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November 17, 2003 Issue

Volume XXII, Issue 10

ARTS & SCIENCES

• Growing to their own drummers
  Dartmouth researchers have learned that natural variations in a plant's circadian clock correlate with the plant's latitude.
• Lender bias taints credit market
  New research by economist David Blanchflower and colleagues at Wellesley and Williams Colleges argues that discrimination by credit lenders prevents many African-American business owners from even getting into the stadium.
• Analysis provides picture of soil erosion
  Two Dartmouth researchers have quantified the chemical weathering rates of bedrock at three sites around the world.
• New lawsuits advance local affirmative action programs through better research
  Research by Dartmouth economist David Blanchflower on discrimination in credit markets has been at the heart of four precedent-setting lawsuits recently.

STUDENTS

• Putting food on the community table
  A Dartmouth student organization is taking on problems of hunger in the Upper Valley, providing what is needed most: free meals, fresh vegetables and information.
• Sophomore works in field with prof and grad student
  Mapping trip to Wyoming gives close view of geology work

EVENTS

• Uses of mapping to be exhibited at GIS Day
  As part of a global promotion of mapping technology, Dartmouth will celebrate GIS Day on Wednesday, Nov. 19.
• Oh, the places he went
  Four Dartmouth students are celebrating the work of the late Theodore Geisel '25, also known as Dr. Seuss, with an event on Tuesday, Nov. 18.
• Christmas Tree Lighting
  Dartmouth's annual Christmas Tree Lighting will take place at 5:15 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 5
• Holiday Receptions
  President James Wright and Susan DeBevoise Wright invite the Dartmouth community to their annual holiday receptions on Friday, Dec. 5, and Saturday, Dec. 6

DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL

• MPH program accredited
  Dartmouth Medical School's program for the master of public health degree has been awarded the maximum accreditation term of five years.
• Retinoids found useful in cancer treatment
  Dartmouth Medical School research points to a potentially larger role for retinoids in the treatment of cancer.
• TB vaccine helps AIDS patients
  A vaccine against tuberculosis has shown promise in people with HIV.

KUDOS

• Recognition for the Dartmouth faculty, staff and students

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Vox Schedule Changes

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