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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

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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Daily Debriefing

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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Daily Debriefing

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.

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Tuck alumni break giving record

By Chidi Anyadike | July 4, 2011

The Tuck School of Business Annual Giving campaign broke a world record when it reached a 70.5 percent participation rate in its 2011 campaign, according to a Tuck press release.

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DDS finalizes changes to SmartChoice plans

By Nathan Yeo | July 4, 2011

In response to student feedback, the College has modified its controversial SmartChoice dining plan to allow for greater flexibility in meal choices, according to Director of Dartmouth Dining Services David Newlove.

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Panelists reveal effects of health care policies

By Jay Webster | June 30, 2011

Due to the costs of complying with recent health care reform, health care providers in New Hampshire will face a "rough road" during the next two years, Tina Naimie, vice president of corporate finance at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, said during a health panel in the Rockefeller Center's Hinman Forum on Wednesday.

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Daily Debriefing

June 30, 2011

College President Jim Yong Kim's Learning Collaborative on High-Risk Drinking has reached its full membership of 32 colleges and universities and will conclude its first learning session Friday, the College announced Wednesday.

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Alumni market sustainable stove

By Jay Webster | June 30, 2011

Paper, sticks and dried manure are among the "organic, burnable materials" that can serve as fuel for an ecologically-conscious and affordable stove developed by BioLite, a company run partly by Thayer School of Engineering alumni that specializes in energy-efficient products, according to Clay Burns '87, BioLite's vice president of product development. BioLite was founded by Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Cedar '03, Chief Technical Officer Alexander Drummond and Chief Operating Officer Jonathan den Hartog '03 Th '05.

Following a year-long College prohibition on swimming in the river, the student dock will reopen Saturday to students with Dartmouth IDs.
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Swim dock to reopen Saturday

By Laura Bryn Sisson | June 30, 2011

Katharine Pujol / The Dartmouth Staff The tradition of sun-filled days spent at the student swim dock will return to sophomore Summer as the year-long College prohibition on swimming in the Connecticut River comes to an end this weekend.

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Kim expresses support for DREAM Act

By Angie Yang | June 30, 2011

Drawing on personal experience and a "strategic" viewpoint, College President Jim Yong Kim voiced "strong support" for the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act in a letter addressed to Sen.

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Vandewalle to advise United Nations' Libya efforts

By Angie Yang | June 29, 2011

Government professor Dirk Vandewalle has been named political advisor to United Nations Special Advisor Ian Martin, who is organizing the U.N.'s arrangements for post-conflict Libya, according to a College press release. Vandewalle will work alongside Martin to aid and advise U.N.

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