Daily Debriefing
Following a large-scale cheating scandal, approximately 70 undergraduate students were forced to withdraw temporarily from Harvard University last Friday, the Harvard Crimson reported.
Following a large-scale cheating scandal, approximately 70 undergraduate students were forced to withdraw temporarily from Harvard University last Friday, the Harvard Crimson reported.
In order to attract prospective students, the Admissions Office employs a wide-ranging outreach effort that includes maintaining the admissions website, broadcasting video chats, meeting with visitors on campus and conducting recruitment trips, according to admissions director Paul Sunde.
President Barack Obama and a bipartisan group of senators have proposed separate immigration reform measures to help illegal immigrants who are studying in the United States attain citizenship and allow international students to remain in the country to work after graduating from American universities, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported.
Five members of the Class of 2014 breathed a sigh of relief on Jan. 30 after discovering that they had been accepted into the Geisel School of Medicine through its early assurance program. The program, which launched this academic year, provides binding admittance to Geisel for Dartmouth students in their junior year. Applications to the program were due in October, with interviews and application review occurring throughout November and December.
Former resident at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Thersia Knapik has filed a lawsuit against the hospital, claiming that she was wrongfully terminated for reporting a coworker for ethics violations.
Street Medicine Institute founder Jim Withers used to start his day by rubbing dirt on his body and coffee grounds in his hair to fit in with the homeless population he served and address their negative perceptions of health care providers.
Jin Lee / The Dartmouth Staff Amidst the modern decor of the recently renovated Hanover Inn, members of the Dartmouth community gathered this past Friday to recognize three individuals, a student organization and a Dartmouth family for their outstanding contributions to public service at this year's annual Social Justice Awards. The awards ceremony featured a wide array of groups and individuals dedicated to public health, education, social advocacy and volunteering. The first of the honorees was the Dartmouth Graduate Veterans Association, which was presented with the student organization award. The group was recognized for its commitment to community service.
Returns on endowments declined by an average of 0.3 percent across 831 private and public higher education institutions for the 2012 fiscal year, marking the third time in five years that returns have declined, Inside Higher Education reported.
Smiling faces abounded at Dartmouth Skiway's lodge as Special Olympic athletes socialized with one another and waited in anticipation for their events to start. Over 90 athletes across 13 teams and over 120 supporters gathered at the skiway for the annual Upper Valley Winter Special Olympics on Saturday, according to director Jim Beattie.
Gavin Huang / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Residents of La Casa Spanish language house gathered to decorate chocolate and funfetti cupcakes Wednesday night, chatting in Spanish about midterms and racquet sports while Latin pop music played softly in the background.
The Department of Health and Human Services proposed that health insurance plans self-funded by colleges satisfy the standard for "minimum essential coverage" under the federal health care law's requirements for qualified plans, Inside Higher Ed reported.
Fifty delegates from across the globe will gather at the College in April for a world summit to develop projects on issues facing the Middle East and North Africa.
Rebecca Schantz / The Dartmouth The United States should adopt a national isolationist ideology to correct the negative effects of its current foreign policy, Cato Institute research fellow Benjamin Friedman said in a lecture on Thursday. Friedman argued that the U.S.
Dartmouth is one of six schools in the country to offer need-blind financial aid and full-need admission to international students, financial aid director Virginia Hazen said.
Since transitioning into their positions last April, Student Body President Suril Kantaria '13 and Vice president Julia Danford '13 have taken steps toward implementing their campaign promise to increase the Assembly's visibility and involvement in student programming, according to Kantaria.
Gavin Huang / The Dartmouth Senior Staff It has been six months since former College President Jim Yong Kim traded one presidential title for another at the World Bank.