Faculty news
Prof on Britannica board
John W. Hennessey, Jr., the Jones professor of management at the Tuck School, has been appointed to the board of the Encyclopedia Britannica Educational Corporation, producer of educational films, videos, and computer-based learning materials. Hennessey recently completed a term as chairman of the board for the Educational Testing Service in Princeton, N.J.
NSF grant
Richard Holmes and Thomas Sherry of the department of biological sciences have received a grant of $160,404 from the National Science Foundation for a five-year study of bird populations in New Hampshire forests. They will be examining changes in the numbers of birds, their food supplies, the climate, and other environmental factors affecting bird survival. The results will be used for bird conservation and forest management. Holmes, professor of biology, did his undergraduate work at UCLA and earned his doctorate at Berkeley. Sherry, a 1973 graduate of Dartmouth with a Ph.D. from UCLA, is a research associate in the biology department.
Tonsils, bedwetting linked
Two Dartmouth Medical School researchers have found that removal of a child's tonsils or adenoids can cure or reduce bedwetting. Drs. Dudley Weider and Peter Hauri have reported on a study of 35 children with severe bedwetting problems who had tonsil and adenoid removals at Hitchcock Hospital since 1978. Of the 35, 26 experienced significant or total reduction of bedwetting. Weider cautions, however, that the findings don't hold hope for all bedwetting cases, noting that the operation will benefit only those with significant upper airway obstruction.
The Dartmouth Skiway's new million-dollar snowmaking system promises to deliver a 100-dayseason this year, compared to 32 days last winter and only five days one recent winter Fourtimes more season passes were sold this year, and the Carnival ski competition was held at theSkiway for the first time in several years. The 15 snowguns and seven miles of pipe convert 1,200gallons of water a minute into snowcover for 50 acres of trails. One of only two college-ownedski areas in New England, the Skiway has 14 trails and two lifts.
