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Featured News - July 2020

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Geisel Announces $11 Million in Gifts for Scholarships

Gift commitments of $10M and approximately $1 million from two Dartmouth medical school alumni will significantly increase scholarship support for students at Geisel. Read more...

New Study Shows How Tests of Hearing Can Reveal HIV's Effects on the Brain Jay Buckey, Jr., MD, a professor of medicine at Geisel who co-led the study, says, “Initially, we thought we’d find that HIV affects the ear, but what seems to be affected is the brain’s ability to process sound.” Read more...

Geisel Hosts Virtual Town Hall on Racism and Structural Violence On Friday, June 19, Geisel hosted the Juneteenth Town Hall to bring the Geisel community together to learn, reflect, and honor the lives lost to anti-Black racism. Read more...

In Case You Missed it

Levy Gift to Support Innovations in Care for Seriously Ill Patients A $1-million gift from Susan and Richard Levy D ’60 will fuel the rapid-cycle development and testing of new ways of caring for individuals with serious illnesses. Read more...

Innovations in Cancer Prevention and Treatment Webinar Scientific advances are making personalized cancer prevention and treatment possible, but how? In this webinar, top scientists from Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Geisel, and Dartmouth College shared their expertise. Watch here...

Now Accepting Nominations for Geisel's 2021 Alumni Awards Who among your classmates has made outstanding contributions in medicine, science, and other endeavors? The Alumni Council Awards Committee is now accepting nominations for the 2021 Alumni Awards. Submit your nomination by October 15, 2020.