Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Furstenberg retires late Monday evening

By Marina Agapakis, The Dartmouth Staff

Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Karl Furstenberg announced Monday his plans to retire by July of next year. The College will soon begin its search for Furstenberg’s successor, according to Provost Barry Scherr. More »

Alumnus receives prestigious arts award

The Heinz Family Foundation selected photojournalist James Nachtwey ‘70 and five others to receive the 12th annual Heinz Award in the Arts and Humanities, it announced Monday. Nachtwey will receive the $250,000 award from the Heinz Family Foundation in a private ceremony in Pittsburgh this October. More »

Former valedictorian guilty in child porn case

By Hillary Wool, The Dartmouth Staff

Gary Bremer ‘84 was sentenced to two years in prison for illegal possession of child pornography on Friday. He was arrested last March after police found over 300 pornographic images of children on a laptop computer he pawned at a shop near his New Haven, Conn. home. Bremer, 45, was valedictorian of his class at Dartmouth. More »

Students uncover Holocaust history

By Lense Gebre-Mariam, The Dartmouth Staff

A group of 15 Dartmouth students representing different backgrounds and faiths traveled to Eastern Europe this past June to restore an abandoned Jewish cemetery and erect a fence around an unmarked mass grave. More »

Trustee balances business, non-profit

Career Services inaugurated its 2006 Employer Connections Fair Monday evening with an address entitled “Uncharted Maps: Life through Multiple Careers” by Dartmouth Trustee Michael Chu ‘68, who told students that it is possible to successfully switch back and forth between corporate and not-for-profit careers and simultaneously contribute to society. More »

Connections fair brings employers to Dartmouth

In an effort to showcase some of the job and internship opportunities available to seniors, Career Services will host the Employer Connections Fair today and tomorrow from 12 to 4 p.m. in the Alumni Hall and the Top of the Hop. More »

Daily Debriefing

  • Scott Gridley ADV’03, a graduate of Dartmouth Medical School, has been named the senior research scientist of Blue Sky Biotech, Inc. More »
  • Saturday marked the start of the fourth annual Chalk Talk lecture series with economics professor Andrew Samwick’s “Reforming Social Security and Medicare” lecture at the Hanover Inn. More »
  • Former Dartmouth Medical School professor William Berndt died on Aug. 31 at the age of 73 due to ongoing lung complications. More »