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(11/01/10 3:00am)
John Stephen, Kelly Ayotte and former Rep. Charlie Bass '74 the Republican candidates for N.H. governor, the state's open Senate seat and the state's 2nd congressional district seat in the House of Representatives, respectively held a rally with their Upper Valley supporters at the Top of the Hop on Sunday afternoon. The rally was the first time all three top GOP candidates had been in the same room throughout the campaign, according to Danny Kim '11, president of the Dartmouth College Republicans.
(10/22/10 2:00am)
A former Marine and construction worker, Howie Hawkins '75 has spent the last decade unloading trucks for UPS. But Hawkins is now vying for a new position governor of New York. Hawkins, a Green Party candidate from Albany, N.Y., wants to invest heavily in renewable, clean energy, Mark Dunlea, Hawkins's senior adviser, said.
(10/21/10 2:00am)
Candidates for New Hampshire's open U.S. Senate seat participated in a debate in Manchester, N.H., concerning transportation, earmarks, health care and taxes on Monday, according to WMUR. Controversial e-mails sent by former Attorney General Kelly Ayotte, the state's Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, and a settlement by an outside organization that illegally polled for Rep. Paul Hodes '72, the Democratic candidate, sparked additional contention between the candidates as they debated health care, taxes and other issues, WMUR report.
(10/20/10 2:00am)
"We've cut down on the number of trash cans on each floor," Eckels said. "Where we keep the trash cans, we would have an equal-sized [recycling bin] that is no-sort."
(10/06/10 2:00am)
Steven Hayes was convicted on Tuesday of the 2007 murders of Hayley Petit who was to matriculate with the Class of 2011 her mother and her sister, and could now face the death penalty, the Associated Press reported. The verdict comes after three weeks of trial, with jury deliberations lasting less than one full day, The New York Times reported.
(09/30/10 2:00am)
In deciding which candidates are most qualified for entry-level positions, many employers are increasingly looking to former interns, rather than new hires, to fill open positions, according to a recent Wall Street Journal poll. This method of hiring allows a firm to "preview" its candidates, making the hiring process "less of a gamble" for employers, according to Monica Wilson, acting co-director of Career Services.
(09/28/10 2:00am)
With some studies showing 15 percent of U.S. soldiers suffering from severe head injuries, the Defense Department has begun funding contractors including the Lebanon-based company Simbex to create sensors that measure the impact of improvised explosive devices, such as roadside bombs, according to Invention and Technology News. To study the effects of cranial impacts, the Defense Department is collaborating with Simbex, headed by Thayer School of Engineering professor Richard Greenwald.
(09/22/10 2:00am)
Robert McCollum, the former dean of Dartmouth Medical School, died in his home in Etna, N.H., on Sept. 13 of causes stemming from a number of medical complications. He was 85.
(06/11/10 2:00am)
Kim had to dedicate "all his time and energy" to tackling the College's budget deficit after the endowment dropped 23 percent a total loss of $835 million in the 2009 fiscal year, acting Dean of the College Sylvia Spears previously told The Dartmouth.
(06/02/10 2:00am)
India Queen was evicted from its former location after Kaushik failed to pay rent for "many, many months," Jay Campion, the owner of Jaymark Properties, said in an interview.
(05/28/10 2:00am)
*Editor's note: This is the fourth installment in a series of articles reflecting on College President Jim Yong Kim's first year in office.**##
(05/25/10 2:00am)
Despite the multitude of responsibilities that College President Jim Yong Kim has taken on since assuming the College presidency last July, he has continued his personal work in global health outside of the College, including supporting Partners in Health's earthquake relief efforts in Haiti by sending experts and relief from Dartmouth. Kim's work allows students to interact with influential figures and inspires them to take initiative in solving problems on campus and worldwide, acting Dean of the College Sylvia Spears said.
(05/19/10 2:00am)
Organizers of Congo Awareness Week are hoping to raise students' awareness of how the electronics industry, and specifically the cellular phone industry, is stimulating violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to Christy Lazicky '11, co-founder of the genocide awareness group STAND at the College. STAND, Students for Africa and the Carribean, the Dartmouth Coalition for Global Health and Amnesty International are urging students to understand the conflict instigated by the minerals in their cell phones and other electronics, she said.
(05/14/10 2:00am)
In true Green Key fashion, partygoers this weekend will enjoy a wide range of festivities at Greek organizations, according to members of several fraternities. Hosting the usual slew of annual parties, several Greek leaders said that their parties will combine tradition with a few twists for this year's Green Key weekend.
(05/13/10 2:00am)
Wrapping entire islands in netting and tracking lizards' stamina by running them on miniature treadmills may seem like the stuff of science fiction, but these techniques were recently used by two Dartmouth researchers in a recent study. By artifically controlling the numbers of predators on various islands in the Bahamas, post-graduate researcher Robert Cox and biology professor Ryan Calsbeek found that competition between Caribbean anole lizards, rather than the presence or absence of predators, drives their natural selection, the researchers told The Dartmouth.
(05/10/10 2:00am)
"It seemed like attendance was down," said Frank, who served as the head man dancer in this year's Pow-Wow.
(05/05/10 2:00am)
"We lead the world when it comes to health care innovation," Tanner said. "We drive the innovation and new technology that then travels out around the world and raises the quality of health care for everyone."
(04/22/10 2:00am)
Researchers at the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory in Hanover are creating a simulator to teach soldiers how to handle army vehicles on rough terrain, according to Barry Coutermarsh, research engineer for the project. The team hopes to decrease the number of military vehicle accidents, a leading cause of death for U.S. soldiers, by "teaching youngsters how to drive," he said.
(04/21/10 2:00am)
College President Jim Yong Kim has been named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences placing him among 229 newly recognized leaders from the sciences, humanities, arts, business world, public affairs and nonprofit sector, according to a College press release. Kim is one of nine university presidents and chancellors to receive the fellowship this year. The Academy, which is celebrating the 230th anniversary of its founding, is an independent policy research center that promotes the study and public engagement of intellectual and social issues, according to the Academy's website. Kim is one of 20 members of the Dartmouth community that have received the award to date, including former College President James Wright and late College President James Freedman. Kim along with U.S. Special Envoy to North Korea Stephen Bosworth '61 and U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Groves '70 will be inducted into the Academy at its headquarters in Cambridge, Mass., on Oct. 9. The Academy was founded by John Adams, John Hancock, James Bowdoin and other scholar-patriots in 1780, according to the press release. There are currently 4,000 American Fellows and 600 Foreign Honorary Members, according to the Academy's website. Past Academy members include prominent figures such as George Washington, Albert Einstein and Winston Churchill, according to the Academy's website. Neither Kim nor a representative from the Academy was not available for comment by press time.
(04/15/10 2:00am)
College women are more likely to be vaccinated against human papillomavirus, or HPV, if they think their mothers would approve of getting the vaccination, Dartmouth researchers found in a study to be published in the May 2010 issue of Pediatrics. Female college students who communicated more with their mothers about sexual health and less about moral and religious values were also more likely to be vaccinated, the study showed.