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On June 6, Dartmouth and 17 other universities backed Harvard University’s lawsuit against the Trump administration after federal funding cuts.
Earlier today, a second student was suspended from the College for allegedly participating in a pro-Palestinian sit-in in Parkhurst Hall. In an interview with The Dartmouth, Jordan Narrol ’25 denied that she was present at the May 28 sit-in.
At a Palestine Solidarity Coalition rally today at noon, six students began a hunger strike. Most of the students were masked and unidentifiable.
Yesterday, the Student Worker Collective at Dartmouth announced the end of their strike, two weeks after it began. SWCD will enter into mediation with the College, according to a statement posted on the union’s Instagram account.
On May 28, student activist Roan Wade ’25 was suspended from the College. In an interview with The Dartmouth, Wade stated that the College notified them of their suspension following a pro-Palestinian sit-in in Parkhurst. Wade refused to confirm whether they were present at the sit-in.
Last week, the Advisory Committee on Investor Responsibility unanimously rejected a divestment proposal from Dartmouth Divest for Palestine that calls for the College to divest from six weapons manufacturers it says are “directly involved in Israeli apartheid, genocide and violations of international law.” The DD4P proposal is the first divestment proposal to be officially reviewed by ACIR under guidelines updated in 2013, according to the ACIR website.
Last week, President Donald Trump’s major domestic policy bill, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill includes a proposed hike to the federal tax on university endowments to a 14% tax rate — up from 1.4% — on Dartmouth’s endowment returns, according to The New York Times.
Around 1:30 p.m., approximately fifteen pro-Palestinian protesters occupied the reception area of the president’s office in Parkhurst Hall. They then left the building at 6 p.m., when it closed for the day.
On May 25, the Dartmouth Student Government Senate met for its eighth weekly meeting of the spring term. Led by student body president Chukwuka Odigbo ’25, the Senate voted down an amendment to its constitution limiting eligibility to serve on its executive board to only those who have served as senators or representatives. It also allocated $5,000 of its budget for the expansion of outdoor seating and wellness spaces on campus.
In a virtual town hall for alumni last week, College President Sian Leah Beilock and other top administrators said the College is advocating for higher education institutions against “government overreach.”
The Advisory Committee on Investor Responsibility unanimously voted against advancing a divestment proposal from Dartmouth Divest for Palestine — claiming the proposal “does not engage sufficiently with counterarguments” and lacks “compelling evidence” of community support. The proposal failed all five of the College’s criteria for “completeness,” a metric that determines whether the proposal will be advanced.
Mathematical biologist Santiago Schnell will serve as Dartmouth’s next provost, College President Sian Leah Beilock wrote in an email to campus today. Schnell, who currently serves as the dean of the University of Notre Dame’s College of Science, will succeed outgoing Provost David Kotz ’86 on July 1.
The Student Worker Collective at Dartmouth began a strike this morning after seven months of negotiations with the College. The union — which represents Dartmouth Dining student workers and undergraduate advisors — is calling for higher pay and improved benefits, among other demands.
On May 10, the Native American Program at Dartmouth hosted the 53rd Annual Dartmouth Powwow in the West Gym, featuring Indigenous dances and ceremonies.
On May 12, Dartmouth Student Government hosted a panel with College President Sian Leah Beilock and other senior administrators to share updates and answer questions regarding federal government actions affecting Dartmouth. During the panel, Beilock defended several of her recent decisions — which have garnered criticism from faculty, students and alumni — and argued the state of free speech is better at Dartmouth than other campuses.
On May 8, Jerry Hughes ’88 moderated a panel about free speech at the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy. Hughes was one of the Dartmouth students who took part in the 1986 sledgehammer attack on the shanties that were built on the Green to protest South African Apartheid.
Sociology professor Brooke Harrington criticized offshore financing, or the movement of money out of a country to foreign centers, and its impacts on democracy in an event on May 6.
On Green Key last year, after another day of dangerous, unplanned, regretful decisions, I told Won sternly: “If your world ends, so does mine.”
Last month, the Hanover and Dresden school boards unanimously voted to join a lawsuit against the Department of Education over a Feb. 14 letter that threatened to revoke funding for public schools engaged in “illegal” diversity, equity and inclusion practices. On April 24, a federal district court judge issued a preliminary injunction, halting the enforcement of the letter ahead of a currently unscheduled district hearing.
On April 14 and April 28, Dartmouth hosted 759 admitted members of the Class of 2029 for “Dimensions” — a sleepaway program for admitted students to learn about the College.