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(08/11/14 11:05pm)
Abolishing the College’s Greek system was the most popular online submission that the presidential steering committee for Moving Dartmouth Forward received, the group announced on Wednesday. The preliminary findings released by the committee did not include feedback from means other than online submissions, such as discussion groups.
(08/08/14 2:08pm)
We’re so excited that in a few short weeks, you will be coming to Dartmouth!
(07/31/14 10:01pm)
Last year at the College, students saw original Picasso paintings, watched nationally acclaimed dance groups perform and explored new public art displays around campus.
(07/28/14 11:07pm)
The College hired Benjamin Bradley, a Virginia-based social worker,as survivor advocate. In this position, which he will assume on Aug. 1, he will help survivors of sexual assault navigate the various reporting options and provide them with information of available resources.
(07/22/14 12:30am)
The Inter-Fraternity Council, Coed Council and Panhellenic Council will incentivize members’ involvement with philanthropy, summer IFC executive board member for service Peter Gips ’16 said. Several of the new programs will be introduced this fall and spring, he said.
(07/14/14 11:48pm)
Since a meeting on Thursday, community members have circulated a petition asking the Co-Op Food Store to rehire two fired employees and to rethink their business policies.
(07/10/14 10:42pm)
In a film course offered for the first time, 16 students have tackled television production this summer, working on promotional sports clips and preparing to recreate an episode of a popular sitcom. The course, titled “Topics in Videomaking,” allows students to practice camera, sound and editing techniques in addition to production.
(07/07/14 11:25pm)
Some Upper Valley residents are advocating for a protest and boycott of the Co-op Food Store following the firings of two employees at the store’s Lebanon establishment, demanding the release of details regarding the firings.
(06/30/14 9:14pm)
A man dying of syphilis is caught in the delusion that he lives in the 1800s. A folk singer from the 1950s vanishes one day leaving only her music behind. These stories and more will make up the productions of the second annual VoxFest this weekend.
(06/20/14 12:29am)
Geisel School of Medicine dean Wiley “Chip” Souba will not seek reappointment to a second term, College President Phil Hanlon announced Wednesday. Souba served as Geisel’s dean for one four-year term. Though Souba, who is currently traveling, was unavailable for comment, he will as a member of the medical school faculty continue his work on nationally expanding his interests in the future of medical education, according to Hanlon’s statement.
(06/07/14 9:44am)
Five honorary degrees will recognize experts in fields ranging from astrophysics to creative writing at this year’s Commencement ceremony.
(05/27/14 10:39pm)
The College will offer four massive open online courses through a partnership with edX beginning in early 2015, focusing on introductory environmental science, 19th-century American literature, introductory opera and engineering structural forms. Dartmouth is the final Ivy League institution to offer free courses accessible to anyone with an Internet connection.
(05/26/14 10:04pm)
After returning from a consulting stint in South Sudan and quitting his job at a Boston executive search firm, Matt Gallira ’12 took inspiration from the dinners he would cook for friends and decided to start the Atlantic Ave. Company, a start-up that makes artisanal tomato sauce at a firehouse kitchen in Wayne, New Jersey.
(05/15/14 10:35pm)
When Nina Beattie ’89 attended the College, over a decade after women began matriculating, it was not uncommon for a woman walking down a Hanover road to be publicly ‘rated’ by onlookers, she said. Beattie remembers a culture in which sexual harassment was common.
(05/13/14 10:38pm)
Next year’s funding allocated to Student Assembly dropped to $40,000 from this year’s allocation of $58,000, the UFC announced Tuesday. The committee said in a press release that some of the assembly’s proposals “were not in the spirit of the Student Activities Fee.”
(05/08/14 10:45pm)
Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson’s departure this June marks the latest in a series of high-level administrative changes at the College. One year after College President Phil Hanlon took office in 2013, six senior positions in his administration will have changed leadership. Since former College President Jim Yong Kim started his tenure in 2009, the senior administration has seen significant structural changes and 18 of 24 high-level positions transition leadership, some as frequently as three times.
(05/01/14 11:11pm)
A $10 million donation from William Neukom ’64, a former Board of Trustees chair, will sponsor the creation of the College’s first academic cluster in the field of computational sciences. The cluster will comprise three new professorships, a postdoctoral fellowship and increased opportunities for undergraduate students to research and study.
(04/20/14 10:51pm)
About 20 students discussed College President Phil Hanlon’s Wednesday “call to action,” exchanging ideas on improving the College, in an event in Collis Common Ground on Saturday.
(04/16/14 10:43pm)
Over 120 community leaders gathered in Dartmouth Hall for an invitation-only summit last night to discuss ways to end harmful behavior, including sexual violence, high-risk drinking and exclusion in campus social spaces. The summit, which College President Phil Hanlon announced in a campus-wide email Wednesday afternoon, included speeches and breakout sessions for discussion and brainstorming.
(04/10/14 10:52pm)
As a Title IX investigation continues at Dartmouth, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand ’88, D-N.Y., announced Monday that she and Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., will work together to combat sexual assault on college campuses. As a first step, Gillibrand and McCaskill released a letter to the Senate Appropriations Committee requesting $109 million in new federal funds to be used for Clery Act and Title IX enforcement on college campuses, according to an April 7 press release from Gillibrand’s office.