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Dartmouth undergraduate publication celebrates 10 successful years

Wed, 14 May 2008 10:11:33 -0400

Colleges, by nature, are always changing. Students come and go, and often their on-campus initiatives fade after graduation. That's why it's a notable milestone when a campus student journal can celebrate 10 years of continuous publishing history, which the Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science will do this spring.

Podcast: The Rockefeller Center, with Andrew Samwick

Tue, 13 May 2008 11:11:20 -0400

Dartmouth's Rockefeller Center is celebrating two milestones this year - the center turns 25, and it's also the centennial of Nelson Rockefeller's birth. In this podcast, Andrew Samwick, professor of economics and director of the Rockefeller Center, reflects on Rockefeller's career and the activities at his eponymous center.

New Dartmouth dorm cluster gets gold LEED rating

Thu, 08 May 2008 16:27:53 -0400

Dartmouth's recently completed McLaughlin Cluster residence halls have been recognized by the U.S. Green Building Council for their environmental sustainability, winning Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) gold certifications. The recognition makes the fourth such certification for Dartmouth buildings in four months. Gold LEED certifications were recently awarded to residence halls McLane and Fahey; academic facilities Kemeny Hall and the Haldeman Center received silver LEED certifications in February.

2008 Dartmouth Pow-Wow coming up May 10-11

Thu, 08 May 2008 14:37:54 -0400

Organized by the student group Native Americans at Dartmouth (NAD), the 36th Annual Dartmouth Pow-Wow will take place on the Dartmouth Green on Saturday, May 10 and Sunday, May 11, with the Grand Entry taking place at noon on both days. In case of rain, the event will move to Thompson Arena.

Manton Foundation gift endows Dartmouth's Digital Library Program and Orozco mural conservation

Thu, 08 May 2008 11:10:05 -0400

A major gift from the Manton Foundation will create a $3 million endowment to support the Dartmouth College Library's Digital Library Program. An additional $1 million endowment will support preservation and education programs for The Epic of American Civilization, a mural in the Reserve Reading Room of Baker Library painted by Mexican artist José Clemente Orozco between 1932 and 1934. In recognition of the Manton gift, the Reserve Reading Room on the lower level of Baker Library will be renamed The Orozco Room.

Africa's first elected female president to be Dartmouth Commencement speaker

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:16:47 -0400

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, President of Liberia, will deliver the main address at Dartmouth College's 2008 Commencement exercises on Sunday, June 8, on the Dartmouth Green. She is also one of eight individuals who will receive honorary degrees at the event.

Read the full news release at:
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~news/releases/2008/04/22.html

Earth Day at Dartmouth

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:38:07 -0400

On Earth Day (and every day) the Big Green really goes green. Today, and throughout the year, activities with a focus on sustainability are planned, in keeping with Dartmouth's ongoing commitment to sustainability and environmental awareness.

Holly Sateia named new VP for Institutional Diversity and Equity

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:34:17 -0400

Dartmouth President James Wright has appointed Holly Sateia the Vice President for Institutional Diversity and Equity at Dartmouth. In this position, she will work to promote Dartmouth's efforts around diversity and inclusion.

Impact of digital culture to be considered by panel of journalists

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 08:48:07 -0400

On Wed., April 30, four national journalists will be on campus to consider the ways in which digital advancements have played out in society. Part of their visit includes a free panel discussion titled "Our Digital Lives: Successes and Failures in the Digital Age." The discussion will be held at 4:30 p.m. in Silsby 028.

DMS professor honored by American Cancer Society

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:58:39 -0400

Ethan Dmitrovsky, the Andrew Wallace Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology and professor of medicine at Dartmouth Medical School, has been named a Clinical Research Professor by the American Cancer Society. This honor, only awarded to two or three people each year, is the ACS's leading grant award, and it recognizes a researcher's contributions to science and to patient care, and supports their work in mentoring future generations of researchers.

Green screen

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:04:47 -0400

Dartmouth students living in the McLaughlin Cluster residence halls enjoy a living space designed for efficient and sustainable energy use, and beginning on April 24, the residents of four floors of the new residence halls will also have the opportunity to see exactly how much their own behavior affects their buildings' energy use.

Dartmouth researchers discover chromium's hidden magnetic talents

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:58:45 -0400

Two Dartmouth researchers have determined that the element chromium displays electrical properties of magnets in surprising ways. This finding can be used in the emerging field of "spintronics," which might someday contribute to new and more energy-efficient ways of processing and storing data.

Dartmouth artist named 2008 John Simon Guggenheim Fellow

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:26:27 -0400

Enrico Riley, an artist from Norwich, Vt. and a senior lecturer in studio art at Dartmouth, has been awarded a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. The award supports Riley's work in painting.

Mellon New Directions Fellowship awarded to Dartmouth professor

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 09:31:12 -0400

Larry Polansky, the Jacob H. Strauss Professor in Music, has been awarded a New Directions Fellowship by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support his emerging interest in American Sign Language (ASL) poetry and performance. This type of award, according to the Mellon Foundation, is for advanced training in pursuit of a specific research agenda outside the recipient's own discipline, and as a long-term investment in his intellectual range and productivity.

Dartmouth professor named Carnegie Scholar

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:00:11 -0400

Susannah Heschel, the Eli Black Professor in Jewish Studies and professor of religion, has been named a Carnegie Scholar by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. As one of 20 scholars appointed this year, Heschel will receive funding that will give her two years of sabbatical from teaching in order to concentrate on research and writing. During her time as a Carnegie Scholar, Heschel plans to write a book tentatively titled, "The Monotheistic Triangle: Judaism and Islam in the Modern Christian World." The 2008 awardees are the fourth consecutive annual class to focus on Islam, bringing to 91 the number of Carnegie Scholars devoted to the topic since the program began in 2000.

Dartmouth institute bestows cyber security collection on Naval Postgraduate School

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:17:30 -0400

In a ceremony on the campus of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) near Washington, D.C., Dartmouth's Institute for Information Infrastructure (I3P) recently transferred responsibility for its cyber security library to the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Center for Homeland Defense and Security in Monterey, California.

Recovering the music and culture of an Asian nation's colonial past

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:08:58 -0400

An international and interdisciplinary symposium at Dartmouth College April 30 through May 2 will celebrate the unique music and culture that flowered in the Philippine Islands in the late stages of its colonial rule by Spain.

New sugarhouse ushers in spring

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:49:14 -0400

On a recent late-winter day, Dartmouth Organic Farm Manager Scott Stokoe, Andy Rowles '65, DMS '72, and Peter Van Deventer '08 selected prime sugar maples in the farm's hilly woodlands above the Connecticut River. As they wrapped plastic tubing around the soon-to-be-tapped trees, their goal was to select the optimal route so the watery sap would travel smoothly down the hill. Though there was still a foot of snow on the ground, it was sunny and above 40 degrees. "It felt like a good day to get out," said Van Deventer. "My parents have sugar taps in Vermont, and I miss it."

From its largest pool of applicants for undergraduate admissions to date, Dartmouth invites 2,190 to join the Class of 2012

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:16:48 -0400

Dartmouth announced today that it has extended offers of admission to 2,190 applicants for its Class of 2012, from a pool of 16,536 - the largest of number of applicants in the College's history and 2,361 more than applied for last year's entering class.

What's it like to work at Dartmouth?

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:59:32 -0400

Nearly 50 eighth graders from schools around the Upper Valley will spend the morning of Wednesday, March 26, in 16 different Dartmouth College areas of operation as part of the annual "Job Shadow Day" run by the Upper Valley Business and Education Partnership (UVBEP).

Green grad comes home

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:36:03 -0400

"Building bridges has been a hallmark of my career," says Kathy Fallon Lambert '90, and she plans to bring that spirit to her new role as Dartmouth's incoming sustainability manager. Lambert, who is scheduled to take office in August 2008, will help the College develop a strategy to integrate sustainability principles and practices into Dartmouth's operations and culture. She has worked extensively with both public and private institutions to bridge the gap between science and environmental policy, and will be looking for opportunities to bring together the diverse constituencies at Dartmouth to make Dartmouth more sustainable.

Dartmouth symposium to consider mechanisms that underlie humanity

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:05:23 -0400

Can computers simulate the complex workings of the human brain? Can algorithms replicate our humanity? What brain mechanisms separate humans from apes? From robots? On May 9-10, Dartmouth's Neukom Institute will host "The Human Algorithm," a conference that will examine work currently underway to computationally analyze the rules that govern the human brain and human behavior.

Dartmouth math professor wins top fellowship

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:08:58 -0400

Craig Sutton, a Dartmouth College assistant professor of mathematics who specializes in differential geometry, has been awarded a prestigious research fellowship from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation for the 2008-2009 academic year.

Podcast: Making Engineering Relevant, with Joseph Helble

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:59:29 -0400

Is America lagging in technological innovation? Are engineering jobs being outsourced overseas? In this podcast, Dean of the Thayer School of Engineering Joseph Helble talks about these issues and about the slow shift in engineering curriculum now underway.

Nitrogen controls a plant's circadian rhythms, researchers find

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 09:49:51 -0400

A group of researchers, which includes faculty from Dartmouth, has determined that organic nitrogen controls a genetic network in plants that regulates both the plant's nitrogen metabolism and its circadian clock.

Trustee Al Mulley '70 to chair search for new president; Board sets tuition, room and board charges for 2008-09

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 12:54:17 -0500

During its winter meeting March 1-2 in Hanover, the Dartmouth Board of Trustees made a preliminary announcement about search plans for a successor to President James Wright, who recently announced that he plans to step down in June 2009. The board also set tuition, room and board rates for academic year 2008-09, increasing tuition 4.9%.

Digital ice

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:37:21 -0500

Dartmouth's Rauner Special Collections Library houses one of the world's most extensive bodies of research materials on the North and South Poles, and thanks to a grant from The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, two key collections from that material will be fully digitized, making them easier to access and available to scholars everywhere.

Peaceful, egalitarian hunter-gatherers retain traditions despite homeland loss

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:55:46 -0500

In the 1970s, the Batek people of the Malaysian rainforest were living much as their ancestors probably had for thousands of years: in groups of families, moving every few weeks to a fresh spot from which to hunt small game, dig tubers, and gather forest products for trade with outsiders.

Two Dartmouth students net top USA Today honor

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:04:24 -0500

Dartmouth College seniors Zachary Kaufman and N. Taylor Thompson, both engaged in socially conscious entrepreneurship and deeply involved in the college's William Jewett Tucker Foundation, are among 20 students nationwide to be chosen for USA Today's 19th annual "All-USA College Academic First Team." The winners' names were announced today in the publication, which has a circulation of more than 2 million.

Researchers discover similar planetary system to our solar system

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:04:44 -0500

Two Dartmouth researchers are part of the team that has discovered a planetary system where the two largest planets are very similar to Jupiter and Saturn, in terms of mass and distance from their host star. The study appears in the Feb. 15 issue of the journal Science.

Cell researcher receives three-year fellowship to encourage young scientists

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:03:52 -0500

A Dartmouth College cell biologist in the growing area of cilia and flagella movement has received a three-year fellowship aimed at encouraging young scientists to enter the field of cell biology.

Dartmouth names new head of communications

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:56:53 -0500

Dartmouth College announced today that it has appointed Diana L. Pearson as its new vice president for communications. Pearson, a seasoned communications executive who has held a number of senior strategic communications roles with leading media companies, will assume her new role in March 2008 and report to Dartmouth president James Wright. Pearson will take over the role from Sheila Culbert, senior assistant to the president, who has been serving as the interim vice president for communications since last year.

Dartmouth researchers find the root of the evolutionary emergence of vertebrates

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:25:43 -0500

Dartmouth researchers and colleagues from the University of Bristol in the U.K. have traced the beginnings of complex life, i.e. vertebrates, to microRNA. The researchers argue that the evolution of microRNAs, which regulate gene expression, are behind the origin of early vertebrates.

Dartmouth receives $5 million gift for the arts

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:31:01 -0500

Dartmouth College's Hopkins Center for the Arts has been awarded $5 million from The Howard Gilman Foundation to endow the center's directorship, providing resources to support the director's position and venture funds for new Hopkins Center initiatives. The late Howard Gilman, a prominent New York arts benefactor whose family has made substantial gifts to the College, was a member of Dartmouth's Class of 1944. In honor of the gift, the Hopkins Center director will hold the title "Howard Gilman Director of the Hopkins Center."

Dartmouth President James Wright announces intention to step down as president in June, 2009

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 10:26:56 -0500

Wright’s Tenure Distinguished by Improved Undergraduate Experience, Expanded Faculty, Increased Student Aid, Revitalized Campus, and Strengthened Financial Position

Wright to Focus in His Remaining Time on Completing Capital Campaign, Continuing Faculty Expansion, Launching Planned Facilities Construction, and Academic Initiatives

Letter to the Dartmouth community from President James Wright

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 10:25:04 -0500

Letter to the Dartmouth community from President James Wright

Letter to the Dartmouth community from Trustee Chair Ed Haldeman '70

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 10:24:41 -0500

Letter to the Dartmouth community from Trustee Chair Ed Haldeman '70

Dartmouth launches Institute for Writing and Rhetoric

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:29:17 -0500

The Office of the Dean of Faculty is pleased to announce the establishment of the Dartmouth Institute for Writing and Rhetoric. The ability to communicate ideas clearly and persuasively is an essential feature of a liberal arts education, and the Institute enriches the long-term commitment of Dartmouth's faculty to teaching these skills.

Presidential poetry: What the candidates' words reveal

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:41:52 -0500

Which candidate sounds most like Martin Luther King Jr. or Bill Clinton? Who is more negative in campaigning, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, or perhaps John Edwards? A Dartmouth student and his professor have analyzed the texts of hundreds of speeches to make revealing comparisons.

Dartmouth President to receive Semper Fidelis Award for work with veterans

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:43:48 -0500

Dartmouth President James Wright will be honored by the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation (MCSF) with the Semper Fidelis Award, which will be presented to Wright at the organization's 33rd annual Philadelphia Ball in April, 2008. Wright is to be honored for his efforts to ensure educational opportunities for wounded veterans.

Two Dartmouth professors recognized with CAREER Awards from NSF

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:47:43 -0500

Reza Olfati-Saber, assistant professor of engineering at Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering, and Fabio Pellacini, an assistant professor of computer science, were recently honored with awards from the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program at the National Science Foundation (NSF). The award recognizes and supports the activities of teacher/scholars early in their careers, and the awardees are often considered emerging leaders in their respective fields. Recipients are selected for career development plans that integrate research and teaching.

Dartmouth students, faculty praised at scientific meeting

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:19:15 -0500

In early December, Roxanne Karimi, who earned her Ph.D. at Dartmouth in 2007, received the Karen Wetterhahn Memorial Award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences' Superfund Basic Research Program (SBRP). The award is presented annually to an exceptional graduate student or postdoctoral scholar within the SBRP, and it honors the scientific and mentoring accomplishments of the late Karen Wetterhahn, a professor of chemistry at Dartmouth who died in 1997 as a result of an accidental exposure to dimethylmercury. Wetterhahn was an internationally recognized scientist who studied the carcinogenic effects of chromium and nickel, and she also was a pioneer in efforts to encourage and support women in the sciences, helping launch Dartmouth's Women in Science Project.

Podcast: Dartmouth's new financial aid initiative

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:26:14 -0500

On January 22, Dartmouth President James Wright announced a major new financial aid initiative, designed to keep Dartmouth accessible to academically talented students regardless of their financial situation and which will extend the College's need-blind admissions program to all international students as well. In this "Views from the Green" podcast, Dartmouth's Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Maria Laskaris and Director of Financial Aid Virginia Hazen talk about the initiative.

Dartmouth announces new financial aid initiative

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:54:52 -0500

Dartmouth President James Wright announced today a number of enhancements to the College's financial aid packages for undergraduates, beginning in academic year 2008-09, to ensure that Dartmouth remains accessible to academically talented students regardless of their financial situation. The new initiatives also extend the College's need-blind admissions program to all international students, who typically represent about 7 percent of each incoming class. The Dartmouth Board of Trustees approved the enhanced program at a special board meeting Jan. 16.

Dartmouth campaign reaches $1 billion mark

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:34:49 -0500

The Campaign for the Dartmouth Experience reached an important milestone in December 2007, surpassing $1 billion in gifts since its launch in 2002. More than 65 percent of alumni and roughly 66,000 alumni, parents, and friends of the College have invested in the lives of students and faculty with their donations to programs, endowments, the annual fund, and facilities-keeping Dartmouth at the leading edge of American higher education.

Edelman to be MLK keynote speaker

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:35:33 -0500

This year, Dartmouth's series of events celebrating the life and work of the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. will focus on the theme "(In)Visible Identities: The King Legacy and the Class Divide." Marian Wright Edelman, long-time civil rights advocate and founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund (CDF), will deliver this year's keynote address. The celebration will begin on Sunday, Jan. 20, and continue through Friday, Feb.1. Most programs are free and open to the public.

William Green named dean of Dartmouth Medical School

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:24:12 -0500

William Green, chair and professor of microbiology and immunology, has been named dean of Dartmouth Medical School (DMS). Green takes over for Stephen Spielberg, who stepped down in early January to devote more time to his research and international health initiatives. Green will serve as dean for a non-renewable term. Green's service will extend through an organizational review of DMS and through the search and appointment of the subsequent dean.

Dartmouth researchers alarmed by levels of mercury and arsenic in Chinese freshwater ecosystem

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:20:01 -0500

A team of researchers, led by biologists at Dartmouth, has found potentially dangerous levels of mercury and arsenic in Lake Baiyangdian, the largest lake in the North China Plain and a source of both food and drinking water for the people who live around it.

Podcast: The NH Primary

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:08:15 -0500

New Hampshire is the perfect place for Professor of Government Dean Lacy to study elections, voting behavior, and political strategy. In this podcast, Lacy discusses the results of New Hampshire Primary and offers suggestions for what to look for during the rest of the primaries and in the coming months of general election campaigning.

Podcast: Students and the New Hampshire Primary

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:57:57 -0500

Gregory Boguslavsky '09 and Michael Heslin '08 are two of Dartmouth's - and New Hampshire's - leading student political organizers. Boguslavsky, a Republican, and Heslin, a Democrat, talk about the student perspective on the primary and their own hopes and expectations for their parties' eventual nominees.

Dartmouth study questions cost effectiveness of digital mammography screening

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 08:52:07 -0500

A cost-effectiveness study comparing digital mammography and conventional film mammography for breast cancer screening finds that digital mammography does not improve health enough to warrant its higher cost unless its use is limited to women under age 50 or women with dense breasts.

Dartmouth's Christmas tree is both green and "green"

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:57:10 -0500

They shine in many colors, but the lights on Dartmouth's 35-foot-tall blue spruce Christmas tree are all truly "green" this year, as they draw 90 percent less energy than the standard incandescent tree lights. Thanks to the Department of Facilities Operation and Management, new energy efficient LED (light-emitting diode) lights provide the festive sparkle this year.