February 2, 2009 Issue

'Summiting a Century'
Winter Carnival celebrates 100 years of the Dartmouth Outing Club

Ahead of the Curve
Winter Carnival is just one of many Dartmouth Outing Club (DOC) innovations that have been adopted by colleges around the nation.

In the Spotlight
New members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Update on the College Budget
Endowment investment returns drop 18 percent in first half of fiscal year

Center Stage
Dartmouth Gospel Choir performs with Grammy winners at Inauguration event

Remembrance in Rauner
Students curate Civil War exhibition

Wrights Honored by Hanover Chamber
President James Wright and Susan DeBevoise Wright received the Hanover Area Chamber of Commerce's (HACC) inaugural Community Spirit Award.

Kudos
Recognition for Dartmouth faculty, staff, and students

In Brief
Dartmouth receives record applications for Class of 2013, Thayer School grant to support graduate fellows in Ph.D. Innovation Program, DMS researchers publish findings relevant for treating solid cancerous tumors, and more

Big Green Bookshelf
Recent books by Dartmouth authors

Research Awards
Dartmouth researchers were awarded $8.7 million during December, including $5.5 million in new and competing awards.

Investigator Spotlights
Mary Albert, visiting professor of engineering sciences; Laura Flashman, associate professor of psychiatry; Alan Gustman, the Loren M. Berry Professor of Economics; and Todd Heatherton, professor of psychological and brain sciences and the Champion International Professor in Honor of Andrew C. Sigler