The addition of five new members to the College's Board of Trustees three weeks ago has prompted little public backlash from alumni who oppose the Board's expansion, but a recent communication acquired by The Dartmouth indicates some alumni are once again considering legal action in an attempt to reverse the Board's decision. More »
A group of technicians at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center is taking preliminary steps towards joining the Dartmouth division of the Service Employees' International Union and have begun to set up meetings with union officials. The technicians' interest comes just several months after DHMC nurses began to consider forming a union. More »
Correction appended. Cultural anthropologist Montgomery McFate emphasized the importance of sociocultural knowledge in forming national security strategy, explaining a new counter-insurgency theory that relies on experts in social-science disciplines, in a lecture at the Rockefeller Center on Thursday evening. More »
As patients and employers around the country grapple with the steadily escalating price of health care, a recent study by the New Hampshire Citizens Health Initiative revealed that some of New Hampshire's hospitals charge up to 70 percent more than other hospitals in the state. Costs at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, however, were slightly lower than the statewide average. More »
As medical homes -- networks of collaborating health care providers -- grow in popularity across the country, the movement will inevitably face challenges, according to an analysis by Elliot Fisher, professor of community and family medicine at Dartmouth Medical School. More »
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