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The Dartmouth

Magleby tapped to lead U.S. team

After graduating from Dartmouth with a bachelor’s degree in engineering sciences, Alexander Magleby ’00 began coaching at Dartmouth in 2001 and has now been named head coach of USA Rugby’s national sevens team.

Apr 10, 2012

The Dartmouth

Student ventures take $20,000 in prizes

Spiral-E Solutions, founded by Alison Stace-Naughton ’11, won the $3,000 second-place prize for its prototype of a medical device that helps keep the stomach in place during endoscopic surgery. She developed the first prototype in an undergraduate engineering class at Dartmouth.

Apr 10, 2012

Vermont Public Radio

Cold Regions Researchers And Engineers Gather In Fairlee

Charlotte Albright spoke with Mary Albert, professor of engineering at Dartmouth and one of many researchers and engineers who gathered in Fairlee for a conference hosted by the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory.</p>

Apr 10, 2012

Vermont Public Radio

Dartmouth Jewish Sound Archive A Treasure Trove

Alex Hartov and Lewis Glinert are two Dartmouth faculty members started the project 10 years ago. They spoke with VPR's Jane Lindholm about the scope and rarity of some of the recordings.</p>

Apr 10, 2012

The Dartmouth

Student group named among best innovators

Dartmouth Humanitarian Engineering’s hydropower project—which currently operates two sites in Rwanda—was recognized as a semifinalist in both the University of Washingon Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition and the Dell Social Innovation Challenge.

Mar 29, 2012

The Sacramento Bee

Student team hones engineering, business skills with hybrid race car project

The UC Davis team is focused on completing its car for the April 30-May 3 Formula Hybrid Competition founded in 2006 by Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth.

Mar 27, 2012

The Washington Post

What standardized tests should assess

"...Myron [Tribus] agreed with me that deciding what knowledge is most important, and using systems theory to simplify the organization of that knowledge, were logical first steps in real education reform..."</p>

Mar 27, 2012

The Dartmouth

The life of a retired athlete: How seniors spend final terms

Amber Bryant ’12 of the volleyball team said that although the seniors are done in the fall, they continue to play together for fun while mentoring the younger girls on the team...Although Bryant has more free time this spring, she will be spending most of it holed up in Thayer School of Engineering...

Mar 27, 2012