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(02/21/14 1:00am)
The Geisel School of Medicine’s M.D./Ph.D. program will recruit and accept applications for future classes for at least two more years, reversing a decision to suspend the program made earlier this month.
(02/06/14 9:01pm)
Between her hectic training schedule and frequent competitions, freestyle moguls skier Hannah Kearney ’15 can only spend a few weeks at Dartmouth per year. Kearney, who claimed the gold medal in moguls in 2010, hopes for another strong performance at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
(02/03/14 12:30am)
Last Friday, the College’s annual Social Justice Awards Ceremony honored members of the Dartmouth community for their dedication to “vigorous and positive action,” the theme of this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. Five different awards were conferred to recipients following a competitive nomination process.
(01/23/14 12:30am)
Improving the College’s printing system, divesting from fossil fuels and extending weekend library hours are among community-generated suggestions gaining attention on Improve Dartmouth, a new student-designed online forum. The website, launched Wednesday, serves as an outlet to suggest, vote on and discuss ideas that could benefit campus.
(01/16/14 1:23am)
From the south side of campus, the Dartmouth College Heating Plant releases wispy plumes of steam into cool air. The plant, which supplies approximately 45 percent of the electricity on Dartmouth’s main campus, is just one part of a large network of heating and sustainability programs.
(01/15/14 1:29am)
Freshmen will discuss leadership and their roles at the College in a new program created and facilitated by other students. The Leadership Attitudes and Behaviors program, launching on Jan. 27, will combine peer bonding and student-facilitated discussions to encourage students to consider new meanings of leadership.
(01/09/14 3:16am)
After last year’s successful pilot program, the Student and Presidential Committee on Sexual Assault announced an expansion of a grant program that will fund research focused on reducing instances of sexual assault on college campuses. The SPCSA’s Elizabeth A. Hoffman grants will provide each recipient with $750 per term for up to two terms of research.
(01/06/14 5:32am)
As the fall term came to a close and students trickled off campus to spend the holidays with family and friends, Sam Modder ’17, a student from Sri Lanka, was left wondering how to spend the frosty six-week break.
(11/13/13 11:15pm)
After 16 years as a history professor at Dartmouth, Judith Byfield ’80 left her tenured position and title as chair of the women’s and gender studies department in 2007 to teach at Cornell University.
(11/04/13 11:38pm)
Over the past few weeks, 15 of the College’s 23 Panhellenic and Interfraternity Council Greek houses participated in the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Hero Inter-Greek fundraising competition, part of the annual CHaD Hero half marathon and Ripcord 5K. The competition ended Monday and is expected to raise over $100,000, said Ethan Portnoy '14, philanthropy all-American rush co-president. Proceeds from the competition, hosted by PAAR, will benefit the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth.
(10/29/13 11:00am)
The U.S. government is considering a plan to rate universities on their value to determine how much federal aid they will receive, The New York Times reported. The plan, announced by President Barack Obama in August, aims to make college more accountable and affordable. A growing number of publications, including U.S. News and World Report, Princeton Review and Forbes Magazine, publish “best value” college rankings, in keeping with the trend to rate colleges on affordability. Supporters of the method say these lists offer more fair evaluations of colleges that cater to low-income students, while critics argue that it is almost impossible to create a metric that measures the true value of a college degree. The Education Department aims to standardize and compile value ratings by 2015 to 2016.
(10/16/13 2:00am)
Fall sees the largest number of out-of-state visitors on group tours in New Hampshire, according to the New Hampshire Division of Travel and Tourism Development. The division announced that it expects 7.8 million visitors, 2 percent more than last year and the industry projects tourist spending of over $1 billion, an increase of 3 percent from last year. These numbers, from the Institute for New Hampshire Studies, take into account weather forecasts and spending patterns. The leaf peeping season generally runs from September to November. Upper Valley leaf peepers typically hail from Canada or New England, with many opting to travel in groups, tourism division communications manager Tai Freligh said. Hanover typically sees a spike in business during this season, and this year local hotels have been sold out and restaurants and businesses have been packed. The division's expectations for the number of visiting leaf peepers have been consistent with forecasts.
(10/11/13 2:00am)
Molecular biologist Randy Schekman, a member of the Geisel School of Medicine Board of Overseers, won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for his work on understanding how proteins are transported in human cells.
(10/11/13 2:00am)
Originating in September 1895, Dartmouth Night and its iconic bonfire have remained a mainstay of campus culture, despite some changes from celebrations of the past.
(10/01/13 2:00am)
Of the approximately 400 men who participated in the fraternity recruitment process, more than 350 accepted bids, Interfraternity Council rush chair Brett Kana '14 said. The sororities saw 422 registered women over the course of sorority rush last week, said Panhellenic rush chair Mandy Bowers '14, who declined to disclose the number of women who were extended bids or dropped out of rush.
(09/24/13 2:00am)
Lucia Pohlman '15 and Ziad Al-Shamsie '15 decided to start the program during the summer, after they noticed the large number of abandoned bikes on campus.