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Fall employment opportunities remain largely virtual with few in-person jobs

By Emily Zhang | September 11, 2020

While some student workers have been able to adapt their on-campus jobs to an online format during the COVID-19 pandemic, others have lost their work opportunities. 

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Undergraduates pursue remote research opportunities

By Christina Baris | September 11, 2020

Dartmouth is known for its focus on undergraduates, a trait that allows students to get involved with research early in their Dartmouth careers.

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Students navigate Dartmouth’s social media landscape

By Savannah Eller | September 11, 2020

Even in more normal times, Dartmouth students live a significant part of their college experience online.

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Dartmouth Dining Services adapts for fall term

By Allison Wachen | September 11, 2020

From grabbing late night snacks with floormates to having club dinners, dining is an integral part of many students’ Dartmouth experience. 

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Students reflect on house system experiences

By Sam Ferrone | September 11, 2020

Widely seen as an attempted social alternative to Greek spaces, Dartmouth’s house community system sets out to connect students with each other through shared residential halls and social events.

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Q&A with economics professor Marjorie Rose

By Caitlin McCarthy | September 11, 2020

As most professors plan fully remote classes for the upcoming fall term, economics professor Marjorie Rose is preparing to teach in person. In fact, her class, ECON 22, “Macroeconomics,” is the only economics class that will have in-person instruction this fall. Rose spoke with The Dartmouth about her thoughts on teaching on campus, as well as how she has spent her time during the pandemic.

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Editors' Note: Freshman Issue 2020

By Lorraine Liu , Hannah Jinks , Kyle Mullins and Gabrielle Levy | September 11, 2020

OK, we’re just gonna say it — this is a little weird.

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News

College to move forward with fall reopening plan

By The Dartmouth Senior Staff | August 26, 2020

Dartmouth will move forward with its plan to welcome approximately half of the undergraduate student body to campus beginning on Sept. 8, College President Phil Hanlon and Provost Joseph Helble announced in an email to campus on Wednesday afternoon. 

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Black bear Mink found dead in Lebanon

By The Dartmouth Senior Staff | August 25, 2020

Mink, the female black bear who achieved local and national fame for her yearly treks back to her Hanover home, has died, the Valley News reported Tuesday evening.

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Faculty members urge College to hold fully-remote fall

By Marco Allen | August 21, 2020

Faculty members circulated a letter Friday morning urging Dartmouth to join peer institutions in reversing their decisions to return undergraduates to campus. 

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Student’s involuntary hospitalization raises questions about Unmasked app policies

By Coalter Palmer | August 21, 2020

Following the involuntary hospitalization of a student who expressed suicidal thoughts on the anonymous, student-run mental health app Unmasked in late July, questions have arisen surrounding the role of app moderators and the College in sharing students’ information and involving law enforcement.

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Q&A with Priya Krishna ’13

By Arielle Beak | August 21, 2020

As a food writer, a regular contributor to The New York Times and the author of two cookbooks, Priya Krishna ’13 is not your typical “foodie.”

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Peer institutions reverse fall reopening plans

By Lauren Adler | August 21, 2020

Several of Dartmouth’s peer institutions have announced changes to their academic plans for the fall, leading students to wonder whether they will be allowed to return to Hanover next month.

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College upgrades Wi-Fi as students prepare to return to campus

By Kyle Mullins | August 21, 2020

That frustration you feel as your recorded lecture buffers, stalls and cuts out may be no more. Students returning to campus this fall can expect faster, more consistent internet access in dorms and other frequently used spaces, according to Dartmouth Information, Technology & Consulting. 

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Dartmouth Coach resumes service with added safety protocols

By Lorraine Liu | August 21, 2020

After more than four months of suspended operations, the Dartmouth Coach bus service resumed operations on Aug. 16 with plans for new safety protocols, fewer trips and reduced capacity. 

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SAU 70 school district to resume in-person classes with remote option this fall

By Jacob Strier | August 21, 2020

The School Administrative Unit 70 district, which includes four public schools in Norwich and Hanover, will offer full in-person instruction with safety precautions, alongside a remote option, as part of its reopening plan this fall. 

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Arrival and housing details delayed as College monitors other school reopenings

By The Dartmouth Senior Staff | August 19, 2020

The release of details regarding the arrival of students on campus and housing for the fall term will be delayed by several days as the College observes how reopening progresses on other college campuses, Provost Joseph Helble announced in Wednesday’s “Community Conversations” video stream.

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Hanlon knew of sexual misconduct claims against Michigan administrator while provost, report finds

By Kyle Mullins | August 14, 2020

College President Phil Hanlon, as University of Michigan provost, was aware of multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against a former professor and administrator when he recommended him for a promotion to the dean of U-M’s School of Public Health, according to an independent investigation into years of alleged misconduct released by the university on July 31. 

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Students assigned between one and three on-campus terms

By Andrew Sasser | August 14, 2020

Though many students expected to receive two terms of on-campus enrollment for the upcoming academic year, only around 60 percent of undergraduate students received two terms, according to an email sent to campus by Dean of the College Kathryn Lively on Aug. 3.

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Graduate student ends hunger strike

By The Dartmouth Senior Staff | August 7, 2020

After hunger striking for nearly four weeks, computer science Ph.D. student Maha Hasan Alshawi has agreed to end her strike in protest of the College’s handling of her harassment and retaliatory academic action allegations against two computer science professors.

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