Given to medical students in recognition of their commitment to helping address public health issues in their community,the nationally competitive U.S. Public Health Service Excellence in Public Health Award rewards visionary medical students who are advancing initiatives to improve social justice. Second-year Geisel students Sarah Kovan ’22, Sam Tsai ’22, and Isabelle Yang ’22, are this year’s recipients of theprestigious award.
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Rachel Solotaroff MED ’01 Receives Dartmouth Social Justice Award
Alumna Rachel Solotaroff MED ’01 will receive the 2020 Martin Luther King Jr. Social Justice Award for Ongoing Commitment in recognition of her work with Central City Concern, a Portland, Ore., organization serving adults and families who are affected by homelessness, poverty, and addictions.
Physicians for Human Rights Regional Student Conference
Please join us for Dartmouth’s 2018 Regional Physicians for Human Rights Conference, titled “The 50%: The Changing Arc of Women’s Rights”! The event will be held on Jan. 19th and 20th at Dartmouth’s Class of 1978 Life Sciences Center. Come join a discussion of the intersectional and reciprocal impacts of business, law, and socioeconomics on women’s rights.
Event: “It’s Criminal” Documentary Screening and Discussion Dec. 8
Join Beyond the Books in Chilcott Auditorium on Thursday, December 8 at 7:30 pm for a sneak preview of the new documentary, “It’s Criminal.” This film shares the life-changing experiences of 14 Dartmouth students and 10 female prisoners who worked together in the Telling My Story program at Dartmouth.
Geisel’s Urban Health Scholars Receive MLK Social Justice Award
Congratulations to the Geisel School of Medicine’s Urban Health Scholars program—recipient of a 2016 Dartmouth College Martin Luther King Jr. Social Justice Award.