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Latin American, Latino and Caribbean studies professor Matthew Garcia provided the New York Times with the tip about sexual assault allegations against Cesar Chavez, co-founder of the United Farm Workers union, that prompted a five-year long investigation which revealed that Chavez sexually abused girls as young as 12 in the 1970s.
On March 26, the College invited 1,687 students to join the Class of 2030 from a pool of 28,863 applications, the second-largest in College history after that for the Class of 2028. The overall admissions rate was 5.8 percent, down slightly from six percent for the Class of 2029. Data about the newly admitted class was first reported by Dartmouth News. College spokesperson Jana Barnello declined to provide additional comment.
As part of The Dartmouth’s coverage of the upcoming 2026 midterm and gubernatorial elections, the paper is publishing an interview series, “A Sit-Down with The Dartmouth,” featuring in-depth conversations with candidates for state-wide and New Hampshire district positions.
As the U.S. war with Iran intensifies, student veterans at Dartmouth say the conflict feels both familiar and unsettling. For many students on campus, the fighting unfolds through headlines and government class discussions. But for those who once served in the military, some of whom were deployed in the Middle East, the war carries memories of their time in service, concerns for friends still serving and questions about whether the region is once again entering prolonged instability.
The College is requiring Dartmouth Libraries to cut its budget over the next two fiscal years, according to emails sent by dean of libraries Susanne Mehrer to library staff and obtained and reviewed by The Dartmouth. While a Dec. 1 email from Mehrer stated the required cuts totaled $2,614,000, Mehrer wrote in a March 5 email that the “FY27–FY28 budget planning figure is $1 million lower” than the initial $2.6 million cut.
On Feb. 28, U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., criticized the United States’ “war in Iran” as “illegal” and said it would “put American personnel at risk” during a visit to campus.
Despite a nationwide boom in data center construction, New Hampshire currently has only 10 small-scale data centers, according to the New Hampshire Bulletin. New Hampshire has no confirmed plans for additional data center development, and is one of the states with the fewest number of data centers in the country, according to Axios.
On Feb. 25, Fox News host Laura Ingraham ’85 returned to campus for an open forum Q&A hosted by the Dartmouth Political Union, during which she spoke about her time at Dartmouth and her tenure as editor-in-chief of the Dartmouth Review as well as her take on contemporary politics.
Enzo La Hoz Calassara ’27, an undergraduate student from Minnesota, passed away on Sunday after “an accident in the Cook Islands,” senior vice president for community and campus life Jennifer Rosales and interim dean of undergraduate student affairs Anne Hudak wrote in an email to campus today. Calassara was participating in the linguistics foreign study program in New Zealand and Polynesia.
On March 16, Annabelle Zhang ’27 and Vihan Jayawardhane ’27 will assume the roles of editor-in-chief and publisher to head the paper’s 183rd directorate. They will replace outgoing Editor-in-Chief Charlotte Hampton ’26 and Publisher Quentin Proud ’26, respectively.
On Tuesday, Gov. Kelly Ayotte announced that the Department of Homeland Security's plans to construct an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Merrimack, N.H., have been scrapped, according to a state press release.
On Jan. 25, College President Sian Leah Beilock published an editorial in The Wall Street Journal entitled “Is a Four-Year Degree Worth It?” The piece argued that American universities have “a trust problem” and should prioritize affordable tuition, post-graduate outcomes, institutional neutrality, enforced medians and standardized testing in admissions.
Last month, the New Hampshire House of Representatives passed a bill to lower the state’s business enterprise tax rate from 0.55% to 0.5%, according to a document published on the General Court of New Hampshire’s website.
Leon Black ’73, a former client of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, pledged to donate $500,000 to renovations for the President’s House at Dartmouth and more than $350,000 to Jewish studies programs, according to a 2014 financial summary from the College recently released by the Department of Justice.
Last month, the New Hampshire Executive Council approved a study to examine the feasibility of New Hampshire exiting the New England regional energy grid, according to a meeting agenda published on the Secretary of State’s website. The study — which will be conducted by consulting firm London Economics International — will cost the state $230,046.
Former U.S. transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg visited Dartmouth last week to meet with students and speak on a panel about the future of American politics.
On Feb. 12, New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte released two documents confirming that a U.S. Immigration Customs and Enforcement processing site will be built at the site of an unused industrial warehouse in Merrimack, N.H. The release follows months of speculation by state residents after the Washington Post reported leaked Department of Homeland Security documents that included plans for the site in December.
This past week, community members rang in the Year of the Horse with Lunar New Year celebrations across campus. From Feb. 14 through Feb. 19, student organizations held events including a traditional dragon dance at the Hopkins Center for the Arts, dumpling making and karaoke at the Chinese Language House.
On Feb. 9, after declining to leave an office building in Williston, Vt. that houses Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s National Criminal Analysis and Targeting Center, 11 people, including Roan Wade ’25 and Geisel School of Medicine professor Donald Kollisch, were arrested on misdemeanor trespassing charges.
After being diagnosed with a rare and aggressive cancer shortly following her Dartmouth graduation, Sydney Towle ’22 turned to social media. Towle has since gained celebrity online for her raw, candid account of fighting cancer. As of January 2026, Towle’s TikTok account has over 800,000 followers and her Instagram has over 60,000 followers.