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By Hamish Birrell and Angie Yang | July 18, 2011

A survey by the National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good at the University of Michigan found that public colleges and universities are more likely than their private counterparts to admit undocumented students, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported.

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DMS sensors track senior citizens' health

By Casey Aylward | July 18, 2011

Using mobile sensors to record details about physical and mental activity may be a useful way to monitor senior citizens' health, according to a pilot study by Dartmouth Medical School professor Ethan Berke.

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Tuck to join new international study group

By Nathan Yeo | July 14, 2011

The Tuck School of Business has joined with four business schools from around the world to create a collaborative aimed at examining current business issues that affect society, such as healthcare, corporate management and sustainable development, according to Tuck dean Paul Danos. Tuck will partner with Ecole Superieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales outside of Paris, the University of Mannheim in Germany, Shanghai's Fudan University and Keio Business School in Toyko to form the Council on Business and Society: A Global Alliance of Schools of Management.

College President Jim Yong Kim discussed ways to cut health care costs.

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Kim talks health care costs, reform options

By Vince Marriott | July 14, 2011

Bernie Susskind / The Dartmouth Policymakers need to focus on cutting health care costs and improving hospital efficiency in order to stop the upward trend of medical fees, College President Jim Yong Kim said to a full-capacity crowd of students and Hanover residents in Moore Theater at the Hopkins Center for the Arts on Thursday.

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Former dean to assume FDA post

By Jay Webster | July 14, 2011

Former Dean of Dartmouth Medical School Stephen Spielberg was appointed the deputy commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, food and drug commissioner Margaret Hamburg wrote in an internal memo to the FDA on Wednesday. "The appointment was part of a reorganization at the top of the nation's leading medical- and food-safety agency," the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Spielberg will be instrumental to the operations of the FDA in his new position as deputy commissioner for medical products and tobacco, Hamburg said in the memo. "In this role, Dr. Spielberg will serve as both advocate and a support for center directors in their important work for FDA," Hamburg said. David Nierenberg, doctor of pharmacology at DHMC, said in an interview with The Dartmouth that he thinks Spielberg will be "terrific" in his new post. "I've probably worked with him as much as anyone around here, and I think very highly of Steve Spielberg," Nierenberg said in an interview with The Dartmouth. Spielberg has many qualities that make him well suited for his recent FDA appointment, Nierenberg said. "He has very strong ties to industry, and they respect him," he said.

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Hanover Inn to close for construction

By Emily Fletcher | July 14, 2011

The Hanover Inn will close for four months starting in December for "accelerated" and comprehensive renovations, according to Paul Olsen, director of real estate for the College. Although College officials originally hoped to keep the Inn open throughout the construction process, which will begin on Dec.

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By Ashley Blum and Emily Fletcher | July 14, 2011

A new grade inflation study published in Teachers College Record revealed that As constitute 43 percent of grades awarded to students at four-year colleges and universities, a 28 percent increase since 1960, Inside Higher Ed reported.

The 30th annual Prouty fundraiser saw record donations and high participation from student groups.

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Prouty raises record funds over weekend

July 11, 2011

Courtesy of Dan Grossman Dartmouth students came out in full force on Friday and Saturday to bike, walk, row and volunteer as part of the 30th annual Prouty fundraiser, helping to break last year's record of $2.2 million raised for the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center's Norris Cotton Cancer Center, according to Jean Brown, executive director of the Prouty. The total amount raised this year is still being counted, according to the Prouty website. Brown said the success of this year's fundraising efforts by over 5,000 volunteers and participants was "mindblowing." "It's a very rich day," she said.

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Students to help install Rwandan power plants

By Jay Webster | July 11, 2011

Beginning this Friday, eight student members of Dartmouth Humanitarian Engineering will spend two months in Rwanda implementing a "pico-hydro" system an accessible means of generating hydroelectric energy in rural towns, according to Yi Yang '14, a student involved in the project. "The pico-hydro system is basically a small-scale hydropower," Yang said in an interview with The Dartmouth.

The new Class of 1978 Life Sciences Center will feature new laboratory, classroom and greenhouse spaces.

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Biology dept. moves to new center

By Jackie Donohoe and Jay Webster | July 11, 2011

Courtesy of Dartmouth.edu With their belongings packed away in red crates that line the corridors of Gilman Hall, faculty members in the biology department are continuing their gradual relocation to the new Class of 1978 Life Sciences Center this summer.

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July 11, 2011

Robert Tunnell Jr. '61, a former San Francisco attorney, was charged on Thursday for orchestrating a Ponzi scheme that defrauded friends and relatives of $7 million over a period of more than five years, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

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Study links binge drinking to ads

By Laura Bryn Sisson | July 11, 2011

Advertising effectively promotes alcohol brands to teenagers, researchers from Dartmouth Medical School and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found in a study published in the July issue of the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.

Members of the Class of 2013 adjusted to a new interface this week as BlitzMail accounts were transitioned to Microsoft Office 365.

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Students transition to Microsoft

July 7, 2011

Vince Marriott / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Students huddled around the help desk at Computing Services this week as members of the Class of 2013 became the first wave of students whose BlitzMail email system migrated to the new Microsoft Office 365 suite.

Grant Sparling '15 was among a team of students who developed a capsule form of the influenza vaccine.

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Sparling contributes to flu vaccine

By Jay Webster | July 7, 2011

Courtesy of Grant Sparling While many of his peers studied for final exams and made plans for the upcoming summer vacation, Grant Sparling '15 joined a team of students at Shad Valley International enrichment program in Toronto to design a pill form of the influenza vaccine that would replace the conventional intravenous administration of the immunization. The team received a provisional patent for its development and will file patents in Canada and the United States by July 20, according to Sparling. "It started when I was at summer camp at Shad," Sparling said.

Officials from 32 institutions met last week to define goals for the Learning Collaborative on High-Risk Drinking.

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Drinking collaborative establishes guidelines

By Laura Bryn Sisson and Jay Webster | July 7, 2011

Courtesy of Dartmouth.edu Representatives from 32 colleges and universities discussed methods for evaluating initiative effectiveness and guidelines for enacting change at the first meeting of the Learning Collaborative on High-Risk Drinking spearheaded by the College last week, College President Jim Yong Kim said in an interview with The Dartmouth.

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Sharlet lauded for LGBT journalism

By Eliza Relman | July 7, 2011

English professor Jeff Sharlet's investigation of anti-gay persecution specifically Uganda's "Kill The Gays" bill, which would make homosexuality punishable as a capital offense earned first and second place awards for Excellence in Journalism for feature writing in 2011 from the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association.

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By Nathan Yeo | July 7, 2011

A group of 47 doctors, nurses and administrators arrived in Hanover on Tuesday to participate in the first class session of the Master of Health Care Delivery Science degree program at the Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science, according to a Tuck School of Business press release.

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By Jay Webster | July 4, 2011

Blackboard Inc. announced that the private equity firm Providence Equity Partners purchased the software company for $1.64 billion, Inside Higher Ed reported Friday.

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Atlas report adjusts for living costs

By Grace Afsari-Mamagani | July 4, 2011

In response to criticism that their statistical reports on Medicare expenditures failed to take into account regional variations in cost of living expenses, researchers at the Dartmouth Atlas Project of Health Care have released an analysis that adjusts for that variable.

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Randolph to emphasize openness of humanities

By Jackie Donohoe | July 4, 2011

Correction appended Department chairs in the humanities should aim to "open the door" to students and strengthen their departments' presence at the College, according to art history professor Adrian Randolph, the newly-appointed associate dean of the faculty for the arts and humanities.