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The Pitch to offer different awards

By Mika Jehoon Lee | January 26, 2017

The Digital Arts, Leadership and Innovation lab and the Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network have restructured the award system for their “shark-tank” style entrepreneurial show The Pitch.

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Dartmouth Public Voices Fellowship trains professors

By Julian Nathan | January 26, 2017

The Dartmouth Public Voices Fellowship, launched in 2012 in partnership with The OpEd project, an organization dedicated to improving thought leadership’s accessibility through media, trains 20 Dartmouth faculty members each year to write op-ed articles and navigate TV and radio interviews.

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Upper Valley hosts Special Olympics

By Debora Hyemin Han | January 26, 2017

Approximately 80 to 90 athletes representing 11 teams participated in the 15th Annual Upper Valley Winter Games, hosted by Special Olympics New Hampshire, this past Saturday at the Dartmouth Alpine Valley Ski Hill.

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College denies contaminating second well

By Julian Nathan | January 24, 2017

The College denied connections between a previous well contamination and the contamination of Geisel School of Medicine professors Ivan Gorlov and his wife Olga Gorlova’s well, saying that the contamination came from the owners’ septic tank.

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Alumni on Forbes 30 Under 30 list

By Debora Hyemin Han | January 24, 2017

Four Dartmouth alumni have been named among Forbes 2017 30 Under 30 ­— a showcase of the world’s 600 “brightest young entrepreneurs, innovators and game changers” across 20 industries. Jennifer Chong ’10 co-founded Linjer, a fashion company specializing in watches and leather goods.

According to Dartmouth financial statements, the College reported a $112 million net operating loss in the last fiscal year, partly due to the reorganization of Geisel in 2016.
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College reports $112 million operating loss

By Sunpreet Singh | January 20, 2017

Due to a combination of rising expenses and flat growth in revenues, in conjunction with the reorganization of the Geisel School of Medicine, the College suffered a financial operating loss of $112 million this last fiscal year, compared to a $15.2 million loss reported the prior year. In addition, the College’s endowment declined by $189.1 million, from roughly $4.7 billion to $4.5 billion. In an interview, chief financial officer of the College Mike Wagner cited sluggish investments and increasing expenses and decreasing tuition revenues as a few of the reasons for the operating losses.

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Student Assembly Senate sees reform

By Alex Fredman | January 20, 2017

When Student Assembly president Nick Harrington ’17 and vice president Sally Portman ’17 ran for election last spring, they campaigned on a promise to reform student government by democratizing the system. This fall, they created a Student Assembly Senate with 24 elected members representing their housing communities, Harrington and Portman say that the new system is working well, but there is much work to be done. The Senate conducts business through four committees: Student Affairs, Wellness, Communications and Finance, according to Harrington.

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Artist Eric Van Hove begins Montgomery Fellowship

By Joyce Lee | January 20, 2017

Last week, artist Eric Van Hove began his term as this winter’s Montgomery Fellow. His work as a conceptual artist was introduced to the College last year when the Hood Museum bought “V12 Laraki,” a sculpture that is a replica of Mercedes-Benz’s engine.

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Effective altruism group raises awareness

By Vignesh Chockalingam | January 19, 2017

Dartmouth Effective Altruism has a simple premise, says founder James Drain ’17: “Do as much good as possible in the most effective way we can.” Midway through last fall, Drain founded Dartmouth Effective Altruism, a student-led initiative to spread awareness of the emerging philosophy of effective altruism. A social movement and philosophy that has gained popularity in recent years, effective altruism looks to optimize the ways in which individuals improve the world around them.

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Alumni sell popular dating app

By Racquel Lyn | January 19, 2017

The dating app BAE, co-founded by Jordan Kunzika ’16 in 2015, has been acquired by the technology company if(we), the parent company of popular dating website Tagged. Kunzika and Justin Gerrard Tu’16 both served important roles in the app’s creation — Kunzika was a co-founder and Gerrard was the chief marketing officer.

House Center B, which serves Allen and School Houses, opened for use during the fall term.
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Professors discuss house system

By Sonia Qin | January 17, 2017

After Dartmouth’s first term using the new housing system, house professors feel positive about the past fall’s programming and are hopeful for future events.

The Dartmouth Dining Services food truck offers a new menu this winter.
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DDS food truck changes menu for winter

By Mika Jehoon Lee | January 17, 2017

The Dartmouth Dining Services food truck, which debuted in October 2016, resumed operations this winter after incorporating major changes to its menu and schedule based on the weather and student feedback this past fall.

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Bored at Baker shut down by founder

By Anthony Robles | January 17, 2017

Bored at Baker, a messaging board created by Jonathan Pappas – known online by the pseudonym Jae Daemon – that gave Dartmouth students the ability to post and interact anonymously, has been shut down in conjunction with the entire “Bored At” network. Pappas announced the decision on the developer blog for “Bored At” in early December 2016.

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