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Students work to launch start-ups
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Andrew Wells
| May 31, 2009
Creating products ranging from specialized microprocessors to gourmet burritos, an above-average number of students at the Tuck School of Business have worked to launch their own start-up companies this year, according to Tuck professor Gregg Fairbrothers, director of the Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network. "To me, the first litmus test is if they are actually going to work on their project full time out of school," Fairbrothers said.
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‘Young Con Anthem' causes buzz
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Tatiana Cooke
| May 31, 2009
The Dartmouth It made The Huffington Post, USA Today and a variety of blogs across the political spectrum.
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Race, end-of-life choices correlated, study finds
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Madeline Sims
| May 31, 2009
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Baseball eliminated from NCAA tournament after loss to Kansas
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Stefanie Lazow
| May 30, 2009
With one out and two men on base in the bottom of the ninth on Saturday in Chapel Hill, N.C., Dartmouth grounded into its sixth double play of the weekend to end its game against the University of Kansas and its run in the NCAA tournament.
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Rodgers '70 refuses to evaluate trustees
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Susan Matthews
| May 28, 2009
Dartmouth Trustee T.J. Rodgers '70 will no longer participate in evaluations of sitting trustees up for reelection a protest of the manner in which he says the Board of Trustees' made its April decision not to reelect Trustee Todd Zywicki '88.
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Total UFC allocations increase by over $40,000
May 28, 2009
The Undergraduate Finance Committee increased funding for Programming Board and the Committee on Student Organizations, but reduced Student Assembly's budget by about $10,000 for the 2009-2010 academic year, UFC President Neil Kandler '09 announced on Thursday.
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Daily Debriefing
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Ana Bowens
| May 28, 2009
Harvard University professor Paul Farmer was tapped to succeed Dartmouth President-elect Jim Yong Kim as chair of the department of global health and social medicine at Harvard Medical School on Wednesday.
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Alum. aids Afghani, Iraqi children
May 28, 2009
Fatima, a one-year-old girl from southeastern Iraq, suffered third-degree burns over 70 percent of her body after a gas explosion.
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Depts. aim to avoid cutting courses
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Tatiana Cooke
| May 28, 2009
EMILY VAN GEMEREN / The Dartmouth Staff Correction appended### Five months after College officials announced they would cut the institutional budget by $72 million over the next two years, academic departments and College organizations are working to limit the effects of the new budgetary constraints by reducing administrative operating costs and cutting back on new programming and guest speakers.
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Comm. likely to recommend Gmail
May 28, 2009
Google's Gmail is now the leading contender to replace BlitzMail as the College's e-mail system, according to biology professor C.
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Judge rules in favor of College in contract suit
May 27, 2009
Correction appended Grafton County Superior Court Judge Timothy Vaughan has ruled that the College did not violate the contract of theater professor Mara Sabinson, who first filed federal suit against the College in 2005 for discrimination and breach of contract.
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Snyder appointed to be Chief Facilities Officer
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Greg Berger
| May 27, 2009
Linda Snyder, the current associate dean for physical resources and planning at Harvard University, has been appointed as Dartmouth's first Chief Facilities Officer, the College announced on Wednesday.
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Senior women share their stories
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Erin Jaeger
| May 27, 2009
DOUG GONZALEZ / The Dartmouth Staff Just two weeks before the completion of their final term at Dartmouth, seven female members of the Class of 2009 shared personal stories about the challenges they faced while at the College as part the 20th annual Women of Dartmouth panel.
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DMS to cut budget by 10 percent
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Turia Lahlou
| May 27, 2009
Dartmouth Medical School will lay off 12 staff members and cut approximately 10 percent from its $237-million operating budget as part of the College-wide effort to reduce expenditures by $72 million over the next two years, DMS Dean William Green said an interview with The Dartmouth.
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Compiled by Elise Quinones
| May 27, 2009
The current economic crisis is forcing many states to cut back on their loan forgiveness programs, according to The New York Times.
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DMS announces layoffs, 10-percent budget cut
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Turia Lahlou
| May 27, 2009
Dartmouth Medical School will lay off 12 employees and cut approximately 10 percent from its $237-million operating budget as part of the College-wide effort to reduce expenditures by $72 million over the next two years, DMS Dean William Green said an interview with The Dartmouth.
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Kim looks to coming presidency
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Robert szypko
| May 26, 2009
President-elect speaks on lessons learned from global health work