Monday, April 14, 2008

AD party filmed for A&E documentary

By Victoria Boggiano, The Dartmouth Staff

As the words to the song “Shout” echoed across Alpha Delta fraternity’s living room Saturday night, Chris Miller ‘63 and his friends “Mouse” and “Alby” sang along with the band. Students dressed in togas danced around the lead singer and beer flowed from tapped kegs. More »

Heschel chosen as Carnegie scholar

By Erin Jaeger, The Dartmouth Staff

Susannah Heschel, a professor of Jewish studies at the College, has been chosen as one of 20 Carnegie Scholars for 2008 by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the organization announced April 7. The scholarship will fund Heschel’s two-year sabbatical from teaching during which she will research and write her new book, tentatively titled “The Monotheistic Triangle: Judaism and Islam in the Modern Christian World.” More »

Fraternities accept nine new members for spring

By Turia Lahlou, The Dartmouth Staff

After the frenzy of fraternity rush during the Fall and Winter terms, Dartmouth’s Greek organizations had a relatively quiet Spring term recruitment, with only Sigma Nu and Alpha Delta fraternities inviting new members to join. More »

Thayer’s open house showcases lab research

By Turia Lahlou, The Dartmouth Staff

Noisy gadgets and roaming robots attracted local families and engineering enthusiasts alike to Thayer School of Engineering’s annual open house on Friday. The public was invited to tour the school’s laboratories and work areas to see engineering in action. More »

Chess players face Grandmaster

By Katie Paxton, The Dartmouth Staff

Blitz took on a different meaning on Saturday as Grandmaster Yury Shulman’s knight and Rishi Sethi’s ‘11 queen chased each other across Sethi’s half of a chess board in a “blitz” game of chess, an informal game with a short time-limit. More »

Tuck panel debates replication of complex biologic drugs

By Victoria Boggiano, The Dartmouth Staff

As pharmaceutical drugs become increasingly complex, industry leaders, from drug manufacturers to representatives from the American Association of Retired Persons, continue to debate whether replicating the drugs is feasible. The debate over biogeneric copies of drugs was the focus of the Global Healthcare Conference held at the Tuck School of Business on Friday. More »

Daily Debriefing

By Katie Paxton, The Dartmouth Staff
  • Dartmouth’s Roth Center for Religious Life celebrated its 10th anniversary this weekend, commemorating the occasion with a panel discussion, “Israel at Dartmouth,” with Kenneth Yalowitz, a former ambassador to Belarus as moderator. More »
  • The College Board will no longer offer Advanced Placement exams in French Literature, Computer Science AB, Latin Literature and Italian Language and Culture as of the 2008-2009 school year, according to the Washington Post. More »
  • Anne Atalig ‘10 was invited to attend the 56th Presidential Inauguration as an Inaugural Scholar, according to the Saipan Tribune. More »
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