News & Events from Dartmouth

Feature: Daughter of Dartmouth

Sun, 20 May 2012 13:45:51 -0400

Louise Erdrich '76, award-winning author of Love Medicine and Shadow Tag, returns to Dartmouth as a Montgomery Fellow, in a residency that begins today. In addition to meeting with students in and out of classes, Erdrich's time on campus includes a public conversation tomorrow, Tuesday, May 22.

News: Dartmouth Researchers Investigate the Cognitive Effects of Athlete Head Impacts

Sun, 20 May 2012 16:24:46 -0400

Dartmouth faculty and students played prominent roles in a recent study on the cognitive effects of head impacts among student athletes. Tested at the beginning and end of one season, 22 percent of those students who participated in contact sports scored significantly lower in memory and learning skills than expected, as opposed to only 4 percent of non-contact sport athletes.

Event: May 22: "Accelerating Change for Delivery of High-Value Health Care," hosted by the Dartmouth Center for Health Care Delivery Science

Sun, 20 May 2012 13:45:09 -0400

8am-11:30am, Cook Auditorium

Event: May 22: Tucker Tuesdays—"What Matters to Me and Why," with Meir Kohn

Sun, 20 May 2012 13:43:05 -0400

Noon-1pm, Tucker Living Room, South Fairbanks Hall

Event: May 20: Film—Young Frankenstein

Sat, 19 May 2012 20:50:36 -0400

7pm, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center

Event: May 22: ILEAD Lecture—"The Arab Spring: One Year Later," with Greg Gause

Sat, 19 May 2012 20:49:02 -0400

4pm-6pm, Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall

Feature: The Play's the Thing

Fri, 18 May 2012 19:18:28 -0400

Voices, Dartmouth’s theater visiting artist program, performs The African Company Presents Richard III in the Bentley Theater this weekend. The play, based on historical events, tells the story of an African American theater company struggling to make their voices heard 19th-century New York.

News: Students in Rockefeller Center Policy Research Shop Brief Governor

Fri, 18 May 2012 19:15:39 -0400

Last week, four Dartmouth students were invited to brief New Hampshire Governor John Lynch on findings from their Nelson A. Rockefeller Center Policy Research Shop (PRS) study of performance management systems within the New Hampshire Department of Safety (DOS) and its divisions, marking the first time that Dartmouth students presented PRS findings to the top state official.

News: Novelist, Poet, Essayist Louise Erdrich '76 at Dartmouth as Montgomery Fellow

Fri, 18 May 2012 19:14:46 -0400

Acclaimed writer Louise Erdrich ’76 will be in residence at Dartmouth as a Montgomery Fellow from May 21 to 25.

In the News: On Choosing A Money Manager, Your Instincts Are Probably All Wrong (The Huffington Post)

Fri, 18 May 2012 19:12:56 -0400

The Huffington PostAccording to a recent study, facial appearances may influence how, and with whom, a person invests their money.

Event: May 19: Hood Museum Tour—"Nature Transformed: Edward Burtynsky's Vermont Quarry Photographs in Context"

Fri, 18 May 2012 19:11:30 -0400

2pm-3pm, Hood Museum of Art

Event: May 19: Film—Pina

Fri, 18 May 2012 19:10:20 -0400

6:30pm and 8:45pm, Loew Auditorium, Hood Museum of Art

Sights & Sounds: Photos: World Record Breaking Barrel of Monkeys

Fri, 18 May 2012 19:09:23 -0400

On May 13th, 2012, from 12pm to 2pm, at the Hopkins Center at Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH, Parker Phinney and 26 volunteers built the world's longest Barrel of Monkeys chain.

Feature: The Audrey and Theodor Geisel School of Medicine

Fri, 18 May 2012 11:09:05 -0400

President Jim Yong Kim, Geisel Dean Wiley "Chip" Souba, and the Board of Trustees of Dartmouth College cordially invite the Dartmouth community to join in celebrating the naming of The Audrey and Theodor Geisel School of Medicine. The celebration takes place today, Friday, May 18, at 5 p.m. in the Class of 1978 Life Sciences Courtyard.

News: Decisions Must be Made Globally, Former British Prime Minister Tells Dartmouth

Thu, 17 May 2012 17:30:59 -0400

Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called for global decision making on economic matters, the need for a climate change agreement to spur industry, and education for all—especially the world’s poorest children—in a May 15 lecture before a packed house in Cook Auditorium at the Tuck School of Business.

In the News; A Season Of Hits May Harm College Athletes' Ability To Learn (The Huffington Post)

Thu, 17 May 2012 17:30:26 -0400

An article by the Huffington Post points to the new research findings from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth that reported on the cognitive effects of athlete head impacts.

Event: May 18: Dartmouth at Play—An Event with Alumni from the Game Industries

Thu, 17 May 2012 17:29:48 -0400

4pm-6pm, Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall

Event: May 18: Lecture—"Pollock after Orozco/Orozco after Pollock," with Michael Leja

Thu, 17 May 2012 17:29:14 -0400

5:30pm-6:30pm, Loew Auditorium

Feature: Looking to Dartmouth's Future

Wed, 16 May 2012 14:44:10 -0400

Dartmouth’s Presidential Search Committee chairs will begin gathering feedback on the qualities the committee should seek in the 18th president of Dartmouth at campus forums today, Thursday, May 17. Trustees Bill Helman ’80 and Diana Taylor ’77, chair and vice-chair of the Presidential Search Committee, respectively, and Steve Mandel ’78, chair of the Board of Trustees, will together host forums for faculty, students, and staff.

Event: May 17: ILEAD Lecture—"African Witchcraft: An International Health Dilemma," with Norman Miller

Wed, 16 May 2012 14:40:27 -0400

3pm-5pm, 28 Silsby

Event: May 17: The Benjamin F. Barge and Class of 1866 Prizes for Oratory Speech Contest

Wed, 16 May 2012 14:39:50 -0400

4pm-6pm, Kemeny Hall, Room 105

Feature: Hail to the Hop

Tue, 15 May 2012 21:49:12 -0400

For five decades, the Hopkins Center has been the cultural heart of campus, beating with the nit and grit and grind of people trying to make something of their art—and of themselves. Dartmouth Alumni Magazine offers a 50th anniversary tribute to the building, in words and pictures.

News: Decisions Must be Made Globally, Former British Prime Minister Tells Dartmouth

Tue, 15 May 2012 21:48:31 -0400

In the News: Influence of Classic Literature on Writers Declining, Study Claims (The Guardian)

Tue, 15 May 2012 21:47:43 -0400

The GuardianAfter an extensive analysis of 7,733 works of English literature, Dartmouth researchers have found that modern-day writers appear to be influenced by their contemporary peers, rather than by works of classic literature, reports The Guardian.

Event: May 16: Panel Discussion—"Investigations into the Ancient Mediterranean: Spotlight on Teaching with Objects"

Tue, 15 May 2012 21:46:59 -0400

4:30pm-5:30pm, Hood Museum of Art

Event: May 16: Panel Discussion—"Volunteering in the Developing World: Who Helps Whom?"

Tue, 15 May 2012 21:46:10 -0400

5:30pm-7pm, Haldeman 041

Ask Dartmouth: What is the oldest book that Dartmouth owns?

Tue, 15 May 2012 21:45:12 -0400

The oldest printed book in the Dartmouth College Library collection is a Catholicon, a Latin dictionary by Giovanni Balbi and one of the first books to be printed.

Feature: Education and the Global Economy

Mon, 14 May 2012 19:11:11 -0400

Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown delivers a public lecture on the global economy and the role of education today, Tuesday, May 15. Brown, who served as prime minister from 2007 to 2010, was also Britain's longest-serving modern Chancellor of the Exchequer. His talk begins at 2 p.m., in Cook Auditorium in the Murdough building at the Tuck School of Business.

News: First Results from High Value Healthcare Collaborative Lead to Improvements in Care

Mon, 14 May 2012 19:10:43 -0400

Five leading health systems, including The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice (TDI) and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, are changing aspects of how they perform total knee replacements, as a result of data they collected that showed variations in length of stay, length of operating room time, and in-hospital complications.

Event: May 15: Tucker Tuesdays—"What Matters to Me and Why," with Kendall Hoyt

Mon, 14 May 2012 19:10:04 -0400

Noon-1pm, Tucker Living Room, South Fairbanks Hall

Event: May 16: Vaughan Recital—Melanie Henley Heyn, soprano, and Deirdre Brenner '01, piano

Mon, 14 May 2012 19:09:21 -0400

12:30pm-1:30pm, Faulkner Recital Hall, Hopkins Center

Sights & Sounds: Photos: 40th Annual Dartmouth Pow-Wow

Mon, 14 May 2012 19:08:40 -0400

“Pow-Wow is a spiritual and celebratory way of expressing Native culture and heritage,” says Autumn White Eyes ’14, co-president of the 40th Annual Dartmouth Pow-Wow, held May 12 and 13, 2012 on the Dartmouth Green.

Feature: Leading Voices: Archivist of the United States David Ferriero

Sun, 13 May 2012 21:11:56 -0400

David Ferriero, Archivist of the United States, will speak today, Monday, May 14, as part of Dartmouth's "Leading Voices in Higher Education" strategic planning lecture series. His talk, "From the Records of the Continental Congress to Today's White House Tweets: The Role of the National Archives," begins at 4 p.m. in Moore Hall's Filene Auditorium.

Event: May 14: Physics and Astronomy Space Plasma Seminar—"KAW Waves and the Dissipation of Magnetic Fluctuations in the Solar Wind," with Charles Smith

Sun, 13 May 2012 21:11:12 -0400

4pm-5pm, Wilder 111

Event: May 14: Presentation—"The Fine Line Between Science and Politics," with Samiha Shafy

Sun, 13 May 2012 21:10:10 -0400

4:30pm-6pm, Rockefeller 3

Feature: 40 Celebrations of the Dartmouth Pow-Wow

Sat, 12 May 2012 22:38:59 -0400

This weekend, Dartmouth marks the 40th anniversaries of its Native American Program and the Dartmouth Pow-Wow. Both date to 1973 and the presidency of John G. Kemeny, who rededicated the College to its historic mission of educating Native students. Weather permitting, the Pow-Wow's Grand Entry takes place on the Green at noon Saturday and Sunday.

Event: May 13: World Record Attempt and Charity Fundraiser—"The Monkey Chain Project"

Sat, 12 May 2012 22:37:53 -0400

Although recording one’s name in the Guinness Book of World Records is not a typical item on a Dartmouth senior’s bucket list, computer science major D. Parker Phinney ’12 will attempt to earn that distinction by constructing the world’s longest Barrel of Monkeys chain in the Hopkins Center’s Top of the Hop on Sunday, May 13, at noon. The event is free and open to the public.

Ask Dartmouth: What is the origin of the name "Occom," as in Occom Pond and Occom Ridge in Hanover?

Sat, 12 May 2012 22:35:58 -0400

The name Occom comes from Samson Occom, one of the legendary figures in Dartmouth history.

Feature: 40 Celebrations of the Dartmouth Pow-Wow

Fri, 11 May 2012 12:04:57 -0400

Event: May 12: Tour—José Clemente Orozco's The Epic of American Civilization

Fri, 11 May 2012 12:04:32 -0400

2pm-3pm, Front entryway, Baker Library (beneath the clock tower)

Event: May 12-13: Performance—Soulful Celebration, with the Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble and the Dartmouth College Gospel Choir

Fri, 11 May 2012 12:03:58 -0400

Saturday, 8pm Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center
Sunday, 2pm, Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center

Feature: Nature Transformed

Thu, 10 May 2012 17:05:33 -0400

Renowned photographer Edward Burtynsky presents an artist's lecture today, Friday, May 11, in conjunction with "Nature Transformed: Edward Burtynsky's Vermont Quarry Photographs in Context," currently on view at the Hood Museum of Art. Burtynsky's talk begins at 5:30 p.m. in the Arthur M. Loew Auditorium. The exhibition, which explores the impact of human consumption on the earth, continues through the summer.

News: Former British Prime Minister to Speak at Dartmouth

Thu, 10 May 2012 17:04:56 -0400

Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown will deliver a public lecture on Tuesday, May 15, 2 p.m. in Cook Auditorium in the Murdough building at the Tuck School of Business.

The lecture is free and open to the public.

Event: May 11: Sapientia Lecture—"The Becoming of Being: A Historical Fragment," with Alan Kim

Thu, 10 May 2012 17:03:09 -0400

3pm-4pm, 103 Thornton Hall

Event: May 11: Thayer School Jones Seminar—"Determining the Sufficiency of Regional Emissions Reduction Plans," with Chris Soderquist

Thu, 10 May 2012 17:02:32 -0400

3:30pm, Spanos Auditorium

Sights & Sounds: Video: Projects in Digital Arts

Thu, 10 May 2012 17:01:41 -0400

Animations from the Projects in Digital Arts class, 2007-present (formerly CS42).