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(04/12/15 11:43pm)
Maia Salholz-Hillel ’15 said she has been fascinated by neuroscience since her freshman year of high school when her biology class spent two days studying the brain. The fact that the brain was the blueprint of everything and yet we only have a minimal understand of how it works blew her mind, “no pun intended,” she said. This fascination led her to pursue work in the field, culminating in her recent receiving of a Fulbright Scholarship to study neuroscience in Berlin.
(04/08/15 11:11pm)
In preparation for Islam Awareness Week, Saaid Arshad ’14Th’18 stumbled upon something he never thought he would find anywhere, let alone at Dartmouth — a 1,000-year-old Quran manuscript. Arshad, the graduate student representative for Al-Nur — Dartmouth’s Muslim students association — said that seeing and touching the manuscript of the sacred religious text, available for viewing through Rauner Special Collections, was a “transcendental experience.”
(04/01/15 11:22pm)
Provost Carolyn Dever invited students to participate in the College’s first-ever sexual assault climate survey today, which will be accessible to all undergraduate and graduate students until April 23.
(03/10/15 12:27am)
This spring term will usher in the implementation of several of the “Moving Dartmouth Forward” policies announced on Jan. 29 by College President Phil Hanlon as planning continues for initiatives that will be introduced in the fall. Many students have already voiced concerns regarding the implementation of policies, ranging from dialogue on campus surrounding the hard alcohol policy sanctions to a petition signed by over 50 undergraduate advisors about their evolving role under the policy.
(01/29/15 8:03am)
A residential community system, a campus-wide ban on hard alcohol, a mandatory four-year sexual violence prevention and education program and a code of conduct are among the changes College President Phil Hanlon announced this morning as part of the Moving Dartmouth Forward plan.
(11/16/14 10:23pm)
Sculptor David Hess ’86 stopped by the College last Thursday to give an alumni lecture on his work. Hess, who focuses on found materials, has shown his work in collections including the American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore Museum of Industry, John Hopkins Hospital and Sinai Hospital.
(11/14/14 1:08am)
Before 10 a.m. on Thursday morning, students trickled into Cook Auditorium, several sitting on the stairs. It was the class’s first meeting since judicial affairs director Leigh Remy spoke to students who allegedly misrepresented their attendance in “Sports, Ethics and Religion.”
(11/05/14 11:42pm)
In day-to-day life at Dartmouth, where meal swipes and DBA replace cash currency, it can be easy to ignore wealth, Josué Ruíz ’17 said. But off campus, some students can drive their own cars, spend $220 on J. Crew sweater and enjoy a lenient budget while studying abroad.
(11/03/14 12:39am)
When Rep. Ann McLane Kuster ’78, D-N.H., was a student at the College, her first trip home was to vote.
(10/27/14 10:40pm)
Black masculinity, fibromyalgia and Dominican citizenship rights — these are the subjects of this year’s three senior fellows, who are each spending the year focused on one academic project instead of juggling classes. This week, Hannah McGehee ’15, Bennie Niles ’15 and Yomalis Rosario ’15 are completing their first-term updates.
(10/22/14 9:41pm)
Revisions to federal regulations require Dartmouth to include data on faculty and staff who self-identify as veterans and people with disabilities in its 2014-15 Affirmative Action Plan, alongside data on gender and race. To comply with the regulations, the Office of Institutional Diversity and Equity will analyze how many self-identified veterans and people with disabilities apply, are employed by and leave the College each year.
(10/17/14 1:54am)
Following a year that saw several departures of high-profile minority administrators and faculty members, the College is discussing institutionalizing exit interviews and a group of students has decided to create a film about retention, part of an ongoing conversation at the College.
(10/06/14 10:28pm)
A performance by Los Angeles-based Las Cafeteras and two events focused on immigration anchor the College’s second annual celebration of Latino Heritage Month, with programming throughout October. While academic departments planned many of last year’s events, allowing for a larger overall budget, students took the lead this year, drawing primarily on Council on Student Organizations and the Special Programs and Events Committee funding.
(09/19/14 12:51am)
Three new staff members have joined the Office of Pluralism and Leadership in the past month, filling vacancies created by several recent resignations, including the departure of first-generation students advisor Karlos Santos-Coy on Sept. 4. The office also saw some restructuring this summer, reabsorbing the Center for Gender and Student Engagement.
(09/14/14 10:51pm)
Dartmouth ranked 31st for socioeconomic accessibility among around 100 colleges with four-year graduation rates of at least 75 percent, according to a New York Times analysis published last week. While dean of admissions and financial aid Maria Laskaris noted a growing awareness of inequality on campus, students interviewed said the College could do more to promote discussions of socioeconomic status.
(09/14/14 8:34pm)
Robert Christgau ’62 is the definitive music critic for rock ’n’ roll. He began his career as a music columnist for Esquire in 1967 and was a music editor at The Village Voice for 10 years. He is best known for publishing “capsule reviews,” or short album reviews, in his “Consumer Guide” columns from 1969 to the present.
(09/10/14 12:17am)
The “Moving Dartmouth Forward” presidential steering committee, convened in May by College President Phil Hanlon, worked this summer to solicit feedback and consult experts about reducing binge drinking, sexual assault and exclusivity. Its proposals will be announced this fall and opened to public discussion.
(05/27/14 10:36pm)
Over the last two years, the number of applications for transfer terms has decreased, in part because students now have to complete a more extensive application to participate, Registrar Meredith Braz said. In 2011, the College’s non-refundable transfer term application fee increased from $25 to $1,100 for the fall term and $2,200 for the winter, spring and summer terms. In 2012, the Committee on Instruction instituted an application policy and limited the number of students who can participate in a particular transfer program to an average of five.
(05/26/14 5:36pm)
An actor dressed in a fat suit sprinted through a paper wall. With little resistance, the paper tore, sparking laughter in the crowd.
(05/22/14 11:15pm)
Cordoned off and scattered with aquamarine pellets, campus lawns are being given time to grow, bolstered by recent rain. Dartmouth budgeted spending $22,640 on fertilizer this year, according to turf manager John Buck.