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(01/21/14 3:53am)
Investigators from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights will visit campus from Jan. 27 to Jan. 30 as part of a Title IX investigation into the College’s climate surrounding sexual assault. Students, faculty, alumni and staff are encouraged to speak with the representatives regarding issues of sexual harassment and violence, according to a message from the Office for Civil Rights distributed to campus in a daily digest email Monday morning.
(01/17/14 2:58am)
With a student body that’s constantly in flux, campus organizations face leadership deficits each term. Andres Ramirez ’14 was working on a project for his Tuck School of Business undergraduate marketing course in the fall when he conceived a solution. His new student-run organization, the Collis Consulting Group, launched this term and aims to consult for other College groups.
(01/14/14 2:06am)
Though Preston Wells ’15 has worked for over a year to establish a charter of the historically Native American fraternity Phi Sigma Nu at Dartmouth, he said the fact that the organization is coming to fruition feels surreal. Wells and two other students received provisional approval to form a chapter from the fraternity’s chief council last November, and members say they hope to receive an official College charter by this fall.
(01/10/14 3:23am)
Carolyn Dever, dean of the college of arts and sciences at Vanderbilt University, will serve as Dartmouth’s next provost beginning July 1, College President Phil Hanlon announced Thursday in an email to campus. Dever, an English professor known for her efforts in furthering diversity, has served in academic administrative roles for over a decade.
(01/07/14 4:05am)
In choosing its next provost, a search that has spanned nearly eight months, the College must decide whether to hire from within its ranks, as it has done historically, or from outside the College — a choice between institutional knowledge and a fresh perspective, experts say.
(11/06/13 11:02pm)
When activist Tanya Kappo first began using the hashtag #IdleNoMore on Twitter to promote social justice for the indigenous peoples of Canada, she had no idea that she was starting a nationwide movement. The Idle No More movement has since inspired hundreds of protests, a hunger strike and highway blockades throughout North America. Kappo discussed the movement and the indigenous struggle in Canada in a lecture on Wednesday.
(10/29/13 11:00am)
Before the early 2000s, Jordan’s national television channel would only show videos of its king meeting with other heads of states, but due to the demand for real information, the channel has since expanded its offerings. George Washington University political science and international affairs professor Marc Lynch shared his optimistic vision for post-Arab Spring Middle Eastern nations and described the structural change of information dissemination brought upon by social media in a lecture in Haldeman on Monday.
(10/24/13 2:00am)
Construction has begun on the Triangle House, a new affinity house for the LGBT community and its allies at 4 North Park Street, formerly a residence for staff and faculty.
(10/21/13 2:00am)
Dartmouth's first condensed accelerator program, "3 Day Startup," took place this weekend, with student teams brainstorming, planning and pitching technology startups. Students collaborated across academic backgrounds to go through the initial process of starting a technology company.
(10/18/13 2:00am)
On Wednesday evening, Congress passed legislation to reopen the federal government and increase the nation's borrowing limit. Circulation of federal funds for students and researchers has been reactivated and the National Archive, among other governmental facilities for academics, have resumed, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported. The legislation prevents a national default, which would likely have resulted in increased student loan expenditures and decreased financial aid for academics. Military members started to receive tuition-assistance benefits and Merchant Marine Academy, which was closed for weeks, has reopened. The legislation is only temporary fix, as another spending cut is set take effect by mid-January.
(10/09/13 2:00am)
In a lecture Tuesday, Prendergast, a human rights activist and best-selling author, discussed the lessons he learned from his experience working in the White House during the peace processes for the Eritrean-Ethiopian war and the war between Sudan and South Sudan.