Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Hunter’s campaign stresses nat’l defense

By Ben Nunnery

Pressing for tougher national defense and updated trade deals, presidential candidate Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., spoke to students and community members in the basement of the Haldeman Center Monday night in an event sponsored by the Rockefeller Center and the College Republicans. More »

Post victory, Hodes returns to campus

By Michael Coburn

Newly elected Rep. Paul Hodes ‘72, D-N.H., held a town hall meeting at the Rockefeller Center on Monday night to discuss his recent debut in the U.S. House of Representatives, the Iraq war and the state of the U.S. economy. Hodes, who was returning to Dartmouth for the first time since his election, made sure to thank the Town of Hanover and the College Democrats — who co-sponsored the Rockefeller Center event — for support that he said allowed him to defeat six-term incumbent Republican Charlie Bass, a 1974 graduate of the College. More »

Wolf ‘70 says he’ll bring ‘global perspective’

By Katy O'Donnell, The Dartmouth Staff

Competing in a field of candidates from predominantly corporate and legal backgrounds, former ambassador John S. Wolf ‘70 says he will bring a global perspective to the Board of Trustees, a group whose members are largely pulled from corporate America. More »

Balkcom awarded $400,000 NSF grant

By Carolyn Kylstra, The Dartmouth Staff

The National Science Foundation recently awarded Dartmouth computer science professor Devin Balkcom with a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, which is given to young scholar-teachers who show promise of becoming leaders in their fields of study. Recipients of the award “effectively integrate research and education within the context of the mission of their organization,” according to the NSF website. More »

Japanese internment stories recalled

By Zach Swiss, The Dartmouth Staff

Drawing parallels between the 1940s and the post-9/11 world, three women whose families were directly affected by Japanese internment camps during World War II ran a panel discussion hosted by the Dartmouth Japan Society. The event, held on Monday night, marked the 65th anniversary of President Franklin Roosevelt’s issuance of Executive Order 9066, which called for the internment of nearly 120,000 Japanese-Americans. More »

Daily Debriefing

By Brook Jackling
  • Dartmouth’s Figure Skating team took first place in the first of two national qualifying competitions held at Boston University on Feb. More »
  • Dartmouth Medical School pediatrician Susanne Tanski spoke Feb. 12 at an American Medical Association conference in Washington, D. More »
  • A study conducted by Dartmouth Medical School and the Veterans Affairs Outcome Group in White River Junction, Vt. More »