Hughes, Lemal named ACS fellows
Dartmouth chemistry professors Russell Hughes and David Lemal were named fellows by the American Chemical Society a society of over 160,000 internationally recognized chemists on Aug.
Dartmouth chemistry professors Russell Hughes and David Lemal were named fellows by the American Chemical Society a society of over 160,000 internationally recognized chemists on Aug.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and other New Hampshire hospitals are bracing for sweeping budget and service cuts in accordance with the new state budget, which went into effect July 1 and included higher tax rates on Medicaid reimbursement. These cuts will likely arise even in light of a federal lawsuit that DHMC and nine other hospitals filed against the state on July 25.
Katharine Shu / The Dartmouth Staff Stuffing their faces with jello, dunking classmates in a tank at the Chieftain Inn and riding in home-made chariots, students could be seen indulging in the festivites for the sixth annual Fieldstock throughout this past weekend.
Dartmouth's Institute for Security, Technology and Society co-hosted "Securing the eCampus 2011: Building a Culture of Information Security in an Academic Institution" along with Peter Kiewit Computing Services on July 19-20, according to ISTS associate director Thomas Candon. The fifth annual conference brought together chief information officers and chief information security officers from many universities to discuss ways to protect research data, as well as other information security issues.
AlcoholEdu, an online alcohol safety instruction program, has considerably decreased instances of binge drinking and sexual violence among participating college freshmen, The Boston Globe reported.
The conservation of energy is the cheapest and most effective way to address America's dependence on foreign energy sources in the short term, according to Sen.
Sen. Rob Portman '78, R-Ohio, was appointed on Wednesday to the 12-member Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, a committee tasked with reducing the deficit by $1.5 trillion more than what was stated in the Budget Control Act passed on Aug.
DONG ZHAO/The Dartmouth Staff / The Dartmouth Staff Music, candy and balloons filled Collis Common Ground on Wednesday in recognition of the Inter-Community Council-sponsored "Consent Day" event.
Editor's Note: This is part two of a series chronicling College President Jim Yong Kim's first two years at Dartmouth. When College President Jim Yong Kim took office in July 2009, he faced the worst endowment performance in over 30 years, largely due to the economic crisis of 2008, Chief of Staff David Spalding said in an interview with The Dartmouth.
Following a retreat for Division I college presidents, the National Collegiate Athletic Association has proposed a slew of reforms that seek to improve the state of college athletics, Inside Higher Ed reported.
ASHLEY BLUM / The Dartmouth Staff Government professor Deborah Brooks became an associate professor at the College on July 1, making her the first female junior faculty member to attain tenure in the government department in 18 years. Brooks, whose past research has focused on public opinion, polling, campaign advertising, and the role of gender in politics, is currently finalizing a book "He Runs, She Runs: Gender Stereotypes, Double Standards, and Political Campaigns" that has been accepted for publication by Princeton University Press and will be released in 2012. Two other female faculty members in the government department Linda Fowler and Lisa Baldez already have tenure, but they were hired at the senior level and received tenure in Dartmouth's government department at the time of hire. After earning her bachelor's degree from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1993, Brooks went on to earn her Ph.D.
The Dartmouth is an organization unlike any other at the College. Run entirely by students without any oversight by the College administration, The D is completely independent both financially and editorially and provides a unique resource and community on campus. This issue, our annual Freshman Issue, is just one of over 150 issues that our 200-member staff will produce this year.
In its most selective year in history, Dartmouth offered admission to 9.7 percent of applicants for the incoming Class of 2015.
New Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson, the former vice president and dean of Colgate University, assumed her new role at Dartmouth on July 21.
Upon matriculation, incoming freshmen are assigned to live in one of five residential clusters, which are a collection of dorms that aim to foster a sense of community by housing primarily freshmen in their halls.
This summer, Dartmouth students began the transition from the long-established BlitzMail email client to the new Microsoft Office 365 suite, a transition that will continue throughout the 2011-2012 academic year.
When Dartmouth students graduate, they join a distinguished group of famous men and women both real and fictional.
The incoming Class of 2015 will be the first group of freshmen to experience this year's changes to Dartmouth's dining system, which include the renovated Class of 1953 Commons and the new SmartChoice meal plan. The Class of 1953 Commons, formerly Thayer Dining Hall, has been under construction since Winter term 2011, but is on schedule to be completed by this Fall term. The new dining area will feature various types of seating on the upstairs floors, including booths, circular tables and rectangular tables, according to director of dining services David Newlove.
A new report by the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services shows that health-care-associated infections at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center are lower than the national average and have decreased significantly in the last year. DHMC's improved from 36 percent below the national average in 2009 to 64 percent below the average in 2010.