Kudos

Recognition for the Dartmouth faculty, staff and students

Published November 17, 2003

Arts and Sciences

Mary Lou Guerinot, Professor of Biological Sciences and Vice Provost, was elected president of the American Society of Plant Biologists in September and assumed the presidency in October. Guerinot, who is on the advisory board for the Molecular Biology and Proteomics Core Facility, is a molecular geneticist working in the field of metal transport. Iron deficiency is a common cause of human ailments like impaired immune function, and Guerinot studies iron metabolism in an attempt to understand how iron is acquired in plants.

Tuck School of Business

Paul A. Argenti, Professor of Management and Corporate Communication, was elected to the Arthur W. Page Society board of trustees on Oct. 14. The society is a professional association that promotes ethical communications practices and stronger management roles for chief communications officers of publicly held corporations. Society members are chief communications officers of corporations with at least $2 billion in annual revenues, chief executive officers of large public relations agencies and academics.

The Tuck School of Business was recognized by the Beyond Grey Pinstripes 2003 report as having one of the top 15 programs worldwide aimed at integrating social and environmental stewardship issues into its MBA curriculum. The report, which is co-produced by The Aspen Institute and the World Resources Institute, compared 100 business schools in 20 countries based on data from the 2001-02 and 2002-03 school years. The report gave Tuck's Allwin Institute for Corporate Citizenship special notice for its contribution to social and environmental stewardship.

Dartmouth Medical School

Jocelyn Chertoff, Associate Professor of Radiology and of Obstetrics and Gynecology, was selected in July as a 2003-04 fellow by the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women. Chertoff, Director of Gastrointestinal Radiology and the Assistant Medical Director for Medical Staff Affairs, was one of 45 senior women faculty members from medical and dental schools in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada selected to the program. ELAM is the only national program geared toward preparing mid-career women faculty members for leadership positions at academic health centers.

Henry Higgs, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, was named a 2003 Pew Scholar in Biomedical Sciences for his proposal "Structure and Function of Lymphocyte Microvilli." The Pew Scholars Program is designed to support promising young investigators in clinical sciences related to the advancement of human health, and is a four year award worth $240,000. Higgs studies microvilli, minute finger-like projections from the cell surface vital to the passage of certain white blood cells from the blood stream to peripheral tissues. His work may lead to treatments for immune disorders and cancer metastasis.

The Neuroscience Center at Dartmouth (NCD) was selected as an Allied Department in the Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate (CID) in September. The CID is a multi-year research program aimed at improving doctoral education in American universities. As an Allied Department, the NCD will help form a network in the field of neuroscience, and in so doing pledges to provide additional information to the Dartmouth community regarding present CID studies. The NCD is deliberating and will develop design experiments in late fall.

Cindy Stewart was selected as a fellow in the National Library of Medicine/Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries Leadership Fellows Program in October. Stewart is Associate Director/Health Sciences Library for the Biomedical Libraries. As part of a year-long program, fellows develop their skills in library settings and are paired with mentors from academic health sciences libraries. The Program, which accepts up to five fellows annually and includes orientation and capstone events in Washington, D.C., permits fellows to maintain their usual schedules by offering self-paced Web-based courses on leadership topics.

Jack Wennberg, Professor of Epidemiology, was voted one of the 100 "Most Powerful People" in medicine by Modern Healthcare Magazine. As director of the Center for Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Wennberg has made significant contributions to the field of outcomes research, according to the magazine. By questioning prevailing but unproven theories of medical practice, Wennberg has helped generate national discourses, including the debate on how physicians and patients rate medical interventions. His research has shown that adequately informed patients often choose more conventional courses of treatment than their doctors initially recommend.

Undergraduates

Women's hockey forward Gillian Apps '06 won University College Hockey Online Division I offensive player of the week for her performance in the Big Green's 7-2 win over Providence on Oct. 31. Earlier in the week, Apps earned player of the week honors from the Eastern College Athletic Association. The Unionville, Ont., resident played for the Canadian National team during her freshman year, and finished her first Dartmouth season with 22 goals and 13 assists.

Quarterback Charlie Rittgers '06 won the weekly Boston Globe Gold Helmet Award for his play in leading Dartmouth to a 30-16 upset of Harvard, which at that time was ranked No. 16 in NCAA Division I-AA. On Wednesday, November 5, Rittgers was presented the award at the weekly New England College Football Writers' Luncheon, held at Harvard's Dillon Field House. He was honored as the player of the week in the university division.