Study: place affects cancer death rate
Courtesy of Dartmouth.edu Courtesy of Dartmouth.edu A new study by Dartmouth researchers may help to explain why the rate of cancer-related death is higher among black patients.
Courtesy of Dartmouth.edu Courtesy of Dartmouth.edu A new study by Dartmouth researchers may help to explain why the rate of cancer-related death is higher among black patients.
Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Doug Gonzalez / The Dartmouth Senior Staff The day before Daphnee Charles was scheduled to take an exam at her university in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the university building collapsed in the devastating earthquake that struck the city on Jan.
Correction Appended A group of alumni, led by B.V. Brooks '47, is planning to file an appeal with the New Hampshire Supreme Court that seeks to reverse the January dismissal of the group's lawsuit against the College Board of Trustees by the Grafton County Superior Court, according to the group's lawyer, Eugene Van Loan. The plaintiffs in the previous case Brooks, John Steel '54, Kenneth F.
Matt Orosz '00 was a government major as an undergraduate until he read a book by late Dartmouth environmental science professor Dana Meadows.
Zach Ingbretsen/The Dartmouth Senior Staff and Courtesy of John4Dartmouth.com Zach Ingbretsen/The Dartmouth Senior Staff and Courtesy of John4Dartmouth.com Candidates for the ongoing Board of Trustees election have engaged in mailing and e-mail campaigns in preparation for the end of the voting period on April 7.
Consuming large quantities of alcohol the night before an exam may not affect test performance, according to a study conducted by researchers from Brown University and Boston University.
The Office of Human Resources has opened the Financial Hardship Fund a fund created to provide financial assistance to current and former College employees affected by recent budget cuts to donations from the public, the department announced in an e-mail sent March 17. College workers who were affected by layoffs or reductions in hours since Jan.
Dartmouth-Hitchock Medical Center and Mt. Ascutney Hospital and Health Center announced a joint agreement last week in which DHMC will become the employer of MAHHC's new chief executive officer and DHMC's co-president will become a voting member of MAHHC's Board of Trustees, according to a March 17 press release. The hospitals' administrators believe that the new arrangement will help strengthen the hospitals' relationship and improve health care for patients in the Upper Valley, DHMC's vice president of regional development Deanna Howard and MAHHC's Director of Marketing and Development Carolyn Shapiro-Wall said in interviews with The Dartmouth. "We think it creates a tighter relationship," Howard said.
With the election period for the Association of Alumni elections ending in two weeks, the "Unity" slate led by current Association President John Mathias '69 is engaging in e-mail and word-of-mouth campaigning, while the "Dartmouth United" slate is in the process of sending a postcard mailing to thousands of alumni, according to the candidates. Although the "bills" for the mailing have not been paid yet,petition presidential candidate J.
The Office of Human Resources has opened the Financial Hardship Fund a fund created to provide financial assistance to current and former College employees affected by recent budget cuts to donations from the public, the department announced in an e-mail sent March 17. College workers who were affected by layoffs or reductions in hours since Jan.
Midway through the voting period for alumni-elected seats on the College's Board of Trustees, a web site criticizing Alumni Council-nominated candidate John Replogle '88 has been created, while Replogle has also sent his first mailing to alumni.
A group of alumni led by B.V. Brooks '47 is planning to file an appeal with the New Hampshire Supreme Court that seeks to reverse the January dismissal of the group's lawsuit against the College Board of Trustees by the Grafton County Superior Court, according to the group's lawyer, Eugene Van Loan. The plaintiffs in the previous case -- including Brooks, John Steel'54, Kenneth Clark, Jr.
JoeVsDartmouth.com -- which billed itself as a web site founded by Dartmouth alumni against the petition candidacy of Joe Asch '79 for the Board of Trustees -- was taken down Saturday evening.
Doris "Granny D" Haddock, a noted political activist and one-time candidate for a New Hampshire senate seat, died on March 9 in her home due to complications of chronic respiratory illness, according to family friend Maude Salinger.
Stanford University's Faculty Senate decided last week to create a committee to evaluate reinstating the Reserve Officers' Training Corps program on campus, according to a March 4 press release from the University.
Zach Ingbretsen / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Zach Ingbretsen / The Dartmouth Senior Staff While Board of Trustees petition candidate Joe Asch '79 has contended that the professional background of his opponent the Alumni Council-nominated John Replogle '88 would not benefit the Board, Asch has been repeatedly reticent to fully disclose his own professional experience. In previous interviews with The Dartmouth, Asch has stated that he founded a paramedical products firm based in Europe that manufactured and sold internationally medical supplies of Asch's own design, but declined to disclose the name of the company.
The state Senate Commerce, Labor and Consumer Protection Committee approved a bill on Thursday that would create a three-member commission to oversee hospital rates in the state, a move that hospitals including Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center have said they oppose.
The Hanover Select Board conducted a final review of the proposed town budget during the Select Board's meeting on Monday night.