Daily Debriefing
Negotiations are underway for an acquisition deal between two textbook publishing companies: Houghton Mifflin Riverdeep Group and American business of the Harcourt division of Reed Elsevier.
Negotiations are underway for an acquisition deal between two textbook publishing companies: Houghton Mifflin Riverdeep Group and American business of the Harcourt division of Reed Elsevier.
July 14, 7:43 a.m., Lyme Road Hanover Police was called after a 20-year old female Dartmouth student reported a suspicious man driving around campus.
Friends and family members are mourning the death of 17-year-old Hayley Petit, who was to matriculate as a member of the Dartmouth Class of 2011.
Courtesy of Kevin Pfieffer The Elizabeth Mine in Strafford, Vt., better known to Dartmouth students as the Copper Mines, is a staple destination for the sunny afternoons of sophomore summer.
One hundred eighty-four students had submitted over 1,400 resumes through Monstertrak, Career Service's online resume submission portal as of Tuesday.
The Dartmouth College Fund received 40,906 donations, raising $159.1 million -- a record $39.1 million came in the form of unrestricted gifts -- over the course of the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2007.
Courtesy of Dartmouth The New England Council named College President James Wright "New Englander of the Year" on Thursday.
Courtesy of Meg Alexander Late Thursday afternoon -- nearly three and a half days after the brutal murders of incoming freshman Hayley Petit and her mother and sister in their home in Cheshire, Conn.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center was recently ranked as one of the top hospitals in the country in U.S.
Of the thirty-five students who began The Fifty, twenty-nine completed the hike from Robinson Hall to Moosilauke Lodge this weekend.
After twenty years at Dartmouth, Katherine Burke, senior associate dean of the College, will begin her position as dean of students at Montana State University in the fall of 2008. "It has been such a privilege to do what I can to support students in pursuing their individual goals and to share in their successes and their struggles," Burke said of her experience at the Dartmouth. During her time at the College, Burke has coordinated and led various programs such as the equal opportunity and affirmative action programs and the student programs at the Hopkins Center.
Blackboard Inc., the company that provides and manages many of the online educational services used by the College, recently unveiled SafeAssign, a new plagiarism-detection device which will allow professors to automatically compare students' papers with a database containing millions of articles that will be updated weekly. Unlike similar services such as Turnitin and MyDropBox, SafeAssign does not automatically upload students' papers to the database. Students must first give permission for their work to be copied into the database, and professors will not be forced to utilize SafeAssign when reviewing student papers. Dartmouth has no imminent plans to implement the new feature, which was unveiled on July 2, according to Malcolm Brown, director of computing services. "We would first need to work with colleagues in administration and faculty to look at the tool, to see if it will be useful, what the results are and what the quality the service will be.
The Dartmouth For the past two years, students at the College have been looking to fill the void left by the cancelation of Tubestock after the summer of 2005. This August, the 2009 Class Council, in partnership with Student Assembly, Programming Board and the Interfraternity Council, will host the College's second annual Fieldstock -- a three-day-long event which will include chariot races, athletic competitions and an outdoor concert. "The main thing we are trying to do is make this weekend a big weekend, like Homecoming, Winter Carnival or Green Key," Rembert Browne '09, vice president of the 2009 Class Council, said.
Hayley Petit, who was to be a member of the Dartmouth Class of 2011, was killed today when her home was invaded in Cheshire, Conn., according to the Hartford Courant.
Dartmouth Dining Services held a vendor food show in Food Court this past Tuesday in an effort to gauge the response of Dartmouth students and other DDS customers to a variety of new food options that DDS is considering for the upcoming school year.
Five nationally distinguished news reporters described the difficulties in maneuvering this year's primary elections during a crowded panel discussion in Silsby Hall on Wedneday.
Deborah Tyson, former director of housing and residential education at the University of Denver, was named the new associate dean of residential life and director of residential education Thursday. Tyson said she is very excited to begin working with the Dartmouth community. "I am thrilled!
Courtesy of Dartmouth Government professor Allan C.