College to build new power plant

The College released a plan this week to build a new campus heating facility by 2025, marking one of the first steps toward achieving the sustainability goals laid out in College President Phil Hanlon’s 2017 pledge.

Researchers identify compound that could treat prion diseases

A Dartmouth research team has found that a compound discovered at Yale University to treat Alzheimer’s disease could be a potential therapy for prion diseases — a family of neurodegenerative diseases.

Verbum Ultimum: A Rocky Road

The Center must recommit to its original guiding mission. 

The Accidental Fan: The Game Day Experience

Wei: In Hot Water

Insensitive activism reveals a greater pattern of harm in society. 

Hood Museum of Art aims to be more than just galleries

The Hood Museum of Art will have its grand reopening this upcoming Saturday. After dramatic renovations began in 2016, the museum will open its doors to the public to reveal a building transformed by the work of Billie Tsien and Tod Williams, the architects in charge of the project. 

Soccer players Ikoba ’19 and Donawa ’19 drafted into MLS

Two Dartmouth men's soccer players were recently drafted into the MLS

'Circe' is a new take on traditionally misogynistic Greek mythology

At once a stunningly evocative retelling of Greek mythology and a commentary on mortality, motherhood, resilience and female agency, “Circe” by Madeline Miller intertwines the fantastic with the familiar, shaping a narrative whose supernatural exterior ultimately serves to tell an altogether human story of a woman’s life.

New Hood museum to partner with classes

Imagine a place where Dartmouth students can view anything from a Fiji mermaid to avant-garde art and Ancient Roman coins right on campus. That will soon become possible as the Hood Museum of Art re-opens on Jan. 26 after a three-year renovation.

Shi: My Mary Oliver

  Mary Oliver changed my life, and she’ll probably change yours, too.

Tumurbaatar: Ice Ice Baby

Uuganzul Tumurbaatar '21 illustrates what winter really feels like in Hanover.

Senior Design Challenge faculty receive award

On Jan. 15, the Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning announced that design thinking lecturer Eugene Korsunskiy and Thayer School of Engineering professor Peter Robbie won the 2018 Apgar Award for Innovation in Teaching for their “Senior Design Challenge” course. The new two-term course, Engineering 15.02, “Senior Design Challenge,” provides students with the opportunity to create solutions to real world issues, forge connections in industry and hone professional skills.

Mize: Monrovia Comes to Hanover

 Viewership entails its own set of responsibilities.

Holzer: The Best a Man Can Get

 Controversy swarms Gillette’s newest advertisement.

Okutan: Let’s Talk ‘Bandersnatch’

The latest Black Mirror episode raises major questions about fate. 

Audrey Geisel remembered for her whimsy and business savvy

Those who knew Audrey Geisel, wife of Theodor Seuss Geisel ’25 and founder of Dr. Seuss Enterprises, remember her as an infectiously warm, “whimsical” presence with a remarkable savvy for business.

College celebrates 2019 MLK day with Franchesca Ramsey

On Monday night, comedian and social justice activist Franchesca Ramsey delivered the keynote address at the College’s 2019 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Feature Presentation. Over the weekend and in the upcoming weeks, Dartmouth held and will hold events ranging from presentations on topics such as mental health and sexual assault to films centered around social justice.

Editor's Note

As college students, we face a constant pressure to always be happy. These are supposedly “the best four years of our lives,” and we all know that time at Dartmouth goes by quickly.