By Ben Nunnery, The Dartmouth Staff
Dartmouth's release of architectural plans for a $52 million visual arts center to be located in downtown Hanover earlier this week has prompted criticism from some members of the College's Liaison Committee, which serves as a link between Dartmouth and town residents. The proposed three-story structure has a bold slate, stone and glass facade near the intersection of Lebanon and Crosby Streets where Clement Hall and Brewster Residential Hall are currently located.
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By William Schpero, The Dartmouth Staff
A team of researchers at Dartmouth has shown for the first time that different forms of the autoimmune disease scleroderma can be classified solely by variations in gene expression, according to findings published on July 16 in the Public Library of Science journal PLoS One, an online, open-access publication. This research may have wide-ranging implications for the diagnosis and treatment of the disease.
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By Andrew Wells, The Dartmouth Staff
Writer Caryl Phillips was a mere 10 years old when his father first decided to leave him alone while he worked a night shift.
"Then, late at night, alone in the huge double bed, he leans over and discovers a paperback in the drawer of the bedside table and he begins to read the book," Phillips read from his autobiography titled "Growing Pains." "It is a true story about a white American man who has made himself black in order that he might experience what it is like to be a coloured man."
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By Victoria Boggiano, The Dartmouth Staff
Women must understand the dynamics of the workplace in order to make their ideas heard, according to Lisa Liswood, a senior advisor to Goldman Sachs who led an open discussion forum Thursday hosted by Women in Business. For an hour and a half, Liswood dissected the unconscious impact of diversity in people's interactions and cautioned the women in attendance not to be afraid to be assertive.
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By Michael Coburn, The Dartmouth Staff
Six dollars a year is all it takes to end the power of corporate lobbyists and create a national public campaign finance system, John Rauh, founder and president of Americans for Campaign Reform, told an audience of approximately 400 local residents at Spaulding Auditorium on Tuesday. Rauh's speech was the second in the summer lecture series "Positive Solutions," sponsored by the Institute for Lifelong Education at Dartmouth.
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By Kate Farley and Allyson Bennett, The Dartmouth Staff
- The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center will require criminal background checks and drug tests for potential new employees beginning Sept. More »
- More colleges are allowing professors to hold part-time positions, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported on Thursday. More »
- Evelynn Ellis will become Dartmouth's director of equal opportunity and affirmative action on Sept. More »
