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Trevor Ugolyn Tu'08 has been named a regional finalist in the White House Fellows program, according to a statement released by the Tuck School of Business.
Trevor Ugolyn Tu'08 has been named a regional finalist in the White House Fellows program, according to a statement released by the Tuck School of Business.
After inheriting the Darpana Academy of Performing Arts from her mother, Indian artist Mallika Sarabhai transformed the dance academy into a think tank to fight social injustices in India.
Student Assembly passed legislation to create a Tentative Governance Council to foster better relations between student governance organizations on campus, during Tuesday night's Assembly meeting.
Sophie Novack / The Dartmouth Staff After raising over $40,000 over four years for Grassroots Soccer, Dartmouth students had the chance to meet the instructors who carry out the program's mission in Africa at an event in Collis Common Ground, Tuesday.
Valentin Yanev / The Dartmouth Staff College President James Wright and Susan Wright lauded senior thesis writers, senior fellows, studio art majors and the deans and faculty who have supported them at the 11th annual Academic Gala on Tuesday afternoon. Kate Eklin '08, Dustin McMahon '08, Mita Sharma '08 and Latif Nasser '08 were chosen to present their theses and fellowship work at the event.
Marina Agapakis / The Dartmouth Staff Alongside tables offering information about environmental awareness, a day's worth of trash produced by the McLaughlin Cluster was displayed in the center of the Green on Tuesday.
COURTESY OF THE DARTMOUTH AEGIS Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the first woman elected to lead an African nation, will deliver this year's Commencement address, the College announced on Tuesday.
Two student petitions regarding the Association of Alumni's lawsuit against the College began circulating on campus Tuesday, marking the first time Dartmouth undergraduates have organized mass efforts in response to the suit.
Allegations that Dartmouth Board of Trustees Chairman Ed Haldeman '70 was aware of improper trading at Putnam Investments during his time in senior management, as printed in The Dartmouth Review, are false, according to interviews and statements from officials inside and outside of the company. In 2003, Putnam found that several of its portfolio managers and 401(k) participants had engaged in a market timing scheme in which some investors were allowed to trade more often than others.
Significant disparities between the graduation rates of black and white students exist at many colleges and universities, Inside Higher Ed reported Monday.
Gerard DiPippo '08, Claudio LoCascio '08 and Monica Yu '08 travelled to Washington, D.C. last weekend to present term papers from their senior seminar on topics ranging from the impact of jetlag on international trade to the effects of corruption on foreign investment.
Of the 645 student who applied to lead a Dartmouth Outing Club First-Year Trip this September, 42 percent were selected, and 65 students were put on a waiting list.
Andy Foust / The Dartmouth Staff Arguments over the relationship between God and morality gripped a crowd of approximately 400 students and community members during "Can we be good without God?," a debate between conservative writer Dinesh D'Souza '83 and Dartmouth philosophy professor Walter Sinnott-Armstrong held in Alumni Hall Monday night. Armstrong contended that belief in the existence of God is not necessary for universal morality to exist.
Kyle Betts / The Dartmouth Staff Construction of a new, upscale hotel on South Street, which awaits approval by the Hanover Planning Board, will likely begin this fall or next spring, according to Sasa Cook, director of communications at Olympia Companies, the hotel management and development company that proposed the plans to build the hotel in Hanover. The hotel, expected to be completed 18 months after construction begins, will be an "upscale boutique hotel," according to The Valley News. Amenities of the proposed 72-room hotel, which will be located on the corner of South and Main Street, currently include a restaurant, a conference room and an underground parking garage, according to the plans Olympia submitted to the Hanover Planning Board.
Grey Cusack / The Dartmouth Staff Thirty community members marched across campus Monday evening, chanting in protest of sexual assault, as part of the annual "Take Back the Night" march.
Edward N. Lorenz ScD'38, the creator of the scientific field of chaos theory, died of cancer Wednesday at his home in Cambridge, Mass., The New York Times reported.
Several petition candidates for the Association of Alumni executive committee object to an advertisement in the May/June issue of the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine that they believe makes false statements about their slate.
Outside of the glitz and glamour of presidential campaigns, political engagement at the local level can often be the most rewarding experience, prominent New Hampshire Democratic party activists Joan and Tim Ashwell said in a conversation with the Dartmouth College Democrats on Sunday. Joan Ashwell, chair of the Strafford County Democratic Committee, said working for a small political campaign can often be more enriching than working for large campaigns because volunteers for state-level campaigns often have greater responsibility than those working for national campaigns, according to Tay Stevenson '10, a member of the College Democrats. The couple also lauded the virtues of local government, noting that small actions can have a large political impact.
A fundamental disagreement over the Association of Alumni's decision to sue the College has prompted several alumni previously uninvolved with College politics to seek election to the Association's executive committee.
The ongoing credit crisis may make it more difficult for students to secure college loans, but they should ultimately be able to find lenders, according to Virginia Hazen, Dartmouth's director of financial aid Approximately 50 percent of Dartmouth students borrowed money to help pay for tuition in the 2007-2008 school year, Hazen said.