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Ode To Ice

Science Friday visited Queens ice sculptor Shintaro Okamoto in his studio and spoke with ice researcher Erland Schulson, of Dartmouth, to find out why ice is an interesting subject for artists and engineers.

Jan 30, 2012

The Dartmouth

$300 House Project targets Haiti

The four-day workshop for the $300 House Project — which aims to address homelessness by developing affordable housing — brings together students and faculty from Tuck School of Business, Thayer School of Engineering, College undergraduates, as well as architects, engineers and designers from around the world.

Jan 27, 2012

Local 10 News (Miami)

Engineers are transforming lives

Technological advances are laying the groundwork for "humanitarian engineering" -- For example, Dartmouth engineering students are building wind turbines in remote regions of Tanzania.

Jan 26, 2012

Azores Government

Government touts importance of integrating the Azores in the project SuperDARN

The Government of the Azores met with leaders of the SuperDARN project, including Professor Simon Shepherd, to make an official statement about the importance of the project to promoting cooperation with the U.S. and the positive development of the Azores.

Jan 25, 2012

UN News Centre

UN partners with Dartmouth a cappella group to spotlight Horn of Africa famine

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today released a new video message aimed at highlighting the ongoing famine in the Horn of Africa, with a song recorded by the renowned a cappella group, The Dartmouth Aires.

Jan 24, 2012

The Boston Globe

Biotechs strike partnerships to spread their costs, risks

At the 30th annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, Tillman Gerngross pressed drug company leaders from around the world to farm out some specialized research and development to his New Hampshire start-up, Adimab LLC.

Jan 16, 2012

Medical Physics Web

Quantified biomarkers aid glioma resection

Having developed an algorithm that takes five biomarkers into account, Professor Keith Paulsen's team hopes to detect tumour tissue with significantly higher accuracy.

Dec 13, 2011

InnovationNewsDaily

Buried Threat: Military Tests Device to Find Unexploded Bombs

U.S. military has funded new technology that can better track buried threats from past wars. Professor Fridon Shubitidze and his colleagues have created computer algorithms capable of sorting through the low-frequency electromagnetic signatures of buried explosives.

Dec 09, 2011