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Volume XXV • Issue 9
The Impact of a Dartmouth Education: The Story of the
First Navajo Woman Surgeon
In the 1970s, when Lori Arviso Alvord '79 decided to attend college, the
first in her generation to do so, she was an exception among high school
graduates in Crown Point, an impoverished town in a Navajo community in
northwest New Mexico.
Belafonte
is MLK Keynote Speaker
Harry Belafonte, actor, recording artist, and activist delivers the keynote
address at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration. Complete schedule of
events
Collecting
Dust
Two Dartmouth researchers are part of a worldwide team studying comet material
collected by NASA's Stardust space-craft.
Dartmouth Greek
System Honored
Coed, Fraternity and Sorority system receives award based on the strength of
annual action plans developed by each Greek letter organization.
Lucille
Clifton is Montgomery Fellow This Term
Poet, historian, children's author, memoirist, and professor,
Lucille Clifton, will hold a public poety reading and conversation and is also
participating in the MLK Celebration Community Lunch.
Time to
Offshore Our Troops
Remarks by Daryl G. Press, associate professor of government, Benjamin
Valentino, assistant professor of government, and Eugene Gholz, assistant
professor of public affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.
Tuck School
to Host Biopharma Conference This Month
A conference on globalization and the pharmaceutical and biotechnology
(biopharma) industries is scheduled for January 11.
Schweitzer
Fellow Leads Robot Team to Victory
Kristen Lurie '08 works on a project mentoring and encouraging young girls in
the fields of technology and engineering by building robots.
Lusardi
Addresses Financial Education at G8 Conference
Professor of Economics Annamaria Lusardi participated in the G8 International
Conference in Moscow focused on financial literacy and saving for
retirement.
Policy
Wonks
Introduction to Public Policy Research course allows undergraduates to take on
real-world issues and provide quality, objective research to New Hampshire and
Vermont state government officials.
Hanover High Gets
a Hand from Environmental Health and Safety
New science labs at Hanover High School receive advice and assistance from EHS
on safe storage of potentially hazardous chemicals and preparing and
disposal of chemical waste.
Tech@Tuck 2007
Addresses Consumer Data Collection and Privacy Protection
The ninth Tech@Tuck event, which is free and open to the public, focuses on how
knowledge of consumers can help companies create better and more efficient
products, among other things.
Asking the
Right Questions
Faculty and staff work with a regional partnership to help young students
better understand science through a method of gathering information and asking
questions.
Found
Objects
New exhibition of works by African artist El Anatsui opens at the Hood Museum
of Art this month, running through March 2007.
Global
Health Initiative Welcomes a Tanzanian Visitor
Dr. Alli Mcharazo, senior librarian at Muhimbili University College of Health
Sciences and the chairman of the Tanzanian Library Association visited
Dartmouth's libraries, and talked with faculty and staff on a wide range of
subjects.
Turn Up the
Heat on Your Research
The Dartmouth Library invites you to "WARM Up Your Research" at the
eResources Fair on Wednesday, Jan. 10, from 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. in the Baker
Library Main Hall.
In Memoriam:
Margaret A. Otto, 1937-2006
College pays tribute to its 16th librarian and the woman who helped Dartmouth
expand its collection, transition into the digital age, and encouraged a strong
service ethic across the libraries.
Kudos
Recognition for Dartmouth faculty, staff, and students.
Dartmouth
Geneticist Elected Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of
Science
Jennifer Loros elected for her research on the molecular dissection of the
circadian clock using the mold model Neurospora crassa.
Low Doses of
Arsenic Impact Hormone Activity
Recent paper written by Dartmouth Medical School researchers and published by
Science magazine investigates how low doses of arsenic, such as in
drinking water, affect human physiology.
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