The organizations of two prominent Dartmouth alumni are facing multi-million dollar losses as a result of their financial ties to Bernard Madoff, whose alleged $50 billion investment fraud shook the foundations of financial firms and non-profits worldwide upon its discovery in December. More »
President-elect Barack Obama's nomination of Timothy Geithner '83 for Treasury secretary was initially met with a stock market rally and media acclaim, but in recent weeks, confidence in Geithner's abilities has diminished as political analysts have criticized his reaction to the ongoing economic downturn. More »
Educational inequity is the result of an outdated education system that pays teachers based on seniority rather than merit, Delano Brissett '05, a Teach for America alumnus, told students gathered in Cutter-Shabaz Hall on Monday night for a speech and discussion about education. During the event, titled "Race and the Achievement Gap," Brissett argued that students from low-income neighborhoods are less likely than their higher-income peers to have access to quality education. More »
Cultural tolerance is often most prevalent in societies that have a diverse array of ethnicities and religions, according to two Dartmouth graduate students who presented their ongoing ethnographic study in Collis Center on Monday. More »
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