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(05/23/13 2:00am)
Students looking out at the College's expansive campus from the Green may find it hard to imagine that the campus once consisted of solely Dartmouth Row, or Dartmouth, Wentworth, Thornton and Reed Halls.
(05/21/13 2:00am)
Melinda Agron '14, a studio art major concentrating in architecture, long knew she would most likely pursue a career in architecture upon arriving at the College. Agron said she enjoys the flexibility that a liberal arts education offers as compared to a structured bachelor of architecture program, because it has helped develop other skills and interests that can be applied to her architectural studies.
(04/22/13 2:00am)
On Saturday, the two discussed their paths to the entertainment industry to a small group of students and professors in the Black Family Visual Arts Center film studio.
(04/16/13 2:00am)
The interns perform every aspect of curating an exhibition, including selecting works of art and theme, researching pieces, writing and editing labels and a brochure, working with the exhibition designer on the display and wall colors and presenting a gallery talk.
(04/04/13 2:00am)
Erin Martin, a primary care doctor, was forced to prescribe medication to a suicidal woman rather than deal with her deeper psychological issues, due to pressure from her clinic, which sought to see a large number of patients. In "Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Health Care," a documentary co-directed and produced by Matthew Heineman '05, tackles what Heineman believes is a broken American health care system. The film was born out of a meeting arranged by producer Doug Scott between Heineman and fashion designer Donna Karan. Karan's experience with the health care system as her husband battled cancer sparked her concern for the state of American health care, Heineman said.
(02/28/13 4:00am)
Due to the Undergraduate Finance Committee's total decrease of $60,000 last spring, many organizations receiving funding have decreased programming and become more conscious about their spending.
(02/25/13 4:00am)
Dartmouth Mock Trial Society may not have needed to contribute blood or sweat to perform at a tournament earlier this month, but member Chelsea Lim '16 shed a few tears in her role as a witness grieving the death of her husband. Lim's tearful act contributed to the team's eighth place finish at the Northeast Regional Mock Trial tournament and an open bid to move on to the Opening Round Championship Series in March.
(02/18/13 4:00am)
When Nick Taranto '06 began working in New York City, his demanding schedule made it difficult to continue his passion for cooking, which he considers to be an essential human experience. Dissatisfied with options for eating out and ordering in, he teamed up with Harvard Business School classmate Josh Hix to launch Plated, an e-commerce company that seeks to make cooking convenient.
(02/05/13 4:00am)
In order to attract prospective students, the Admissions Office employs a wide-ranging outreach effort that includes maintaining the admissions website, broadcasting video chats, meeting with visitors on campus and conducting recruitment trips, according to admissions director Paul Sunde. Freshmen interviewed, however, said that they did not receive a significant number of promotional materials from Dartmouth before applying and that marketing efforts, other than campus visits, did not impact their decision to matriculate.
(02/01/13 4:00am)
The Department of Health and Human Services proposed that health insurance plans self-funded by colleges satisfy the standard for "minimum essential coverage" under the federal health care law's requirements for qualified plans, Inside Higher Ed reported. The regulation, proposed on Jan. 30, impacts roughly 30 colleges primarily major universities, including many Ivy League institutions and the University of California system. The proposal exempts self-funded plans from coverage requirements imposed by the Affordable Care Act. By self-funding student health plans, institutions can cut operating costs and customize their coverage to the students' specific needs, according to college officials. Health care advocacy groups have expressed concerns that more institutions are self-funding their health plans because the plans involve minimal government oversight, Inside Higher Ed reported.
(11/09/12 4:00am)
Racist remarks written on campaign materials supporting President Barack Obama on the third floor of Brown Hall in the Choates residential cluster were reported to Office of Pluralism and Leadership Director Alysson Satterlund Wednesday after being discovered by the building's custodial staff. Students said they were upset that an act of vandalism occurred but were unsure of specific details regarding the incident.
(11/02/12 3:00am)
Altogether, around 120 faculty, undergraduates and postdoctoral students including Dartmouth computer science, sociology, Tuck School of Business and Thayer School of Engineering professors have collaborated on more than a dozen projects exploring research topics from technical analysis of process control systems to means of counteracting insider threats within organizations.
(10/26/12 2:00am)
Verhagen, Briggs and bonfire committee co-chairs Amanda Winch '16 and Jose Rodarte-Canales '16 have met every Thursday in October with officials, including Collis Center for Student Involvement advisors Eric Ramsey and Juliann Coombs, Hanover Police and Safety and Security representatives and Greek Letter Organizations and Society Director Wes Schaub, according to Winch.
(09/28/12 2:00am)
With new College alcohol and hazing policies threatening to increase instances of judicial action against students and student organizations this year, students are becoming more aware of the College's judicial process, even looking into hiring outside consultants to help with the process in the event of a hearing. While the College permits students accused of misconduct to pay for advice on the disciplinary process from outside attorneys or consultants, the Undergraduate Judicial Affairs Office provides students with numerous resources to prepare for Committee on Standards and Organizational Adjudication Committee hearings, Director of Undergraduate Judicial Affairs Nathan Miller said.
(09/19/12 2:00am)
A new transfer term policy will limit the number of students permitted to participate in a particular transfer program to an average of five and will require all interested students to submit applications, according to Committee on Instruction Chair Hakan Tell. The COI implemented changes to the College's policy to ensure that transfer programs are academically rigorous and fulfill individual student needs not met at the College, he said.
(06/09/12 2:00am)
College Provost Carol Folt will experience a relatively smooth transition to the position of interim College president due to her experience as an administrator at the College but faces challenges in familiarizing herself with current initiatives and overcoming a negative public image, according to students and faculty interviewed by The Dartmouth. Folt will begin her tenure on July 1 after College President Jim Yong Kim's departure on June 30 to the World Bank.
(05/25/12 2:00am)
Slightly over one-third of graduating students have accepted job offers for after graduation as indicated by a preliminary survey conducted by Career Services, according to Monica Wilson, acting co-director of Career Services. Reflecting a nationwide trend reported by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, the current number of Dartmouth students with guaranteed employment marks an increase from this time last year.
(05/21/12 2:00am)
Six Dartmouth alumni in the analog and digital gaming fields discussed topics ranging from new business models in the industry to the role of collaboration and narrative in games at the digital humanities program's first-ever gaming panel on Friday in Filene Auditorium.
(05/18/12 2:00am)
Wrestling fights, students jumping off buildings, people pulling fire alarms, power outages and vandalism are some of the incidents that Safety and Security has dealt with over past Green Key weekends, according to Director of Safety and Security and College Proctor Harry Kinne.
(05/16/12 2:00am)
Helen Benedict, the author of a novel, nonfiction book and play about women serving in the war in Iraq, met with students, faculty, staff and the greater community through luncheons and dinners on Monday and Tuesday as the Center for Women and Gender's annual visionary-in-residence. Through her consortium "Giving Voice: Women, War and Silence," Benedict aimed to provide fresh insight into how the treatment of women in the military reflects on how women are treated in society, including at Dartmouth, she said.