DUJS Science News
17 Nov 2009
DMS research team makes suggestions on health care delivery system reform
by Daniel K. Lee '13
In the midst of the U.S. health insurance debate, a research team led by Elliott S. Fisher at Dartmouth Medical School has asserted that reform of the health care delivery system should include two important components: the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) and the accountable care organization (ACO).
16 Nov 2009
International bird expert urges humans to take responsibility on migrant bird populations
by Shu Pang '12
Dr. Ian Newton, an international expert of bird ecology and former president of the British Ecological Society, spoke about the human impact on bird migratory patterns at Dartmouth on Wednesday.
26 Oct 2009
Dartmouth prof. and postdoc discover that natural selection is not, alas, the whole story
by Shu Pang '12
Dartmouth professor Ryan Calsbeek and postdoctoral researcher Robert Cox recently found that intraspecific variation in sexual size dimorphism (SSD) in brown anole lizard (Anolis sagrei) can be attributed to underlying sex differences in responses to local variation of environmental conditions, rather than solely to natural selection.