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Zachary Kaufman '08 has been awarded a 2010 Marshall Scholarship to pursue a master's degree and Ph.D in epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, according to a College press release.
Zachary Kaufman '08 has been awarded a 2010 Marshall Scholarship to pursue a master's degree and Ph.D in epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, according to a College press release.
Akikazu Onda / The Dartmouth Staff The renovation of the President's House on Webster Avenue is being financed entirely by private donors, College President Jim Yong Kim announced in his budget presentation on Tuesday, meaning at least $92.8 million of the $147.8 million cost associated with the College's three major construction projects is covered by private gifts. Despite unexpected electrical problems uncovered during construction, the President's House project is slated for completion by next February, according to director of planning, design and construction Stephen Campbell. Kim said in his presentation that as a result of the private donations, the cost of the President's House renovations will be "off the books of Dartmouth College." The renovation is necessary, Kim said, both to allow for the house to be used for fundraising and to address significant safety concerns. "I came into a situation where there was a house that was built in 1926 in which the heating system, the plumbing and part of the electrical system hadn't been changed in 83 years," Kim said.
ZACH KUSTER / The Dartmouth Staff Dartmouth, which owns the Hanover Inn, has agreed to pay $2,000 in fines for several hundred labor law violations at the Inn including immigration violations, and wage and hour violations in a settlement with the New Hampshire Department of Labor.
As Dartmouth's 23 percent endowment loss may bring increased scrutiny to the financial strategy underpinning the College's investment portfolio, the ethics of Dartmouth's investments will continue to be weighed by an Advisory Committee on Investor Responsibility. Dartmouth's currently has holdings in companies ranging from Wal-Mart to Lockheed Martin. For each company of which Dartmouth is a shareholder, the ACIR makes recommendations on every "proxy resolution" that involves social issues, Allegra Lubrano, ACIR executive administrator, said in an interview with The Dartmouth.
DARTMOUTH'S DEFICIT
The spread of the H1N1 virus appears to be slowing, Inside Higher Ed reported on Monday. According to a weekly report by the American College Health Association, there were a total of 3,933 new cases of influenza-like illnesses between Nov.
Courtesy of RememberingHenry.com Friends and family remember Henry Masters, a student in the master's of public health program at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, as a "big teddy bear," according to Lauren Capuano, a friend from Masters' alma mater Franklin & Marshall College.
SARAH IRVING / The Dartmouth Staff Parking for Dartmouth students, staff and Hanover visitors is an ongoing problem without an immediate solution.
The Dartmouth women's swimming and diving team lost a close contest at the University of New Hampshire on Saturday, 159.5-139.5, according to DartmouthSports.com.
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to hold oral arguments this week in a case concerning debt forgiveness rules for student loans in bankruptcy cases, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported on Sunday.
Media coverage of health news is often exaggerated, causing unnecessary anxiety and unfounded fears in the general public, according to an editorial written by three medical experts, including two Dartmouth Medical School professors.
The U.S. Department of Education is investigating complaints of discrimination against female cadets at the state-run Virginia Military Institute, according to The Boston Globe.
Over three years since the management consulting firm McKinsey and Company released a report, commissioned by the College, critiquing the institution's organizational structure, Dartmouth has implemented many of the report's recommendations including the consolidation of several departments and an increase in the number of services for staff and faculty members. Some of Dartmouth's peer institutions, including Cornell University, have hired outside consultants as they grapple with budget cuts in the wake of the current economic recession.
Henry Masters, a student in the master's of public health program at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, passed away this weekend after testing positive for the H1N1 virus.
DARTMOUTH'S DEFICIT
Henry Masters, a student in the master's of public health program at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, passed away this weekend after testing positive for the H1N1 virus.