Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Dickey Ctr. houses new institute

By Katie Gonzalez, The Dartmouth Staff

The John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding will house the new Institute on Applied Circumpolar Policy, which aims to address issues caused by rapid climate change and educate students on how government policy affects environmental problems in polar regions. The College joined with the University of Alaska at Fairbanks and Urbana University in Ohio to sponsor the Institute, which officially opened in New York on Friday, College Provost Barry Scherr said. More »

Board votes in favor of DMS neurology dept.

By Jennifer Liu

The College's Board of Trustees recently approved the creation of a new neurology department at Dartmouth Medical School during its Fall term meeting on Nov. 7 and 8. More »

Williams '79 describes memorial for 9/11

By Jen Buchholz

The construction of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center, a process characterized by "angst, frustration, lack of candor and absurdity," is being stalled by the competing objectives of the numerous parties involved, David Williams '79, the project manager, said in a lecture on Monday in Collis Center room 101. He attributed the significant delay to a lack of agreement among those involved regarding the relative importance of different components of the memorial. More »

Speaker examines democracy, markets

By Manisha Apte

Despite widespread popular linkage of democracy with economic development, such a view is often misguided, Jack Goldstone, a visiting public policy professor from George Mason University, said in a speech on Monday at the Rockefeller Center. More »

Bernstein creates anti-smoking site

By Rachel Sarnoff

The Children's Hospital at Dartmouth and Dartmouth Medical School collaborated on a new web site, NoSmokingRoom.org, to teach girls between the ages of 8 and 11 about the dangers of smoking. Ninety percent of smokers become addicted to nicotine before the age of 21, and young girls are more susceptible to nicotine addiction than boys, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. More »

Daily Debriefing

By Hank Nelson
  • Jamal Brown '08 was featured by the gay periodical Out Magazine as one of the "Men and Women Who Made 2008 a Year to Remember." Brown was recognized as a gay man who "moved culture" in the past year, according to the magazine's web site. More »
  • The number of American students attending study abroad programs in China has "skyrocketed" since the 2005-06 academic year, increasing by more than 25 percent, according to The New York Times. More »
  • University presidents who also serve on the boards of corporations may hurt the images of their respective institutions if those corporations fail, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. More »