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Fairfield Citizen

Fairfielders roll out a welcome for Dartmouth's Big Green Bus

"The Big Green Bus" left the campus of Dartmouth in New Hampshire Wednesday for its 8th annual summer tour of the country, planning to log about 12,000 miles and travel through 30 states.

Jun 21, 2012

EarthTechling

EV Technology the Winner at Formula Hybrid Competition

All the results are now in for the international 2012 Formula Hybrid competition, a student design and engineering challenge to create the best high performance hybrid and electric vehicles.

Jun 14, 2012

CBC News (Canada)

Giant algae blooms thriving under thinning Arctic sea ice

Visiting Professor of Engineering Donald Perovich and his colleagues discovered enormous blooms of algae growing in an area of the Arctic Ocean that they never thought could support the phytoplankton: below the sea ice.</p>

Jun 13, 2012

The Dartmouth

College names search committee

Brian Pogue, Professor of Engineering and Dartmouth Dean of Graduate Studies, was selected as one of 14 members of the Presidential Search Committee for the College’s 18th president.

Jun 12, 2012

San Francisco Chronicle

Tiny undersea plants may affect Arctic ocean life

Visiting Professor of Engineering Donald Perovich and his colleagues discovered a massive bloom of the microscopic marine plants called phytoplankton beneath the sea ice—a discovery that could affect the life of every seagoing creature in the Arctic.</p>

Jun 12, 2012

The Dartmouth

Graduate schools hold individual commencement exercises

Graduate programs at Tuck School of Business, Thayer School of Engineering, Geisel School of Medicine and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice will host individual graduation activities this weekend.

Jun 11, 2012

Scientific American

Thinning Arctic Ice Allows Plankton Bloom

Visiting Professor of Engineering Donald Perovich participated in an expedition through the Chukchi Sea off the coast of Alaska that found massive blooms of phytoplankton under the ice. The discovery upends the notion that the sea ice that forms in autumn ushers in a nearly lifeless season for the ocean below.</p>

Jun 11, 2012

The Boston Globe

College teams compete in hybrid challenge

The brainchild of research engineer and racing enthusiast Doug Fraser, who has taught at Dartmouth for three decades, the Formula Hybrid competition has grown, with 39 teams competing in 2012, featuring entrants from around the country and the world.

Jun 05, 2012