Friday, April 20, 2007

Hank Paulson named graduation speaker

By Brook Jackling, The Dartmouth Staff

The 74th Secretary of the Treasury, Henry M. Paulson Jr. ‘68, will deliver this year’s Commencement address. Paulson, the former chairman and chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs, will also receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at the June 10 ceremony. More »

MRI method could differentiate tumors

Dartmouth researchers are working on a project that may allow doctors to better determine whether a tumor is malignant or benign - without having to do a surgical biopsy. Members of the College’s Near Infrared Imaging Group published an article earlier this week in the April issue of the Optics Letters journal discussing their research on a new breast cancer diagnosis technique. More »

Security officer publishes poetry on the side

By Amanda Cohen, The Dartmouth Staff

In the silence of the early morning subway cars, published poet Keiselim Montas found literary inspiration in his fellow passengers. He used to observe the intricacies of their mannerisms until he got off his stop in Lower Manhattan, where he started the day’s work in his job as a senior training manager for the Department of Public Safety at New York University. More »

Bloggers ponder impact of musings

By Michael Coburn, The Dartmouth Staff

Seven bloggers discussed the impact of blogging on American discourse at a panel Thursday hosted by the Rockefeller Center. According to the panelists, blogging has revolutionized the media and allowed every American to become a citizen journalist. More »

Police Blotter

By Jesse Silberberg, The Dartmouth Staff

__April 10, 2:24 p.m., Low Road__ A local resident reported to Hanover Police that her credit card information had been used fraudulently on the internet. She said that $7,000 worth of charges had been made over a two-day span. The incident was passed on to the FBI’s fraud unit. More »

Daily Debriefing

  • Despite rumors of a genital herpes outbreak, Dick’s House has not seen any more genital herpes cases than normal. More »
  • A study conducted at Dartmouth Medical School finds that tea drinking can reduce the risk of skin cancer. More »
  • Dartmouth Medical School student Narath Carlile was recently chosen as one of 55 medical students across the United States to be granted a 2007 Leadership Award from the American Medical Association Foundation. More »