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Hanover sees increased levels of influenza

By Kelsey Flower | January 12, 2015

Winter flu levels have been higher than usual in Hanover so far this year, town manager Julia Griffin said. This is possibly due to the fact that this year’s influenza vaccine may not be as adept at preventing the flu as it has been in previous years.

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Solarize Hanover project promotes solar energy

By Noah Goldstein | January 12, 2015

Over 10 contracts to install solar panels have been signed during round two of the Solarize Hanover project, which is set to end on Jan. 31. Town officials involved in the project said they are hoping for more finalized contracts by the end of the month.

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Green D Founders Fund will back promising groups

By Katie Rafter | January 12, 2015

Sean Byrnes ’00 said that when he attended Dartmouth, entrepreneurship was not encouraged or supported as it was seen to contrast with the values of academia. A decade and a half later, the current atmosphere is more welcoming of the melding of academia with for-profit endeavors, Byrnes said.

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DOC chooses new Trips directorate

By Sara McGahan | January 11, 2015

Charged with welcoming the vast majority of incoming freshmen to campus, director Peety Kaur ’15 and assistant director Sam Parker ’15 will lead the 2015 Dartmouth Outing Club First-Year Trips directorate.

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Theta continues “shake-out” recruitment process

By Noah Goldstein | January 11, 2015

As winter sorority recruitment commences, Epsilon Kappa Theta sorority is undergoing an informal recruitment process with two “shake-out” events on Jan. 11th and 20th.

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Over 50 students audition for V-February

By Parker Richards | January 11, 2015

Roughly 50 students auditioned Sunday for roles and performances in V-February, an annual month-long campaign to promote gender equality through performances and discussions, sponsored by the Center for Gender and Student Engagement, event organizers said.

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Students visit startups on DEN trip to West Coast

By Lauren Budd | January 8, 2015

Over winter break, 13 undergraduates and four Tuck School of Business students traveled to the West Coast on a trip sponsored by the Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network to work for three early-stage startups founded by Dartmouth alumni, as well as visit an array of Silicon Valley startups.

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NLRB union decision unlikely to affect Dartmouth

By Timothy Connor | January 8, 2015

The National Labor Relations Board asserted the right of non-tenured faculty members at private colleges to collectively bargain and unionize in a December ruling, rejecting claims by Pacific Lutheran University that its faculty occupies managerial positions. The ruling is unlikely to affect proceedings at Dartmouth, dean of the faculty of arts and sciences Michael Mastanduno said.

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Stamps Scholars' research projects are underway

By Parker Richards | January 8, 2015

With the support of $10,000 each from the Stamps Family Charitable Foundation, the projects of the six inaugural Stamps Scholars are underway, from studying ancient canals in Mexico to analyzing the environmental impacts of Dartmouth’s fuel source.

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$1.7 million upgrade in progress for Jones Media Center

By Noah Goldstein | January 7, 2015

An innovation studio, tech bar and nearly double the seating space are just a few of the amenities that will be available to students following the $1.7 million renovation of the Jones Media Center.

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Kim’s Dartmouth Center absorbed by Dartmouth Institute

By Katie Rafter | January 7, 2015

While the Dartmouth Center was originally founded by former College President Jim Yong Kim as a separate entity from the Dartmouth Institute — so it could focus on separate opportunities for health research — Institute director Elliott Fisher said in an email that the integration of the two programs was expected from the outset.

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My Brigadeiro brings more chocolate to Main Street

By Erin Lee | January 7, 2015

Store owner Ana Paula Alexandrescu began her online business two years ago from home, and although she has sold her chocolate in local stores — such as Dan and Whit’s General Store in Norwich and the Hanover and Lebanon Co-Op Food Stores — opening a store is something she always had in mind.

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Hanover Police changes response to alcohol-related calls

By Jasmine Sachar | January 6, 2015

Hanover Police will not respond to calls unless directly asked for assistance when intoxicated students are transferred from Dick’s House to the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center via ambulance and is eliminating its in-house diversions program, as of Jan. 1.

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Dartmouth finalizes plans for Cuban exchange program

By Kelsey Flower | January 6, 2015

A Cuban exchange program that will allow both students and faculty to study at either the University of Havana or Casa de las Américas next year is in its final stages of being approved by the College.

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Sixty-four students charged with honor code violations

By Parker Richards | January 6, 2015

A total of 64 students have been charged with various honor principle violations stemming from an investigation into a cheating incident in religion professor Randall Balmer’s “Sports, Ethics and Religion” course last fall, judicial affairs director Leigh Remy said in an email.

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Community protests police brutality

By Annie Ma | January 5, 2015

Over the winter interim period, Dartmouth students, faculty and community members led two separate demonstrations in response to the non-indictments of officers involved in the deaths of unarmed black men Michael Brown and Eric Garner.

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Students learn policy in action in Ireland

By Lauren Budd | January 5, 2015

As Public Policy 85 students discussed Northern Ireland’s peace treaties of 1998 in Belfast’s parliamentary buildings, British Prime Minister David Cameron discussed an addendum to the very same treaties next door. This coincidence demonstrated the continued relevance of the class’s studies, program participant Nick Zehner ’15 said.

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Dartmouth teams up with Posse Veterans Program

By Emilia Baldwin | January 5, 2015

Dartmouth has become the third institution of higher learning to partner with the Posse Foundation as part of a program that aims to recruit exceptional post-9/11 veterans to various top-tier universities around the country, the College announced in early December.

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College admits 483 students early decision

By Kelsey Flower | January 4, 2015

The College admitted 483 students to the Class of 2019 through the early decision process, the College announced on December 12. The students were selected from a pool of 1,859 — the largest in Dartmouth history — for an acceptance rate of 26 percent.

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Three Dartmouth students named Rhodes Scholars

By The Dartmouth Staff | January 4, 2015

Miriam Kilimo ’14, Ridwan Hassen ’15 and Colin Walmsley ’15 have been named Rhodes Scholars and will follow Jonathan Pedde ’14 and Joseph Singh ’14, who won Rhodes Scholarships last year, to Oxford University. The three bring Dartmouth’s total Rhodes Scholars count to 78.

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