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Chem. prof. receives national award

By Brendan Dooley | February 17, 2010

Correction appended Russell Hughes, a Dartmouth chemistry professor, will receive the American Chemical Society's 2010 Award for Creative Work in Fluorine Chemistry at the ACS national meeting on March 23.

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Daily Debriefing

By Angie Yang | February 17, 2010

Williams College announced on Tuesday that it will end need-blind admissions policy for international students, Inside Higher Ed reported Wednesday.

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After quake, Italians come to College

By Ben Schifberg | February 17, 2010

After a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck central Italy last April, killing 307 people and damaging much of the region's infrastructure, several graduate students from the destroyed University of L'Aquila came to Dartmouth to continue their studies.

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Salt Hill Pub opens on Lebanon St.

By John Nedeau | February 16, 2010

Anna Gaissert / The Dartmouth Anna Gaissert / The Dartmouth The Salt Hill Pub, which opened in Hanover on Thursday, provides a new option for students looking for meals outside of Dartmouth Dining Services.

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Scientists describe cholera function

By Jamila Ma | February 16, 2010

Dartmouth researchers have discovered the presence of a fatty acid that explains the function of Vibrio cholerae, the bacterium that causes cholera in humans, according to a study published Feb.

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By PAULINA KARPIS | February 16, 2010

Kenneth Starr, the former solicitor general famous for his investigation of the Whitewater land deal and former President Bill Clinton's extramarital affair with Monica Lewinsky, was named the 14th President of Baylor University in Waco, Texas, according to The New York Times.

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Lyon urges continued aid for Haiti

February 16, 2010

Students must "tune in" to the challenge of participating in Haiti's rebuilding efforts, according to physician Evan Lyon, who recently returned from a two-week mission to Haiti.

Nobel Peace Prize nominee Sheila Watt-Cloutier said the Arctic is the world's barometer on climate change' in her lecture on Tuesday.
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Activist: climate change damages Inuit society

By Eliza Relman | February 16, 2010

Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff The impact of climate change on Inuit communities in the Arctic encompasses everything from the physical environment and ecological composition of the region to the human rights of the people, Nobel Peace Prize nominee Sheila Watt-Cloutier said in a lecture in Filene Auditorium on Tuesday.

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Steady number apply for fin. aid

By JOY CHEN | February 16, 2010

Sixty-five percent of the 18,755 applicants for the Class of 2014 indicated their intent to apply for financial aid, a similar percentage to last year's figure, according to Maria Laskaris, dean of admissions and financial aid.

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College-wide layoffs impact FO&M, OPDC

By Tatiana Cooke | February 16, 2010

Correction appended The College has laid off 38 Dartmouth employees over the past week as part of the recently-announced budget-reduction plan, although the exact distribution of layoffs among College departments remains unclear.

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DMS study links films and obesity

By Casey Aylward | February 15, 2010

Food and beverage manufacturers and retail brands target children and adolescents by paying to have their "energy-dense, nutrient-poor foods" appear in films, according to a new study by researchers at the Hood Center for Children and Families at Dartmouth Medical School.

Judge Hall in the River cluster will likely be retrofitted with a new sprinkler system this Summer term, but other construction projects have been postponed.
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Budget cuts delay construction

By Christy O'Keefe | February 15, 2010

Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff In the face of College President Jim Yong Kim's recently-announced budget cuts, the Office of Residential Life will seek to be more efficient in spending and will likely postpone renovation of certain residence halls, according to Dean of Residential Life Marty Redman.

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Daily Debriefing

By Robert szypko | February 15, 2010

Hannah Kearney, a 2004 graduate of Hanover High School, won the first United States gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver on Saturday, The Union Leader reported Sunday.

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Kim: PACHA work helps College

By Laura Bryn Sisson | February 14, 2010

Sophie Novack / The Dartmouth Staff Sophie Novack / The Dartmouth Staff College President Jim Yong Kim's new position on the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS will increase Dartmouth's visibility while continuing previous College presidents' tradition of involvement in national affairs, Kim told The Dartmouth Editorial Board in an interview Thursday. Students had previously expressed concern that Kim's appointment to the council, which occurred on Feb.

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Grant yields revenue, outdoor fun for College

By Hannah Kuhar | February 14, 2010

Editor's note: This is the third part of a weekly series profiling various properties owned by the College outside Hanover. The Second College Grant nearly 27,000 acres of undeveloped land near Erroll, NH and the Maine state line has served both as a source of revenue for the College and as a highly-regarded site for research and recreational activity for Dartmouth alumni, faculty, staff and students over the past 200 years. The Second College Grant was one of two initiatives enacted by the New Hampshire state legislature to grant land to fund the College's development in its early years.

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By Conrad Scoville | February 14, 2010

A biology professor at the University of Alabama was charged with murder after she allegedly shot and killed three colleagues at a Friday afternoon faculty meeting, The New York Times reported.

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Six students arrested over Winter Carnival

February 14, 2010

Dani Wang / The Dartmouth Staff Dani Wang / The Dartmouth Staff Correction Appended### Students made nine Good Samaritan calls and six students were arrested by Hanover Police during Winter Carnival weekend, according to interim Director of Safety and Security Keiselim Montas.

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