Thursday, May 17, 2007

Smith takes Board election

By William Schpero, The Dartmouth Staff

Petition candidate Stephen Smith ‘88 has been elected to the Dartmouth Board of Trustees, according to the Office of Public Affairs. Smith, who won with over 54 percent of the vote, marks the fourth consecutive petition candidate to be appointed as a trustee. More »

College hires new dean of admissions internally

By Victoria Boggiano, The Dartmouth Staff

Maria Laskaris ‘84, the current Director of Admissions for the College, has been appointed Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid, College President James Wright and College Provost Barry Scherr announced in a campus-wide e-mail notice released Wednesday. More »

Blood drive aims to ease shortage

By Allyson Bennett, The Dartmouth Staff

Wednesday marked the first day of a two-day American Red Cross Blood Drive that occurs once a term in Alumni Hall, a drive that comes at a time when the Northeast is experiencing a critical blood shortage. More »

Eight seniors and three alums named Fulbrights

By Ben Nunnery, The Dartmouth Staff

Eight members of the Class of 2007 and three alumni have received grants from the Fulbright Program or its German equivalent to fund their plans for international research or teaching. The Fulbright Program, which is administered and funded by the United States Department of State, gives grants to approximately 6,000 students, teachers and professionals in the United States each year. This year’s Dartmouth recipients plan to embark on a variety of projects ranging from teaching in an Indonesian high school to conducting research in a German laboratory. More »

AIDS activist details disease’s destruction

By Nick Swanson, The Dartmouth Staff

AIDS activist Mike Mutungi lectured to a small group of seven about “I Choose Life,” a non-profit sectarian organization he founded to combat HIV/AIDS in Kenya. I Choose Life implements peer-education programs at Kenyan universities as a means of raising awareness about the virus. More »

Daily Debriefing

  • Robert Oelman ‘31, former chairman of Ford Motor’s finance committee and chief executive of the technology company NCR Corporation, died at the age of 97 in Delray Beach, Fla. More »
  • All Democratic presidential candidates will appear on campus September 26 for a debate officially sanctioned by the Democratic National Convention. More »
  • Palaeopitus Senior Society announced its 2007-2008 delegation. The new Class of 2008 Palaeopitus members are Hillary Abe, Zack Chestnut, Jeffrey K. More »