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College investigation alleges plagiarism by health policy professor

By The Dartmouth Senior Staff | August 20, 2018

An investigation by the College earlier this summer found that H. Gilbert Welch, a professor at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice and a leading health policy scholar, committed plagiarism in his authorship of a highly-cited 2016 article in the New England Journal of Medicine. According to a June 14 letter written by interim provost David Kotz ’86, the College accepted the report of an Investigation Committee that found Welch to have “engaged in research misconduct, namely, plagiarism, by knowingly, intentionally, or recklessly appropriating the ideas, processes, results or words of Complainants without giving them appropriate credit, and that these actions represented a significant departure from accepted practices of the relevant research community.” Retraction Watch, a scientific research blog, first reported the letter’s existence earlier today in collaboration with Stat News. The letter is addressed to another TDI professor, Samir Soneji, who along with Hiram Beltran-Sanchez, a community health sciences professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, alleged that Welch used information Sonenji and Beltran-Sanchez gathered on over-diagnosing tumors during breast cancer screening for his NEJM article.

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Admissions yield increases to new high

By Peter Charalambous | August 17, 2018

The proportion of students who accepted the College’s offer of admission this past spring is 64 percent, an increase from last year’s all-time high of 61 percent, according to vice provost for enrollment and dean of admissions and financial aid Lee Coffin.

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College proposes new sites for dormitories

By Anthony Robles | August 17, 2018

Before an audience of around 30 community members, executive vice president Rick Mills proposed on Thursday afternoon three new sites that the College is currently considering for the construction of a new 350-bed undergraduate residence hall.

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Q&A with Matt Moniz '20

By Sunny Drescher | August 17, 2018

Matt Moniz ’20 took an unusual off-term last spring to fulfill a childhood goal: testing the boundaries of human capabilities and reaching the summit of Mount Everest.

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Democratic gubernatorial candidates debate at Dartmouth

By Alex Fredman | August 15, 2018

Two Democratic hopefuls seeking to challenge New Hampshire’s Republican governor Chris Sununu in the 2018 election spoke at a forum on Monday in Alumni Hall to discuss policy proposals before a crowd of about 300 Dartmouth students, faculty and community members.

Neal Katyal ’91, a former acting U.S. Solicitor General, returned to the College this past Friday. 
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Neal Katyal ’91 discusses Supreme Court at College

By Alex Fredman | August 10, 2018

In his first extended public remarks since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Trump administration’s ban on immigration from six Muslim-majority countries, North Korea and Venezuela, Neal Katyal ’91, who presented the oral argument opposing the ban before the Court, told an audience of Dartmouth students, faculty and community members last Friday that he was “worried” and “dispirited” by the Court’s decision. Katyal, a former acting U.S.

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Rockefeller Center deputy director co-authors book

By Anthony Robles | August 10, 2018

On July 27, 2018, Sadhana Hall, deputy director of the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy, and Gama Perruci, professor of leadership studies at Marietta College published the book “Teaching Leadership: Bridging Theory and Practice.” Since its publication, the book has topped the Amazon New Releases chart in Social Studies Teaching Materials and currently ranks at number three on the list. The book focuses on the idea of whether leadership can be taught, said Perruci.

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Students march against sexual assault

By Zachary Benjamin | August 3, 2018

“Say it loud, say it clear, rapists are not welcome here!” “No hate, no fear, survivors are welcome here!” These chants echoed down Webster Avenue Wednesday night as demonstrators marched in solidarity with survivors of sexual violence.

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Cleanup efforts proceed at Rennie Farm

By Peter Charalambous | August 3, 2018

The College has reported a reduction in the presence of the toxic chemical 1,4-dioxane at Rennie Farm, a site in northern Hanover where the College was permitted to dispose laboratory animal corpses generated from medical research in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Hanover Police equips officers with body cameras

By Anthony Robles | July 27, 2018

The Hanover Police Department is now equipping its officers with body-worn cameras. The new technology, which the department began using on July 23, will be used to record crime and accident scenes, according to chief of police Charlie Dennis. “We certainly feel that it’s a great technology and a great tool to add to the Hanover Police Department,” Dennis said.

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Baseball accident prompts lawsuit

By The Dartmouth Senior Staff | July 27, 2018

Colton French ’19 is suing the College after a Feb. 9, 2016 baseball incident left him with serious injuries and loss of vision in his right eye. The incident occurred when French used an L-shaped screen to pitch to a batter in a net-enclosed practice area inside Leverone Arena.

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