The parents of Christina Porter ‘06, a student who died after a physical education skiing accident at the Dartmouth Skiway in 2004, have filed a wrongful death and negligence lawsuit against the College. More »
Carmen Twillie Ambar, currently the dean of Rutgers University’s all-women Douglass College, is one of four finalists being considered by the Dean of the College search committee to fill the position vacated last May by James Larimore. Tom Crady of Grinnell College, Michelle Garfield of the University of Georgia and Jean Kim of the University of Puget Sound round out the field. More »
U.S. News and World Report rated the Tuck School of Business the seventh best graduate business program in the country in the magazine’s annual rankings, published March 30. The ranking is two spots higher than Tuck’s position last year. More »
Two years after Dartmouth’s only speech professor resigned in protest of what he deemed administrative neglect, the College’s speech program may be resuscitated. Dartmouth has formed a search committee to find a new professor of speech and will begin reviewing applications for the position this month. More »
Thayer School of Engineering professor and co-founder of the Mascoma Corporation Lee Lynd was awarded the inaugural Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability on Monday. The award, which comes with $100,000, was given to Lynd in recognition of his work on the conversion of cellulosic material into ethanol. More »
At the beginning of every term, Heather Strack ‘07 makes sure to check the library on the first floor of Sigma Delta sorority to see if any of the books that she needs for her courses are hiding among the shelves. More »
Speaking about the future of democracy in Morocco, Aziz Mekouar, the Moroccan ambassador to the United States, gave a speech to Dartmouth students and community members Monday at the Rockefeller Center. The ambassador’s speech, titled “Democracy and Liberalization in Morocco and the Upcoming Moroccan Elections,” focused on Morocco’s advancements in human rights, as well as its foreign relations with other African countries. The lecture was co-sponsored by the Dickey Center. More »
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