Hayley Petit, who was to be a member of the Dartmouth Class of 2011, was killed yesterday when two men invaded her Cheshire, Conn. home, according to the Hartford Courant. Her sister and mother, Michaela Petit and Jennifer Hawke-Petit, were also killed in the attack. More »
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center was recently ranked as one of the top hospitals in the country in U.S. News and World Report's 2007 report of America's Best Hospitals. When compared with over 5,000 institutions, DHMC made the list along with 172 other hospitals and scored within the top 50 for its care in gynecology, digestive disorders and cancer treatment. More »
For the past two years, students at the College have been looking to fill the void left by the cancelation of Tubestock after the summer of 2005. This August, the 2009 Class Council, in partnership with Student Assembly, Programming Board and the Interfraternity Council, will host the College's second annual Fieldstock -- a three-day-long event which will include chariot races, athletic competitions and an outdoor concert. More »
Blackboard Inc., the company that provides and manages many of the online educational services used by the College, recently unveiled SafeAssign, a new plagiarism-detection device which will allow professors to automatically compare students' papers with a database containing millions of articles that will be updated weekly. More »
After twenty years at Dartmouth, Katherine Burke, senior associate dean of the College, will begin her position as dean of students at Montana State University in the fall of 2008. More »
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