According to sources close to the selection process, the Dean of the College search committee has decided on four finalists to fill the position vacated by James Larimore last May: Michelle Garfield of the University of Georgia, Thomas Crady of Grinnell College, Jean Kim, formerly of the University of Puget Sound, and a fourth, female candidate whose name was not leaked to The Dartmouth. The sources wished to remain anonymous because they were not authorized to release the candidates’ names.
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Applications for admission to the Class of 2011 increased by approximately two percent over last year, marking the fourth consecutive year Dartmouth has seen an upward trend and the first time the majority of applicants are women.
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Professor Ronald Green, the director of the Ethics Institute at Dartmouth, criticized the influence of the religious right on the U.S. government’s policies concerning bioethics in a Wednesday evening lecture in Filene Auditorium.
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Congressional offices sit empty, governors’ mansions collect dust and even the houses of former mayors are growing cold. These civil servants are not on vacation — they are in New Hampshire and Iowa, almost a year before the presidential primaries will occur.
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Global climate change will devastate not only the environment, but the health and well-being of societies across the world, argued Columbia professor Kim Knowlton in her Wednesday lecture, “Climate Change: The Public Health Implications.”
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When thinking of disaster relief on the Gulf Coast, debris removal and building reconstruction usually come to mind. But for Fran Norris, a Dartmouth psychiatry researcher who works for the National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, disaster relief efforts will focus on “people reconstruction” through a psychological impact survey.
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For drivers who want to ease guilt from generating carbon dioxide emissions, purchasing a TerraPass may be worth the money. Led by Chief Executive Officer Tom Arnold ‘98, the TerraPass program, a for-profit venture, was designed to combat global warming by offering to help them offset their carbon dioxide emissions. William Schlesinger ‘72 and George Favaloro Tu’88 serve as advisors to the environmentally-friendly company.
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