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PharmaSecure receives $3.9 million

By Felicia Schwartz | October 27, 2011

PharmaSecure an international company founded by two Dartmouth alumni in 2007 that prints unique barcodes on consumer drugs to verify their authenticity received additional funding this week, bringing its total awarded amount to $3.9 million over the past two months, co-founder and CEO Nathan Sigworth '07 said in an interview with The Dartmouth.

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McCarthy, former math prof., dies at home at 84

By Daniel Leder | October 27, 2011

Former Dartmouth math Professor John McCarthy, a pioneer in the field of Artificial Intelligence who organized the first Dartmouth conference on the subject, died in his home on Monday in Stanford, Calif., at the age of 84, The New York Times reported.

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Daily Debriefing

By Marina Shkuratov | October 27, 2011

Police officers in Hartford, Vt., and Lebanon, N.H., were called on the evening of Oct. 9 to investigate a disturbance that may have been associated with an instance of fraternity hazing at the College, Hartford Police officer Karl Ebbighausen said in an interview with The Dartmouth.

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New alcohol policies take effect

By Ashley Ulrich | October 26, 2011

In the first five months since the creation of the Learning Collaborative on High-Risk Drinking an initiative launched in May 2011 as part of the National College Health Improvement Project Dartmouth has begun targeted efforts to reduce alcohol abuse on campus by promoting individual intervention and improving data collection about student drinking, Aurora Matzkin '97, who leads the College's 12-person campus improvement team in coordination with NCHIP, said in an interview with The Dartmouth. As part of the ongoing collaborative, representatives from every participating college meet for a "face-to-face learning session" with alcohol abuse experts before spending six months trying to implement and improve policies at their college, Lisa Johnson, NCHIP managing director, said in an interview with The Dartmouth.

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Increased tuition prices part of larger nat'l trend

By Sasha Dudding | October 26, 2011

As the cost of attending college continues to increase across the nation, Dartmouth was ranked the 13th most expensive college in the nation up from 42nd last year making it one of the most expensive schools in the Ivy League, second only to Columbia University, according to rankings released by Campus Grotto on Oct.

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By Edward Harvey and Michael Riordan | October 26, 2011

The music department's Foreign Study Program, which had previously been hosted in London and Vienna, will now travel to Beijing starting in Spring 2013, according to music professor Kui Dong.

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Young alum. designs, sells new toy

By Madeline Zeiss | October 26, 2011

Patton Lowenstein / The Dartmouth Staff Few Dartmouth students find a career that enhances both business and soccer skills, but Molson Hart '09, who founded the company Kikbo Kick Shuttlecocks after graduation, combined his two interests with colorful, hacky sack-like toys that became available for purchase in Hanover on Monday. "If you Kikbo a lot it actually improves your fitness and really brings up your foot-eye coordination," Hart said.

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Greek orgs. evaluate pledge term activities

By Jenny Che | October 25, 2011

In light of administrators' and faculty members' concerns over pledge term activities, Greek leaders were recently asked to re-examine the value of various new member activities, according to Wes Schaub, director of Greek Letter Organizations and Societies.

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Thompson discusses COS revisions

By Jayant Subrahmanyam | October 25, 2011

Patton Lowenstein / The Dartmouth Staff Associate Dean of the College for Campus Life April Thompson facilitated a discussion with students regarding the Committee on Standards Sexual Assault Review Committee's recommendations for revisions to the College's sexual assault policies at a Student Assembly meeting Tuesday evening.

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Tuck prof. advises Native Americans

By Stephanie McFeeters | October 25, 2011

Native American small business owners and entrepreneurs from across the country traveled to Bismark, N.D., on Tuesday to participate in a threeday conference on business strategy hosted by Tuck School of Business management professor Leonard Greenhalgh.

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By ABBIE KOUZMANOFF | October 25, 2011

Twenty-one members of the Class of 2012 whose cumulative grade point averages ranked among the class' twenty highest were inducted into Dartmouth's chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society in a Tuesday ceremony in the Wren Room.

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Library to feature new study rooms

By James Peng | October 25, 2011

With recent additions to Baker-Berry Library proving popular among students, upcoming construction projects including a new information research desk and three glass study rooms will contribute to the first floor's modern atmosphere and focus on student work spaces, according to College librarian and project manager Laura Braunstein.

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Ivies jump on ‘Occupy' bandwagon

By Emily Baer | October 24, 2011

Richard Yu / The Dartmouth Several hours north of Wall Street and relatively isolated from Ivy League peers, the "Occupy Dartmouth" movement's fervor is comparable to similar satellite movements currently occupying most other Ivy League campuses.

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Faculty receives new College budget info.

By Tom Owen | October 24, 2011

Richard Yu / The Dartmouth Continuing the faculty's recent push to be included in College fiscal policy, discussion at Monday's termly Faculty of the Arts and Sciences meeting focused primarily on employee-specific budget cuts and transparency surrounding the implemented measures.

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