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Interim president must stress visibility, students say

By Diana Ming | April 17, 2012

While many students said that College Provost Carol Folt's experience at Dartmouth will serve her well as interim president, most were unfamiliar with Folt and unable to comment on whether she will fulfill the role of College president effectively.

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Daily Debriefing

By Emily Brigstocke | April 17, 2012

Representatives of Invisible Children, Inc. hosted a viewing of the two-part "Kony 2012" (2012) film, followed by a question and answer session with a Ugandan national named Quinto, in Collis Common Ground on Tuesday.

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Alumni say Folt ‘knows the ropes'

By Stephanie McFeeters | April 17, 2012

Correction appended College Provost Carol Folt's experience with students and faculty, as well as her familiarity with the College's workings, make her a good choice for the position of interim College president, according to a number of alumni interviewed by The Dartmouth.

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Provost Carol Folt appointed interim College president

By Jenny Che | April 17, 2012

Jessica Griffen / The Dartmouth Senior Staff The Board of Trustees appointed College Provost Carol Folt as Dartmouth's interim president following the Monday selection of College President Jim Yong Kim as head of the World Bank, Folt said on Tuesday.

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Faculty say Folt will pursue Kim's goals

By Amanda Young | April 17, 2012

Correction appended Although faculty members expressed generally positive views of Provost Carol Folt's appointment as Dartmouth's interim president, many said her role will primarily involve maintaining programs already in place and making Dartmouth seem attractive to candidates for the full-time position. Folt's familiarity with the College and experience as provost and dean of the faculty make her qualified for the position of interim president, according to former Associate Dean of the Faculty for the Arts and Humanities Katharine Conley. "She knows this institution in and out," Conley said.

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World media criticize Bank policies

By BLAZE JOEL and Taha Adib | April 17, 2012

College President Jim Yong Kim's election to World Bank presidency has created a maelstrom in media outlets worldwide, as commentators with varied opinions have emerged to consider issues ranging from Kim's credentials to the Bank's selection process.

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TRUSTEES APPOINT PROVOST CAROL FOLT INTERIM PRESIDENT

By Jenny Che | April 17, 2012

Jessica Griffen / The Dartmouth Senior Staff The Board of Trustees appointed College Provost Carol Folt as Dartmouth's interim president following the Monday selection of College President Jim Yong Kim as head of the World Bank, according to a College press release.

Harvard Medical School professor Bertha Madras presented on the increasing use of drugs throughout the United States on Monday.
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Madras presents national youth drug use trends

By Sharla Grass | April 16, 2012

Nathan Yeo / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Although she was initially unsure whether science could effectively influence national policy, Harvard Medical School psychobiology professor Bertha Madras discovered how she could use her background as a researcher to address the problems of drug addiction and youth drug use in Washington, she said in a Monday lecture at the Rockefeller Center.

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Daily Debriefing

By Madison Pauly | April 16, 2012

Saudi Arabian colleges may now enroll women in their political science departments, the Saudi Minister of Education announced on Saturday, Al Arabiya News reported.

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Kim's short presidency focused on stabilization

By Claire Groden | April 16, 2012

College President Jim Yong Kim, who will be leaving Dartmouth to assume the presidency of the World Bank on June 30 after only two years and nine months in office, focused his tenure on leading the College through a financial crisis and raising its profile in health-related fields. Following a 23-percent drop in the College's endowment in the 2009 fiscal year, Kim's first year in office, Kim turned his attention to organizing budget cuts in response to the $835 million loss.

The World Bank board of directors confirmed College President Jim Yong Kim as the next president of the Bank.
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JIM YONG KIM TO LEAD WORLD BANK

By Amelia Acosta | April 16, 2012

JARED BOOKMAN / The Dartmouth Staff College President Jim Yong Kim will serve as the World Bank's 12th president, beating out opposing nominee Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the World Bank board of directors announced today, according to The New York Times.

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On expected announcement day, Okonjo-Iweala says Kim will be selected World Bank president

By The Dartmouth Staff | April 16, 2012

As the World Bank's announcement of its new president approaches, Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala one of two candidates for the post conceded that College President Jim Yong Kim will likely receive the majority of the board of directors' votes for the presidency, The Guardian reported. "It is voting with political weight and shares, and therefore the United States will get it," Okonjo-Iweala told The Guardian. Because the an American has historically held the presidency of the World Bank, experts have agreed it is unlikely that Okonjo-Iweala will be selected over Kim.

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Archive preserves Jewish culture

By Sasha Dudding | April 15, 2012

The lively sounds of Yiddish folk music can often be heard drifting from the office of Alex Hartov, a professor at the Thayer School of Engineering and the founder of the Dartmouth Jewish Sound Archive, an online database of nearly 40,000 songs, broadcasts and interviews that reflect a range of Jewish life.

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Ocampo drops out of World Bank race; Russia endorses Kim

By Katie Tai | April 15, 2012

Friday marked two substantial developments in the race for World Bank presidency as one of the three candidates, Columbia University professor and former Colombian Finance Minister Jose Antonio Ocampo, withdrew his bid for the position and Russia and Canada pledged their support for College President Jim Yong Kim's candidacy, according to Reuters. Ocampo who was nominated by the Brazilian government at the request of the Dominican Republic said in a statement that his candidacy had been handicapped by a lack of open support from his home country, which stated last month that it was aiming to concentrate on a more likely successful campaign for a Colombian president of the International Labor Organization, Reuters reported. The contest for the presidency marks an unprecedented challenge to U.S.

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Three trustee candidates win uncontested vote

By Sharla Grass | April 15, 2012

Nathaniel Fick '99, Richard Kimball '78 and Benjamin Wilson '73 were elected to the Board of Trustees in three separate uncontested races, Association of Alumni president John Daukas '84 announced at the Association's annual meeting on Saturday.

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