With $100 Photoshop software and a little training, computer users can drastically alter digital photos, shedding a few pounds from a high school prom picture or removing a tumor from a medical image. While manipulated photos can be very difficult to detect, Hany Farid, associate chair of the computer science department at Dartmouth, is one of the first people to develop a method to find alterations in digital photographs. More »
Noting the power of a six-inch Barbie doll to breed unhealthy beauty standards in young girls throughout the country, the 20 students involved in Dartmouth’s newly formed Real Beauty Initiative aimed to humorously readdress Barbie’s body-image standards with their newly purchased 7’2” “life-sized” Barbie, complete with a 40-inch bust and 22-inch waist. More »
Dartmouth researchers may have found a way to stop breast cancer tumors from growing, which would make the cancer easier to treat. The findings are the result of experiments conducted on mice by Dartmouth Medical School professor William North and his team. More »
Baking chocolate eclairs does not figure into the usual schedule of a middle school students, but that was the assignment for several eighth graders who shadowed professionals in the kitchens of the Hanover Inn as part of a “Job Shadow Day” on Wednesday. The program, which is in its ninth year, brings approximately 50 eighth graders from around the Upper Valley to Hanover to experience a day in the life of Dartmouth employees. More »
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