Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Montgomery fellow, playwright dies at 55

By Hillary Wool, The Dartmouth Staff

Pulitzer prize-winning playwright and recent Dartmouth Montgomery Fellow Wendy Wasserstein died yesterday after battling lymphoma. She was 55. More »

Wright lauds College, cautions alumni

By Elise Waxenberg, The Dartmouth Staff

College President James Wright warned alumni to avoid “adversarial relations” among themselves and with the College in a 30-minute speech to the Dartmouth Club of the Upper Valley Monday night in Alumni Hall. More »

Transition to VoIP technology nearly complete, despite delays

As Technical Services completes the last phase of a campus-wide transition to Voice over Internet Protocol, students can now enjoy new features such as caller identification on their dorm room telephones. More »

Harvard professor discusses moral benefits of broad economic growth

Harvard professor Benjamin Friedman waxed economic about the moral benefits that arise from broad and sustained economic growth in a Monday night speech sponsored by the Tuck School of Business and its Allwin Initiative for Corporate Citizenship. Friedman, who spoke to a crowd of about 80 in Carson Hall, is the William Joseph Maier Professor of Economics and Directory of Undergraduate Studies at Harvard University. More »

DREAM service group raises nearly $10,000 for summer trip

By Katie Silberman, The Dartmouth Staff

This June, while most students return home or settle in for the summer, a handful of undergraduates will take nearly 20 local underprivileged children to California for a two-week outdoor adventure. More »