A sustainable living center, which has been proposed and dropped several times over the last 20 years, will become a reality within the next year, according to Jon Wachter ‘09, a student involved with the project. More »
Dartmouth’s celebration of Native American History Month was kicked off this week by the second annual First Nations Week speeches. The series of speeches, held from Tuesday through Friday, focused on the importance of retaining Native identity through cultural, land and language ties. More »
John Wennberg, professor of community and family medicine at Dartmouth Medical School, received the 2007 Emory Codman Award for his leadership in the area of regional variations of health care quality. He received the award last week from the Joint Commission, one of the principal standard-setting and accrediting organizations in the country. More »
Tuck business administration professor Ella Bell launched ASCENT: Leading Multicultural Women to the Top last week in front of a crowd of 200 people at the National Museum of the American Indian in New York City. The non-profit organization, which she founded, sets out to close the gap found in the corporate work force between minority women and their Caucasian peers by developing skills and talent through research, education, networking and corporate sponsorship. More »
The William J. Clinton Foundation has arranged to provide $5 billion in loans for institutions of higher education who have signed the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment to fund projects reducing carbon emissions, Bill Clinton announced on Nov. 7. Though Dartmouth is committed to improving energy efficiency and is working on several initiatives to achieve this goal, the College has no current plans to sign the agreement, according to Matt Purcell, co-chair of the College’s Energy Task Force. More »
A local telecommunications company, SegTEL, is suing Hanover over the development of a municipal fiber optics network that would link the Hanover and Lebanon police dispatch centers. The Lebanon-based company maintains that the network is being constructed in an illegal and unsafe manner. More »
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