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February 23, 2004 Issue

Volume XXII, Issue 15

Happy Suessday
Dartmouth celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of Theodor Geisel '25

ARTS & SCIENCES

• Networking brain areas guide tool use
  The uniquely human ability to use complex tools, such as controlling a toothbrush, maneuvering a pen to write a letter, or balancing a spoon to eat a bowl of soup, sets us apart from all other animals.
• Professors receive NEH fellowships
  Dartmouth professors Julia Driver and John Watanabe have been selected as two out of 180 scholars nationwide to each receive a $40,000 fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

VISITORS

• WISP alum returns, delivers lecture
  When the Women in Science Project (WISP) was established in 1990, Karen Daniels '94 was one of the first to take advantage of its research and faculty mentoring.

EVENTS

• Staging it by themselves
  A Dartmouth student group will present the musical Pippin Tuesday, March 2
• Concert of Bulgarian music planned
  Bulgarian pianist Veselinka Ivanova will perform "Piano Miniatures by Bulgarian Composers" on Wednesday, Feb. 25
• Hip-hop culture subject of conference
  Hip-hop gets a bad rap, according to Becca Heller '05, lead organizer behind "Hip Hop Identities and Poetic Race Relations," held at Dartmouth Friday, Feb. 27, and Saturday, Feb. 28.

Book discussion on new art
The Hood Museum of Art will hold a book discussion about the book Art on the Edge and Over: Searching for Art's Meaning in Contemporary Society 1970s-1990s

Speaking of health
Television journalist and Chair of Dartmouth's Board of Trustees Susan Dentzer '77 will participate in two Dartmouth presentations.

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