Monday, April 24, 2006

Al-Nur to host week for Islamic awareness

By Joanna Patterson

Al-Nur, Dartmouth's Muslim Student Association, is hosting an Islamic Awareness week this Monday through Friday in an effort to help the Muslim community at Dartmouth band together, as well as to debunk misconceptions about Muslims. More »

Professors' patents can pull in cash for College

By Alex Belser, The Dartmouth Staff

Unlike the figure skater of the same name known for jumping and spinning above the ice, Thayer School of Engineering professor Victor Petrenko is getting attention for melting it. More »

First A.I. essay contest to publish student work

By Lense Gebre-Mariam, The Dartmouth Staff

The first John McCarthy Artificial Intelligence Prize for scientific and philosophical articles discussing artificial intelligence will be awarded to an undergraduate this year in a contest sponsored by the Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Science and Aporia Dartmouth Undergraduate Journal of Philosophy, two student-run publications. More »

NY Fed. Reserve CEO lectures econ. class

By Zach Swiss, The Dartmouth Staff

The President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Timothy Geithner '83, spoke to Professor James Feyrer's macroeconomics classes last Friday and described the inner workings of the Federal Open Market Committee, its history, and how the Fed creates America's economic policy. More »

Daily Debriefing

By Compiled by John Fine
  • Red Rolfe '31 is the subject of a recently released book by William Anderson entitled "The View From the Dugout: The Journals of Red Rolfe." He was a third baseman for the New York Yankees in the late 1930s and early 40s, the manager of the Detroit Tigers from 1949 to 1952 and Director of Athletics at Dartmouth College from 1954 to 1967. More »
  • For the first time, the National Institute of Health's Office of Medical Applications of Research will hold their annual seminar entitled "Medicine in the Media" at Dartmouth. More »
  • Jennifer Mercer G '02 is studying ozone depletion at McMurdo Station in Antarctica with a research team from the University of Wyoming. More »