Graduate programs at Tuck School of Business, Thayer School of Engineering, Geisel School of Medicine and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice will host individual graduation activities this weekend, including Investiture ceremonies and class days.
Dartmouth Humanitarian Engineering was recently recognized by Dell, Inc. on May 14 and the Environmental Protection Agency on May 12 for its work in Rwanda, according to DHE administrative advisor Carrie Fraser '86 Th'87, the assistant dean for academic and student affairs at the Thayer School of Engineering. DHE is now one of three finalists out of 1,800 applicants in the Dell Social Innovation Challenge and won a grant from the Environmental Protection Agency after entering its grant competition, "P3: People, Prosperity and the Planet Student Design Competition for Sustainability," according to DHE member Scott Gladstone '15. The organization works to take advantage of Thayer's engineering resources and put them toward humanitarian work in impoverished communities, according to DHE Vice President of Marketing Alison Polton-Simon '14.
The Dartmouth Outing Club selected 286 students to be First-Year Trips leaders this year out of a pool of 630 applicants, according to Trips director Emily Mason-Osann '11 Th '12.
Engineering professor emeritus Paul Etienne Queneau, a war veteran who held 36 U.S. patents in metallurgical and chemical engineering, died on March 31 at Kendal Retirement Community in Hanover after suffering from a case of the flu.
Health outreach in the Navajo Nation and research on social cognition are among the various interests of recent Dartmouth students who have received prestigious national awards, including scholarships from the Morris K.
End-of-life care in the United States typically focuses on expensive medical procedures to attempt to cure terminal illness.
Teenagers who watch movies with scenes depicting alcohol consumption are twice as likely to begin drinking as those who are not exposed to on-screen drinking, according to a study conducted by researchers at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.
The hesitation among businesses to invest in Africa despite growing potential on the continent received attention in a series discussions held during Tuck School of Business' Africa Highlight Week, which took place Feb.
Andrew Lohse '12, who recently gained widespreadattention for his allegations of hazing at his former fraternity, pled guilty on Monday to charges of disorderly conduct stemming from an October 2011 incident on the Green.