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April, 2012

• Jim Yong Kim named World Bank president. (Washington Post, 4/16/2012)
• U.S. candidate is chosen to lead the World Bank. (New York Times, 4/16/2012)
• World Bank chooses U.S. nominee Kim as its new president. (Bloomberg, 4/16/2012)
• World Bank taps Obama nominee to be its president. (Associated Press via NPR, 4/16/2012. AP story also carried by USA Today, The Boston Globe, FOX News, Huffington Post, BusinessWeek, and more.)

March, 2012

• Dartmouth's Kim has much to offer the World Bank. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 3/27/12)
• President Obama nominates Dartmouth College president to lead World Bank. (The White House Blog, 3/23/12)
• Jim Yong Kim nominated to head World Bank. (Bloomberg, 3/23/12)
• College president is Obama's pick for World Bank chief. (The New York Times, 3/23/12)
• U.S. picks physician to head World Bank. (The Wall Street Journal, 3/23/12)
• Global health expert chosen as World Bank nominee. (NPR, 3/23/12)
• Charlie Greenroom with Jim Yong Kim, president of Dartmouth College. (Charlie Rose, 3/18/12)

February, 2012

• Ivy League rethinks concussions. (Huffington Post, 2/29/12)

January, 2012

• Dartmouth president hopes to apply public-health lessons from Rwanda and Peru to binge drinking. (The Chronicle of Higher Education, 1/8/12)
• Dartmouth president leading campaign against binge drinking. (Austin American-Statesman, 1/16/12)

October, 2011

• Dr. Jim Yong Kim (Charlie Rose, October 5, 2011)
• Schooling for a new way to do health care. (The Philadelphia Inquirer, 10/9/11)
• Dartmouth's Jim Yong Kim wants presidential leadership on health care. (The Philadelphia Inquirer, 10/10/11)
• Dartmouth's Kim on U.S. health care, education. (Bloomberg, 10/11/11)

September, 2011

• Battling high-risk drinking on campus. (The Washington Post, 9/16/11)

May, 2011

• Dartmouth leads action to reduce binge drinking. (Associated Press, published by Seattle Post-Intellgencer and other outlets, 5/2/11).
• Health reform's next test. (Washington Post editorial, 5/17/10)

• Obama-endorsed Dartmouth health study leads to solutions center. (Bloomberg News, 5/17/10)
• $35M for Dartmouth health care delivery center. (Associated Press, 5/17/10). AP story also carried, in varying lengths, by multiple outlets, including The New York Times, Forbes, The Huffington Post, TheStreet.com, The Guardian (UK), Baltimore Sun, Boston Globe, and WBUR.org (Boston, MA).
• Health care from all disciplines. (Inside Higher Ed, 5/17/10)
• $35-million gift to Dartmouth to create center on health-care delivery science. (Chronicle of Higher Education "The Ticker" blog, 5/17/10)
• Dartmouth to launch new health care degree. (New Hampshire Union Leader, 5/17/10)
• Dartmouth receives $35 Million donation. (Valley News, 5/17/10)

January, 2011

• The Exchange: Dartmouth President Jim Yong Kim. (NHPR, January 13, 2011)

December, 2010

• Three-part interview, WCAX-TV.

• Part 1: Kim on challenges at Dartmouth College. (December 22, 2010)
• Part 2: Kim on future growth at Dartmouth. (December 23, 2010)
• Part 3: Interview with Dartmouth President Jim Yong Kim. (December 24, 2010)

April, 2010

• The Dartmouth Solution: President Jim Yong Kim talks with Bloomberg on the economy. Host Tom Keene. (AUDIO, Bloomberg Radio, 4/23/10)

March, 2010

• On Leadership: Dartmouth College President Jim Yong Kim. (Washington Post, 3/31/10)
• Dartmouth's chief tackles endowment hit with tough cuts. (Wall Street Journal, 3/25/10)
• Coffee with Dartmouth President Kim. (Washington Post, 3/25/10)

February, 2010

• Dartmouth College to accept Haitian students displaced by quake. (Partners in Health, 2/16/10)

January, 2010

• Dartmouth's president, a global health leader, offers perspectives on helping Haiti. (Chronicle of Higher Education, 1/14/10)

December, 2009

• "We've got to face the gap": Dartmouth president addresses $100 million spending cut by 2011. (Valley News, 12/2/2009)

November, 2009

• Kim begins Dartmouth overhaul. (Valley News, 11/21/2009)

October, 2009

• Budget cuts, round II: Dartmouth's difficult choices. (Valley News, 10/29/09)
• Paul Farmer - On Jim Kim's vision for Dartmouth. (VIDEO, Huffington Post, 10/22/09)
• Dartmouth's president is thinking big. (Concord Monitor, 10/9/09)

September, 2009

• Dr. Jim Yong Kim. (Bill Moyers' Journal, PBS, 9/11/09)
• Thinking big: Dartmouth's ambitious Dr. Kim. (Valley News editorial, 9/28/2009)
• Coverage of President Kim's inauguration (story 2). (Donga A Ilbo (in Korean), 9/24/09)
  
• Coverage of President Kim's inauguration. (Maeil News (in Korean), 9/24/09)
• Korean inaugurated as president of Dartmouth College. (Korea Times (in English), 9/23/09)
• Coverage of President Kim's inauguration. (YTN 24 Hour News Channel, Korea (in Korean), 9/23/09)
• Coverage of President Kim's inauguration (story 1). (Chosun Ilbo (in Korean), 9/23/09)
• Coverage of President Kim's inauguration (story 2). (Chosun Ilbo (in Korean), 9/23/09)
• Coverage of President Kim's inauguration (story 1). (Yonhap News Agency (in Korean), 9/23/09)
• Coverage of President Kim's inauguration (story 2). (Yonhap News Agency (in Korean), 9/23/09) Mentions The Boston Globe piece about Dr. Kim.
• Inauguration slide show. (Yonhap News Agency (in Korean), 9/23/09)
• Coverage of President Kim's inauguration. (Korea Daily (New York, in Korean), 9/23/09)
• Coverage of President Kim's inauguration. (Korea Daily (National, in Korean), 9/23/09)
• Coverage of President Kim's inauguration (story 2). (Korea Daily (New York, in Korean), 9/23/09) Quotes Katie Gonzalez '12 for a student perspective.
• Coverage of President Kim's inauguration (story 1). (Donga A Ilbo (in Korean), 9/23/09)
• "Aspire to change the world": Jim Yong Kim sets out to lead Dartmouth. (Valley News, 9/23/09)
• President Simmons speaks at inauguration of Dartmouth president. (Today at Brown, 9/22/09)
• Coverage of 'Reflections on Leadership for Social Change' panel. (Yonhap News Agency (in Korean), 9/22/09) Story reprinted at Maeil News.
• Coverage of Monday's inaugural events. (Korea Daily (New York, in Korean), 9/22/09) Story syndicated.
• Coverage of Monday's inaugural events. (Donga A Ilbo (in Korean), 9/22/09)
• Dartmouth inaugurates a new president. (Yale Daily News, 9/22/09)
• New Dartmouth president inaugurated. (Associated Press as presented by the Concord Monitor, 9/22/09) AP story carried, in varying lengths, by multiple outlets, including Boston.com, Huffington Post, Baltimore Sun, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Miami Herald, Chicago Tribune, Seattle Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times.
• Dartmouth inaugurates Ivies' first Asian president (Update 1). (Bloomberg News, 9/22/09)
• Dartmouth College inaugurates new president. (New England Cable News, text and video, 9/22/09) Video also posted on Boston.com.
• Dartmouth college formally inaugurated Dr. Jim Yong Kim as its new president. Video | Text (WMUR-TV, Manchester, NH, 9/22/09)
• Dartmouth inaugurates 17th president. (WCAX.com, 9/22/09)
• Dr. Jim Yong Kim inaugurated. Video | Text (WPTZ/WNNE-TV, Upper Valley and Burlington, VT, 9/22/09)
• The 17th president of Dartmouth college officially began his tenure. (FOX 44, WVNY-TV, Burlington, VT, 9/22/09. Not available online.)
• Dartmouth prepares to inaugurate its new president. (Vermont Public Radio local news Tuesday morning 9/22/09)
• Dartmouth's 17th president is inaugurated. (Vermont Public Radio local news Tuesday evening 9/22/09)
• A Muscatine High School graduate is now the first Asian-American to lead an Ivy League college. (WQAD-TV, Davenport, IA, 9/22/09. Not available online.)
• Dartmouth chief is Ivy's first Asian-American president. (Washington Post blog "The Answer Sheet", 9/21/09)
• New president has Dartmouth eager for change. (Boston Globe, 9/21/09)

July, 2009

• Jim Yong Kim takes office as president. (The Dartmouth, July 1, 2009)
• Dartmouth welcomes new president. (WCAX-TV, July 1, 2009)

May, 2009

• Kim looks to coming presidency. (The Dartmouth, May 27, 2009)
• Creating better people. (Brown Alumni Magazine, May/June 2009)

April, 2009

• New Dartmouth president to speak at Brown. (Providence Business Journal, April 9, 2009)

March, 2009

• Kim named Dartmouth president. (Korean-American Science and Technology News, March 25, 2009)
• An inspiring Harvard-to-Dartmouth move. (Providence Journal-Bulletin, March 11, 2009)
• Dartmouth's next leader: Dr. Kim comes to Hanover. (Valley News editorial, March 8, 2009)
• Dartmouth selects its new president from Harvard. (The New York Times, March 3, 2009)
• Dartmouth taps world health pioneer as next president. (Boston Globe, March 2, 2009)

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