Med school students start mission
While most university students focus on studying for exams, Dartmouth Medical School student Nick Ellis DMS'10 spent his college years developing a program to support medical missions to Ecuador.
While most university students focus on studying for exams, Dartmouth Medical School student Nick Ellis DMS'10 spent his college years developing a program to support medical missions to Ecuador.
Courtesy of Toys R Us Although the stereotypical Tuck Business School researcher may be focused on development in emerging economies or business administration, Tuck professor Eric Johnson and his team of students have turned their attention to a much lighter issue: what toys gift-givers should buy for the holidays. Johnson led a group of three Tuck students -- Kate Reiling Tu'09, Adam Bulakowski Tu'08 and Shilpa Karnik Tu'08 -- in a study to determine this year's "Top Tech Toys." Johnson concentrated principally on how supply chain management affects information technology. To develop the list of nine toys, the team focused on whether the "play value" that results from technology innovation can balance any increased cost.
Professor Chris Hanscom has been appointed as Dartmouth's Korean studies professor, filling a tenure-track position that had remained vacant since the 2005 departure of professor Suk-Young Kim.
Dartmouth Trustee Todd Zywicki '88 called former College President James Freedman "truly evil" and expressed disdain for an alleged academic orthodoxy of political correctness in a recently surfaced Oct.
Almost no Dartmouth faithful were there to see the Big Green men's soccer team play the first-round game of the NCAA tournament on Saturday.
Biology professor Mary Lou Guerinot is co-leading a "biofortifying" research project aimed at increasing the nutritional value of rice.
Although Jamie Keith '09 could recall a variety of campus discussions focusing on issues of racism, sexism and gender identity, Keith, the Office of Pluralism and Leadership student intern, felt that one aspect of diversity on campus was not being explored fully: socioeconomic class.
The 24 members of the Class of 2008 whose cumulative grade point averages were among the 20 highest in the grade were inducted into the Dartmouth chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society on Monday night in a ceremony held at the home of College President James Wright and Susan Wright.
As the government and economics departments undertake their annual hiring process, Dartmouth faces a competitive job market, in which the College's location and undergraduate focus may deter potential applicants.
The Dartmouth Ethics Society won the Northeast Regional Ethics Bowl at Villanova University last week.
Levine '08 is a triple major in art history, anthropology and MSS
The Dartmouth Association of Alumni made the latest filing in its ongoing lawsuit against the College in Grafton County Superior Court on Friday.
Andy Foust / The Dartmouth Riding in a nondescript white van wearing Maui Jim sunglasses, Sen.
Jessica Griffen / The Dartmouth Staff Dartmouth's celebration of Native American History Month was kicked off this week by the second annual First Nations Week speeches.
Dartmouth's Gay Straight Alliance has changed its name to Gender, Sexuality, XYZ (GSX) after a week of debate, the group announced in its weekly e-mail message to members on Nov.
A local telecommunications company, SegTEL, is suing Hanover over the development of a municipal fiber optics network that would link the Hanover and Lebanon police dispatch centers.