VOL. CLXXI NO. 29
AM SNOW
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2014
HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Geisel suspends M.D./Ph.D. apps
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SEE GEISEL PAGE 5
Tuck sees high employment offer rate for Class of 2013
B y sara m C gahan OPINION
The Geisel School of Medicine has suspended admissions to its M.D./Ph.D. program, Geisel School Dean Wiley Souba announced in an email to the Geisel community Thursday morning. Since the decision _I[ Ă… Z[\ ZM^MITML QV I .MJ meeting, around 1,000 students IVL NIK]T\a PI^M [QOVML I XM\Q tion outlining concerns. Admissions were suspended to allow the administration to examine the program, deter-
mine its optimal size and discuss how to attract the best students, among other reasons, Souba said. The 25 students currently working toward their degree IVL \PW[M _PW PI^M ITZMILa been offered admission to the program will not be directly affected by the policy change. M.D./Ph.D. programs aim to train physician-scientists, a group uniquely able to participate in both basic and clinical research and patient care. The
Tuck School of Business graduates are waiting longer to IKKMX\ RWJ WNNMZ[ I \ZMVL \PI\ Jonathan Masland, director WN <]KSÂź[ +IZMMZ ,M^MTWX ment Office, attributed to the MKWVWUaÂź[ OZIL]IT QUXZW^M ment. Students, he said, can JM UWZM LQ[KMZVQVO QV \PMQZ RWJ searches. Data released by Tuck earlier this month on the compen-
sation rates and employment TM^MT[ NWZ UMUJMZ[ WN \PM +TI[[ WN PI^M UQZZWZML XI[\ aMIZ[Ÿ NQO]ZM[ The compensation rates and MUXTWaUMV\ TM^MT[ NWZ UMU bers of the Class of 2013 mirror figures seen in past years, according to data released by \PM [KPWWT WV .MJ Ninety-one percent of the KTI[[Ÿ OZIL]I\M[ PIL ZMKMQ^ML RWJ WNNMZ[ Ja OZIL]I\QWV ¸ \PM best of any peer MBA program,
Financial aid office clarifies application forms
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SEE TUCK PAGE 3
Median  base  salaries  fall  in  line  with  other  schools.
College, Tuck to hire social media coordinators
B y Caroline Hansen
After @TuckExecEd tweeted a link to its blog post about professor Sydney .QVSMT[\MQVÂź[ ZM[MIZKP _PQKP XZMLQK\ML the rise of female CEOs, Inc. Magazine reporter Ilan Mochari wrote an article citing the research and linking back to <]KSÂź[ WZQOQVIT JTWO XW[\ <PM VM`\ LIa @Dartmouth, @TuckExecEd and @ TuckSchool tweeted at Mochari and .QVSMT[\MQV QVKT]LQVO \PM =:4 WN \PM Inc. Magazine article. Then @Tuck-
Bridge chimed in. *W\P \PM +WTTMOM IVL <]KS PI^M ramped up their social media presMVKM W^MZ \PM XI[\ NM_ UWV\P[ IQUQVO to better connect to current students, XZW[XMK\Q^M [\]LMV\[ IVL IT]UVQ 5IZ\QV /ZIV\ \PM +WTTMOMÂź[ K]ZZMV\ director of digital content, said social media is important for spreading news IVL [\WZQM[ IJW]\ [\]LMV\ IKPQM^MUMV\[ faculty research and alumni accomplishSEE MEDIA PAGE 3