than they do Twitter and Facebook, according to a study released by the Babson Survey Research Group, Inside Higher Ed reported. The study used feedback from 1,920 faculty members who assigned online videos as homework, and 73 percent of professors said YouTube videos were important to the classroom. Of the faculty surveyed, 15 percent conceded that Facebook is "at least somewhat valuable" to the classroom, while only 2 percent agreed that Twitter was valuable for class, according to Inside Higher Education. Approximately half of the professors surveyed said Twitter and Facebook were not only unproductive for teaching, but also detrimental to learning, Inside Higher Ed reported.
(04/05/11 2:00am)
Part of an annual lecture series that commemorates Rabbi Marshall Meyer's vision of helping others through social action, Novogratz's lecture aimed to demonstrate the effectiveness of large-scale investment in the businesses of underdeveloped countries when investors care more about solving the problems of the poor then maximizing their shareholder value.
(03/29/11 2:00am)
Tik Root, a junior at Middlebury College who was missing for a week during a study abroad program in Damascus, Syria, was confirmed to be in the hands of the Syrian authorities on Sunday after allegedly taking part in protests, according to The Middlebury Campus. Root has been located and determined "safe and well," according to a statement from Root's father released to The Campus. Syrian authorities have not yet revealed when Root will be released, although several detainees who had been imprisoned for the same amount of time as Root have been freed. Several members of Congress from Vermont have been working with the Syrian government to ensure Root's return to the United States, The Campus reported.
(03/01/11 4:00am)
"What would make a woman who was mass raped during the genocide stay during the performance where there is mass rape?" Azeda asked. "I want her to stay there. I don't want her to stand up and leave because I'm not doing justice to the story."
(02/28/11 4:00am)
The Board of Supervisors of the University of Louisiana system approved a new set of rules that will shorten the required period of notice given to tenured and non-tenured faculty members who are dismissed after their academic programs have been eliminated, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported. Due to the state's unstable finances, University officials must ensure that the budget can be quickly adjusted, Louisiana representatives said in interviews with The Chronicle. Faculty members have expressed concern that the new policies do not sufficiently protect tenured professors and may discourage young individuals from entering the profession. Although the original plan called for the Board of Supervisors to review termination-related appeals, the current rules mandate a University-wide committee to examine such complaints, a practice that professors argued will be more impartial, The Chronicle reported.
(02/23/11 4:00am)
Prostitution played an important role in ancient politics, and also strongly influenced the activities of sailors, pirates, soldiers and merchants, according to Rauh, who has been working in Southern Turkey to study how economies, trade and commerce worked in the Greco-Roman world.
(02/21/11 4:00am)
This next phase of construction will feature renovations in Homeplate similar to those currently occurring in Food Court, according to Newlove.
(02/17/11 4:00am)
Initiatives like A Common Word, a world-wide project among Muslim scholars to clarify the teachings of Islam and declare common ground with Christianity, have the potential to effect great change, Volf said. A Common Word was founded in October 2007, according to its website.