News & Events from Dartmouth

Feature: Fuels of the Future

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:01:22 -0400

What's it like to be a NASA intern on the hunt for an aircraft jet engine fuel mix that's fire-safe and environmentally friendly? Find out in a live web chat today with engineering major Sean Currey '11, who received an Aeronautics Scholarship to spend his summer working at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. The chat will take place at 3 p.m. EDT.

Event: September 3: Women's Soccer vs. Colgate

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:49:45 -0400

7 p.m., Burnham Field

Event: September 3: Field Hockey vs. Fairfield University

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:46:35 -0400

2 p.m., Astroturf Field

News: Tuck School of Business #5 in New Poets & Quants Ranking

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:43:40 -0400

The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth placed #5 in a new ranking of MBA programs created by John Byrne, former editor of Business Week and founder of the original Business Week rankings back in the 1980s. Byrne’s new ranking is based on existing rankings produced by Bloomberg BusinessWeek, the Financial Times, U.S. News & World Report, Forbes and The Economist.

Feature: Meeting Needs

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:16:04 -0400

Dartmouth Medical School alumnus Chidi Achebe wields powerful weapons—an MD, an MPH, and an MBA, plus a can-do spirit—in addressing the health-care disparities and needs of the inner-city populations that he serves as head of a health center in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood.

Event: August 31: Exhibition-"Materia Medica"

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:15:36 -0400

The Sherman Art Library Special Collections includes outstanding manuscript facsimiles of early herbals, or Materia Medica. The term materia medica was derived from the title of a 1st century work by the Greek physician Dioscorides entitled De materia medica libri quinque in Latin, which translates as concerning medical matter in five volumes, in English.

Event: September 1: Hanover Area Farmer's Market, 3–6 p.m. on the Green

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:14:50 -0400

Wednesdays: 3:00pm - 6:00pm on 'The Green' in Hanover, June 2 - September 29

Bring home the makings for a fresh, locally-grown meal or grab a snack, straight from the farm to the table. This new agriculturally-focused market will include fresh produce, meats, herbs, cheeses, flowers, plants, dairy, baked goods and locally prepared foods.

Ask Dartmouth: Why is the Health Service called "Dick's House"?

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:14:11 -0400

The Dartmouth College Health Service is known as Dick's House because the first College infirmary was called Dick Hall's House, or Dick's House for short, and the name became synonymous with the service.

Event: August 30: Field hockey vs. University of Victoria

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:42:31 -0400

Scrimmage, 2 p.m., Astroturf Field.

Event: August 30: Exhibition-"Dogs at Dartmouth: A Light-Hearted Look at Dartmouth's Canine Population at Play and at Work"

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:41:48 -0400

For the dog days of summer, a special exhibit, "Dogs at Dartmouth: a Light-Hearted Look at Dartmouth's Canine Population at Play and at Work," is now on display in the Class of l965 Galleries in Rauner Special Collections Library. Student dogs, administrative and faculty dogs, and others are featured.

Event: August 29: Exhibition-"Contemporary Native American Ledger Art: Drawing on Tradition"

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 08:05:30 -0400

Despite being stylistically diverse, the works in this exhibition are all linked both conceptually and formally to the tradition of Plains Indian ledger art of the nineteenth century. Created by artists who employ visual narrative as a means of exploring their cultural heritage and issues of present-day Native experience, these works may be read as expressions of solidarity and survival in the twenty-first century.

Event: August 29: Exhibition-"Made in Hollywood: Photographs from the John Kobal Foundation"

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 08:04:51 -0400

This exhibition celebrates the finest portraits and still photography produced during the heyday of the American film industry—1920 to 1960—now considered Hollywood’s Golden Age. It includes ninety-three photographs drawn from the London-based archive of the late author and collector John Kobal. This collection of the work of more than fifty photographers highlights portraits of film celebrities including Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Gloria Swanson, Clark Gable, and Humphrey Bogart. Through the skill and inventiveness of these photographers, the faces of Hollywood’s greatest stars were memorialized for generations of movie audiences.

Feature: Teaching at Tuck

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 08:13:14 -0400

Faculty at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business are renowned for their scholarly research and are sought-after consultants for top companies. But they are also engaging and effective teachers. In this video, Associate Dean Matthew Slaughter discusses how Tuck faculty go beyond providing information and teach students to be better lifelong learners.

In the News: The Big Green (Living) Bus (The Nature Conservancy)

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 08:12:38 -0400

When was the last time you had the urge to spend your entire summer with 11 other people on a 20-year-old bus? Perhaps when you were in college? For 12 Dartmouth students, spending a summer on The Big Green Bus was a chance of a lifetime.

Event: August 28: Women's soccer vs. University of Montreal

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 08:12:02 -0400

Scrimmage; 4 p.m., Burnham field.

Event: August 28: Exhibition—"A Space for Dialogue: Fresh Perspectives on the Permanent Collection from Dartmouth's Students"

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 08:11:31 -0400

Since 2001, the Hood Museum of Art has given the walls in its entrance lobby to its senior student interns for mini-exhibitions drawn from the museum's collections. A Space for Dialogue is a unique aspect of the museum’s senior internship program that includes positions in curatorial, programming, and public relations. Interns have the opportunity to choose objects from the Hood's collection, research the objects, write descriptive labels and a brochure, work with staff to design the installation, and give a public gallery talk.

Web Spotlight: The Rockefeller Center

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:21:11 -0400

Located at a busy cross-roads of campus, the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center at Dartmouth College is a lively, intellectual gathering place that serves a catalyst for public policy research and teaching and prepares students for lives of leadership and service.

Event: August 27: Public Astronomical Observing

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:22:49 -0400

The Department of Physics and Astronomy offers free viewing through their campus astronomical telescopes to all Dartmouth students and to the public. The public viewing nights are usually offered only during the school terms. Observing of the Moon, planets and stars is available on Friday nights.

Event: August 27: Men's soccer vs. UMass–Lowell

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:22:09 -0400

Scrimmage 6 p.m. at Burnham Field.

Feature: Art Alfresco

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 07:14:51 -0400

Last summer, students in Angela Rosenthal's Art History 16 class studied sculpture throughout history. For one of their projects, each student became an expert on one of nine outdoor sculptures at Dartmouth. Learn about the pieces that dot the central campus with the students' informative walking tour.

News: Michael Wagner Appointed Vice President for Finance

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 07:14:19 -0400

Michael F. Wagner has been appointed Dartmouth’s vice president for finance, effective September 2010. In announcing the appointment Steven Kadish, executive vice president and chief financial officer, says Wagner’s new position will “provide additional critical leadership to a comprehensive approach to Dartmouth’s finances and financial operations.”

News: Chemistry Professor Recognized with National Science Foundation CAREER Award

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 07:13:34 -0400

Ekaterina Pletneva, assistant professor of chemistry, recently received an award from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program. The prestigious award recognizes junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher, researcher, and integration of the two. Pletneva’s strong research background and commitment to mentorship and local community outreach were cited by the NSF as examples of her outstanding teaching.

Event: August 26: Seminar—"Mechanics of Arginine Metabolism in Immunity"

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 07:13:03 -0400

PRESENTED BY PETER MURRAY, PH.D., Associate Member of the Faculty, Departments of Infectious Diseases & Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Memphis, TN.

Event: August 26: Exhibition—"Dogs at Dartmouth: A Light-Hearted Look at Dartmouth's Canine Population at Play and at Work"

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 07:12:20 -0400

Event: August 25: Screening of work by students in "Virtual Cinema" course

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:45:38 -0400

From a zombie apocalypse to a unicorn odyssey, students in Film and Media 49 screen their wide variety of intriguing projects created in computer game engines and online worlds. Catered event and all are welcome!

August 25: Thayer School of Engineering Truss Contest

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:44:45 -0400

OVERVIEW: The ES 33 Summer Engineering teams will be competing for a contract to design and build a truss that will hold a neutron star fragment inside of the world-famous Galactic Museum. The neutron star fragment will be levitated in the center of an Anti-Gravity Ring that was recently invented by ENGS 21 students at the Thayer School of Engineering.

Although the neutron star fragment floats freely in the interior zone of the anti- gravity ring, the mass of the star still interacts with the Earth’s gravitational field resulting in an incredibly large effective weight of the ring. This effective weight of the ring must be supported by the truss within the geometric constraints of the
Galactic Museum.

OBJECTIVE: Each Team's objective is to: design, build and test a scale model structure, using a specified kit of materials. The purpose of the structure is to support the weight of a neutron star fragment that is contained within an anti-gravity ring. The structure must satisfy defined requirements as to loading, clearance, span, width and supports.

Event: August 25: Dartmouth Film Society presents Anna Christie

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:35:25 -0400

It’s one of the most highly anticipated entrances in movie history: Greta Garbo slinking into a sleazy waterfront bar and growling, “Gimme a whiskey.” Sixteen minutes into this adaptation of a Eugene O’Neill play, this silent screen icon spoke in her first talking picture to packed audiences breathless with anticipation. In her landmark transition to the new era Garbo plays a former prostitute whose past may ruin her chance for happiness.

Event: August 25: Hanover Area Farmer's Market, 3–6 p.m. on the Green

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:34:44 -0400

Enjoy local music, see artful demonstrations by the League of NH Craftsmen, learn about sustainability, visit with neighbors, all while supporting your local farmers.

The market is hosted by the Hanover Area Chamber of Commerce, proudly sponsored by White Mountains Insurance Group, supported by the Town of Hanover & Dartmouth College.

Feature: Use and Misuse

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:13:35 -0400

Seddon R. Savage of Dartmouth Medical School has been involved in clinical, education, and policy work around opioids, pain, addiction, and prescription drug misuse for 25 years. In this podcast, she talks about her work examining the balance between treating pain and drug misuse, as well as strategies for clinicians who are on the front lines of this public health issue.

News: Tuck Student Joins Polar Vision Expedition to Antarctica

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:12:59 -0400

Trekking 600 miles across Antarctica while pulling a 100-pound sled is a grueling endurance test for any adventurer, but for Berkeley MBA student Alan Lock there's an extra challenge: Lock has lost much of his vision to a degenerative eye condition, and hopes to become the first visually impaired person to cross Antarctica from the coast all the way to the South Pole. He will be joined by, among others, Richard Smith T'11, a friend pursuing his MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.

In the News: How to Jump-Start American Manufacturing

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:11:28 -0400

Tuck School professor Matthew Slaughter co-authored this opinion piece.

Event: August 23: Exhibition--"Dogs at Dartmouth: A Light-Hearted Look at Dartmouth's Canine Population at Play and at Work"

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:10:47 -0400

Event: August 23: Exhibition--"Materia Medica"

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:10:13 -0400

Sights & Sounds: Video: Thayer School of Engineering Twist Car Race

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:09:15 -0400

Students designed, built, and tested twist cars for their Computer-Aided Mechanical Design class. Watch as they relay race around the halls of Thayer School.

Event: August 22: Dartmouth Film Society presents "The Kids Are All Right"

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 07:40:53 -0400

Julianne Moore and Annette Bening star as one of the most compelling portraits of American partnerships on film. This tenuous family unit is threatened when their kids connect with their biological dad (the roguish Mark Ruffalo). The ensuing reunion and fall out is “so real, so sexy, so sad, so honest and so truly, heartbreakingly funny” (Salon). And watching two of our finest actresses playing unglamorous, flawed and complicated women is a rare privilege.

Event: August 22: "Made in Hollywood: Photographs from the John Kobal Collection"

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 07:40:07 -0400

The exhibition showcases original vintage images of the greatest stars working during the golden age of the American film industry (1920-1960). They were taken by the most important photographers working to support the Hollywood studio system, and feature portraits of Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Gloria Swanson, Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, Humphrey Bogart, and many other film celebrities. The glossy platinum- and silver-print photographs bring back the icons of a bygone era that captivated generations of movie audiences.

Event: August 21: New York Theater Workshop presents The Anatomy of a Female Pope

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 07:24:31 -0400

In the timeless Italian city of Siena, a young nun who deplores the status of women in the Church is inspired by a legendary 10th-century female pope. She abandons her order, disguises herself as a man, is ordained a priest and then shrewdly climbs the Vatican hierarchy. Best known for her play, The Exact Center of the Universe, Thorne has won the Southern Playwrights Festival, the Southern Theatre Festival and the Sarett/Crawford playwriting awards and is a librettist who has written four operas and three texts for narrator and orchestra. Schweizer has been developing and directing new theater, performance and opera works for more than 30 years nationally and internationally. The last of six presentations by the New York Theatre Workshop in its 19th three-week summer residency at Dartmouth.

Event: August 21: Loew series film—Micmacs

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 07:23:22 -0400

The acclaimed director of AMELIE delivers another international sensation with his latest whimsical voyage. MICMACS follows Bazil, a gentle-natured dreamer who sees the world through a slightly bent perspective. Things change, however, when Bazil is adopted by a motley group of junkyard dealers living in a veritable Ali Baba’s cave. With his new friends in tow, Bazil’s quest for closure becomes an exciting adventure.

Feature: Andy Warhol's American Dream

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 06:55:21 -0400

Paintings, photographs, and prints that juxtapose Warhol's renderings of coins and dollar signs with images of people are on display at the Hood Museum of Art. "Follow the Money: Andy Warhol's American Dream" runs through September 19 and includes a rarely seen Warhol portrait of Nelson A. Rockefeller '30, former New York governor and U.S. vice president. Art historian Trevor Fairbrother guest curated the exhibition in honor of the Andy Warhol Foundation's recent gift of 153 Warhol photos to the Hood.

In the News: Dartmouth Ranked #1 for Commitment to Teaching by U.S. News

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 06:54:46 -0400

Follow the link to see the list of national universities ranked by undergraduate teaching.

Event: August 20: Public Astronomical Observing

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 06:53:49 -0400

Event: August 21: New York Theater Workshop presents Draw the Circle

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 06:53:19 -0400

As Deen struggles to come to terms with being a transgender man, those who love him most find themselves struggling as well in this unique solo show, told entirely from the point of view of Deen’s family, friends and partner, yet performed by Deen himself. A first-generation South Asian American writer, actor, and activist, Deen is an alumni member of the Public Theater’s 2009 Emerging Writers Group whose works have won the Dennis Johnston Playwriting Prize and the James Baldwin Award. The fifth of six presentations by the New York Theatre Workshop in its 19th three-week summer residency at Dartmouth.

News: Golfer Peter Williamson '12 Qualifies for Elite U.S. Amateur Championship

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:55:08 -0400

Three weeks ago Dartmouth men's golf coach Rich Parker competed in the United States Golf Association's (USGA) top senior event, the U.S. Senior Open. Now the Big Green's best golfer Peter Williamson '12 will be teeing off in the USGA's premier amateur event, the U.S. Amateur Championship, on August 23 at Chambers Bay in University Place, Wash.

Event: August 19: Pilobolus Movement Workshop

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:53:55 -0400

Summer Intensive with Pilobolus Dancers Matt Kent and Renee Jaworski lead a four-session workshop in creative collaboration. For dancers and non-dancers. Ages 14 and up

August 19: Loew series film—Solitary Man

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:31:16 -0400

Michael Douglas is an irredeemable womanizer who had it all, a Harvard-educated car magnate with a wonderful family and friends. And then a mid-life crisis causes him to throw it all away, operatically, sensationally and ferociously. Funny, tragic and beautifully written, SOLITARY is a welcome return for Douglas and also stars Susan Sarandon, Danny DeVito and Mary-Louise Parker.

News: Class of 1978 Life Sciences Center Aims to Set Sustainability Standard

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:11:41 -0400

In this podcast, Joe Broemel, Dartmouth senior project manager, and David Andronico, project engineer with general contractor Bond Brothers, discuss the construction of the Class of 1978 Life Sciences Center.

In the News: Apology Diplomacy at Hiroshima (The Atlantic blog)

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:10:55 -0400

Professor Jennifer Lind writes, "
Tad Akiba, Mayor of Hiroshima, didn't listen to instructions. During his visit to the White House last January, Akiba and a throng of other visiting mayors listened dutifully as handlers informed them that they would not be able to speak or shake hands individually with President Obama. "I just walked right up to him and shook his hand," Akiba grinned unabashedly. Apparently one does not get elected mayor of a large Japanese city by being reticent."

Event: August 18: ILEAD Lecture—"A Turning Point Called Kandahar"

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:09:40 -0400

Very soon the Pentagon, with a significant build up of troops, will push into the Afghan province of Kandahar, where the Taliban began and is most deeply entrenched. Will it be the final testing ground for the success – or failure – of the U.S. and NATO’s counter-insurgency strategy? NBC’s chief Pentagon correspondent Jim Miklaszewski offers insights from his reporting inside our military leadership. GlobalPost founder Charlie Sennott brings his perspective as a field correspondent, reporting on the Taliban for 15 years.

Event: August 18: Dartmouth Film Society presents "Gilda"

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:07:29 -0400

All film noirs need deceit, betrayal, flinty dialogue and dames hard as diamonds. But GILDA is the only one with the dame front and center—and for good reason. Rita Hayworth shimmers in the 1946 classic as a feisty heroine unhappily married to a ruthless casino magnate. Falling for an ex-lover, Hayworth captures Gilda’s vulnerability beneath her devil-may-care front ("If I’d been a ranch, they would have named me the Bar Nothing").

Ask Dartmouth: My great-grandfather Henry Bright Chase Jr. of Warner, N.H., graduated from Dartmouth in 1835. What would have been a typical curriculum for that period?

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:51:34 -0400

The curriculum at the time consisted of the classics, mathematics, "physical studies," rhetoric, and intellectual and moral philosophy. Read more. . .

Feature: "Strong Commitment to Teaching"

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:40:17 -0400

Dartmouth College has moved up to No. 9 among the best national universities in U.S. News and World Report's "Best Colleges 2011" rankings. Dartmouth is No. 1 for "Strong Commitment to Teaching" for the second consecutive year, in a new category the magazine created in 2010 for schools "where the faculty has an unusual commitment to undergraduate teaching."

Event: August 17: Gallery Talk—"The Star Portrait in the Glamour Factory: Circulation and Recycling"

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:34:53 -0400

Lecture by Mary Desjardins, Associate Professor, Film and Media Studies, Dartmouth College.

Event: August 18: Lecture—"Reciproval Influences of Jewish and Islamic Law"

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:33:28 -0400

This lecture, given by Professor Gideon Libson, Hebrew University, Jerusalem. s sponsored by the Mary & William Barnet '34 Family Fund and the Jewish Studies Program and is free and open to the public.

Feature: Top Teacher-Scholars

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 06:56:01 -0400

The 10 faculty members recently recognized with 2010 Dean of the Faculty Awards have expertise and interests ranging from robot locomotion and political philosophy to creative writing and the expansion of the universe. What they all share is outstanding commitment to and success in classroom teaching, scholarly achievement, and one-on-one work with students.

Event: August 15: Dartmouth Film Society presents Women Without Men

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 06:55:27 -0400

This prize-winning festival sensation chronicles the intertwining lives of four Iranian women during the summer of 1953, a cataclysmic moment in Iranian history when an American-led coup d’état brought down the democratically elected Prime Minister and reinstalled the Shah to power. Amidst political turmoil, the destinies of these women converge in a beautiful orchard garden, where they find independence, solace and companionship.

Event: August 15: Fieldstock

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 06:54:49 -0400

Fieldstock ends with canoeing/kayaking on the River and swimming out at Storr’s Pond.

Feature: Fieldstock

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 08:13:21 -0400

Now in its fifth year, Fieldstock has grown to a five-day event that is an important part of the student experience over Sophomore Summer. Head to the Green at 5 p.m. Saturday to cheer on the competitors in Human Chariot Races, and stay until dark to watch the fireworks over Baker Tower, both held Saturday on the Green.

Web Spotlight: Big Green Bus

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 08:12:54 -0400

This summer, 12 Dartmouth students hit the road in a vegetable-oil powered bus. Their mission? Help create a future that sustains people, the environment, and the economy. At dozens of stops across the country, they are promoting simple lifestyle changes that conserve money, energy, and resources.

In the News: Three Years On (CNBC video)

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 08:10:58 -0400

Three years to the date from when the credit crisis first began, David Blanchflower, professor of economics at Dartmouth College, joined CNBC to look at the economy.

August 14: Exhibition tour—"Made in Hollywood: Photographs from the John Kobal Foundation"

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 08:10:07 -0400

The exhibition showcases original vintage images of the greatest stars working during the golden age of the American film industry (1920-1960). They were taken by the most important photographers working to support the Hollywood studio system and feature portraits of Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Gloria Swanson, Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, Humphrey Bogart, and many other film celebrities. The glossy platinum- and silver-print photographs bring back the icons of a bygone era that captivated generations of movie audiences.

Event: August 14: Loew series film—I Am Love

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 08:08:52 -0400

LOVE tells the story of a wealthy Milanese family whose lives are undergoing sweeping changes. As the patriarch retires, his daughter-in-law (Oscar winner Tilda Swinton) is undergoing her own sea change. An adoring and attentive mother, her existence is shocked to the core when she falls quickly and deeply in love with her son’s friend and partner. Their passionate love affair will change the family forever.

Event: August 13: Hopkins Center film special--Earth Made of Glass

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:46:51 -0400

On August 6th, 2008, against the backdrop of the world’s deadliest war in neighboring Eastern Congo, Rwandan President Paul Kagame released a report detailing the French government’s hidden role in planning the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Three months later, his closest aide, Rose Kabuye, was arrested by France on charges of terrorism. Meanwhile, a genocide survivor haunted by his father’s unsolved murder scours the Rwandan countryside on a 15-year search for clues. Despite having never met, the story of a President and an ordinary citizen become inextricably linked in this extraordinary documentary.

The latest work from New Hampshire director Deborah Scranton (THE WAR TAPES) is a stirring examination of violence and retribution that has generated both praise and controversy since its premiere at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival.

Event: August 13: Public Astronomical Observing

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:44:43 -0400

August 12: Pilobolus Movement Workshop, for dancers and non-dancers

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 06:37:18 -0400

Veteran Pilobolus dancers/teachers Matt Kent and Renee Jaworsky lead a four-session workshop in creative collaboration, including the lively mixture between form and flow, abstraction and theatricality, strength, force, and balance. An opportunity for dancers to try something new, hone their skills, and enjoy movement, and for non-dancers to shed inhibitions and discover their hidden capabilities!

Event: August 12: Thursdays at the Loew film—Looking for Eric

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 06:36:27 -0400

The term “crowd-pleaser” is not often attached to the work of Ken Loach, the British Palme d’Or-winning director of films of social realism, but ERIC is just that. Sad-sack postal worker Eric is beset by the various life crises. His only solace is football and when his all-time hero Eric Cantona mysteriously appears spouting advice, our Eric is overjoyed. Clever, touching and original, ERIC carries the day.

Web Spotlight: Rebuilding Titcomb Cabin

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:41:56 -0400

On May 6, 2009, Dartmouth's Titcomb Cabin burned to the ground, after more than 50 years of standing proudly on Gilman Island on the Connecticut River. This summer, a group of passionate and dedicated students is working to rebuild it.

News: Charitable Giving to Dartmouth Begins Recovery

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:21:04 -0400

Dartmouth College received $153 million in philanthropic support in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, an 11 percent increase over 2009 but below the record of $168 million received in 2008.

Video: Ice Cream Social & Softball Game

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:38:45 -0400

President Kim hosted an ice cream social and softball game on the Green August, 5, 2010. The "Dartmoose" team, consisting of students and President Kim, squared off against the "Lone Pine" team of faculty and staff

In the News: On the Road Again: Dartmouth’s Big Green Bus (Sierra Club)

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:12:32 -0400

For three months, a dozen students from Dartmouth College are traveling across the U.S., stopping along the way to promote sustainable practices and participate in environmental events.

Event: August 10: The Future of the Petroleum Resource

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 06:12:29 -0400

Dartmouth PhD (1981) Paul Nadeau and his colleagues at Statoil have created a predictive model of the world's oil preserves. Their analysis supports that the time of "peak oil," when global production of this critical resource will peak, is close at hand.

Feature: Map Quest

Sun, 08 Aug 2010 08:30:50 -0400

The decades-long quest to parse the piecemeal nature of the American health-care system has put Dartmouth on the map, both medically and politically. But along with the plaudits and headlines has come criticism. Two of the experts behind the renowned Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care—Elliott Fisher and Jonathan Skinner—explain why its findings really do hold up.

Event: The Barnet Seminar in Jewish Studies: A Discussion of Works in Progress

Sun, 08 Aug 2010 08:28:53 -0400

Day-long series of speakers sponsored by the Mary & William Barnet II 1934 Family Fund. Convened by Susannah Heschel. Speakers include Jonathan Elukin, Abigail Gillman, Liora Halperin, Jonathan Decter, and Jeffrey Shoulson. Responders are Alex Halasz, Veronika Fuechtner, Dirk Vanderwalle, Edwin Seroussi, and Eric Jacobson.

Feature: Made in Hollywood

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 06:56:19 -0400

Revisit the icons of the golden age of the American film industry (1920-1960) at the Hood Museum of Art's current exhibition, "Made in Hollywood: Photographs from the John Kobal Foundation." The exhibition features original vintage images of the greatest stars of the period, including Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Gloria Swanson, Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, and Humphrey Bogart.

News: Chemistry Professor is Honored with American Chemical Society Fellowship

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 06:53:56 -0400

Peter Jacobi, the New Hampshire Professor in Chemistry and chair of the chemistry department, has been elected a fellow of the American Chemical Society.

In the News: Engineering HELP in Africa: Departing to Dar es Salaam (Scientific American "Expeditions" blog)

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 06:52:46 -0400

Students from Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering are working in Tanzania to help improve sanitation and energy technologies in local villages. The student-led group, known as Humanitarian Engineering Leadership Projects (HELP), will file dispatches from the field during their trip. This is their first blog post for Scientific American.

Event: August 6: An Evening with Filmmaker Jan Krawitz

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 06:51:10 -0400

Jan Krawitz, independent documentary producer, presents three of her most acclaimed films at Dartmouth. She will participate in a discussion and Q&A with the audience after the films.

Event: August 10: Herbie Hancock's The Imagine Project

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 06:49:53 -0400

Touring in support of his latest recording, The Imagine Project, Hancock and his powerhouse ensemble—including “soulful-to-the-extreme” (USA Today) young vocalist Kristina Train—dazzle with an exciting evening of electronic and acoustic classics mixed with rock and pop songs re-imagined with a cross-cultural spin.

Event: August 5: Loew Film Series - Mid-August Lunch

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 06:36:31 -0400

Broke, and armed with only a glass of wine and a wry humor, middle-aged Gianni resides with his 93-year-old mother in their ancient apartment. To earn extra cash, Gianni agrees to house a few elderly boarders over the busy Roman holiday. Can Gianni keep four such lively mamas well fed and happy in these cramped quarters? LUNCH is an utterly charming tale of good food, feisty ladies and unlikely friendships.

News: Reverend Leah Daughtry '84 will deliver the 2010 Convocation Address

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 23:19:04 -0400

Leah Daughtry, a 1984 Dartmouth graduate known for her leadership roles in the Democratic Party, will deliver the College’s 2010 Convocation Address on September 21 as the College opens its 241st year.

Event: August 5: Hopkins Center for the Arts '10-'11 Season Preview

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 23:18:28 -0400

Thursday, August 5
12 & 5:30 pm

Sights & Sounds: Blog: Rauner Library Special Collections

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 23:18:02 -0400

Blog from the Rauner Special Collections Library

Feature: Harry Sheehy to lead Dartmouth Athletics

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 12:42:12 -0400

Harry Sheehy, a highly regarded administrator and former coach who has led Williams College to 17 Division III national team championships during his 10 years as the College's Chair and Director of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation, has been named Dartmouth's Director of Athletics and Recreation, effective September 7, 2010. Dartmouth President Jim Yong Kim and Acting Dean of the College Sylvia Spears announced Sheehy's appointment today.

Feature: Daughtry '84 delivers Convocation Address

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 01:01:26 -0400

Leah Daughtry, a 1984 Dartmouth graduate known for her leadership roles in the Democratic Party, will deliver the College's 2010 Convocation Address on September 21 as the College opens its 241st year. Raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., Daughtry went on to major in government and African American Studies at Dartmouth.

Web Spotlight: Presidential Lecture Series

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 01:00:52 -0400

"Our goal with the Presidential Lecture Series is to supplement the classroom experience with real-life lessons on innovation, collaboration, and leadership." - President Jim Yong Kim

News: Dartmouth Medical School series focuses on biotech, nanotechnology, fertility

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 09:00:22 -0400

Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) experts in biotechnology, genetics, and fertility this fall will offer an explorer's guide through the growing jungle of options for treating human ailments and injuries.

Event: August 4: Dartmouth Film Society "The Wind"

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 07:14:08 -0400

Wednesday, August 4 • 7 pm
Loew Auditorium

Ask Dartmouth: Does the Foucault pendulum in Fairchild ever stop moving?

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 07:13:43 -0400

Yes, when the electricity goes off. The pendulum uses an electronic mechanism to keep it going; otherwise it would lose its energy due to friction and stop after a few hours. Read more...

Event: August 1: August 1: Dartmouth Film Society - Please Give

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 06:57:13 -0400

Director Nicole Holofcener, a crafter of comedies that get under your skin (FRIENDS WITH MONEY), returns with a seriocomic portrait of depressed, over-caffeinated, too-rich New Yorkers that labor to live a decent, moral life under late-stage consumer capitalism.

Event: Augst 3: Meet-the-Artist Brown Bag Lunch Discussion with members of the New York Theater Workshop

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 06:56:29 -0400

Bring your lunch and hear brief talks by the artists, directors and writers of Olé and Benedictus being presented August 7.

Event: July 31: Hood Museum Introductory Tour - Highlights of American Art

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:40:52 -0400

This tour takes place from 2pm – 3pm at the Hood Museum of Art galleries.

Event: July 31: Loew Film Series - The Square

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:39:04 -0400

A stylish, twist-filled film noir, THE SQUARE centers on an adulterous couple whose scheming leads to arson, blackmail and murder.

News: Dartmouth Ranks #2 in PayScale Survey

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:23:23 -0400

Dartmouth College ranks second nationally in the mid-career median salary category PayScale’s 2010 College Salary Report released recently.

In the news: 20 Years After an Open, a Coach Tees Up Again (The New York Times)

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:22:44 -0400

On the tee sheets for the United States Senior Open, he is listed as Richard Parker Jr., Lebanon, N.H., but around Dartmouth College, he is just “Coach” or “Rich.”

Feature: Habits of the Mind

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:14:09 -0400

"Your theory of mind affects your performance," College President Jim Yong Kim told Dartmouth students on July 29 during his Presidential Lecture in Moore Theatre. Kim gave the second talk in the lecture series that opened July 16 with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

News: Dartmouth’s Environmental Studies Program Recognized by Fiske Guide to Colleges

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:13:34 -0400

Dartmouth College has been named by the Fiske Guide to Colleges as one of the top ten schools in environmental studies for college applicants in 2011.

Event: July 30: Met Opera Encore - Carmen

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:22:01 -0400

Elīna Garanča sings the seductive gypsy of the title for the first time at the Met, opposite Roberto Alagna as the obsessed Don José. Rising maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts.

Event: July 30: Public Astronomical Observing

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:20:45 -0400

The Department of Physic and Astronomy offers free public astronomical observing Friday evenings, 9:30 to 11:30 p.m., behind Shattuck Observatory.

Event: July 29: July 29: Concert - Rusted Root

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:48:20 -0400

Pittsburgh’s Rusted Root gets audiences to their feet with its blissful fusion of indie rock and lush layers of African, Latin American and Middle Eastern percussion.

Event: July 29: Film - The Way We Get By

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:49:12 -0400

A group of senior citizens gathers daily at Bangor airport to thank American soldiers departing and returning from Iraq. This Emmy-nominated documentary quickly turns into a moving, unsettling and compassionate story about aging, loneliness, war and mortality.

Feature: Habits of the Mind

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:37:59 -0400

Watch the live webcast of President Jim Yong Kim's Dartmouth Presidential Lecture here on Thursday, July 29 at 4 p.m. In the second lecture of the series, President Kim will speak on how insights from the fields of education, psychology and brain science, sociology, anthropology, and others can be used to foster the “habits of the mind” students need to be successful and have a positive impact on the global community. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg gave the inaugural lecture July 16.

Event: Lecture - Can a Broken System Produce Tomorrow's Leaders and Gender Balance?

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:37:23 -0400

Lina Abirafeh, Professor, Researcher, and Gender-Based Violence Expert and Jennifer Fluri, Dartmouth Professor of Geography and Gender Issues, speak as part of the ILEAD Summer Lecture Series, "Perilous Triangle:
Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran."

News: Use and Misuse of Prescription Drugs

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:10:29 -0400

Seddon R. Savage, a pain consultant with the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Manchester, N.H., has been involved in clinical, education, and policy work around opioids, pain, addiction, and prescription drug misuse for the past 25 years. In this podcast, she talks about her work examining the balance between treating pain and drug misuse, and about strategies for clinicians who are on the front lines of dealing with this public health issue.

In the News: Rise of the Business-Savvy Engineer (Financial Times)

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:09:55 -0400

The Masters in Engineering Management (MEM) degree, a cross between an advanced engineering program and a general management course, is becoming the credential of choice for those who want careers at the intersection of technology and business. The Thayer School of Engineering is a leader in MEM; Drew Wenzel ‘08 and Thayer Dean Joseph Helble, are quoted.

Sights & Sounds: Photos: Rebuilding Titcomb Cabin

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:09:28 -0400

A Dartmouth Outing Club (DOC) crew is spending summer 2010 building a cabin on the Connecticut River’s Gilman Island, located about a mile downriver from campus. The group is floating down all the necessary supplies—including a cement mixer, a wheelbarrow, and 40 bags of concrete—to the island via canoe.

Web Spotlight: Department of Theater

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:51:51 -0400

The Theater program at Dartmouth College combines courses in the history, theory, and criticism of theater as a performing art with courses in theater practice. Students may concentrate their studies in theater practice in such areas as Acting and Directing, Theatrical Design and Technical Production, Dance, Playwriting, Dramaturgy, History, Theory, and Criticism of Theater.

News: Dartmouth Golf Coach Set to Tee Off in U.S. Senior Golf Championships on July 29

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:51:29 -0400

“You only get so many chances to play in the ‘majors,’ especially when you’re the golf pro at a 9-hole course in Lebanon, N.H., and the Dartmouth golf coach,” said Rich Parker, who is entering his seventh season as the men’s golf coach.

Event: July 27: Hood Museum Lunchtime Gallery Talk - "Warhol's American Dream"

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:50:45 -0400

Tuesday, July 27 from 12:30pm – 1:30pm
Arthur M. Loew Auditorium

Event: July 28: Film - Blue Light

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:49:57 -0400

Wednesday, July 28 • 7 pm
Spaulding Auditorium

Feature: Dispatches from Greenland

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:39:04 -0400

As part of Dartmouth's Integrative Graduation Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program, eight graduate students and four professors in the fields of biological sciences, earth sciences, and engineering are spending the summer digging into Greenland's ice sheets and tundra to better understand recent changes to the polar environment. Follow their discoveries and adventures on the IGERT blog.

Sights & Sounds: Video: Arts Center of the 21st Century, with President Kim

Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:37:22 -0400

A Symposium at the Hopkins Center for the Arts
Remarks by Dartmouth President Jim Yong Kim
Wednesday & Thursday, June 23 & 24, 2010

Event: July 24: Introductory Tour of "Made in Hollywood: Photographs from the John Kobal Foundation"

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:18:46 -0400

Event: July 24: Saturdays at the Loew film: Ondine

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:17:26 -0400

Saturday, July 24
6:30 & 8:45 pm
Loew Auditorium