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Pelzel analyzes trends in non-profit donations

By Rachel Aragon | May 10, 2011

LOTTA NYGREN / The Dartmouth The biggest challenges non-profits face today are "earning trust and investment," Senior Vice President for Advancement Carolyn Pelzel said in a lecture in Silsby Hall on Tuesday evening. Speaking to an audience of trustees for non-profit organizations in the Upper Valley, Pelzel said she believes that non-profit organizations could be doing a better job of impressing donors.

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Researchers find traces of radiation

May 10, 2011

Dartmouth researchers discovered that harmless levels of radioactive materials are present in Hanover as a result of the Japanese nuclear reactor explosions that occurred after the March 11 earthquake almost 10,000 miles from campus, according to earth sciences professor Joshua Landis.

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Daily Debriefing

By Soumya Gupta | May 9, 2011

Cornell University senior Brian Lo died in a fire in a student apartment building Friday morning, The Cornell Daily Sun reported.

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State questions trustee investment

By Nathan Yeo | May 9, 2011

The Charitable Trust Unit is investigating whether the College is in violation of a New Hampshire state law that regulates conflicts of interest on nonprofit organizations' boards of directors, Terry Knowles, assistant director of the state's Charitable Trusts Unit, said in an email to The Dartmouth.

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Researchers receive $1.4 mil. grant

By Madeline Zeiss | May 9, 2011

Dartmouth Medical School professor Bruce Stanton, along with colleagues from the College's Lung Biology Center of Biomedical Research Excellence, received a four-year grant of approximately $1.4 million from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation on May 2, Stanton said.

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Faculty votes to see budget report

By Amelia Acosta | May 9, 2011

Aki Onda / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Dartmouth faculty members overwhelmingly passed a resolution proposed by religion professor Ronald Green which would require the College's administration to publicize an accounting report of the measures taken since 2009 to close the College's $100-million budget gap at Monday's Faculty of the Arts and Sciences meeting, Green said in an interview with The Dartmouth.

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Fall term to conclude before Thanksgiving

By Jenny Che | May 9, 2011

Aki Onda / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Faculty members voted to approve changes to the academic calendar that will shift the last day of Fall term to before the Thanksgiving holiday at the Faculty of the Arts and Sciences meeting Monday.

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Approx. 25 percent of seniors receive jobs

By Jenny Che | May 8, 2011

One-fourth of graduating students surveyed by Career Services have obtained full-time jobs after graduation, reflecting a "fairly healthy" job market, but marking a decrease from last year's graduating class, according to Monica Wilson, acting co-director of Career Services.

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Tribes gather for annual Pow-Wow

May 8, 2011

Maggie Rowland / The Dartmouth Staff Members of over 50 Native American tribes gathered this weekend for the 39th annual Pow-Wow, during which dancers performed a special healing ceremony to celebrate women on Mother's Day and also honored Cody Lavender '10, a Native American student who died during his junior year at the College, according to Master of Ceremonies Alex Shepherd. A significantly larger crowd than in recent years amassed on the Green on Sunday to watch Native American dances, eat traditional fry bread and learn about the culture and history of various tribes, Daryl Concha '11, a member of the Pow-Wow committee, said.

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By Leslie Ye | May 8, 2011

Former Dean of the Faculty Michael Gazzaniga '61 was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, which recognizes scientists and engineers for "distinguished and continuing achievements in original research" on May 3, according to a College press release.

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Fathi contrasts Iran's, Egypt's riots

By Jackie Donohoe | May 5, 2011

Dennis Ng / The Dartmouth Staff Two weeks after Iran's 2009 presidential election, Nazila Fathi, a foreign correspondent for The New York Times, realized she was under government surveillance and immediately left her home in Tehran with her husband and two children.

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