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Volume XXIII, Issue 2
DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL
- Monitoring
first responders
Dartmouth researcher Sue McGrath met the right people at the right time last
spring, and it led to the chance to try out her remote medical monitoring
equipment during an emergency responder workshop in mid June.
- Improving
Kosovo's prenatal care
Dartmouth Medical School will help expand health-care resources in Kosovo
through a partnership to improve the lives of mothers and babies in the
city of Gjakova, Kosovo
Study says
parental control pays
Children whose parents prevent them from watching R-rated movies have a much
lower risk of taking up smoking. That's the finding of research published
in the July 6 issue of the journal Pediatrics.
What's real,
what's phony?
"Seeing is no longer believing. Actually, what you see is largely
irrelevant," says Hany Farid. He is referring to the digital images
that appear everywhere: in newspapers, on websites, in advertising, and
in business materials, for example.
EVENTS
- Concert: Ju
Percussion Group
East meets West in the Ju Percussion Group from Taiwan. Saturday, Aug. 7.
- Film:
College
Buster Keaton plays a bookish freshman determined to win the popular
girl, who favors athletes. Sunday, Aug. 15.
- Concert: Dave
Samuels and The Caribbean Jazz Project
A mix of tunes from Cuba, South America, Haiti and Brazil. Saturday, Aug.
21.
- The high cost
of cheap food
The George Link Jr. Environmental Awareness Lecture, titled "Following the
Food Chain: The High Price of Cheap Food" by Michael Pollan, will
take place on Tuesday, July 27
- Care
through the end of life
As families and clinicians work together to care for patients in their final
days, state laws can either help or hinder their efforts.A free public
policy forum on Tuesday, Aug. 3.
- Memorial
Service
A memorial service for Christine Chevalier, Associate Vice President for Human
Resources, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, July 30, in Rollins
Chapel.
- Students
curate exhibition of women photographers
On view through Sept.19 at the Hood Museum of Art, Looking Backward,
Moving Forward: Women Photographers in the Hood's Collection showcases
the museum's commitment to giving students the opportunity to shape
acquisitions and exhibitions.
- Luis
Gispert/Loud Image
The exhibition Luis Gispert/Loud Image is on view at the Hood Museum of Art
until Sept, 19.
TECHNOLOGY
- DHMC named
'Most Wired' in survey
For the second year in a row, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) was
named in July one of the top communications-technology users in the
nation.
Internet phones
coming
This summer, Dartmouth Computing Services personnel will switch all faculty and
staff members who have 646 exchanges from regular telephones to Voice
over Internet Protocol (VoIP).
ARTS & SCIENCES
- Nature mimics
industry
Human-made chemical compounds called organohalogens get lots of attention, as
they are best known for their often harmful effect on the environment -
substances like the CFCs, dioxin, PCBs and several pesticides. Their
naturally occurring cousins, however, don't get the recognition they
deserve.
Research
Awards
Dartmouth researchers were awarded $23.8 million during May, including $4.7
million in new and competing awards.
Howard Dean
visits
Former presidential candidate and Vermont Gov. Howard Dean lectured on July 10
in two undergraduate courses. Dean's two-day visit also included
scheduled office hours and a student dinner discussion on women's
issues.
Recent books by
Dartmouth authors
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