Daily Debriefing

Fouad Saleet, associate director of Coed, Fraternity and Sorority system, told The Dartmouth he will be leaving this term to fill a position at Colgate University.

Prof. discovers kidney disease link

Dartmouth professor of biochemistry Henry Higgs recently helped identify one of the genetic mutations responsible for a deadly inheritable kidney disease.

Tuck honored as ‘best-value school' for vets.

The Tuck School of Business was named a "best-value school" for veterans in a review published in December by Military MBA, an education and employment network for military officers interested in pursuing a Masters degree in Business Administration.

Students active at Copenhagen

Courtesy of tuckatcop15.wordpress.com Courtesy of tuckatcop15.wordpress.com Editor's Note: This is part one of a two-part series on Dartmouth's presence at the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. Inspired by the involvement of two Dartmouth delegations in the 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Copenhagen in December, students and professors at Dartmouth have become focused and motivated to pursue creative solutions to climate change. Alumni at the conference included U.S.

Alumni lawsuit comes before court

NORTH HAVERHILL, N.H. The alumni lawsuit filed against the College's Board of Trustees in November 2008 finally had its day in court Dec.

Research targets child pornography

PhotoDNA, a new child-pornography tracking technology developed in part by Dartmouth computer science professor Hany Farid, may soon enable Internet service providers to better curb the availability of online images depicting child pornography.

AoA slate announced for upcoming election

All but two current members of the Dartmouth Association of Alumni executive committee will run for reelection in 2010, Association President John Mathias '69 announced on Dec.

Daily Debriefing

The U.S. Department of Education released a highly critical report last month of the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, an accrediting agency that grants higher education institutions access to federal student aid, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported on Dec.

AoA exec. committee candidates announced

All but two current members of the Dartmouth Association of Alumni executive committee will run for reelection in 2010, Association President John Mathias '69 announced on Monday.

With early decision admits, Dartmouth explores increasing class size

In what Dean of Admissions Maria Laskaris said was partly a result of recent discussions on increasing class size to generate additional revenue, Dartmouth offered early admission to 461 students on Tuesday, 60 more than last year. "If there was a time if we are going to grow this was a great pool to do so with," Laskaris said. The College received a record 1,594 early applications, up from 1,571 last year.

Capuano '73 loses Democratic primary in Senate bid

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Defense dept. official discusses military health care

Akikazu Onda / The Dartmouth Staff Policymakers looking to reform the U.S.

Kim apologizes to Faust following squash heckling incident

Creationist org. distributes literature at Dartmouth

Hoping to promote creationist ideology and refute Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, volunteers for the evangelist organization Living Waters distributed copies of Darwin's "The Origin of Species" featuring an added creationist introduction at Dartmouth on Nov.

Hearing held for alumni lawsuit

NORTH HAVERHILL, N.H. The alumni lawsuit filed against the College's Board of Trustees in November 2008 finally had its day in court on Friday in a hearing for the College's request for summary judgment, an attempt to have the judge, Timothy Vaughan, decide the case before it goes to full trial. The current suit is the second legal challenge to the Board's fall 2007 decision to increase its size, ending the balance between the number of trustees selected by the Board and elected by alumni. Counsel for both sides spent much of their time on Friday arguing whether the case should be dismissed as a result of the doctrine of res judicata, by which litigation cannot be filed for a case that has already been decided or that involves the re-litigation of an issue between the two same parties.