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On Feb. 18, Town manager Robert Houseman announced Hanover Police Department captain and acting chief James Martin as the Department’s next permanent chief. According to Houseman, Martin was selected after a nationwide search that identified 22 candidates.
On Feb. 13, College President Sian Leah Beilock announced the appointment of Joseph Catrino as the inaugural executive director of the newly established Dartmouth Center for Career Design — a successor to the current Center for Professional Development. In his role, Catrino is set to expand the Center for Professional Development into a “best-of-its-kind resource” for students to plan their career paths, according to Dartmouth News. A career administrator and educator, Catrino served as the founding executive director of career and life design at Trinity College from 2021 to 2025, where he used a “unified framework” to strengthen “career development, student success and retention services.” The Dartmouth sat down with Catrino to discuss his background in education and his plans for the Center for Career Design.
On Feb. 23, the Dartmouth Student Government Senate met for its seventh weekly meeting of the winter term. Led by student body president Chukwuka Odigbo ’25, the Senate discussed alumnus Steve Upton’s ’77 proposal for the new undergraduate school of Arts and Sciences to be named “Dartmouth College.” The Senate was joined by Upton and outgoing Provost David Kotz ’86, who co-led the project that originally proposed a school of Arts and Sciences.
On March 15, Charlotte Hampton ’26 and Quentin Proud ’26 will assume the roles of editor-in-chief and publisher of The Dartmouth to head the paper’s 182nd directorate. They will replace outgoing Editor-in-Chief Emily Fagell ’25 and Publisher Eren Berke Saglam ’25, respectively.
On Feb. 20, the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and Dartmouth Dialogues co-hosted attorney, women’s rights activist and Brandeis University professor Anita Hill for the final event of the 2024 Election Speaker Series.
This winter term, the Palaeopitus Senior Society announced a partnership with the Office of Visa and Immigration Services to support undergraduate students applying for B-2 tourist visas for international family members to attend Commencement.
On Feb. 18, the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy hosted Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., for a conversation about bipartisanship and the Democratic Party.
On Feb. 10, the FUERZA Farmworkers’ Fund, a mutual aid fund that supports farmworkers in rural Vermont and New Hampshire, and La Casa co-hosted a panel featuring Mexican women’s rights activist Olimpia Coral Melo. In 2021, Melo spearheaded advocacy for Mexico’s first law outlawing digital violence — also known as “revenge porn,” according to Melo — against women.
At a media event on Feb. 14, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center chief research officer Steven Bernstein said funding cuts to the National Institutes of Health under President Donald Trump’s administration could “severely hinder” research at Dartmouth and DHMC.
On Feb. 15, the Dartmouth Undergraduate Science Olympiad, which was founded last fall, hosted more than 200 New England high school students in the Life Sciences Center for its first Science Olympiad. During the student-run science competition, contestants each participated in two to four events out of 24 total events, including written tests, lab experiments and engineering activities, according to chapter president Sarah Parigela ’27.
On Feb. 16, the Dartmouth Student Government Senate met over Zoom, due to inclement weather, for its sixth weekly meeting of the winter term. Led by student body president Chukwuka Odigbo ’25, senators discussed — and ultimately passed — two amendments to the DSG constitution.
On Feb. 10, the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding and Dartmouth Dialogues co-hosted Egyptian journalist and author Ahmed Naji for an event titled “The Power of Literature and Free Expression in the Middle East.” In 2016, Naji was imprisoned in Egypt for “violating public decency” in his 2014 novel “Using Life” — which tells the story of young people in Cairo creating a series of documentary films and depicts LGBTQ+ people and explicit scenes.
On Feb. 13, the Office of Greek Life and Student Societies hosted author, educator and social theorist Jackson Katz for a lecture about preventing gender-based violence on college campuses, with a focus on Greek spaces. The event, which was organized in conjunction with the Equal Opportunity, Accessibility and Title IX Office, the Office of Pluralism and Leadership and the Student Wellness Center, was held in Collis Common Ground and drew approximately 80 attendees, according to associate director of Greek Life Mishka Murad.
On Feb. 6, Upper Valley Jewish Voice for Peace and the Palestine Solidarity Coalition co-hosted author and political commentator Peter Beinart to discuss his newly released book, “Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza.” Due to inclement weather, the event was held remotely over Zoom.
This year, various student organizations and the Office of Pluralism and Leadership are celebrating Black Legacy Month with a theme of “Afro-Requiem: Reclaiming Our Culture,” according to the OPAL website. Campus organizers currently have 15 events planned throughout February, including a karaoke party, a field day with children of the Upper Valley and a Black hair care event. A committee of 11 students began event planning in the fall term, according to Black and Pan African student advisor Ashley Audu.
On Feb. 10, the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy hosted KT McFarland — who served as deputy national security advisor during President Donald Trump’s first term in office — to speak about the future of U.S. national security. McFarland discussed the current Trump administration’s goals of becoming energy independent, improving border security and implementing institutional changes to the military.
In recent weeks, rumors of Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in the Upper Valley have swept through the community — spreading through social media posts, student group chats and word of mouth. The rumors reflect national fears of stricter immigration enforcement under President Donald Trump’s administration and have sparked responses from students and administration alike.
Three international undergraduate students have been given the pseudonyms Jessica, Samantha and Tom. They each have been granted anonymity to speak candidly about their experiences.
After former Hanover Police Chief Charlie Dennis retired in December 2024, captain James Martin stepped in as the Department’s acting chief. Martin — who served as Dennis’s second-in-command for four years — helped guide everyday operations and managed the Department’s accreditation by the Commission on Law Enforcement Agencies, a national credentialing authority for public safety agencies. Town manager Robert Houseman will select a permanent replacement for Dennis through a nationwide search by next month, according to Martin. The Dartmouth sat down with Martin — a candidate for the permanent position — to discuss his new role, experience with police professional development and thoughts on transparency in community policing.
Yesterday, Lebanon District Court Judge Michael Mace sentenced Kevin Engel ’27 and Roan Wade ’25 — two student protesters arrested for trespassing in October 2023 — to 20 hours of community service and a potential $310 fine each.