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Volume XXIV • Issue 14
In
Memoriam: James O. Freedman
James O. Freedman, 15th President of Dartmouth and an influential leader in
American higher education, died March 21, 2006, at age 70.
Folt Appointed
Dean of Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Carol Folt, award-winning teacher and pioneering environmental
scientist, has been appointed to a five-year term as dean of the Faculty
of Arts and Sciences.
Residence
Halls Named
Two residence halls in the new McLaughlin Residential Cluster will be named in
honor of the Rauner and Thomas families for their generous gifts that help
support high priority facilities projects.
Fuentes,
Albee to Visit Dartmouth in April
Carolos Fuentes, Mexican novelist and playwright Edward Albee visit
campus in April.
Adding
Interest
David Blanchflower, the Bruce V. Rauner Professor of Economics, was appointed
to the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England.
Green
Houses
Sustainable design course brings engineering and studio arts students
together.
In the
Spotlight: New Members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Beginning with this issue, a new series of profiles will spotlight members
of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences who have recently joined the community.
Getting Back on
Track with Tuck
Back in Business: Invest in Your Return is a newly developed executive
education program designed to update and refresh management and leadership
skills of business professionals who want to re-enter the workforce.
Growing Up Is
Hard to Do
Dreams & Discoveries: Journeys Through Childhood, a series of eight
sessions, will highlight the many advances enhancing our understanding of
childhood development and children with special needs or chronic illness.
Heating Up
the Icemaking Business
Professor Victor Petrenko's icemaking invention could revolutionize the
industry.
Once and
Future Kings
Sarah Allan, who holds the Burlington Northern Foundation Professorship in
Chinese Studies in Honor of Richard M. Bressler, has received a grant from the
National Endowment for the Humanities to study 4th century B.C. Chinese bamboo
slip-texts.
Dartmouth
Makes the Grade
Hispanic Magazine ranks Dartmouth number 10 of the Top 25 colleges for
Latinos.
Shell
Game
Dartmouth becomes the first Ivy League institution to switch to cage-free eggs
and one of only 80 colleges and universities in the nation.
Moving
Pictures
Dartmouth computer animation students debut their work in a free public
screening.
Call for 2007
Martin Luther King, Jr. Social Justice Awards Nominations
Recognizing members of the Dartmouth and Upper Valley communities, nominations
for the 2007 Social Justice Awards are now being accepted.
Research
Awards
Dartmouth researchers were awarded $8.8 million during February, including $2.9
million in new and competing awards.
New Insights
on a Viral Link to Skin Cancer
Research led by Margaret Karagas of the Norris Cotton Cancer Center has found a
virus that may be a risk for skin cancer.
No More
Training Wheels
Four undergraduates develop a new stabilizing system that can replace training
wheels on young children's bikes.
Mabou
Mines DollHouse Reinvents
Ibsen's Classic
The Mabou Mines theater troupe presents an inventive and profound production of
A Doll's House, with a twist.
Coaxing the
Spirits to Dance
The Hood Museum of Art's new exhibition explores the relationship between
social life and artistic expression of Papua New Guinea.
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