22 items found for your search. If no results were found please broaden your search.
(07/05/13 2:00am)
Two H.I.V.-infected lymphoma patients who received bone-marrow transplants and subsequently stopped their antiretroviral drug regimens have been free of the virus and its antibodies for over seven weeks, scientists said at an international AIDS conference on Wednesday, The New York Times reported. The virus usually returns around a month after a patient stops antiretroviral treatment, so doctors will continue to monitor the patients for signs of regression. The Boston cases are similar to the 2008 case of Timothy Ray Brown, a patient from Berlin who received a bone-marrow transplant containing a mutation that confers H.I.V. resistance and who has been virus-free since. The procedure significantly weakened the patients' immune systems prior to the transplant and would have been considered unethical if the patients were not already dying from cancer, The Times reported. The Boston cases are encouraging scientists to genetically engineer patients' cells to be resistant to the virus or flush the virus from the body.
(06/21/13 2:00am)
The graduates are employed in various sectors of the health care industry and average 23 years of previous work experience, said program director Katy Milligan '90 Tu'07. The class included six students who received their undergraduate degrees from Dartmouth and one who graduated from the Geisel School of Medicine, creating an "all-in-the-family" feeling for the program's first group of graduates, she said.
(02/22/13 4:00am)
A college diploma is becoming the lowest minimum requirement for low-level positions in many industries, The New York Times reported. Many law firms now only hire college graduates, even in positions that do not require college-level skills. College graduates appear more goal-oriented to prospective employers, having invested in their educations and futures. Degree inflation is becoming a national trend, as jobs across various industries that typically did not require a college diploma now require degrees. Some jobs in the supply chain management and logistics industries now require employees with more advanced skills than before. Employers are also hesitant to hire overqualified college graduates because there is a risk that they will leave once the economy improves, The Times reported.
(02/15/13 4:00am)
Cornell University students can now choose to live with a roommate of the opposite gender through the campus housing lottery, The Cornell Daily Sun reported. Cornell president David Skorton and Student Assembly passed a resolution to adopt the gender-inclusive housing policy in October. So far, 87 of the 3,340 students currently registered in the housing lottery indicated an interest in the new residential option. The program is expected to improve student understanding of gender and sexuality, but is not exclusively geared toward the LGBT community. Students living in program houses, language houses, University co-ops or on West Campus can elect this option beginning in spring 2013. Cornell will be the first school to have a computer application with this option, as most schools use hand-written gender neutral housing applications. Cornell may set another precedent by introducing random housing selection, through which students will not be able to choose their roommates or suitemates.
(01/14/13 4:00am)
A study conducted by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education projects that by the year 2020, minority students will comprise nearly 45 percent of public high school graduates nationwide, marking a decline in white and black students, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. The report, which contains the commission's national, regional and state-specific projections for both private and public high school graduates until the 2027-2028 school year, predicts that the number of high school graduates will decrease in the coming years, following a 20-year long increase in the number of prospective college students. Despite these regional variations, the commission recommended that every state re-examine its college recruitment methods in order to address the needs of an increasingly diverse student body.
(09/20/12 2:00am)
A select group of 34 undergraduates has been chosen to pilot a new curriculum, known as uAcademy for Conscious Change at Dartmouth College, that aims to provide the skills necessary for "change agents" to pursue social ventures, Rockefeller Center Program Director Vincent Mack said. The Tucker Foundation will also introduce three new initiatives Soup for Thought, Conversations That Matter and Tucker Leaders in Community that encourage both reflection and service, according to Director of Service and Educational Programs Helen Damon-Moore.
(09/13/12 2:00am)
Despite the completion of their undergraduate degrees, many members of the Class of 2012 continue to populate the Green, Dartmouth's graduate school campuses and fraternity basements as they explore academic and employment opportunities in Hanover.
(05/03/12 2:00am)
The North American Free Trade Agreement's liberalization of trade policies has allowed the United States to export obesity to Mexico, according to an April 5 study co-authored by David Wallinga '83. The report, which was published in the International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, suggests that the exportation of American goods such as processed food, corn and soybeans contributed to a 12 percent increase in obesity in the Mexican population between 2000 and 2006.
(04/09/12 2:00am)
Brian Kim '97, founder and chief investment officer of the Manhattan-based hedge fund Liquid Capital Management, pled guilty on Mar. 16 to all state and federal charges resulting from running a Ponzi scheme that led to the theft of $4 million. Kim is expected to receive a sentence of five to 15 years in prison when he appears before the New York State Supreme Court on Apr. 20, according to Kim's lawyer, Justin Levine.
(04/02/12 2:00am)
The Gap located at 20 South Main Street will officially close on April 22, Kimberly Terry, senior manager at Gap Brand Engagement, said in an email to The Dartmouth. A J. Crew store is expected to open at the same location after the store's closing, according to Gap employees.
(03/05/12 4:00am)
Graduate students from the Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth Medical School and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, as well as a number of undergraduate students, presented their recommendations to improve the five-year growth of Kiva, a non-profit organization that links lenders and innovators via the Internet, as part of the Oliver Wyman Case Competition on Friday.
(02/23/12 4:00am)
The New York Police Department has recently received criticism for monitoring websites associated with Muslim student organizations at 16 universities in the Northeast, including several in New York and at Ivy League colleges, The New York Times reported on Tuesday. An officer from the Cyber Intelligence Unit allegedly monitored websites, blogs and forums of Muslim student groups on a daily basis, according to an internal Police Department report from Nov. 22, 2006. Reports were compiled from information available via "open sources" online, NYPD's chief spokesman said in an interview with The Times. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said previous police investigations had revealed that several convicted terrorists were members of Muslim student associations at universities, rendering the monitoring necessary, according to The Times.
(02/22/12 4:00am)
House Bill 1642-FN, which would exempt for-profit cancer treatment centers in the state of New Hampshire from state regulatory procedures and taxes to which existing hospitals are subject, is currently being debated in the New Hampshire House of Representatives. The bill has the potential to tilt the playing field unfairly in favor of for-profit cancer treatment centers, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Interim Director of Communications Rick Adams said. Subversion of the established legal channels for health care facilities in New Hampshire by for-profit "destination cancer hospitals" is fundamentally unfair, Adams said.
(02/10/12 4:00am)
A century ago, the editor of The Dartmouth received a letter filled with ideas that would radically change the history of the College.
(01/24/12 4:00am)
The Office of Sustainability, previously known as the Sustainability Initiative, is currently involved in a number of projects that range from the overarching sustainability strategic planning process to smaller scale projects around campus, according to sustainability director Rosi Kerr '98. These projects are in accordance with College President Jim Yong Kim's desire to make Dartmouth the "greenest of the Ivies," biology professor David Peart said.
(01/19/12 4:00am)
To address potential hazards and the piling up of snow, FO&M monitors campus conditions around the clock, seven days a week, Gary Hill, FO&M director of facilities and grounds, said. After an inch of snowfall, a supervisor must call members of FO&M to begin shoveling and de-icing the walkways.
(01/10/12 4:00am)
After 35 years of teaching and spreading his passion for mathematics at the College, former mathematics professor James "Jim" Baumgartner died suddenly on Dec. 28, 2011 in his Hanover home. Despite being a longtime multiple sclerosis patient, he died of an unrelated heart attack, according to his wife, Yolanda Baumgartner. He was 68 years old.
(11/22/11 4:00am)
The extensive collaborations between undergraduates, Dartmouth Medical School, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and the Norris Cotton Cancer Center provide scientists with the resources and support they need to conduct cancer research that earns recognition on the national scale. Through parternships between the College and external health care affiliates, Dartmouth contributes to cancer research in a number of ways, according to professors and students interviewed by The Dartmouth.
(10/21/11 2:00am)
In the spirit of ever-evolving tradition, the College will host approximately 5,000 people with a combination of current students, alumni and friends of the College during Homecoming weekend, combining annual festivities with opportunities for alumni from throughout the years to reconnect, according to Diana Lawrence, director of communications for Alumni Relations. This year's Homecoming will also feature a new smartphone application to enhance the experience, Lawrence said.
(10/20/11 2:00am)
The nationwide shift from purely need-based financial aid to merit-based funding has decreased the percentage of all aid given to students from low-income families, according to a report realeased Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics. Between the 1995-1996 and 2007-2008 school years, the proportion of students in the highest family income quartile receiving need-based aid rose from 13 to 18 percent, while the proportion receiving merit-based aid rose from 23 to 28 percent. Over the same time period, the proportion of students from the lowest family income quartile receiving need-based aid declined from 41 to 37 percent, while the percentage of students receiving merit-based grants fell from 23 to 20 percent. The discrepancy between the two types of funding also varies geographically, with students in the Southeast receiving the highest proportion of merit scholarships, the report said.