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.

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Forbes Magazine ranked the Tuck School of Business second after the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University in their 2009 MBA rankings, released last week.

Fourth Fieldstock weekend sees higher participation

Correction appended Last weekend's fourth annual Fieldstock competition saw significant changes from the past two years, as the event organizers attempted to bring the weekend up to par with the College's other "big weekends" by encouraging involvement beyond the Greek system, according to 2011 Class Council President Alex Maceda '11. In the past, most groups competing in Fieldstock events have come from Greek houses, but this year Maceda estimated that roughly 15 of the teams in contention were fielded either by non-Greek organizations or by independent groups of interested students.

Tuck, Graduate Studies offer new joint degree

Students who have completed a doctorate degree at Dartmouth will now have the opportunity to pursue an accelerated Masters degree in Business Administration under a new agreement between the College's Graduate Studies Program and the Tuck School of Business, Provost Barry Scherr announced on Monday.

Health debate looks to DMS data

Correction appended As legislators and public officials in Washington continue the push for U.S.

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Doug MacGinnitie '89, a Sandy Springs, Ga. City Council member, announced Thursday that he will be running for Georgia's Secretary of State in 2010.

College ranked 98th by Forbes

Dartmouth was ranked 98th up 29 spots from last year in Forbes Magazine's 2009 ranking of "America's Best Colleges," according to Forbes' web site.

DHOG's credit ranking remains stable

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Obligated Group is expected to issue $138.9 million in 2009 revenue bonds. Fitch Ratings Insurance Group awarded A+ ratings to the bonds, which are being issued through the New Hampshire Health and Education Facilities Authority.

Dartmouth researchers receive grant from NSF

The National Science Foundation awarded Dartmouth a $3-million grant from for the Trustworthy Information Systems for Healthcare project, an initiative aimed at creating secure computer systems to manage health care information, the College announced on Wednesday. Funding for the NSF grant came from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the federal stimulus package passed in February, according to the NSF's web site.

Dartmouth receives $3-million NSF grant

Dartmouth has been awarded a $3-million grant from the National Science Foundation for the Trustworthy Information Systems for Healthcare project, an initiative aimed at creating secure computer systems to manage healthcare information, the College announced on Wednesday. Funding for the NSF grant came from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the federal stimulus package passed in February, according to the NSF's web site.

Kallon '90 nominated to be fed. judge

President Barack Obama nominated Birmingham attorney Abdul Kallon '90 on Friday to serve as a judge on the U.S.

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New York and Massachusetts police arrested 23-year-old Jason Aquino on Thursday in connection with the shooting and murder of a Cambridge, Mass.