Liverpool proposes ‘18' rating on films with smoking

The City Council in Liverpool, England has introduced legislation to prevent individuals under 18 from attending, renting or buying films featuring tobacco use based in part on research conducted by physicians at Dartmouth Medical School. The legislation was proposed because of research showing that tobacco use in movies has "a strong effect in encouraging young people to smoke," according to the Executive Case Summary provided by the Liverpool City Council on its web site.

College ranked 11th by U.S. News for second year in a row

College given top slot in new commitment to undergraduate education category

Spears to serve as Dean of the College for next two years

College officials have tapped Sylvia Spears, the current director of the Office of Pluralism and Leadership and acting senior associate Dean of the College, to oversee the Dean of the College's Office for the next two years while its structure is reevaluated and a permanent dean is chosen, Provost Barry Scherr announced on Tuesday.

DrinkFit offers nutritional facts on drinks

A guy with an iPhone walks into a bar. If he wanted to see how many calories were in his favorite cocktail, he might use DrinkFit, an application designed for the iPhone by Justin Cooperman '10.

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A group of entrepreneurs has created a new program, Safe Start, which aims to reduce fear of student loan debt that could potentially prevent students from applying to college, according to the New York Times.

Young Cons perform nationally

"The Young Cons," the pair of Dartmouth students responsible for a popular viral video that sought to champion conservative political values this spring, have now released a second video, "The Power of the Individual." Josh Riddle '12 and David Rufful '12, who appeared on national television shows this summer in the wake of the first video's release, seek to "spread the love and logic surrounding true conservatism" with their performances, according to the pair's web site. Rufful and Riddle performed on the television show "The Strategy Room" on June 10, and then were featured on "Fox and Friends" on June 11.

Program teaches healthy eating habits

Courtesy of Sarah Schewe For the past month, Sarah Schewe '12 and Julia Schneider '12 have worked with 40 students from fourth to eighth grade enrolled in South Bronx's Point Development Center's summer camp to help them learn from and cultivate fruit and vegetable plots at the Bryant Hill Community Garden.

Prof. creates biotechnical company

A Thayer School of Engineering professor has helped start a biotechnical company Adimab that is working to drastically reduce the time it takes to produce antibodies used in therapeautic drugs.

Deans Offices merged to increase efficiency

The First-Year Office and the Upperclass Dean's Office have been merged together to create the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students in order to more consistently provide advising to students, the College announced Wednesday. Dean of the College Tom Crady was out of the office Thursday and unable to comment on how the decision was made to restructure the advising system or whether the restructuring was done in response to budget cuts. Each dean will work with an equal number of students from all four undergraduate classes, Rovana Popoff, one of seven deans in the new office, said. In the past, students were assigned a first-year dean when they arrived at the College and a different dean for their final three years.

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Correction appended A series of bonds totaling approximately $236 million issued on behalf of the College has received AAA long-term ratings the highest possible rank from Fitch Ratings, an international credit rating agency.

Computing to maintain services despite staff cuts

Although 9 percent of its staff was lost this Spring in response to budget cuts, Computing Services will continue to focus on student and faculty support, according to Ellen Waite-Franzen, vice president of information technology and chief information officer at the College.

AoA creates reform committee

Correction appended The College's Association of Alumni announced Thursday that an Election Reform Study Committee has been formed to assess whether current campaign rules should be modified for Board of Trustee elections and Association Executive Committee elections.

Wagner '82 gets U.S. Attorney nod

Mathias '69 chairs ABA Project

Association of Alumni President John Mathias '69 has been selected to chair the American Bar Association's Death Penalty Representation Project, an organization that advocates for defendants facing capital punishment.

Editor Schroth '43 dies at age 88

Acclaimed editor Thomas Schroth '43 Tu'44, founding editor of National Journal and former editor of Congressional Quarterly, died July 23 of congestive heart failure in his home in Sedgwick, Maine at the age of 88, according to The New York Times. Schroth was committed to rigorous impartiality and full disclosure in journalism throughout his career, according to his daughter, Amy Schroth '84. "I think he had several conversations with various owners and backers of [publications] that he worked for, making sure that the business interests didn't interfere [with the publications' impartiality]," she said. Schroth became executive editor of Congressional Quarterly in 1955.