Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Bosse ‘94 to run for Congress

By Turia Lahlou, The Dartmouth Staff

Grant Bosse ‘94 announced that he will enter the Republican primary for the Congressional seat representing New Hampshire’s second district on Monday’s WTSL radio show “Your Turn with Terri Dudley.” The seat is currently held by Rep. Paul Hodes ‘72, D—N.H. More »

Dartmouth researchers help find new planets

By Michael Coburn, The Dartmouth Staff

Alison Crocker ‘06 was in the middle of her first night on the job at the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona when she helped discover two extra-solar planets last spring. Crocker, a research assistant to Brian Chaboyer, a professor of physics and astronomy at the College, received a call at four in the morning from another observatory, telling her to stop what she was doing and observe another star. More »

Kelley ‘81 describes life as a cartoonist

By Nathan Swire, The Dartmouth Staff

After a junior-year pole-vaulting mishap landed him in Dick’s House, Steve Kelley ‘81 used the downtime during his recovery to reevaluate his work and his future prospects. The conclusion: Writing student life cartoons for The Dartmouth couldn’t net him a real career. So he decided to branch into political cartooning, a growing field at the time. More »

Microfinance panelists extol aid to impoverished

Drawing on their experiences with impoverished citizens in countries such as Peru and Ghana, international development and microfinance professionals addressed sustainable solutions to poverty in a panel hosted by Women in Business on Monday night. Speaking to a crowded room in the Rockefeller Center, the four panelists advocated an individualized approach that provides impoverished people in developing countries with the tools to help themselves. More »

Daily Debriefing

By Mat Grudzien, The Dartmouth Staff
  • Dartmouth Daily Updates, a new communication system introduced by the Office of Public Affairs and Peter Kiewit Computing Services, began distributing its daily announcements to the Dartmouth community through e-mail Monday. More »
  • The Thayer School of Engineering will introduce the country’s first Innovation Program next fall, which will supplement the doctoral engineering program with entrepreneurial training, according to a Thayer press release. More »