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Recipients of honorary degrees named for 2011

By Leslie Ye | May 11, 2011

A diverse group of nine public figures including a former president, an Emmy Award-winning actress, a Native American activist, and two notable Dartmouth alumni will be awarded honorary degrees by the College at the Class of 2011's Commencement exercises on June 11, according to Justin Anderson, director of media relations for the College. Former President George H.W.

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New online room draw meets mixed reactions

By Jenny Che | May 11, 2011

Despite student complaints regarding delayed updates on the housing vacancy list, the first two nights of the new online room draw system have gone "pretty smoothly," according to Director of Undergraduate Student Housing Rachael Class-Giguere.

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Daily Debriefing

By Leslie Ye and Isha Flores | May 11, 2011

Tuck School of Business Dean Paul Danos was re-appointed to a fifth four-year term yesterday, according to an email sent to Tuck students, staff and faculty members by Provost Carol Folt.

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Campus Blotter

By Soumya Gupta | May 11, 2011

May 6, 11:07 p.m. Tuck Drive Safety and Security officers responded to a Good Samaritan Call and found an intoxicated female member of the Class of 2014 in the vicinity of the Russell Sage cluster.

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Computer science dep't. alters major

By Gavin Huang | May 11, 2011

Meghan Cooney / The Dartmouth Staff The computer science department will implement a more flexible structure for its major, modified major and minor requirements and replace its current prerequisites with redesigned introductory courses beginning next fall, according to department chair Thomas Cormen.

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Minority applications climb by 27 percent

May 10, 2011

In addition to a 19-percent increase in overall applicants to the Class of 2015, the College saw a 27-percent rise in minority applicants and a 24-percent rise in international applicants this year, according to Director of Admissions Outreach James Washington.

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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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