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(05/24/16 9:05pm)
On my last day on campus at the end of freshman year, the air was heavy with impending rain and the sky was the color of slate. I was sitting on the Ledyard boathouse dock with my roommate waiting for the sunset that never pushed through the clouds. Quarter-sized raindrops started tumbling out of the sky, but we stayed, uselessly tying sweatshirts around our heads. Branches and leaves flew by as the river swelled and its banks turned to thick mud. For two hours, we talked in the rain.
(12/08/15 3:39pm)
Following news of professor emeritus John Rassias’ death last week, friends, colleagues and former students took to social media to post memories and condolences. Beyond being a pioneer in the instruction of foreign languages, Rassias is remembered for his dedication to each individual student over his decades-long tenure as a professor.
(05/28/15 9:29pm)
With a yield of 50.4 percent for the Class of 2019, the proportion of students accepting the College’s offer of admission has declined from last year’s yield of 54.5 percent but is up from 48.5 percent in 2013. For the past decade, the yearly yield rate has hovered around 50 percent, according to a College statement.
(02/24/15 10:30pm)
Associate dean of the faculty for the arts and humanities Adrian Randolph has been selected to take on the role of dean of the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University beginning July 1, Northwestern reported.
(02/02/15 12:40am)
The College entered the national media spotlight again last week as College President Phil Hanlon announced his Moving Dartmouth Forward plan, with most coverage focusing on the decision to ban hard alcohol on campus.
(01/15/15 12:54am)
WISE @ Dartmouth will begin its first support group — a weekly, student-run group for self-identifying women who have experienced emotional, physical or sexual abuse or stalking — next week, Caeli Cavanagh ’14, a co-chair of WISE @ Dartmouth, said. The organization hopes that the support group will provide a place where students can be secure in their knowledge that they are not alone and that they support each other, advocates and survivors alike, she said.
(01/05/15 3:01am)
Geisel School of Medicine pharmacology and toxicology professor Michael Spinella is being awarded a $250,000 two-year grant by the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation to support his research, which could lead to a treatment for testicular cancer that is more effective and less toxic than current treatment options. Spinella is among five researchers across the country receiving a 2014 Reach Grant from the foundation, which gives the grants to move childhood cancer research from the lab to the clinic.
(09/10/14 12:17am)
Dartmouth enters the school year amid two federal probes, high turnover in staff who deal with sexual assault and a new sexual misconduct policy.
(08/08/14 2:03pm)
In May 2013, the Greek Leadership Council passed a policy banning freshmen from attending Greek events serving alcohol during the first six weeks of the fall, with the goal of protecting the safety of first-year students and mitigating risk for Greek houses.
(07/24/14 11:08pm)
In the small pitch-black theater, students glide through the audience and across the stage, settling in rocking chairs for one scene or bursting through the bare screen door in another. They have been fixing the details, swapping out scarves and timing effects. In front of a lit screen that shifts between pinks, blues and reds, they utter words written by Bobby Esnard ’14, perfecting the performance of a script he first wrote more than a year ago. As they rehearsed on Thursday, their first big audience would witness the production in just two days.
(07/17/14 11:15pm)
The Dartmouth Summit on Sexual Assault concluded its open sessions Tuesday, and attendees worked in groups on key issues surrounding sexual assault on Wednesday and Thursday.
(07/13/14 8:19pm)
Educator and curriculum developer Gail Stern stood in front of a photo of a Venn Diagram, one circle labeled "rape" and the other "things that are funny." The two circles did not overlap.
(07/07/14 8:37pm)
As nationwide institutions adapt to meet new NCAA policies on the provision of food to student-athletes, certifications for strength and conditioning coaches and penalties for street drug use, Dartmouth does not anticipate having to make major changes to ensure compliance. Approved by the NCAA’s legislative council in April, the new policies will take effect Aug. 1.
(06/27/14 12:20am)
Panarchy undergraduate society has been closed for the summer, effective 8 p.m. Thursday. Current residents were given until that time to vacate the building.
(06/20/14 12:27am)
Heather Lindkvist, the Title IX officer and an anthropology professor at Bates College, will begin serving as Dartmouth’s Title IX coordinator and Clery Act compliance officer in August, the College announced earlier this month.
(02/28/14 1:37am)
Students hoping to change their spring course lineups could not access class schedules on Banner Student on Thursday morning, when add-drop period was scheduled to start, due to a computer-related issue that has since been resolved. Students reported being confused, though not exceedingly impacted, by the delay.
(02/20/14 12:38am)
When applying to Dartmouth, Peter Saisi ’16 said his best tool was Google. His public school in Kenya did not have a guidance counselor, so he prepared for standardized testing with Internet research. Ultimately, he said, he chose the College by process of elimination, finding that it seemed to best suit his desire for a school with a good academic reputation, a strong sense of community and an intimate size.
(02/06/14 9:00pm)
Whether the snow sculpture is a massive throne, an intricate pirate ship, a muddy cupcake or just two blocks of ice in the middle of the Green, we can always count on some dedicated students to build the Winter Carnival icon, an unavoidable thread that goes back many dozens of years through Dartmouth’s history.
(02/06/14 8:49pm)
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(01/10/14 3:23am)
Carolyn Dever, dean of the college of arts and sciences at Vanderbilt University, will serve as Dartmouth’s next provost beginning July 1, College President Phil Hanlon announced Thursday in an email to campus. Dever, an English professor known for her efforts in furthering diversity, has served in academic administrative roles for over a decade.