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Volume XXIV • Issue 10
Adolescent drinking
linked to alcohol use in movies
Seeing movies that feature characters drinking alcohol can predispose young
adolescents to experiment with alcohol at an early age, concludes a study led
by Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) researchers.
Making the
Rounds
Segway makes covering campus easier. Robert Crossett zooms past Carson hall on
a Segway HT (Human Transporter). Crossett rides the Segway for his job as a
computer coordinator in the Computing Services Department.
Alumni, Students
Honored at Annual Social Justice Awards Ceremony
The fifth annual Social Justice Awards ceremony, part of Dartmouth's Martin
Luther King, Jr. celebration, will be held on Friday, January 27 at 5 p.m. in
Alumni Hall.
Don't Feed the
Artist
What would it be like to go to work every day in a Macy's display window? J.
Kiku Langford '06, a studio art major, is finding out as she spends the month
of January painting in a makeshift studio set up in the Barrows Rotunda-a
360-degree exhibition space that greets visitors to the Hopkins Center.
Wright
Selected for National Education Summit
President James Wright participated in a summit of higher education leaders
co-hosted by the U.S. Departments of State and Education on January 5 and
6.
Public
Affairs, Tuck Launch Podcast Services
"Views from the Green" broadcasts Dartmouth voices; Radio Tuck covers
technology and business
Terry
Tempest Williams Arrives as Montgomery Fellow Feb. 6
Author and environmental activist Terry Tempest Williams will begin her
Montgomery Fellow residence on Monday, February 6. On campus until Saturday,
March 4, she will present a public lecture, "Circles of Community: From
Castle Valley to Rwanda," on Tuesday, February 21 at 4:30 p.m. in Filene
Auditorium, Moore Hall.
Home Page
Renovation Under Way
As the World Wide Web continues to evolve, so does Dartmouth's Web site. And
the next upgrade to the site is now under way.
Holocaust
Remembrance Project Gathers Honors for Dartmouth Hillel
In 2005 Rabbi Edward Boraz, rabbi and executive director of Dartmouth Hillel,
took 19 students of diverse religious and cultural backgrounds to the town of
Lunna, Belarus for Project Preservation to restore a desecrated and
long-abandoned Jewish cemetery.
Army Increases
Scholarship Support for Dartmouth's ROTC Cadets
The commanding officer of the U.S. Army's Cadet Command has notified Dartmouth
President James Wright that, beginning this month, the Army will increase its
support of scholarships for Army ROTC cadets at Dartmouth to cover full tuition
and fees.
Kudos
Recognition for Dartmouth faculty, staff and students
Projecting
Talent
Peter Nigrini '93 (front right), video designer for the Bill T. Jones/Arnie
Zane Dance Company, speaks to Lighting Design 1 students on January 13.
Dartmouth
Alumnus Wins Mitchell
Daniel Preysman '04 is among the 12 national recipients of the 2006-2007 George
J. Mitchell Scholarship. This is the first time a Dartmouth student or graduate
has received the Mitchell award.
Dartmouth
Association of Latino Alumni Officially Recognized by College
The Dartmouth Association of Latino Alumni (DALA) has received formal
recognition as an affiliated group of Dartmouth College by the Office of Alumni
Relations.
Ruoff is 2006
DCAL Fellow
The Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning (DCAL) has announced that
Jeffrey Ruoff, assistant professor of film and television studies, will enjoy a
DCAL Fellowship for Teaching and Technology in the summer term of 2006.
Conference
Honors Sadik al-Azm
In a year in which many of Dartmouth's faculty and institutions are engaged in
discussions about the intersection of religion and politics, the College will
host a conference honoring Sadik al-Azm, a professor of Philosophy at the
University of Damascus, exploring areas where he has emerged as a leading
intellectual influence: Orientalism and religious fundamentalism.
Past in Reverse:
Contemporary Art of East Asia
The Hood Museum of Art recently unveiled a major exhibition from the San Diego
Museum of Art featuring works by more than twenty established and up-and-coming
artists and artists' groups from mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, and
South Korea.
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