Professor Peter Regan continues to focus on his Professional Decision Modeling course and the Pre-Enrollment Program (math camp) outside the classroom. His paper "Professional Decision Modeling: Practitioner as Professor" was accepted for publication in Interfaces, the management-science journal at the intersection of practice and theory. The paper describes his experience as a decision-science practitioner designing and teaching an applied decision science course over the past seven years at Tuck. Regan has also created an online version of his pre-MBA math camp at www.mbamath.com. In summer 2005, Tuck's incoming first-years and individual students entering 13 other MBA programs used the site to build a stronger math and spreadsheet skill base before beginning their MBA experience. Regan is currently extending the topics covered and adapting the site for use during the MBA admissions process.
Professor Richard Sansing's paper "Who Benefits from Inconsistent Multinational Tax Transfer Pricing Rules?" coauthored with Anja De Waegenaere and Jacco Wielhower of Tilburg University, was accepted for publication in Contemporary Accounting Research. His paper "Dynamic Tax Planning with an Application to Estate Freezes," coauthored with Ken Klassen of the University of Waterloo, was accepted for publication in the Journal of the American Taxation Association. In June, Professor Sansing visited Tilburg University, where he presented "Is the Effective Tax Rate an Effective Performance Measure?" which he coauthored with Bob Halperin of the University of Illinois.
Effective July 1, Professor Anant Sundaram was named faculty director of Tuck Executive Education at Dartmouth. Sundaram will work with Tuck faculty and the Executive Education team in developing new programs and will direct and teach in particular programs. He currently teaches two finance courses in the MBA program. Sundaram earlier served on the Tuck faculty, from 1987 to 1994.
As part of the Allwin Initiative, Professor John Vogel helped launch Nonprofit Bridge this summer. The program enabled 15 participants from the nonprofit sector to build business skills, supplemented by specific nonprofit classes, as part of Tuck's Business Bridge Program®. In response to Hurricane Katrina, Professor Vogel wrote an op-ed piece for the Valley News entitled "You Want to Help? Write Two Checks," which tried to remind readers that "all the problems of homelessness, hunger, and healthcare in the Upper Valley did not get wiped out in the hurricane." In summer 2005, along with Erick DeOliviera T'04, Professor Vogel published an article in Multifamily Trends called "Wireless Submetering and Water Conservation: Measured Benefits," which examined eight million data records and showed how wireless submetering can substantially reduce water use in multifamily properties.
Dartmouth's MD/MBA program directors, Professors Mike Zubkoff and Don Conway, have been asked to host the Fourth Annual National Meeting of MD/MBA Program Directors at Dartmouth on June 21–23, 2006. This year, six students—more than 10 percent of the Dartmouth Medical School's third-year class—entered the Dartmouth MD/MBA program and are presently completing their first year of studies at Tuck.
