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Paul Farmer -- The Need for "Systems Thinking" in Health Care (Video)

Sydney Finkelstein, Ph.D. | Posted 10.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Partners-in-Health, Jim Yong Kim, Dartmouth College, Reflections on Leadership for Social Change, Sydney-Finkelstein, Paul Farmer, Health Care, Business News
Sydney Finkelstein, Ph.D.

Global health pioneer and Partners in Health co-founder Paul Farmer, MD recently emphasized the need to bring "systems thinking" into the discussion of improving the delivery of health care world-wide.

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Paul Farmer: Early Influences That Led to a Career in Medicine

Sydney Finkelstein, Ph.D. | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Partners-in-Health, Jim Yong Kim, Dartmouth College, Reflections on Leadership for Social Change, Paul Farmer, Business News
Sydney Finkelstein, Ph.D.

At a recent roundtable, Partners in Health co-founder Paul Farmer, MD spoke about the influences early in his life that led to his career in medicine. Watch it here.

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Paul Farmer: On Jim Kim's vision for Dartmouth (Video)

Sydney Finkelstein, Ph.D. | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Partners-in-Health, Dartmouth College, Jim Yong Kim, Reflections on Leadership for Social Change, Paul Farmer, Sydney Finkelstein, Business News
Sydney Finkelstein, Ph.D.

In a recent talk, Global health pioneer and Partners in Health co-founder Paul Farmer, MD spoke of his friend Jim Yong Kim's vision as he begins his term as the 17th president of Dartmouth.

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Michael Porter: The Value of Student Leadership Positions

Sydney Finkelstein, Ph.D. | Posted 10.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Michael Porter, Dartmouth College, Jim Yong Kim, Reflections on Leadership for Social Change, Business News
Sydney Finkelstein, Ph.D.

Michael Porter, the Harvard Business School strategy guru, talks about one significant influence in his educational career--a student leadership pos...

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Ruth Simmons: The Profound Impact of One Teacher, One Class (Video)

Sydney Finkelstein, Ph.D. | Posted 10.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Ruth Simmons, Jim Yong Kim, Dartmouth College, Reflections on Leadership for Social Change, Brown University, Business News
Sydney Finkelstein, Ph.D.

In a recent panel discussion, Brown University President Ruth Simmons talks about how the profound impact of one teacher in a high school course changed her life.

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Jeffrey Immelt: Change vs. Social Change

Sydney Finkelstein, Ph.D. | Posted 10.05.2009 | Business

Read More: General Electric, Dartmouth College, Jim Yong Kim, Reflections on Leadership for Social Change, Jeffrey Immelt, Video, Business News
Sydney Finkelstein, Ph.D.

GE Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Immelt, a 1978 Dartmouth graduate, says that to consider "change" and "social change" separately is a "losing proposition."

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Video: BigThink Goes to College to Find Emerging Influencers

Andy Plesser | Posted 10.02.2009 | Technology

Read More: fora.tv, Duke University, Dartmouth College, Vanderbilt University, Georgetown University., Bigthink, Technology News
Andy Plesser

Known for its videos of big names like Ted Kennedy, the site is expanding to important "thinkers" who are not necessarily famous.

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What is Work? Finding Your True Career in Life's Second Act

Sharon Glassman | Posted 08.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Law, Dartmouth College, Human Rights, Work, Environment, Utilities, Careers, Work-Life Balance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Kennedy-School-of-Government, Harvard, Career Change, Happiness, Living News
Sharon Glassman

Seconds acts are ours for the making. This concept was brought home to me as I chatted with John Sherman III -- a man whose professional story embodies the "yes, we can!" principle of positive second pro-act-ion.

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For Recession-Chic, Look to the Woodsmen

Julia Plevin | Posted 05.30.2009 | Style

Read More: Woodsmen, Colby College, Paul Smith College, Dartmouth College, Trends, Fashion, Carhartt's, Recession, Style News
Julia Plevin

Before long, we will all be wearing camouflage while chopping wood.

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Sam Stein

Franken's Position Looks Surprisingly Good, New Political Study Shows

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Franken Coleman, Michael Herron, Dartmouth College, Al Franken, Franken Senate Seat, Franken Vote, Coleman Senate Seat, Franken Recount, Politics News

Despite trailing his opponent by slightly more than two hundred votes, Democratic challenger Al Franken stands a strong chance of passing Sen. Norm Co...

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NH County Treasurer Unseated By "Teenybopper" Student

AP | Posted 12.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Carol Elliott, County Treasurer, Dartmouth College, Local Politics, Vanessa Sievers, New Hampshire, Politics News

HAVERHILL, N.H. — A county treasurer who lost her bid for a fourth term last week to a 20-year-old Dartmouth College student from Montana blames...

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Did Economists Correctly Predict Who Would Win In Beijing?

Slate | Daniel Gross | Posted 09.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Olympics, Beijing Olympics, Economics, Dartmouth College, Gold Medals, Business News

Before the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, I wrote about economic models that aimed to pre-empt thousands of hours of television coverage, s...

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College Presidents Seek Debate On Drinking Age

AP | JUSTIN POPE | Posted 09.19.2008 | Home

Read More: Duke University, Dartmouth College, The Ohio State University, College, Underage Drinking, Drinking, University of Florida, Home News

College presidents from about 100 of the nation's best-known universities, including Duke, Dartmouth and Ohio State, are calling on lawmakers to consi...

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