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Beloved by students, Prof. Cahill dies at 85

By Matthew McNierney | August 13, 2012

The flags on the Green flew at half-mast on Monday for George Cahill, Jr., a former Dartmouth biology professor and diabetes researcher best known for his work on understanding human starvation, who died at the RiverMead Retirement Community in Peterborough, N.H., on July 30 as a result of complications due to pneumonia, according to the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript.

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Dartmouth researchers develop smart bracelets

By Claire Groden | August 13, 2012

A team of Dartmouth researchers led by Cory Cornelius '07, who is currently pursuing a PhD in computer science at the College, published a paper this month detailing how a sensor bracelet can use biometrics to passively identify individuals for health care purposes.

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Daily Debriefing

By Katie Tai | August 9, 2012

Upper-middle-income families are being hit hardest financially as a result of rising college fees and the slumped economy, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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Speakers discuss political divides

August 9, 2012

The Gallup Poll editor-in-chief Frank Newport and Columbia graduate school professor and New York Times reporter Tom Edsall discussed the implications of polarization in American politics as part of the 2012 Institute for Lifelong Education at Dartmouth summer lecture series in Spaulding Auditorium on Wednesday.

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Lynn cautions against cyber crime

By Sharla Grass | August 9, 2012

Sharla Grass / The Dartmouth Staff Cyber crime increasingly represents a threat to the United States, former Deputy Secretary of Defense William Lynn '76 said during the fifth talk of the "Leading Voices in Foreign Policy" lecture series in Moore Theater on Thursday. In the past year, 431 million people were victims of cyber crime and over two-thirds of the population will be affected by a cyber crime incident during their lifetime, Lynn said.

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Alcohol policy changes updated

By Felicia Schwartz | August 9, 2012

Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson's alcohol policies have been updated and will be finalized this fall to ensure that they are informed by student feedback and collaboration with administrators and Safety and Security, according to an email sent to Greek presidents by Greek Leadership Council moderator Duncan Hall '13 on Wednesday night.

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GDX party promotes energy drink

By James Peng | August 6, 2012

Maggie Rowland / The Dartmouth Senior Staff While groups of students crowded in the Gamma Delta Chi basement on Friday night, others casually chatted upstairs with Brad Alkazin a 26 year-old who has made over $1 million marketing nutritional drinks through a company called Vemma. Vemma is a health drink company that promotes its product through a multi-level marketing structure, in which people are compensated for referring the drinks to their friends and family members and are paid even more when those people promote the product to others.

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DHMC partners with Mayo Clinic

By Sharla Grass | August 2, 2012

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center is the newest member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network, a network of seven hospitals, according to David Hayes, medical director for the Mayo Clinic Care Network.

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Daily Debriefing

By Felicia Schwartz | August 2, 2012

A report by the Higher Education Funding Council for England has found that fewer scholars secure their first job at a university by age 30 than in 1995-6 and that the number of older academics at English universities has dramatically increased, Inside Higher Ed reported.

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Romney sets sights on Portman for shortlist

August 2, 2012

Sen. Rob Portman '78, R-Ohio, is widely considered one of the most likely choices for the Republican vice-presidential nomination, largely because of his expertise on economic issues and his potential to help former Gov.

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Johnson hosts forum to address policy concerns

By Tyler Bradford | August 2, 2012

Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson hosted a forum on Wednesday to address student concerns about the proposed alcohol and hazing policy reforms slated to take effect in the fall, especially regarding proposed random walkthroughs.

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DHMC appoints two new trustees

August 2, 2012

Laura Landy, President and CEO of the Fannie E. Rippel Foundation, and CEO emeritus of the Mayo Clinic Denis Cortese were appointed to the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Board of Trustees, according to a July 23 press release. Landy was named president and CEO of the Rippel Foundation in 2006 and has served as a member of the foundation's board of trustees since 1998.

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"Voices" speaker talks climate change

By Diana Ming | August 2, 2012

Diana Ming / The Dartmouth Staff Climate change regardless of its polarizing nature must return to the center of political debate because of its pressing consequences for both the international and national community, Special Envoy for Climate Change at the State Department Todd Stern '73 said in the fourth talk in this summer's "Leading Voices in Foreign Policy" lecture series on Thursday. Despite the "drumbeat of evidence" that the earth is experiencing global warming, public consciousness of the issue of climate change has decreased, Stern said.

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Daily Debriefing

By Amelia Acosta | July 30, 2012

Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, released a report Monday that harshly criticized for-profit colleges, The New York Times reported.

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