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U.S. harmed by "commoditization"

By Lindsay Brewer | January 7, 2010

As national economies become more globalized, companies risk becoming less competitive, causing products and services to lose their uniqueness, according to Tuck School of Business professor Richard D'Aveni.

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Dartmouth completes $1.3 billion capital campaign

By The Dartmouth Staff | January 7, 2010

Zach Kuster / The Dartmouth Staff Zach Kuster / The Dartmouth Staff Following a seven-year fund-raising campaign, the College announced Thursday that it had reached the $1.3 billion target in the Campaign for the Dartmouth Experience, a capital campaign aimed at raising funds for academic enterprises, residential and campus life, and financial aid. A press release posted on the College's web site stated that the campaign had received $1.308 billion as of the official Dec.

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Students launch online drink delivery service

By Linda Chen | January 6, 2010

Dartmouth students preparing for Winter term hibernation can soon have drinks delivered in bulk directly to their dorm rooms or off-campus houses with the launch of ThirstD.com, a new business founded by four members of the Class of 2010.

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Nationwide, students seek MD-MBA degree

By Grace Afsari-Mamagani | January 6, 2010

Facing an increasingly complicated health-care industry, more students are turning to joint MD-MBA programs to become informed about the business and clinical sides of health care administration, MD-MBA program directors from several universities around the country told The Dartmouth. As interest peaks, more universities are beginning to offer joint MD-MBA programs to accommodate student demand, the program directors said. A typical medical education does not necessarily train future doctors to manage the business-related aspects of medicine, according to Andrew Vogel, associate director of graduate programs at the University of Cincinnati.

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Daily Debriefing

By JOY CHEN | January 6, 2010

The percentage of law students expecting to work in private law firms dropped to 50 percent this year, from 58 percent in each of the last three years, according to an annual survey by the Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported Wednesday.

Benjamin Herson '02 and Jeff Deck '02 travel the nation editing typos on signs and billboards.
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Alums have a mission: editing nation's typos

By Emily Fletcher | January 6, 2010

Courtesy of picasaweb.google.com Courtesy of picasaweb.google.com Jeff Deck '02 and Benjamin Herson '02 once hopped a barbed wire fence and skirted cacti to chalk over a giant apostrophe on a sign welcoming them to Arizona.

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Profs examine impact of inflation

By Eliza Relman | January 5, 2010

Increasing inflation rates could curtail the national debt, according to a Dec. 9 working paper by economics professor Nancy Marion and Joshua Aizenman, a former Dartmouth professor now working at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

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Funds not aided by management

By JOY CHEN | January 5, 2010

Active managers of mutual funds are employed for their skill in increasing investment yields, but according to a study co-authored by a finance professor at the Tuck School of Business, investors who hire managers may actually lose money in the long run.

Dartmouth was the fourth largest recipient of funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in New Hampshire and the sixth largest in the Ivy League, according to Recovery.gov.
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College researchers receive $38.7 million

By Christina Wray | January 5, 2010

Yoon-Ji Kim / The Dartmouth Staff Yoon-Ji Kim / The Dartmouth Staff Nearly 100 Dartmouth projects have received a total of $38.7 million of federal funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, according to a College press release.

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Daily Debriefing

January 5, 2010

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.

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

By Christy O'Keefe | January 4, 2010

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.

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Students active at Copenhagen

By Jamila Ma | January 4, 2010

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.

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College seeks to reduce staff size

By Tatiana Cooke | January 3, 2010

Stephanie Han / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Stephanie Han / The Dartmouth Senior Staff The College announced a series of initiatives aimed at cutting the size of its staff on Dec.

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Alumni lawsuit comes before court

January 3, 2010

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.

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Research targets child pornography

By Greg Berger | January 3, 2010

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.

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