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Volume XXVI • Issue 3
Wright Is a
"New Englander of the Year"
President James Wright has been chosen a "New Englander of the Year" for
2007 by the New England Council.
Library
Acquires Rare Sendak Collection
The Dartmouth College Library has acquired a considerable collection of
books and artwork by Maurice Sendak, author of over 20 children's books and
illustrator of over 80 more.
Dartmouth
Donors Set New Standard for Generosity
Dartmouth celebrated another successful fund-raising year with $159.1 million
in charitable gifts during the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2007.
Merce
Cunningham Tickets on Sale Aug. 22
Tickets for the Oct. 5 and 6 performances of XOVER by the Merce Cunningham
Dance Company will go on sale to the public Aug. 22.
Haldeman
Honored for "Rebuilding Trust"
The national leadership of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity presented Charles E.
"Ed" Haldeman Jr. '70, chairman of the Dartmouth Board of Trustees, its
biennial citation for distinguished career or professional achievement.
Mark Your
Calendars for Fall Montgomery Fellows
Merce Cunningham, renowned choreographer and modern dance pioneer, will be in
residence at Dartmouth with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company Oct. 2 until
7.
On a
Mission
Public school students Harini Natarajan, Olivia Graham, Eleanor Seaman, and
Erika Tischbein, assisted by Dartmouth graduate student Jonathan Barlow, test
robots they built and programmed this summer.
Dartmouth,
Brookings Institution Announce Partnership
A program to improve the value of health care by addressing uneven quality and
excess costs was unveiled recently by the Brookings Institution and
Dartmouth.
The Future of
401K
A Dartmouth economist, working with colleagues from Harvard and MIT, has
developed projections of future levels of retirement wealth to address what
some analysts have called a "perfect storm" of events that threatens the
retirement security of future retirees.
Community
Cookout Goes Waste-Free
The Dartmouth Community Cookout will have a different look this year—there
won't be a garbage can in sight. As part of Dartmouth's ongoing efforts to
reduce waste and improve sustainability, the picnic for more than 3,500 people
will produce absolutely no trash.
Bruce Duthu to
Speak at Convocation
The 2007 Convocation address will be given by N. Bruce Duthu '80, the Gordon
Russell Visiting Professor in Dartmouth's Native American Studies Program and a
professor of law at Vermont Law School.
Subatomic
Spin Doctors
An international team that includes a Dartmouth physicist has reported findings
that could advance the emerging field of quantum information processing.
Social Justice
Awards Nominations Due August 31
Dartmouth's Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee will be accepting
nominations for the College's annual Social Justice Awards.
Research
Awards
Dartmouth researchers were awarded $38.9 million during June, including $4.7
million in new and competing awards.
When Is the
Right Time?
A landmark nationwide study, published in the August issue of
Pediatrics, is the first ever to prospectively examine the
decision-making process of over 4,000 mothers and their physicians around the
readiness of mothers and their infants to leave the hospital after
childbirth.
Dartmouth to
Host Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate
On Sept. 26, 2007, Dartmouth College will once again be at the center of the
national political stage when the College hosts and co-sponsors a Democratic
Presidential Candidates Debate as the battle for the Democratic presidential
nomination heats up.
Liberal Arts in
the Persian Gulf
The American University of Kuwait and the Legacy Project are co-sponsors of a
workshop taking place Aug. 20 through 24 on liberal education in the Arabian
Peninsula.
Kudos
Recognition for Dartmouth faculty, staff, and students
Trading
Places
William Chacon, a college student from Nicaragua, delivers a presentation about
his experience with sustainable farming to Dartmouth students in an Ecological
Agriculture class. Chacon was one of six students and a professor from the
University of the Autonomous Regions of the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua
(URACCAN) who visited Dartmouth for 10 days in July.
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