Former U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown discussed the global economy’s prospects in a packed lecture held Tuesday in Cook Auditorium.

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Brown discusses global economy

By Grace Sollender

May 16 | 12:00 am

Former U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown touted the necessity of international cooperation to solve worldwide problems, such as the lingering effects of the 2008 economic downturn, poverty, lack of education and climate change, at a packed lecture on Tuesday afternoon in Cook Auditorium.

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College files annual tax forms for fiscal year 2011

By Diana Ming, The Dartmouth Staff

May 16 | 12:00 am

The College’s fiscal year 2011 revenue totaled $959,207,208, an increase of about $95 million since the last fiscal year, according to the College’s May 15 federal tax filing, the first filing reporting a full year of College President Jim Yong Kim’s tenure. Out of the College’s $894,960,993 in expenses, employee compensation and benefits totaled $439,093,629, the tax filing said.

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College hires Digital Pulp to redesign current website

By Clifton Lyons

May 16 | 12:00 am

After serving as the online face of the College since 2006, the current Dartmouth website is being redesigned by award-winning website design company Digital Pulp.

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Tuesday | May 15, 2012

Shafy discusses science and politics

By Taylor Malmsheimer, The Dartmouth Staff

May 15 | 12:00 am

Science is inseparable from social and political issues and becomes more interesting when examined from a political perspective, journalist Samiha Shafy said in a Monday lecture. Shafy is a science journalist for Der Spiegel, a weekly news magazine in Germany, and she is this year’s Bernard D. Nossiter ’47 Lecturer for the Rockefeller Center.

Monday | May 14, 2012

Pow-Wow celebrates Native cultures

By Kelsey Anspach, The Dartmouth Staff

May 14 | 12:00 am

Sounds of drums reverberated across the Green this weekend, attracting students, faculty members and Hanover residents to the 40th Annual Dartmouth College Pow-Wow. The event, the second largest of its kind in the Northeast, featured brightly costumed dancers and a variety of craft and food vendors.

Friday | May 11, 2012

Day celebrates diverse body types

By Clifton Lyons

May 11 | 12:00 am

Bubbles and brightly-colored sidewalk chalk welcomed Dartmouth students, faculty and Hanover residents to Thursday’s “No Diet Day” celebration, an anti-diet, body-size-acceptance day sponsored by the Eating Disorder Peer Advisors.

Thursday | May 10, 2012

Winston Lord talks Chinese relations

By Hannah Wang

May 10 | 12:00 am

Former U.S. Ambassador to China Winston Lord drew upon his 40-year experience in Sino-American foreign policy to present aspects of the “sweet and sour” relationship between China and the United States while also providing projections for the future of the United States’ diplomatic relations with China in his Wednesday lecture.

Wednesday | May 9, 2012

Mock COS trial elucidates process

By Emily Brigstocke, The Dartmouth Staff

May 9 | 12:00 am

In an attempt to increase transparency in an inherently private process, the Undergraduate Judicial Affairs Office held a Committee on Standards mock hearing of a sexual misconduct case on Tuesday evening in Silsby Hall in front of a full audience.

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