Wednesday, October 22, 2008

SA discusses plans for Commons

By Ann Baum

College administrators solicited student feedback on a plan for the Class of 1953 Commons, a new social and dining space to be built on campus, at a Student Assembly meeting Tuesday night. More »

Burns details state of Iraqi, Afghani conflicts

By Vera Bergengruen, The Dartmouth Staff

Despite worsening conditions in Afghanistan and increasing stability in Iraq, Americans' perception of those conflicts has not changed, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist John Burns told an overflowing audience in Filene Auditorium. Burns, the former Baghdad Bureau chief and current London Bureau chief for The New York Times, delivered his Montgomery Fellow lecture, titled "Five Years in Iraq: Which Way Home?" Tuesday afternoon. More »

Barr outlines hurdles of third-party candidacy at Beta

By Ann Baum

The current U.S. electoral system does not accommodate third-party candidates, former Rep. Bob Barr, R-Ga., the 2008 Libertarian presidential candidate, claimed during a public address on Tuesday afternoon at the Beta Alpha Omega fraternity, formerly Beta Theta Pi. More »

Grant funds metal toxicity research

By John Alzate

The Dartmouth Toxic Metals Research Group, an interdisciplinary team of professors, received a $14.5 million renewal grant to support its research on the effects of exposure to arsenic and mercury on human health. The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences granted the award through the Superfund Basic Research Program, a group of university grants directed towards solving problems posed by hazardous waste. More »

Daily Debriefing

By Katie Edkins
  • A team of Dartmouth Medical School researchers presented the results of a seven-year study of a tuberculosis vaccine at the 39th World Conference on Lung Health in Paris on Monday, the Valley News reported Tuesday. More »
  • St. John's University in St. More »
  • Scientists from the University of Chicago, Northwestern University and the University of Illinois at Chicago announced their plans to establish the Chicago Tri-Institutional Center for Chemical Methods and Library Development, the Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News reported yesterday. More »