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Vol XXVI • Issue 9
2008 MLK
Celebration Focuses on Class
This year, Dartmouth’s series of events celebrating the life and work of
the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. will focus on the theme
(In)Visible Identities: The King Legacy and the Class Divide.
Lift Off
Robyn Millan, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, will lead a
NASA project to launch more than 40 high-altitude balloons from Antarctica to
study the Earth’s Van Allen Belts.
Dartmouth
Ranks High in Junior Faculty Satisfaction
Dartmouth has been recognized as one of the best places for junior faculty
to work.
Mark Your
Calendars for Montgomery Fellows
Montgomery Fellow Juan Williams will deliver a public lecture, “The Changing
Face of America: Money, Race and Age in the New Century,” on Jan. 22 at 4:30
p.m.
Awards
Recognize “Extraordinary Contributions”
Seven undergraduates received Dean of the College Awards for Service during
a Nov. 28 ceremony.
Crossing
Disciplines to Address Mercury Pollution
Four members of Dartmouth’s engineering, business, and arts and sciences
faculty are collaborating to help curb the social and ecological impacts of
mercury pollution in New England.
NEH Fellowship
for Swayne
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has granted a one-year
fellowship to Associate Professor of Music Steve Swayne.
A Win-Win
Partnership
Nonprofit with Dartmouth ties recycles, resells electronics
New Kids on the
Block
When complete this summer, Hanover’s pedestrian-friendly area known as
South Block, located roughly from South Street’s Howe Library to Main Street,
will be home to about 70 Dartmouth community members and 10 new and relocated
businesses.
Tiny
Treasure
The Dartmouth College Library has acquired a 31/4 x 2-inch book of hours
that was once used by a young girl who was likely a princess in
mid-16th-century France.
Kudos
Recognition for Dartmouth faculty, staff, and students
Recruiting for
The Big (Ever)Green
Towards the end of November each year, “Big Green” takes on a whole new
meaning for Bob Thebodo, grounds department supervisor, and his FO&M tree
team.
From the Ground
Up
The advent of the cultivation of grains was a boon to humankind, giving
humans a type of food that could be stored and would sustain them through
drought and famine.
Teaching and
Learning Fair
On Jan. 8, the Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning (DCAL) will
host the first annual Teaching and Learning Fair.
Capital
Performances
The Subtleties, a Dartmouth all-women a cappella group, made a splash with
their winter tour of Washington, D.C.
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