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This article is featured in the 2025 Homecoming Special Issue.
This article is featured in the 2025 Homecoming Special Issue
From Sept. 24 to Sept. 27, the Hopkins Center for the Arts staged an experimental production of Stravinski’s orchestral ballet score “The Firebird” at the Daryl Roth Studio Theater as a “prelude” to the building’s official reopening. Unlike a traditional performance in which the original score is performed by a live orchestra, the show consisted of a “mixtape version” in the form of contemporary arrangements by Touki Delphine, the artistic collective behind the show, according to the company’s artistic director Rik Elstgeest.
If you are a frequent reader of these editor’s notes, you might have noticed that these are often rather personal reflections. They are vulnerable and self-aware, and I’ve loved reading them long before I became tasked with writing my own.
Only one minor at Dartmouth finds students building roller coasters into the wee hours of the morning and taking over dorm common rooms as they cut up pieces of paper into as many different square variations as possible — Human-Centered Design. The most popular minor at Dartmouth, the HCD program focuses on developing students’ creativity and innovation in “addressing human needs,” according to the Dartmouth Engineering website.
The newly renovated Courtyard Cafe is set to reopen on Oct. 17, with a return to face-to-face ordering alongside additional seating.
What class are you most excited about this term and why?
The partial opening of the renovated Hopkins Center for the Arts on Sept. 15 has provoked mixed feelings from students and staff members. Some said they are frustrated with the incomplete construction, while others expressed excitement about access to the new facilities.
I needed lunch. It was early September 2023, and I was one month into my new job as a professor at Dartmouth. I asked a colleague to join me. She couldn’t come, but she warned me, “The ’27s are here now, and it’s gonna be much slower getting around campus while they figure it out.”
This article is featured in the 2025 Freshman Special Issue.
This article is featured in the 2025 Freshman Special Issue.
Ledyard Park, a new park on the east side of South Main Street between Ledyard National Bank and Citizens Bank, is currently under construction and is projected to be completed in the spring of 2026. The project was spearheaded by the Town of Hanover in partnership with local businesses and community groups and aims to create a versatile venue for performances and casual socializing, according to town manager Robert Houseman.
There’s nothing quite like starting your afternoon by getting thrown across a mat. Welcome to ASCL 61.10: Japanese Martial Arts, a course I’m taking this summer that meets twice a week in the classroom and twice on the mat — yet lingers in my muscles all week long.
If you're not familiar with the Dartmouth performing arts scene — particularly campus dance and a cappella groups — they often perform during the term on week nights at Greek houses.
On July 14, Dartmouth students, faculty and community members participated in the 44th Annual Prouty, a fundraising event for cancer-related healthcare such as research, patient treatment and family support services. The event was organized by the Dartmouth Cancer Center, a cancer treatment and research center that is part of Dartmouth Health.
Mindy Kaling ’01 is rewriting the script on what a college theater space can be. In June 2025, the award-winning writer, actress and producer donated a gift to fund the Mindy Kaling Theater Lab, which will be located in the newly renovated lower level of the Hopkins Center for the Arts adjacent to the Warner Bentley Theater.
Dartmouth needs a place reserved for an international member on the Board of Trustees. By international, I don’t mean a child of immigrants or a naturalized U.S. citizen. For the purposes of this article, I don’t mean anyone from the Anglo-Western world either. I am talking about people who have been through the daunting process of leaving their home country and crossing linguistic and cultural boundaries to seek an education in the States, but who choose to ultimately return to their countries of origin or settle away from the United States. This, I believe, is where a school like Dartmouth’s calling truly lies — not in contributing to global brain drain or fueling the American corporate machine, but instead creating a class of exceptional individuals who embody “a sense of responsibility for each other and for the broader world,” as outlined in the College’s mission statement. I believe that having an international Trustee is not only symbolically important, but also a strategic imperative to pursue these aims.
Artificial intelligence is an issue that lingers quietly at the back of our minds, an unspoken discomfort that many of us carry. As college students, we have experienced the advent of artificial intelligence models and witnessed the breathtaking pace at which they have advanced. Some of us may have benefited from these large language models’ impressive talent for completing assignments. But beneath the convenience lies the growing anxiety that artificial intelligence will reshape societies and markets in ways that we do not yet understand. Dartmouth must more proactively integrate AI into the classroom.
On June 13, Israel launched a series of strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, causing Iran to respond with a barrage of missile attacks on Israeli soil. A 12-day conflict between the two countries, which included American involvement, proceeded until a ceasefire entered into effect on June 25. The Dartmouth sat down with government professor Jeffrey Friedman, who specializes in foreign policy decision making, to discuss the Iranian nuclear program, the recent Israeli and American strikes and possible future developments.
This article is featured in the 2025 Commencement & Reunions special issue.