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(05/29/26 9:05am)
On May 22, Forbes Magazine awarded Dartmouth an “A+” and “perfect GPA” of 4.5 in its annual college financial grades report for 2026. Included in its grading were over 900 private, non-profit American colleges; more than half scored “C” or worse, 27% received the lowest grade of “D” and no less than 192 were found to be, in Forbes’ words, “looting” their endowments to stay open.
(05/29/26 9:00am)
On May 15, Lebanon Circuit Court judge Michael Mace found Hanover resident David Vincelette ’84 liable for civil stalking. Mace barred Vincelette from attending biweekly Selectboard meetings in person or contacting town manager Robert Houseman and all five members of the Hanover Selectboard until May 15, 2027.
(05/28/26 9:25am)
Today, the College announced Jim Frank ’65, Karen Frank and their son Daniel Frank ’92 have committed $25 million to support Dartmouth Dialogues — College President Sian Leah Beilock’s initiative which “fosters a culture of respectful and open exchange across differences,” according to the Dartmouth Dialogues website.
(05/28/26 11:07am)
Geography professor Justin Mankin co-authored a study published in April 2026 in the scientific journal Nature about the impacts of extreme precipitation events on dryness conditions. The study found that concentrated rain events lead to increased soil dryness.
(05/28/26 11:08am)
On May 14, College President Sian Leah Beilock announced the appointment of Nina Pavcnik as the inaugural dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, a position established by the Future of Arts and Sciences Project in November 2024 after the Board of Trustees approved the project in October 2024. Pavcnik has served as the interim dean since Jan. 14, 2025.
(05/28/26 9:00am)
Thayer School of Engineering office of entrepreneurship and technology transfer vice provost Eric Fossum is an award-winning engineer who invented the pixel image sensor, patented in 1995, that made it possible for cell phones to have built-in cameras. Fossum’s career as an entrepreneur, inventor, professor and researcher has evolved as he has built increasingly sophisticated sensor chips for biomedical and industrial cameras. He also currently serves as the director of Dartmouth’s engineering Ph.D. innovation program, which prepares engineering students to translate their technical innovation into entrepreneurship.
(05/28/26 9:20am)
On Memorial Day morning, approximately 50 students, veterans and community members gathered in front of Dartmouth Hall to place 554 flags on the lawn, each representing a Dartmouth student or alumnus who died in military service since the Civil War.
(05/28/26 9:10am)
On May 19, approximately 35 New England residents gathered at The Church of Christ at Dartmouth College for a public meeting organized by the National Parks Conservation Association, the New Hampshire and Vermont chapters of the Sierra Club and the New England conservation organization Standing Trees to protest the potential rollback of the federal 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule, initiated in June 2025.
(05/27/26 3:00pm)
Update Appended (May 27, 1:17 p.m.): This article has been updated to explicitly reflect that the Hanover Police Department determined Lloyd was the driver during their investigation at the scene of the accident.
(05/26/26 9:05am)
On May 24, at the eighth weekly Dartmouth Student Government meeting of the spring term, senators discussed funding first-year health kits, supporting Muslim student association Al-Nur’s Eid al-Adha Gala and expanding a reusable cup initiative at Novack Cafe.
(05/26/26 9:15am)
On April 21, the Committee on Organization and Policy for the School of Arts and Sciences created the Ad Hoc Committee on Grading Practices and Assessment to “identify opportunities to strengthen the clarity, coherence and credibility” of College grading and assessment policies, COP committee co-chair and earth sciences professor Erich Osterberg wrote in a May 21 email statement to The Dartmouth.
(05/26/26 9:10am)
A Republican-backed effort to expand firearm rights on New Hampshire college campuses collapsed on May 21 after the state Senate declined to negotiate differences between the state House of Representatives and Senate versions of the legislation through a Committee of Conference.
(05/26/26 9:20am)
On May 21, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression president and chief executive officer Greg Lukianoff, who will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at Commencement next month, condemned the state of freedom of speech in higher education at an event in the Hanover Inn.
(05/22/26 9:10am)
On May 20, journalist and free speech advocate Maria Ressa visited Hanover to give the keynote address for this year’s Social Justice Awards ceremony. The awards, hosted by the College’s Division of Institutional Diversity and Equity, honor Dartmouth alumni, faculty, staff and community members for their commitment to “social justice locally and worldwide,” according to IDE’s website.
(05/22/26 12:53pm)
As part of The Dartmouth’s coverage of the upcoming 2026 midterm and gubernatorial elections, the paper is publishing an interview series, “A Sit-Down with The Dartmouth,” featuring in-depth conversations with candidates and political leaders connected to statewide and New Hampshire district races.
(05/22/26 9:00am)
New Hampshire will receive $500 million in federal healthcare grants over the next five years from the Rural Health Transformation Program, a federal initiative created by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act after it was signed into law by President Donald Trump in July 2025. Some healthcare providers and state politicians told The Dartmouth they worry that the funding will not compensate for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s simultaneous cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
(05/26/26 9:00am)
The Rodel Institute, a nonpartisan democracy-forward organization, named government professor Mia Costa’s 2025 book “How Politicians Polarize: Political Representation in an Age of Negative Partisanship” to its 2026 Edwards Book Award longlist. The book examines why politicians use “negative representation” — attacking the opposing party in public speeches — despite the survey data showing the public wants bipartisanship.
(05/22/26 9:05am)
On May 6, the Information, Technology and Consulting office published an updated set of nine guidelines for workplace generative artificial intelligence use on their website. VOX Daily, the College’s official newsletter, circulated the guidelines in an email to campus on May 13, six days after The Dartmouth reported that a chemistry professor unintentionally released student information to campus through the Dartmouth Claude enterprise portal in a “test” of Claude’s grading capabilities.
(05/21/26 9:05am)
At their biweekly meeting on May 18, the Hanover Selectboard voted to use the town’s contingency fund to pay the Valley News's legal fees in a 2024 Right to Know lawsuit and approved symbolic resident petitions passed at last week’s town business meeting against the state’s school vouchers and property taxes. The Selectboard also voted to “take no action” on the anti-apartheid pledge passed at the May 12 town meeting.
(05/21/26 9:10am)
On May 14, Harvard University history and law professor and Pulitzer Prize winner Annette Gordon-Reed ’81 discussed the importance of including broader perspectives in remembering American history at an event sponsored by the Montgomery Fellows Program.
