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Kiplinger's has ranked Dartmouth seventh in its 2008 ranking of "Best Values in Private Colleges." Among the Top 10, the College is behind only Duke and Emory when it comes to average debt per graduate who took out education loans, coming in at $21,561.
Al Mulley '70, chief of the general medicine division at Massachusetts General Hospital and a Dartmouth trustee, has been named chair of the search committee charged with finding Jim Wright's replacement.
Tuition for academic year 2008-09 will increase 4.9 percent, or $1,725, to $36,690. Charges including room, board and mandatory fees will total $47,694.
Dartmouth researchers have been awarded a $300,000 grant from the Collaborative Science and Technology Network for Sustainability. Investigators will be looking at mercury-control policies in New England.
The women's basketball team won a share of the Ivy League title (with Cornell), then lost in the Women's National Invitation Tournament. It was the team's fourth post-season appearance in as many years.
Glenn Randall 'O9 finished first in the 2008 NCAA cross- country championships at Bohart Ranch in Montana. He is the first to win the title for Dartmouth since Ned Gillette '67, the late brother-in-law of men's cross-country coach Ruff Patterson.
Dartmouth is among more than 80 colleges and universities subpoenaed by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo in his investigation of student loans and Bank of America's relationships with schools offering affinity cards.
White House aide Timothy Goeglein was forced to resign in February after it was revealed that he plagiarized material, including a Dartmouth Review piece by professor Jeffrey Hart '51.
