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Langan: Everything I've ever done is interesting

Moyse: Beilock’s PR Pawn

In a recent article for The Chronicle of Higher Education, Eric Kelderman reported that now-Dartmouth President Sian Leah Beilock became a client of BerlinRosen, a high powered New York-based public relations firm, in 2017. That same year, she was named the president of Barnard College, a private women’s liberal arts college affiliated with Columbia University. In a 2021 article published on BerlinRosen’s site, the firm counted “thought leaders like Sian Beilock of Barnard College” as one of their team’s “greatest wins” of the year. 

DSG will design layout and menu of new campus cafe

On Sunday, the Dartmouth Student Government announced that the DSG Student Life Committee will design the layout and menu of Russo Cafe, a dining location planned for Russo Hall, a new 290-bed dormitory set to open this fall as part of a broader effort by the College to expand housing.

Quinn Allred ’26 named John Robert Lewis Scholar

Guarini to launch computational science Ph.D. program

This fall, the Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies will launch a Ph.D. in computational science and modeling. 

Freak of the Week: “At your back door yelling ’cause I want to come in”

Dear Freak of the Week,

Editor’s Note

This past weekend, I walked outside my house at noon and didn’t see a single person on the street. What was everyone doing?

An Ode to the Passage of Time at ‘Dartmız’

After getting into college, I wrote in my journal:

Falling Into Spring

Upon first glance, it is hard to pinpoint exactly what makes the energy of spring term feel so immensely different from winter. Is it simply the absence of the snow that once blanketed the Green? Is it the rejuvenation students feel returning to Dartmouth after off-terms, or a much needed two-week reprise? Either way, walking across campus on the first day of spring term was like walking through an idyllic college brochure, with the almost startlingly blue sky, relaxing breeze and hundreds of students sprawled across the Green soaking in the sun. Everything was a quintessential representation of what college should be — fun, friends, freedom. But while my fellow students were bathing leisurely in the fresh spring air, I was trapped in a hell of my own creation.

The Prefrontal Cortex in Action

As I gradually cross the threshold from adolescence to adulthood, I often hear my peers joke that their prefrontal cortex is developing when they find themselves happily going to bed early on a Friday night or confidently resolving an argument with a friend through conversation rather than the silent treatment. The prefrontal cortex — the part of the brain associated with attention, emotions, self-control and decision-making — continues to change and develop throughout adolescence and early adulthood. No matter how mature I feel at 22 years old, my prefrontal cortex has a few more years to go before it is fully formed. While it seems unrealistic that someone could wake up one day and suddenly be free of their FOMO or fear of confrontation, I believe that these changes can happen so quickly because I have recently experienced signs of my prefrontal cortex developing. 

Menna: Renewable Energy Has a Messaging Problem

A new Pew Research Center survey, entitled “Americans’ Shifting Views on Energy Issues,” should worry anyone who cares about climate policy. Americans still say, on balance, that the United States should prioritize renewable energy over fossil fuels. But that majority has fallen dramatically, from 79% in 2020 to 57% this year. Among Republicans, the shift is even more striking — in 2020, a majority said the country should prioritize renewables. Now, 71% say the country should prioritize fossil fuels. The trend is not subtle. Something has changed.

Mendenhall: Dartmouth Keeps Choosing Leon Black

The Beilock administration is about “brave spaces.” So why doesn’t that ethos extend to taking Leon Black ’73’s name off of the Black Family Visual Arts Center? What is Dartmouth leadership waiting for?  

Dickey Arctic innovation fellow Matthew Druckenmiller named International Arctic Science Committee president

On April 2, Institute for Arctic Studies innovation fellow Matthew Druckenmiller was elected to serve as president of the International Arctic Science Committee, a science organization made up of 24 countries that supports Arctic research and collaboration between Arctic scientists. Druckenmiller, who has served as the committee’s vice president for the last four years, will lead the organization for the next four years.

U.S. Forest Service to close research facility in N.H.

On April 3, the U.S. Forest Service announced that it will close 57 out of 77 forestry research facilities nationwide — centers that conduct research on national forests — including the Bartlett Experimental Forest site in the White Mountain National Forest near Durham, N.H., two hours south-east of Hanover. 

Cuba study abroad cancelled this fall due to U.S. oil blockade

On Monday, Brown University — which organizes the exchange program that sends students in the U.S. to the University of Havana — announced to participating schools they are “paus[ing]” the fall 2026 cohort “due to the geopolitical tensions and resource stress produced by the U.S. blockade on the island,” Latin American, Latino and Caribbean studies professor and Dartmouth exchange program faculty director Jorge Cuellar wrote in an email to The Dartmouth. The U.S. State Department has advised “increased caution” when traveling to Cuba “due to crime and unreliable electrical power” since 2018. 

Meet Jennifer Hunt, Geisel’s first female dean

On April 3, College President Sian Leah Beilock and Provost Santiago Schnell announced that University of Florida College of Medicine interim dean Jennifer Hunt will serve as the next dean of the Geisel School of Medicine. She will make history as the first female dean in Geisel’s history when she assumes her role in August. The Dartmouth interviewed Hunt about her mission at Geisel and the future of the medical field.

Member of the Class of 2026 Ryan Lafferty dies

Ryan Lafferty ’26 died early today, senior vice president for community and campus life Jennifer Rosales and interim dean of undergraduate student affairs Anne Hudak wrote in an email to campus this evening.

Dartmouth men’s club volleyball advances to quarterfinals at nationals tournament in Kansas City

In a tournament defined by relentless competition, the Dartmouth men’s club volleyball team found itself tested from the very first serve. Competing against hundreds of teams at the National Collegiate Volleyball Federation Tournament in Kansas City, M.O., the team faced some of the strongest club volleyball programs in the country.

Maya Kendall breaks both Dartmouth and Ivy League draw control record

With three games left in her senior season, Maya Kendall ’26 has cemented herself in Dartmouth and Ivy League history. The draw specialist broke the Ivy League draw control record previously held by Kathryn Giroux ’19 on March 28. Kendall currently has 438 career draw controls, and as of April 9, is ranked third in the country among Division I collegiate lacrosse players in draw controls per game with 12.00.

The Hood Highlights Tour explores memory and national identity across six galleries

On April 8, 14 community members attended the Hood Museum of Art’s Hood Highlights Tour inspired by Hank Willis Thomas’s neon sign in the Kaish Gallery. The sign reads, “Remember Me” — two words taken from a note written about a century ago on the back of a postcard with a portrait of an African American man. The postcard was found in an archive, and depicts the man wearing clothes that are a testimony to his wartime experience. Thomas was moved by the found text.