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FunAbilities takes top prize at DALI’s The Pitch

By Amar Scherzer | March 1, 2021

The twice-annual startup competition took on a social entrepreneurship theme this term.

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Students, faculty pressure College to keep Kresge, Paddock libraries open

By Arielle Beak | February 26, 2021

Students and faculty voiced their concerns with the decision and its impacts on learning and research.

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Italian eatery, sports bar to open in Hanover

By Manasi Singh | February 26, 2021

After five local eateries shuttered their doors amid the pandemic, two new ones will crop up in their old locations this spring.

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College temporarily shutters campus facilities as COVID-19 cases rise

By The Dartmouth Senior Staff | February 25, 2021

As the College nears 40 active cases and surpasses 100 students in quarantine or isolation, Provost Joseph Helble has announced the closure of indoor facilities until at least Tuesday. 

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Study abroad cuts impact academic planning, opportunities for students

By Penelope Spurr | February 25, 2021

The College’s decision to eliminate about half of its study abroad offerings next year has thwarted some students’ academic plans.

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‘Brothers and Sisters’ vigil commemorates victims of police brutality and racial violence

By Madeleine Bernardeau | February 25, 2021

The event brought together nearly 125 community members in remembering the one-year anniversary of the killing of Ahmaud Arbery.

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Summer off-campus programs adapt to second year of COVID-19 restrictions

By Lauren Adler | February 25, 2021

While summer study abroad programs have been canceled for the second consecutive year, some fellowships will be held remotely.

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Surge in COVID-19 on campus sees 25 active cases, 68 in quarantine and isolation

By The Dartmouth Senior Staff | February 24, 2021

The College has closed its athletic facilities and transitioned to “grab-and-go” dining in response to the uptick in cases.

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Vaccination efforts bring relief to Hanover nursing, retirement homes

By Jacob Strier | February 23, 2021

The vaccines arrived following a devastating winter, which saw one Hanover nursing home grapple to contain an outbreak that left dozens infected and seven dead.

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Bryant Ford named associate dean for community life and inclusivity

By Daniel Modesto | February 22, 2021

The newly created position will oversee the Office of Pluralism and Leadership, the Native American Program and the Tucker Center for Spiritual and Ethical Life. 

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PaaWee Rivera ’13 to serve as White House director of tribal affairs

By Soleil Gaylord | February 22, 2021

The Dartmouth alumnus will act as an advocate on Native American issues and an intermediary between tribes and the federal government.

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Q&A: Mirelle Phillips ’07 on front-line worker ‘recharge rooms’ and burnout

By Ben Fagell | February 22, 2021

Phillips’s company Studio Elsewhere has provided nature-inspired “recharge rooms” to nearly 30 hospitals since the start of the pandemic.

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On-campus students encouraged to remain in Upper Valley over spring break

By The Dartmouth Senior Staff | February 19, 2021

All students, regardless of where they stayed over the interim, will need to quarantine in their rooms for the first eight days of spring term. 

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Engineering professor wins Technology and Engineering Emmy

By Charlie Palsho | February 19, 2021

Eric Fossum won the award for his invention of a pixel image sensor now used in phone cameras and webcams. 

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Hopkins Center expansion to offer enhanced arts facilities

By Penelope Spurr | February 19, 2021

Work on the building will begin in late 2022.

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Student Assembly report highlights food insecurity on campus

By Jacob Strier | February 18, 2021

Student Assembly’s food insecurity report, published earlier this month, finds nearly a third of respondents are food insecure.

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College testing partner adds new ‘inconclusive’ result category

By Eileen Brady | February 18, 2021

The new category, which indicates that only one of the test's two "probes" detected COVID-19, has so far been found in about 0.25% of the Broad Institute's tests.

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Students testify for CROWN Act to outlaw hair-based discrimination

By Madeleine Bernardeau | February 18, 2021

Members of Pi Theta Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. have led an effort to pass legislation banning discrimination based on race-based hairstyles in New Hampshire.

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Kresge, Paddock libraries to close permanently

By Abigail Mihaly | February 16, 2021

Kresge Physical Sciences Library and Paddock Music Library will close permanently at the end of the academic year, Dartmouth announced on Tuesday. The College attributed the closures to decreased library lending numbers and budget cuts, both unrelated to the pandemic.

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Applications for Class of 2025 spike 33% from last year

By Mike Hanrahan | February 16, 2021

For high school seniors, the 2020-21 college application season has proven to be yet another challenge to navigate during the pandemic. This year, the College saw an all-time high of 28,338 combined early decision and regular decision applicants — a 32.5% increase in applications since the last admissions cycle.

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