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(07/22/14 12:26am)
On the website for the TeenAIDS-PeerCorps, a nonprofit founded by John Chittick ’70 to train young volunteers to provide peers with information on HIV, readers can see letters sent to Chittick by those he has worked with. “Dear John,” writes a peer-education coordinator from Vietnam, ”How are you now? Are you still in Africa?”
(06/30/14 11:37pm)
Debate surrounding student use of computers during class has resurfaced following mathematics professor Daniel Rockmore’s June 6 article in The New Yorker, “The Case for Banning Laptops in the Classroom.” Since the article’s publication, some classes have implemented a no-laptop policy, which professors say is aimed at preventing distraction.
(05/26/14 10:05pm)
As thousands of students prepare to work internships this summer for little or no pay, some have turned to crowdfunding to cover basic living and travel costs.
(05/20/14 11:08pm)
Conservative author Dinesh D’Souza ’83 pleaded guilty to campaign finance fraud before U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman on Tuesday, acknowledging that he made illegal contributions through other donors. His trial was scheduled to begin on Tuesday in Manhattan, said Jerika Richardson, a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York.
(05/18/14 11:22pm)
A new human-centered design minor, approved last week by the Committee of Chairs, will launch this fall. Sponsored by the engineering sciences department, the interdisciplinary minor aims to incorporate knowledge, research and innovation from various disciplines to address human needs. Thayer School of Engineering professor Peter Robbie and computer science professor Lorie Loeb will serve as faculty advisors.
(05/15/14 10:48pm)
One evening in October 2010, Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity pledges at Yale University were blindfolded, parading around the university’s picturesque Old Campus. Their chants were clear.
(05/12/14 10:18pm)
About 30 people discussed current and future global experiences at the College and abroad at yesterday’s “Moving Dartmouth Forward” conversations. Topics covered at the session, the last in the series, included new foreign study programs in Ghana and South Africa.
(05/08/14 10:35pm)
Edward Kim, who began in early April as the interim assistant dean and advisor to the Pan-Asian community in the office of pluralism and leadership, will serve in that role through the end of June. His appointment followed the departure of former assistant dean Aeriel Ashlee, who left for medical reasons. OPAL has put together a search committee and hopes to fill the position this summer.
(04/28/14 11:09pm)
Around 30 faculty members and 15 students attended Monday’s “Moving Dartmouth Forward” sessions, which discussed the Innovation Center and New Venture Incubator and an arts and innovation district that would centralize campus entrepreneurial and artistic endeavors. Some involved in the College arts community expressed hesitation about the consolidation, noting a desire to separate artistic creativity from what they saw as financially-driven entrepreneurship.
(04/24/14 10:59pm)
Around 350 admitted students attended the third Dimensions program, associate admissions director Katherine Madden said. The two-day event consisted of academic showcases, student panels, nighttime tours, club events and the annual student-organized show. The Dimensions program was altered significantly from previous years to span three April weekends and contained additional programming. At the show, current freshmen did not pose as prospective students.
(04/13/14 10:25pm)
At a weekend IDEO innovation seminar and workshop, participants proposed projects including a traveling activity bus, electronics-free rooms and a community service graduation requirement. Over 60 students attended the event, held at the Thayer School of Engineering, which asked participants to design a product or opportunity that would strengthen personal connections and relationships on campus, as well as create a more caring and collaborative Dartmouth community.
(04/06/14 10:44pm)
This year’s four candidates for Student Assembly president and three for vice president will emphasize unity, personal dedication and communication in their campaigns. The candidates for president are Casey Dennis ’15, Jay Graham ’15, Jon Miller ’15 and Yesuto Shaw ’15. The candidates for vice president are Frank Cunningham ’16, Harry Qi ’17 and Matthew Robinson ’15.
(04/02/14 10:33pm)
The recently published anthology “Growing Up Muslim: Muslim College Students in America Tell Their Life Stories,” places the number of students practicing Islam at the College between eight and 13 for each of the classes graduating between 2011 and 2015. Dartmouth students and alumni contributed 13 of the 14 stories in the compilation, co-edited by education professor emeritus Andrew Garrod.
(03/25/14 11:34pm)
The Alumni Gym and Memorial Field’s west stands will undergo significant renovations in the coming year, financed by the 2014-2015 $54 million capital budget approved at the Board of Trustees’s March 8 meeting.
(03/03/14 12:49am)
As Ivy League track and field athletes descended on Hanover this weekend, they explored beyond the confines of Leverone Field House. Many local businesses and restaurants saw a large influx of patrons during the 2014 Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Track and Field Championship this weekend, which were held at the College for the first time in four years.
(02/26/14 12:34am)
While mingling at a party for incoming faculty in 2007, English professor George Edmondson and German studies professor Klaus Mladek got to talking about melancholy. Seven years later, that conversation has grown into an idea for their forthcoming book, “A Politics of Melancholia,” and earned them a prestigious award and thousands of dollars in funding. Last week, the American Council of Learned Societies announced that the pair had been selected as one of eight teams of 2014 collaborative research fellows.
(02/21/14 12:58am)
At a People of Dartmouth panel on Thursday, four panelists spoke about finding community at the College. Their stories varied from adapting to a community with a mixed socioeconomic profile to finding support on campus despite having parents who refused to pay tuition.