Friday, August 17, 2007

Thomas Crady named dean of the College

By Hillary Wool, The Dartmouth Staff

Thomas M. Crady, vice president of student services at Grinnell College in Iowa, will take over as Dartmouth's dean of the College starting in January, College President James Wright announced Thursday. Crady will replace Acting Dean Dan Nelson, who assumed the duties of the post after Dean Jim Larimore left for Swarthmore College in August 2006. More »

Dartmouth drops in U.S. News rankings

By Hillary Wool, The Dartmouth Staff

Dartmouth dropped from ninth to 11th in U.S. News & World Report's 2008 rankings of "America's Best Colleges," released today. The College previously had maintained a three-way tie with Columbia University and the University of Chicago. More »

Alumni group launches ad campaign

By William Schpero, The Dartmouth Staff

Correction appended. In the latest development of the ongoing trustee election debate, a group calling itself "the Committee to Save Dartmouth College" placed an advertisement on The New York Times website's homepage Thursday urging readers to "support democracy" and directing them to SaveDartmouth.org, a website which criticizes potential changes to the makeup of the Board of Trustees. More »

Tuck ranks 1st in Forbes business school survey

By Luke Mann-O'Halloran, The Dartmouth Staff

Correction appended. The Tuck School of Business was ranked first in Forbes Magazine's biennial survey of business schools, the magazine reported on Thursday. More »

Board chairman wins fraternity award

By Christine Paquin, The Dartmouth Staff

When Dartmouth students begin their search for post-graduation employment, many attempt to translate leadership positions and distinctions within their Greek organizations into successful careers. For Charles "Ed" Haldeman Jr. '70, chairman of the Dartmouth Board of Trustees and chief executive officer of Putnam investments, the process has worked somewhat in reverse. More »

Daily Debriefing

By Andrew Lebovich
  • The College Democrats held an event Tuesday for Steve Marchand, Mayor of Portsmouth, N.H. More »
  • A statement from Columbia's President, Lee Bollinger, opposing a recent British University and College Union boycott of Israeli academics, appeared as an advertisement in the New York Times on Aug. More »
  • A lawsuit filed in California against Yale University Press over a recently published book has been dropped. More »