May 2010 Research Awards
May 1, 2010
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A Dartmouth Medical School study found that among those whose parents let their kids watch R-rated movies "all the time," almost a quarter had tried a drink without their parents' knowledge.
A review authored by Drs. H. Gilbert Welch and William Black suggests that doctors need to address the problem of overdiagnosis in cancer care—the detection and possible treatment of tumors that may never cause symptoms or lead to death.
Listen to the Podcast: Talking Chaucer, with Peter W. Travis
In an effort to promote science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education in K-12, the National Science Foundation has awarded Dartmouth College a $2.5 million grant to bring together graduate students with middle school teachers.
Host Jane Lindholm talks to Dartmouth physicist Marcelo Gleiser about his new book A Tear at the Edge of Creation: A Radical New Vision for Life in an Imperfect Cosmos.
Dartmouth researchers Ryan Calsbeek and Bob Cox study male and female brown anole lizards in the Bahamas.
Dartmouth researchers were awarded $15.6 million during April, including $2.8 million in new and competing awards.
VPR's Jane Lindholm talks with Susanne Freidberg, professor of geography at Dartmouth College and author of Fresh: A Perishable History about how our perceptions of freshness change with the times.