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Winter Carnival introduces new events

By Frances Cohen | February 9, 2017

This year’s Winter Carnival, called “Dartmouth College of Icecraft and Blizzardry: A Magical Winter Carnival,” is packed with Harry Potter-themed events. In addition to the traditional events such as the polar bear plunge, the human dogsled race, the ice sculpture contest and the 99-cent ski day, this year will also feature some new additions.

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Q&A with professor of medicine H. Gilbert Welch

By Sunpreet Singh | February 9, 2017

H. Gilbert Welch is an academic physician and cancer researcher at the College. He is a professor of medicine at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice and an internist at the White River Junction Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

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Lecture examines travel ban

By Julian Nathan | February 7, 2017

Monday night, the Roth Center for Jewish Life hosted a lecture called “Security and Freedom in the 21st Century: The Trump Executive Order on Immigration and Refugees.” The lecture featured four guest speakers and gave audience members the opportunity to ask various questions about President Donald Trump’s recent executive order, which calls for a temporary ban on most immigration to the United States from seven Muslim-majority countries. The first of the four speakers to address the audience was the College’s Office of Visa and Immigration Services director Susan Ellison.

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Flu season consistent with previous years

By Anthony Robles | February 7, 2017

With flu season coming around, general trends of the illness are in line with previous years of reporting without any noticeable change in the number of cases in the greater Hanover area, said Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center professor of immunology Richard Enelow. The last major outbreak was during the 2009-2010 school year, which correlated with the swine flu pandemic. “It looks like most of the country has pretty widespread flu activity, which is not that unusual for the time of year,” Enelow said.

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Hanlon, 47 other college and university presidents, send Trump letter on executive order

By The Dartmouth Senior Staff | February 3, 2017

College President Phil Hanlon and 47 other college and university presidents sent President Donald Trump a letter on Thursday asking him to “rectify or rescind the recent executive order closing our country’s borders to immigrants and others from seven majority-Muslim countries and to refugees from throughout the world.” Initially drafted by Princeton University president Christopher Eisgruber and University of Pennsylvania president Amy Gutmann, the letter states that the executive order “unfairly targets seven predominantly Muslim countries in a manner inconsistent with America’s best principles and greatest traditions.” The presidents of all eight Ivy League schools, along with 40 other leaders of higher education institutions, signed the letter. On Jan.

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Rockefeller Global Leadership Program focuses on identity

By Sungil Ahn | February 2, 2017

When Nathan Busam ’17 went to Poland as part of his economics study abroad program, he did not expect people to tell him their life story when he asked them, “How are you?” These types of cultural differences are what the Rockefeller Global Leadership Program helps students navigate.

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Program in Politics and Law grant expires

By Sunpreet Singh | January 31, 2017

Dartmouth’s Program in Politics and Law recently saw its 10-year grant from the Milton and Miriam Handler Foundation expire, meaning the program is now solely reliant on alumni donations and College funding.

Professor of physics Marcelo Gleiser has taught at the College for 26 years.
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Q&A with professor, author Marcelo Gleiser

By Anthony Robles | January 31, 2017

Physics professor Marcelo Gleiser has devoted his life to the study of theoretical physics. His discipline has enabled him to study and teach on three different continents, first completing his undergraduate work in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil before graduating from King’s College London with his Ph.D.

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