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Research team to develop device to help trauma care

By Savannah Eller | October 25, 2018

For doctors treating trauma victims, diagnosing shock and internal bleeding early is essential. A team of researchers at Dartmouth are developing a novel device to help clinicians make quick decisions on the ground to determine the condition of their patients. Recently awarded the $3 million Precision Trauma Care Research Award from the Department of Defense’s Combat Casualty Care Research Program, the researchers will investigate methods to diagnose internal injury and shock using a combination of advanced sensors and machine learning. “Our project is predicated on the idea that neither of these alone are actually succeeding, and that what we really need to do is combine state-of-the-art sensing with state-of-the-art artificial intelligence,” said medicine professor Norman Paradis, director of research in the section of emergency medicine at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and a lead researcher on the project.

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Construction begins on suicide prevention fence at Quechee Gorge

By Lorraine Liu | October 24, 2018

In a series of measures to prevent suicide at the Quechee Gorge Bridge in Vermont, a temporary fence is being constructed. Four days into construction, workers have finished putting up the supporting poles for the fence on the north side of the bridge, according to the Vermont Agency of Transportation project manager J.B.

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Tuck School of Business restructures administration

By Blake McGill | October 23, 2018

Earlier this summer, Tuck School of Business dean Matthew Slaughter announced several new administrative positions at the school that current Tuck employees have been selected to fill. The new roles include new deputy dean Punam Amand Keller and three associate dean positions held by former Office of the Dean chief of staff and executive director Gina des Cognets Tu’01, technology and strategy professor Connie Helfat and former assistant dean and director of the MBA program Sally Jaeger. For Slaughter, the process of restructuring Tuck’s administration started three years ago in the summer of 2015 when he began his new position as dean, he said.

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SPCSA holds termly discussion on sexual misconduct initiatives

By Lorraine Liu | October 23, 2018

Amidst the College’s recent decision to investigate hazing allegations and College President Phil Hanlon’s announcement of plans for new sexual misconduct policy, Dartmouth’s Student and Presidential Committee on Sexual Assault held its termly open round-table discussion about sexual assault on campus on Oct.

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Calloway among National Book Award finalists

By Grayce Gibbs | October 23, 2018

History and Native American studies professor Colin Calloway’s book “The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation” is among four other finalists for the 2018 National Book Awards in nonfiction. The National Book Foundation awards the prizes to recognize outstanding literary work published within the last year. The results for the nonfiction award — along with awards for fiction, poetry, translated literature and young people’s literature — will be announced on Nov.

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Judge suspends voting bill

By Dartmouth Senior Staff | October 22, 2018

A New Hampshire judge has issued a preliminary injunction against Senate Bill 3, a 2017 state law that required new voters to present documentation proving that they are domiciled in the area where they intend to vote.

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Chabad opens new house worth $3.2 million

By Maria Harrast | October 19, 2018

Chabad at Dartmouth now has a new place in Hanover to call home. On Oct. 14, the Hilary Chana Chabad House — located two blocks from the Green at 19 Allen Street — opened the doors of its new 9,000-square-foot building with a weekend of festivities that culminated in a dedication ceremony on Sunday. The grand opening included remarks by Chabad Rabbi Moshe Gray and other prominent figures in the College’s Jewish community, student speeches, and a ribbon-cutting ceremony, as well as presentations to George and Pamela Rohr, Sue Ann Arnall and Robert and Debbie Ezrapour, who helped fund the $3.2 million purchase and renovation of the new house.

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Town hall draws over 150 attendees

By Savannah Eller | October 19, 2018

Over 150 Dartmouth students, faculty and community members gathered at a town hall on Wednesday afternoon to hear from outgoing interim provost David Kotz ’86 and Thayer School of Engineering Dean Joseph Helble, the new provost of the College.

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Fall foliage draws tourists to Hanover

By Emily Sun | October 19, 2018

Cindy Yuan ’22 was on a road trip for a sports competition when she spotted something rather different in the landscape from what she was used to back home in California. “When we drove past all the yellow and orange mountains, I was awed,” Yuan said.

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Q&A with English professor Melissa Zeiger

By Blake McGill | October 19, 2018

English professor Melissa Zeiger arrived at the College just after finishing graduate school. Thirty-four years later, she continues to teach English and has also moved into the Jewish studies and women’s, gender and sexuality studies departments.

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