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Who Will Take Chavez’s Place? (<em>Al Jazeera</em>)

Who Will Take Chavez’s Place? (Al Jazeera)

Sharlene Mollett says the next Venezuelan leader must keep poverty on the agenda in Latin America.

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Dartmouth Researchers Studying Vermont Stream Recovery (<em>The Boston Globe</em>)

Dartmouth Researchers Studying Vermont Stream Recovery (The Boston Globe)

Dartmouth professors are using a National Science Foundation grant to study long-term effects of Tropical Storm Irene, particularly in areas of stream channel erosion.

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Dartmouth Scientists Study Irene’s Impact to Predict Future Flooding Hazards

Dartmouth Scientists Study Irene’s Impact to Predict Future Flooding Hazards

Dartmouth researchers are studying stream channel erosion due to Tropical Storm Irene to assess the potential of future storm related flooding hazards.

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Watch These American Cities Segregate, Even As They Diversify (<em>The Atlantic</em>)

Watch These American Cities Segregate, Even As They Diversify (The Atlantic)

Segregation and diversity in major U.S. cities is occurring at the same time, in the same place, says Professor Richard Wright

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Racial Diversity Increases, But Segregation Persists Says Geography Professor

Racial Diversity Increases, But Segregation Persists Says Geography Professor

In a Dartmouth Now video interview, Professor Richard Wright says highly diverse neighborhoods are still rare and African American neighborhoods remain largely segregated.

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The World’s Troubles are Their Troubles

The World’s Troubles are Their Troubles

The achievements and aspirations of Dartmouth students have brought them prestigious scholarship support from the Truman, Udall, and Goldwater foundations.

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Dartmouth Scientists Track Radioactive Iodine from Japan’s Nuclear Meltdown

Dartmouth Scientists Track Radioactive Iodine from Japan’s Nuclear Meltdown

Using a new investigative methodology, Dartmouth researchers have found and tracked radioactive iodine in New Hampshire from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

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Dartmouth Junior Emma Smith Wins Truman Scholarship

Dartmouth Junior Emma Smith Wins Truman Scholarship

Emma Smith ’13, an anti-genocide activist with special concern for Sudan, has been awarded a prestigious grant to support her graduate studies after Dartmouth.

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Anise Vance ’11 Selected as Mitchell Scholar

Anise Vance ’11 Selected as Mitchell Scholar

Anise Vance ’11 will study religious segregation and issues of religious identity while he pursues an MA in geography at Queen’s University Belfast.

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Triple Threat: Samantha Gutiérrez ’11

Triple Threat: Samantha Gutiérrez ’11

Samantha “Sam” Gutiérrez ’11 is a triple major, a member of the Dartmouth cheer team, and is interested in gender and the law.

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