News & Events from Dartmouth

News: Photographer James Nachtwey '70 Awarded the Dresden International Peace Prize

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:31:22 -0500

See images by the alumnus and renowned war photographer, who will be presented with the Dresden International Peace Prize on February 11 in Germany.

Event: February 10: Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences Colloquium—"Different Functions for Different Subregions of the Hippocampus in Rats," with Raymond Kesner

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:30:52 -0500

4pm - 5pm, Room 202 Moore Hall

Event: February 10: Performance—Winter WhingDing, hosted by the Dartmouth Cords

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:30:22 -0500

8pm, Hopkins Center Spaulding Auditorium

Video: A Conversation with William Kamkwamba '14

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:29:24 -0500

William Kamkwamba '14, author of "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind," is an environmental studies major and engineering minor at Dartmouth College. The Malawi native recently sat down for this interview with the Office of Public Affairs Whitney Campbell intern Jessica Chen '12 to discuss Dartmouth, the projects he's working on, and the children's book based on his New York Times bestseller, which was released on January 19, 2012.

Feature: Sweetest Carnival Ever

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:47:49 -0500

The 101st Winter Carnival, "Carnival in Candyland: The Sweetest Carnival Ever," starts today, Thursday, February 9. The four-day event includes a mix of lighthearted outdoor activities and athletic contests. The Carnival's Opening Ceremonies are set for 7 p.m. tonight on the Green.

News: Tiny Primate is Ultrasonic Communicator, Dartmouth Professor Finds

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:29:40 -0500

Nathaniel Dominy, an associate professor of anthropology at Dartmouth, describes the tarsier’s ultrasonic vocalizations as “extreme, and comparable to the highly specialized vocalizations of bats and dolphins, which are used primarily for echolocation.”

News: Start Times Announced for 2012 Home Football Schedule

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:28:29 -0500

Dartmouth College Athletics Director Harry Sheehy and the Robert L. Blackman Head Football Coach Buddy Teevens announced the start times for the home games on the 2012 Big Green football schedule today with the season opener against Butler of the Pioneer Football League kicking off on Sept. 15 at 7 p.m.

In the News: Retirement Home Bands Together to Bring WWII Stories to Life (NBC Nightly News)

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:27:10 -0500

NBC Nightly NewsWartime stories from many members of the Dartmouth community are among the reminiscences in World War II Remembered, a new memoir published by residents of Kendal at Hanover and recently featured on the NBC Nightly News.

Event: February 9: Jones Seminar—"The Robotic Surface Exploration of Mars," with NASA's John L. Callas

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:24:55 -0500

3:30pm, Spanos Auditorium

Event: February 9: Department of English Poetry & Prose Reading Series, with Jeffrey Yang and Daniyal Mueenuddin '86

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:24:23 -0500

4pm-6pm, Sanborn Library, Sanborn House

Feature: Enduring Alliance

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:31:04 -0500

Writing in the New York Times on the 50th anniversary of Attorney General Robert Kennedy's visit to Japan in the wake of a treaty crisis, Assistant Professor of Government Jennifer Lind suggests that those events hold important lessons for the present. The recent political transitions in North Korea have put Lind's expertise on East Asia in demand as well.

News: Former Obama Official to Speak Today on New Economy, Political Polarization

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:21:08 -0500

A look at why policymaking in the United States has become so polarized will be the topic when former Obama Administration official Peter Orszag speaks at Dartmouth on Wednesday, February 8. He served as director of the Office of Management and Budget from January 2009 until July 2010.

In the NEws: Two Museums Show Native American Art, Then And Now (The Boston Globe)

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:20:32 -0500

The Boston Globe has given the Hood Museum of Art’s ongoing Native American exhibition a rave review, calling it one of “the most thrilling shows you are likely to see this year.”

Event: February 8: Hood Museum Artist Talk—"A Conversation with Artist Kay WalkingStick"

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:19:58 -0500

5:30pm-6:30pm, Hood Museum of Art

Event: February 8: Lecture—"'Liberty is a Slow Fruit': Reconsidering the Emancipation Proclamation," with Louis Masur

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:19:24 -0500

4pm-5:30pm, Rockefeller 2

Feature: The Artist in the Laboratory

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:00:06 -0500

Jane Prophet has been a key member of a number of internationally acclaimed projects that break new ground in art and science. Her collaborations with stem cell researchers, mathematicians, and heart surgeons radically re-envisage the human body. Prophet speaks about her work today, Tuesday, February 7 at 4:30 p.m., in the Hood Museum of Art's Loew Auditorium.

In the News: Learning to Share the Stage (The New York Times)

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:59:39 -0500

New York TimesWriting on the fiftieth anniversary of Attorney General Robert Kennedy’s visit to Japan in the wake of a 1960 security treaty crisis that nearly killed the U.S.-Japan alliance, Assistant Professor of Government Jennifer Lind suggests that those events “hold important lessons for today’s problems in the alliance, and indeed for U.S. alliance relationships all over the world.”

In the News: Spotlight On The Phantom Limb & 69°S Shackleton Project (CBS Boston)

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:59:03 -0500

CBS BostonThe Phantom Limb Company’s 69°S: The Shackleton Project brings Ernest Shackleton’s 1914 trip across Antarctica to the stage February 7-12 in Boston. The production was co-commissioned by the Hopkins Center, and made its North American premiere there, on Friday, September 30, 2011.

Event: February 7: Tucker Tuesdays—"What Matters to Me and Why," with Richard Wright

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:58:24 -0500

Noon-1pm, Tucker Living Room, Fairbanks Hall

Event: February 7: Performance—2012 Dartmouth Idol Semi-Finals

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:57:22 -0500

7pm, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center

Feature: A Voice for the Arctic

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:25:14 -0500

Greenlander Aqqaluk Lynge, chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, speaks at Dartmouth tomorrow, Tuesday, February 7, as the Rabbi Marshall Meyer Social Justice Great Issues Lecturer. His talk, "Inuit in the Changing Arctic: A Bright New Future or a Fight for Survival?" begins at 4:30 p.m. in Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall, and is preceded by a public reception.

Event: February 6: Physics and Astronomy Colloquium—"Quantum States of Light: From Generation to Applications in Quantum Information," with Alberto Marino

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:24:50 -0500

3:30pm-5pm, 104 Wilder

Event: February 6: Microbiology/Immunology Seminar "Adventures at the Interface of Bacteria and Electrodes," with Jeffrey A. Gralnick

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:24:19 -0500

4pm-5pm

Sights & Sounds: Rockefeller Center at Dartmouth

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:23:49 -0500

Flickr photos from the Rockefeller Center at Dartmouth

Event: February 5: Men's Tennis vs. Army

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:18:40 -0500

10am, Boss Tennis Courts

Event: February 5: Film—World on a Wire

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:18:01 -0500

7pm, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center

Feature: Transformational Change

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:30:09 -0500

Through its new Health Care Delivery Science master's degree program, Dartmouth is creating a new kind of health care professional. Meet some of the already accomplished MHCDS students—clinicians, public policy experts, administrative leaders—who are preparing to transform health care delivery.

In the News: Hearing Screening an Imperative for HIV Patients (The Hearing Journal)

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:29:36 -0500

The Hearing JournalWorking in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Jay Buckey, MD, Dartmouth Medical School professor and adjunct professor of engineering, is conducting leading-edge research on the relationship between HIV and hearing loss.

In the News: Two Museums Show Native American Art, Then and Now (Boston Globe)

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:29:02 -0500

The Boston Globe has given the Hood Museum of Art’s ongoing Native American exhibition a rave review, calling it one of “the most thrilling shows you are likely to see this year.”

Event: February 4: Performance—Dartmouth College Glee Club

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:28:27 -0500

8pm, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center

Event: Dartmouth Athletics Events Schedule

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:27:52 -0500

All Sport Schedule

Ask Dartmouth: What's the history of Dartmouth Winter Carnival?

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:27:10 -0500

The nation’s oldest collegiate winter celebration, Dartmouth Winter Carnival dates back to 1911, when the leadership of the Dartmouth Outing Club (DOC) proposed that two days in early February be “given over to a Winter Carnival.”

Feature: Wheel of Fortune

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:16:25 -0500

The Dartmouth College Glee Club's presentation of Carl Orff's Carmina Burana kicks off a month of performances by the talented dancers, musicians, and actors of the College's student ensembles. Catch the drama and humor of the Carmina's songs of love and life, and see what the rest of ensemble season has in store. The Glee Club performs Saturday, February 4, at 8 p.m. in the Hopkins Center's Spaulding Auditorium.

In the News: Facebook Files Initial Public Offering Papers (NPR)

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:15:38 -0500

On the day Facebook filed papers for an initial public offering, Anant Sundaram, a visiting professor of business administration at the Tuck School, was interviewed alongside NPR journalist Steve Henn about what a Facebook IPO might mean for investors.

Event: February 3: Jones Seminar—"Creative Confidence," with David Kelley

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:14:08 -0500

3:30pm, Spanos Auditorium

Event: February 3: Lecture—"Why Civil Resistance Works: Nonviolence in the Past and Future," with Erica Chenoweth

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:12:56 -0500

4:30pm-6pm, Rockefeller 3

Sights & Sounds: Dartmouth Glee Club: Pirates of Penzance Act 1 Finale

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:12:10 -0500

Gilbert & Sullivan's "The Pirates of Penzance" Finale Act I

Feature: Technology Trends, 2012

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:37:44 -0500

From his perch at the Glassmeyer/McNamee Center for Digital Strategies, Tuck School of Business Professor M. Eric Johnson has a good view of the future of technology. Following the Center's latest CIO Roundtable on Digital Strategies, Johnson offers a list of five tech trends, as well as thoughts on what they might mean for consumers and businesses.

News: US Immunologists to Honor William Green of Dartmouth Medical School

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:36:59 -0500

The American Association of Immunologists (AAI) will honor Dartmouth Medical School's chair of microbiology and immunology for his work on public policy issues and his advocacy of research funding on behalf of fellow immunologists and other scientists.

In the News: Doctors Track Patients' Mood, Social Life to Manage Illness (WSJ)

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:36:14 -0500

Medicine is largely based on numbers and statistics. But Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s Spine Center is bringing feelings and other difficult-to-measure elements into the mix.

In the News: Cold Hard Facts (Mission Critical)

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:35:25 -0500

Engineering Professor Laura Ray has worked with undergraduate students to build a robot that can monitor climate change in the most remote areas of Greenland.

Event: February 2: Great Issues Lecture—"Liberal Arts Vision in a Global Age: Romance or Realism?" with Mariet Westermann

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:34:41 -0500

4:30pm-5:30pm, Haldeman Center, Kreindler Auditorium, Room 041

Event: February 3: Lecture—"The Future's in the Dirt: Digging into Regional Food Systems," with Ben Hewitt

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:33:54 -0500

3pm-5pm, Haldeman 041

Feature: Transformational Change

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:11:46 -0500

Through its new Health Care Delivery Science master's degree program, Dartmouth is creating a new kind of health care professional. In the second installment of this week-long series, MHCDS student Dr. Kenneth Rosenfield '77 of Massachusetts General Hospital explains how he's bringing new knowledge to the national cardiology programs he organizes.

News: "Sweetest Carnival Ever" Begins February 9

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:10:58 -0500

The 101st Winter Carnival, “Carnival in Candyland: The Sweetest Carnival Ever,” will be held February 9 through 11. The three-day event includes a mix of lighthearted outdoor activities and athletic contests such as the Polar Bear Swim, the family-friendly Occom Pond Party, and the Division I downhill races at the Dartmouth Skiway.

Event: February 1: Film—Perdida

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:09:42 -0500

7pm, Loew Auditorium, Hood Museum of Art

Event: February 2: Great Issues Lecture—"Liberal Arts Vision in a Global Age: Romance or Realism?" with Mariet Westermann

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:09:07 -0500

4:30pm-5:30pm, Haldeman Center, Kreindler Auditorium, Room 041

Feature: Transformational Change

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:51:19 -0500

Through its new Health Care Delivery Science master's degree program, Dartmouth is creating a new kind of health care professional. In this week-long series on Dartmouth Now, five participants in the program talk about what they're learning, and why it matters.

Dartmouth Professor Finds New Florida Law Affects African American and Hispanic Voters Disproportionately

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:56:41 -0500

According to data compiled by Dartmouth Professor Michael C. Herron and Daniel A. Smith, a 2011 change to Florida voting law by state lawmakers will make it harder for Florida’s African American and Hispanic voters to exercise their traditional voting patterns.

In the News: Ode to Ice (NPR)

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:50:39 -0500

Schulson studies ice as director of Dartmouth’s Ice Research Laboratory and the George Austin Colligan Distinguished Professor of Engineering.

In the News: How to Fix the Underwater Mortgage Problem (U.S. News & World Report)

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:49:46 -0500

John Vogel, adjunct professor of business administration at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business, thinks he may have a solution to the housing crisis: shared appreciation mortgages.

Event: January 31: Tucker Tuesdays—"Upper Valley Voices," with Heather Bagley, Executive Director of Willing Hands

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:49:06 -0500

Noon-1pm, Tucker Living Room

Event: January 31: Performance—La Excelencia

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:48:34 -0500

7pm, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center

Sights & Sounds: Student Video: Food Sustainability at Dartmouth

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:47:47 -0500

Delainey Ackerman and Haley Moulton made this video about sustainability and food at Dartmouth for their Documentary Film (Film Studies 30) class.

Feature: Faceblind

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:05:29 -0500

Prosopagnosics—people who are unable to recognize faces—are the focus of research at Dartmouth led by Brad Duchaine, associate professor of psychological and brain sciences. Recent work by Duchaine, just published in the journal Brain, sheds new light on what takes place when one person looks at another.

News: US Immunologists to Honor William Green of Dartmouth Medical School

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:04:53 -0500

The American Association of Immunologists (AAI) will honor Dartmouth Medical School's chair of microbiology and immunology, William Green, for his work on public policy issues and his advocacy of research funding on behalf of fellow immunologists and other scientists.

News: Former Obama Official to Speak on New Economy, Political Polarization

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:00:33 -0500

In the News: An ACO Visionary Talks Implementation, Healthcare Reform (Medscape Today News)

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:59:37 -0500

Professor Elliott Fisher has been involved with the medical field’s accountable-care movement since day one. He recently sat down with Medscape Today News to discuss its history and implications.

Event: January 30: Lecture—"The End of Time: Maya Apocalypse Soon?", with Anthony Aveni

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:56:46 -0500

4:15pm-5:30pm, Filene Auditorium

Event: January 30: Annual James Hoffman Memorial Lecture—"Late Work," with Peter Brooks

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:53:51 -0500

4:30pm-6pm, Haldeman 041

Event: January 29: Men's & Women's Swimming vs. Princeton

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:05:37 -0500

11am, Karl Michael Pool, Alumni Gym

Event: January 29: Film—Children of Men

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:04:09 -0500

7pm, Spaulding Auditorium

Feature: Ice Pick

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:44:39 -0500

When a Dartmouth medical student picked Antarctica as the place to serve one of his elective rotations, he knew he was consigning himself to seven weeks of ice, snow, and cold. But he came away with warm feelings for those who work at the far end of the Earth and a deepened appreciation for wilderness medicine.

In the News: "Starbursts" and Black Holes Lead to Biggest Galaxies (BBC)

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:44:11 -0500

An international research team led by Dartmouth’s Ryan Hickox has discovered that today’s largest galaxies began as “starbursts.”

In the News: Chinese Musician Bridges East and West In Dartmouth Residency (Vermont Public Radio)

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:43:15 -0500

Vermont Public Radio interviews Dartmouth’s visiting artist Wu Man, virtuoso performer on the pipa, a Chinese lute that dates back 2,000 years. As part of her week-long residency, she has been teaching Dartmouth students alongside ethnomusicologist Ted Levin, the Arthur R. Virgin Professor of Music in Dartmouth’s Department of Music.

Event: January 28: Men's Ice Hockey vs. Yale

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:42:31 -0500

7pm, Thompson Arena Rink

Event: January 28: Film—Margaret

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:41:44 -0500

6:30pm & 9:15pm, Loew Auditorium, Hood Museum of Art

Ask: What is Dr. Seuss' relationship to Dartmouth?

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:40:03 -0500

“Dr. Seuss” was the pen name of Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904-1991), who was a member of the Dartmouth Class of 1925.

Feature: The Content of Our Character

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:36:00 -0500

Compassion, perseverance, courage, leadership: these are among the qualities recognized by Dartmouth's Social Justice Awards, given annually to several outstanding members of the Dartmouth community during the College's Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. An awards ceremony and a panel discussion with this year's honorees begins at 4:30 p.m. today, Friday, January 27, in Collis Common Ground.

News: Dartmouth Professor Investigates Neural Basis of Prosopagnosia

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:35:25 -0500

For Bradley Duchaine, there is definitely more than meets the eye where faces are concerned.
With colleagues at Birkbeck College in the University of London, he is investigating the process of facial recognition, seeking to understand the complexity of what is actually taking place in the brain when one person looks at another.

News: Dartmouth's United Way Campaign Wraps Up a Record-Setting Effort

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:34:35 -0500

Dartmouth’s United Way Steering Committee has announced that the 2011 Dartmouth United Way campaign raised a record $282,000.

In the News: An ACO Visionary Talks Implementation, Healthcare Reform (Medscape Today News)

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:34:05 -0500

Professor Elliott Fisher has been involved with the medical field’s accountable-care movement since day one. He recently sat down with Medscape Today News to discuss its history and implications.