Research quantifies literary trends

Math department chair and computer science professor Daniel Rockmore and a team of researchers, including James Hughes Adv '12 and Nicholas Foti Adv '12, studied the evolution of literary styles using mathematical and statistical analysis of English-language literature to explore a "rich area of collaboration," Rockmore said. In a published report of their findings in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the researchers concluded that the literary styles of modern authors vary from their predecessors more than authors of previous eras.

College selects 12 members of Committee on Student Safety and Accountability

The College has chosen the 12 members of the Committee on Student Safety and Accountability, chaired by Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson and dedicated to "improving student safety and well-being" by combating the issues of hazing, sexual assault and binge drinking, College President Jim Yong Kim said in a press release.

Termly dinner takes on various women's issues

Women from across campus gathered in Alumni Hall on Monday night for dinner and conversation at the eighth "Proud to Be a Woman" dinner, a termly event sponsored by Link-Up and the Center for Women and Gender.

Pre-coeducation class ‘adopts' female students

Female students did not matriculate at Dartmouth until Fall term 1972, but the College brought a small number of women to campus for one-year exchanges between 1969 and 1973, according to Patricia Fisher '81, director of class activities for the Office of Alumni Relations.

Project Z event hosts motivational speakers

In its inaugural year, the Project Z conference aimed to "excite, innovate and evolve" on Saturday, featuring speakers that included multi-millionaires, professors, ex-marines and professional athletes, according to Project Z social media coordinator Kyle Dennis '15.

Vann Island

If you were walking around campus last weekend, you didn't need 20/20 vision to notice that it was an exciting if not somewhat wacky time for our school.

Brooks: Learning from Tragedies

On May 2, Junior Seau took his own life with a gunshot to the chest. His was the third in a string of suicides by former NFL players, and his death brought national attention to the subject of traumatic brain injury in football. I grew up on the border of California in the town of Yuma, Ariz.

Gender-specific forums see success

Men's Forum and Women's Forum, founded in fall 2010 and this term, respectively, supplement other single-sex spaces on campus by providing a support network for both freshmen and upperclassmen.

Yang: Performing Gender

We are categorized into a gender before we are even born, squeezed and confined into tightly defined conceptual boxes for the sake of easy identification.

Daily Debriefing

Several Ivy League institutions have begun hiring retired military officers as faculty, according to The New York Times.

College forms safety committee

The College has chosen the 12 members of the Committee on Student Safety and Accountability, which is chaired by Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson and dedicated to "improving student safety and well-being" by combating the issues of hazing, sexual assault and binge drinking, College President Jim Yong Kim said in a College press release.

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Guest conductor Reynish brings ‘British Invasion' to Hop

Exuding his characteristic wry humor, British conductor Timothy Reynish broke the invisible screen dividing the audience from the musicians as he walked onto the stage of Spaulding Auditorium for the Dartmouth Wind Symphony's Saturday performance.

Panel discussions take look at legal questions

University of New Hampshire Law Professor John Greabe '85, former Rep. Paul Hodes '72, D-N.H., and United States Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, Jr.

1,080 accept offers of admission

A total of 1,080 students accepted Dartmouth's offer of admission to the Class of 2016 as of the College's May 1 deadline, representing 49.5 percent of the 2,180 students who were accepted in this year's admissions cycle, according to Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Maria Laskaris.