Speaking of Dartmouth - Current Issue

The Lorax is a Dartmouth tale

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:41:50 -0400

So says Professor Donald Pease in a video marking the debut of the film Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, produced by Christopher Meledandri '81. Pease also shares the "story behind the story" of The Lorax.

Statecraft and service

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:41:20 -0400

During a two-day visit to Dartmouth this month, Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga honored service to Kosovo by dean and physician James Strickler '50, DMS '51. President Jahjaga also gave a public lecture about her young nation and met with Dartmouth students, faculty, and staff.

See photos; watch video.

The gift of a Dartmouth education

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:40:46 -0400

Dorothy and Robert King '57 are helping to address the problem of global poverty by establishing a scholarship program for exceptional students from developing nations.

International honor

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:40:24 -0400

Lawrence Kritzman, professor of French and of comparative literature, has been named to the Legion d'Honneur by French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Here's your spring syllabus

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:39:51 -0400

Actually, it's a list of must-reads from Dartmouth faculty including John Carey, Kate Conley, Douglas Irwin, Jennifer Lind, Richard Wright, and more.

Do I know you?

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:39:25 -0400

Bradley Duchaine, associate professor of psychology and brain science, investigates what goes awry in prosopagnosia, a neurological condition that keeps people from recognizing faces.

Video: Spring training with MLB pitcher Kyle Hendricks '12

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:39:01 -0400

Hendricks preps for the Texas Rangers by returning to Dartmouth, for classes as well as for time in the field house and weight room. Did you know Dartmouth has been fielding a baseball team since the 1860s?

Speak up, Dartmouth alumni

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:38:31 -0400

Balloting is underway and continues through April 11 as Dartmouth alumni nominate three new trustees and elect an Association of Alumni Executive Committee. Learn more at Vox the Vote.

Protecting consumers

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:38:03 -0400

Continuing media attention to Dartmouth's arsenic research includes calls for the FDA to pay attention to the food safety of rice products.

Cool companies

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:37:36 -0400

Dartmouth Engineer magazine catches up with young alumni who've launched innovative startup ventures.

Star struck

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:37:09 -0400

Dartmouth Alumni Magazine drops in on Professor Brian Chaboyer's course "Exploring the Universe."

Prototyping the $300 House

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:36:47 -0400

It's a concept Tuck Professor Vijay Govindarajan has seen come a long way since an August 2010 blog post. The Financial Times reports on a Tuck-hosted international workshop from which the first ultra-affordable homes emerged.

Dartmouth on location

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:36:09 -0400

Join President Jim Yong Kim and Dartmouth experts in New York City on April 27 to explore "Reciprocating Creativity: The Friendship of Gertrude Stein and Pablo Picasso" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Dartmouth Alumni Travel

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:35:21 -0400

A feast for all of your senses! Join fellow alumni and friends for Flavors of Northern Italy, August 25 to September 2, 2012, with Graziella Parati, chair of the Department of French and Italian. More information/registration.

Record number of students take the plunge at Winter Carnival

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:54:35 -0500

More than 500 students—about 200 more than last year's record number—demonstrated their Carnival spirit and jumped into the icy water of Occom Pond for the 18th annual Polar Bear Swim.

Three students wore a video camera for their turn in the water. Watch the footage and shiver along with the swimmers.

Read and watch more.

ski racer Senior wins men's 20K Cross Country Carnival Classic

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:53:26 -0500

Eric Packer '12 of Anchorage, Alaska, won the 20-kilometer cross-country race held at Stowe, Vt., with a time of 59:17.4. The ski team finished second overall behind the University of Vermont. See more ski results, and check out the video footage taken from the helmet of alpine racer Dylan Fisher McCarney '15 as he takes a practice run at the Skiway.

Photographer James Nachtwey '70 awarded the Dresden International Peace Prize

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:52:53 -0500

Read about the prize and view some of Nachtwey's photos.

Dartmouth researchers find that organic food sweetener may be a source of dietary arsenic

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:52:23 -0500

As people seek healthier dietary regimens they often turn to things labeled “organic.” Lurking in the background, however, is an ingredient that may be a hidden source of arsenic—an element known to be both toxic and potentially carcinogenic.

Alumni tackling the "world's troubles" share their stories

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:51:49 -0500

Now the self-assured leader of a foundation that empowers girls in the Dominican Republic, Jessica Lawson ’04 admits that she didn’t start out with confidence and conviction.

Meet students in the Health Care Delivery Science program's first year

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:51:07 -0500

In this first installment of a week-long series, Dartmouth Now features stories from the master’s program at the Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science.

William Kamkwamba '14 talks about his new children's book, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:50:21 -0500

At age 24, William Kamkwamba ’14 has accomplished more than many can hope to achieve in a lifetime. The Dartmouth undergraduate built a homemade windmill in his native Malawi at age 14 to provide electricity to his family’s home; watched his book The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind spend five weeks on The New York Times bestseller list in 2009; and on January 19 saw the release of a children’s version of his book, which the Wall Street Journal deems “ingenious” and the Boston Globe calls “powerful.” A documentary about Kamkwamba’s life, “Moving Windmills,” is also in the editing stages and the filmmakers hope to release it later this year.

Anthropology Professor Nathaniel Dominy discovers that an endangered tiny primate produces ultrasonic sounds (The New York Times)

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:49:38 -0500

One of the world’s smallest primates turns out to be the only one that is ultrasonic, making and receiving calls that are outside the range of human hearing.

Special screenings of The Lorax for alumni in Hollywood (February 28), New York (March 1), and Boston (March 3)

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:49:03 -0500

Produced by Chris Meledandri '81, the film is based on the book by Theodor Geisel, Class of 1925, otherwise known as Dr. Seuss. The film opens nationwide on March 2.

Join President Jim Yong Kim during alumni club visits in Atlanta (March 8), San Francisco (March 16), and Washington, D.C. (March 21)

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:44:27 -0500

President Jim Yong Kim '82a meets with alumni around the country at events sponsored by the Alumni Relations Office and alumni clubs. Join us! Hear from President Kim about Dartmouth today and connect with alumni and friends.

Registration is required.

Dartmouth's rental car perks and rates now available for alumni, parents

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:43:38 -0500

Dartmouth has changed its rental car agreement and many of the benefits now extend to alumni and parents. The benefits are available even if the rental is for personal use unrelated to Dartmouth business travel.

New technology provides eye-level, 360-degree views of Dartmouth campus

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:57:43 -0500

Have you ever wanted to point out a campus view or landmark to a friend or prospective student? Now you can—no travel required—thanks to Google's "Street View" feature launched in January.

Professor of economics: Improve observation of K-12 teachers

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:56:46 -0500

In a report released by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Dartmouth's Douglas Staiger and his co-author recommend ways to improve teacher evaluations to help teachers learn how they are most effective.

Guess the snow sculpture for Carnival in Candyland: The Sweetest Carnival Ever

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:56:19 -0500

Preparations for the 2012 Carnival, to be held February 9 through 12, are underway. What do you think this year's sculpture will be? Submit your guess at Dartmouth's Facebook page. You could win an exclusive prize—a 2012 Winter Carnival poster.

Dartmouth is eighth on Foreign Policy list of top international relations undergraduate programs

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:55:36 -0500

If you're looking for small-town New England charm and an Ivy League intellectual pedigree, it's hard to do better than Dartmouth.

English major Shanée Brown '12 of Bridgeport, Conn., receives a 2012 Aspiring Teacher of Color fellowship

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:54:50 -0500

Shanée Brown ’12 of Bridgeport, Conn., has been selected as one of 25 nationwide recipients of the 2012 Aspiring Teachers of Color Fellowships from the Woodrow Wilson-Rockefeller Brothers Fund. The fund was created to help recruit, support, and retain individuals of color as public education teachers and administrators.

Professor Ming Meng offers new insights on left brain/right brain paradigm

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:54:18 -0500

Professor Ming Meng investigates image perception differences between the left and right brain.

A conversation with WNBA President Laurel Richie '81

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:53:17 -0500

Laurel Richie ’81 found herself at the forefront of women’s athletics in April 2011 when she was appointed president of the WNBA. The longtime marketing executive became the first African American woman to serve as president of a U.S. professional sports league.

Midwives, reindeer, and graffiti: Student photos of internships and research abroad

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:52:36 -0500

Helping midwives deliver babies in Ghana, studying the impact of global warming on the Sami culture in Finland, and teaching brass music in Cape Town are among the first-hand experiences that students will discuss during the third annual Student Forum on Global Learning on January 16, 2012.

Women's hockey team, unbeaten in its last seven games, is ranked #10 nationwide

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:51:45 -0500

The Dartmouth women’s hockey team is unbeaten in its last seven games and has improved to 11-5-2 overall. The Big Green are 7-3-2 in ECAC Hockey and are 2-1-1 in the Ivy League entering the weekend.

Video: Kayla Gebeck '12, a Red Lake Ojibwe from Red Lake, Minn., talks about dancing, art, and her heritage

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:50:29 -0500

When Kayla Gebeck ’12 was a first year student, she was photographed by artist Mateo Romero ’89 while dancing in Dartmouth’s 2009 Pow-Wow. That enlarged photograph, which Romero painted over and transformed into one of his signature pieces, now hangs in the Hood Museum of Art.

Photos of Dartmouth's ongoing 2012 Martin Luther King Jr. celebration

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:49:12 -0500

The Dartmouth community celebrated Martin Luther King Jr's legacy in a number ways.

Explore island life in Greece and Turkey with Professor John Rassias

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:33:02 -0500

The Dartmouth Alumni Travel program departs October 11, 2012, returning October 19, 2012.

Join President Jim Yong Kim during alumni club visits in Atlanta (March 8) and San Francisco (March 16)

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:31:56 -0500

March 8 | Atlanta | noon–2 pm
Loews Atlanta Hotel, 1065 Peachtree Street

March 16 | San Francisco | 5:30-7:30 pm
Four Seasons Hotel, 757 Market Street, 5th Floor

Gather with alumni in Vail, Col., March 2 through 4 for the eighth annual CarniVAIL

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:30:39 -0500

March 2nd, 3rd and 4th of 2012, Vail, Colorado

Year in review: 11 stories from 2011

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:05:08 -0500

The team at Dartmouth Now (the College's online news source) took a look back at the hundreds of Dartmouth stories covered this year and picked some favorites. They include the Winter Carnival centennial; #1 finishes in spring sports; Conan O'Brien's Commencement address; and the openings of the Class of 1953 Commons and the Class of 1978 Life Sciences Center.

Season's greetings from Dartmouth!

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:04:27 -0500

Enjoy this slideshow of winter images, with music by the Dartmouth Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble.

Nathaniel Fick '99, Richard H. Kimball '78, and Ben Wilson '73 are Trustee candidates

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:03:54 -0500

The Alumni Council has nominated one candidate for each of three open alumni-nominated trustee seats on the Board of Trustees. Balloting will take place online and by mail from March 14 through April 11, 2012.

Research on arsenic exposure and on photo retouching in the news

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:03:21 -0500

Recent Dartmouth studies—one on digitally altered photos (such as those on the left) and another on arsenic—have grabbed headlines, including from The New York Times and from TIME.

http://now.dartmouth.edu/2011/12/dartmouth-researchers-evaluate-rice-as-a-source-of-fetal-arsenic-exposure/

With 60 percent of undergraduates participating, Dartmouth is among top institutions for study abroad

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:01:15 -0500

Dartmouth currently has more than 40 language and non-language programs, all of which are part of the College curriculum and are led by Dartmouth faculty.

The NHL and Dartmouth: See a list of 17 alumni in professional hockey

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:00:34 -0500

Under head coach Bob Gaudet and his coaching staff, Dartmouth has been one of the top programs in terms of producing NHL talent in recent memory. No other Ivy League or ECAC Hockey team had more players on National Hockey League rosters this season than the Big Green.

The Class of 2016 begins to take shape with 465 students accepted through early decision

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:59:42 -0500

Dartmouth has admitted 465 students into next year’s entering Class of 2016 from a pool of 1,801 Early Decision applicants. The prospective students were notified via a secure website on December 9.

Professors Duane Compton, Russell Hughes, Lee Lynd, Jason Moore, and George O'Toole elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:58:39 -0500

Five Dartmouth faculty members have been selected as 2011 fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and the publisher of the journal Science.

Dartmouth challenges engineering students to develop solutions to high-risk drinking

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:57:37 -0500

It’s not standard practice to ask engineers to take on a social problem, but that’s just what President Jim Yong Kim and Professor John Collier did recently when they challenged students in an introductory engineering course to come up with solutions to campus binge drinking.

Photos of the 203rd session of Alumni Council, December 1-3

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:56:58 -0500

Members of the Dartmouth Alumni Council came to Hanover on December 1-3 for the 203rd session of the council. They nominated three alumni candidates for seats on the Dartmouth College Board of Trustees, met with President Kim and other administrators and faculty, and presented the 2010-11 Dartmouth Alumni Award to David Eichman '82, Susan Finegan '85, and Curt Welling '71, '77Tu.

Dartmouth Alumni Travel: Mystical India, beginning March 15, 2012

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:56:05 -0500

Travel the classic Golden Triangle with Associate Professor of Government Dirk Vandewalle and explore the cities of Delhi, Agra, Jaipur, and the Ranthambore Tiger Preserve.

Women's hockey plays at Boston's Fenway Park on January 10

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 09:55:29 -0500

The game against Providence will be the only women's college hockey game played there this season.