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February 9, 2004 Issue

Volume XXII, Issue 14

ARTS & SCIENCES

• Algorithm used to detect disease
  Dartmouth researchers have developed an algorithm that may someday be used to analyze blood for diagnostic purposes.
• N.H. poet laureate named
  Dartmouth poet and Professor of English Cynthia Huntington will become New Hampshire's new poet laureate
• Melinda O'Neal leaves Handel Society
  The Handel Society of Dartmouth College is losing its conductor and music director of 25 years.

DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL

• Yeast aids development of medicines
  New biochemical studies may hold clues to more powerful malaria and pneumonia treatments that could save lives worldwide.
• Public enthusiastic about cancer testing, study finds
  The public is committed to cancer screening, even with false-positive results or the possibility that testing could lead to unnecessary treatment, according to a Dartmouth Medical School study.

STUDENTS

• Journals published by undergraduates grow
  Two Dartmouth journals, both less than five years old, attract attention on campus and off.

ADMINISTRATION

• New alumni newsletter e-mailed
  Dartmouth has a new monthly news and information resource for alumni and others: an e-newsletter called Speaking of Dartmouth.

Research Awards
Dartmouth researchers were awarded $9.2 million during December, including $2.6 million in new and competing awards.

TUCK SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

• Tuck's adults read to local kids
  Each week, 59 students, staff and faculty members of the Tuck School mentor and read from good books with local elementary school students during their lunch hour.

EVENTS

• Winter Carnival
• Film: Shattered Glass
• Performances
• Neuroscience Day
• Young filmmaker to lecture
  Writer-director Julie Talen will show her award-winning film, Pretend, and will offer a lecture Feb. 22, in Loew Auditorium
• Lecture: Cancer Prevention
  Ethan Dmitrovsky will discuss "Treating Cancer through Prevention Mechanisms" on Wednesday, Feb. 11
• Cross Country Ski Center offers traditional winter activities

KUDOS

• Recognition for the Dartmouth faculty, staff and students

Poster Exhibition
A collection of 550 posters, designed by Michael Amberger, Friday, Feb. 13 in Baker-Berry Library

Every Woman Counts
Democratic presidential candidates discussed issues of concern to women on Jan. 25, an event cosponsored by Dartmouth, the Lifetime Network and ABC-TV's Good Morning America.

Class: Stress Control
A weekly class on stress control will be offered at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in March and April.

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