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Panel discusses reproductive healthcare, effects of 2016 election

By Sunny Drescher | April 11, 2019

On Tuesday, Dartmouth Planned Parenthood Generation Action hosted a panel discussion about reproductive healthcare and policy in New Hampshire and nationally. 

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Yo-Yo Ma will be Dartmouth's 2019 commencement speaker

By The Dartmouth Senior Staff | April 9, 2019

World-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma will deliver the main address at Dartmouth’s Class of 2019 commencement ceremony on June 9. 

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Coffin reflects on changing trends in College admissions

By Wally Joe Cook and Berit Svenson | April 9, 2019

With the recent release of admissions results for the Class of 2023, vice provost for enrollment and dean of admissions and financial aid Lee Coffin said that ongoing trends may necessitate different admissions strategies at the College.

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College to enact new IT security procedure

By Emily Sun | April 9, 2019

In a campus-wide email sent on March 28, Dartmouth’s chief information security officer Steve Nyman announced the implementation of two-factor authentication through the security company Duo for all Dartmouth systems.

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Phew! West Leb man breaks whistle record

By Grayce Gibbs | April 9, 2019

It’s a teakettle! It’s a dog whistle! It’s Andrew Stanford of West Lebanon recently breaking the Guinness World Record for highest note whistled — and it was whistled in Dartmouth’s linguistics lab. His whistle reached 8,372 hertz, eclipsing the previously established record of 7,040 hertz.

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Students develop “Left on Read” app to track texting habits

By Andrew Culver | April 9, 2019

Ever wonder how often you’re left on read? Thanks to Left on Read, a new iMessage analysis app developed by a team of Dartmouth students that launched on Monday, you can now find out. 

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Student government election campaigning to begin next week

By Anne George | April 5, 2019

With the campus-wide 2019 student government election nearly underway, the Dartmouth student body will once again have the opportunity to elect their peers to represent them. 

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Dimensions show to proceed despite hazing investigation

By Lucy Turnipseed | April 5, 2019

Despite an ongoing investigation into alleged hazing committed by the Dimensions performance group, the Dimensions of Dartmouth student performance will continue as planned.

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Theodosia Cook to lead anti-sexual harassment initiative

By Lorraine Liu | April 5, 2019

Last week, former director of institutional diversity and equity Theodosia Cook was named director of the Campus Climate and Culture Initiative, a movement that aims to create a campus environment free of sexual harassment.

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Prosecutors seek to consolidate charges against Gage Young

By Savannah Eller | April 5, 2019

Prosecutors trying the case against Gage Young, who was indicted in the non-fatal shooting of visiting Providence College student Thomas Elliot in Hanover last fall, are attempting to consolidate charges against the Lebanon resident in order to hold only one trial concerning the Nov. 2, 2018 incident.

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Thayer professor Jane Hill awarded AIMBE fellowship

By Hannah Jinks | April 5, 2019

Thayer School of Engineering professor Jane Hill has conducted research on topics ranging from the College’s corpse flower “Morphy” to infectious diseases.

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College obtains easement to treat contaminated groundwater at Rennie Farm

By Elizabeth Janowski | April 5, 2019

In an effort to expedite the ongoing cleanup of Rennie Farm, a site where the Dartmouth Medical School disposed of test animal carcasses in the 1960s and 1970s, the College has obtained an easement that will enable the College to treat contaminated groundwater on an 11-acre property abutting the existing treatment site.

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Capital campaign surpasses $2 billion in donations

By The Dartmouth Senior Staff | April 4, 2019

College President Phil Hanlon announced yesterday that the College’s ongoing capital campaign has raised just over $2 billion toward its goal of $3 billion. 

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Downtown Hanover sees additional business closures

By Gigi Grigorian | April 4, 2019

Hanover restaurant Orient Chinese and Japanese closed suddenly this week after it was discovered that the restaurant was pouring grease into a Hanover storm drain, according to Hanover town manager Julia Griffin.

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College to alter admissions practice

By Wally Joe Cook | April 4, 2019

Dartmouth will change its practices to protect the integrity of the admissions process for incoming athletes following a federal investigation that uncovered a widespread college admissions scandal and resulted in the arrest of 50 people.

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CPD employer fair offered few public policy, social sciences options

By Cassandra Montemayor Thomas | April 4, 2019

On Tuesday, the Center for Professional Development hosted 55 companies, firms and organizations at its Employer Connections Fair in the Hopkins Center for the Performing Arts. The fair included representatives from the finance, consulting education and technology sectors; however, the fair offered comparatively few public policy or social science opportunities.

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Incoming Thayer dean Abramson looks to raise the school’s profile

By Sunny Drescher | April 4, 2019

Coming to Dartmouth as the next step in a career that has spanned the private sector, government and academia, Alexis Abramson has been named the next dean of the Thayer School of Engineering.

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Influenza cases on campus spiked over winter term

By Kyle Mullins | April 2, 2019

If you were stricken with the flu this winter, you were not alone on campus. Dick’s House diagnosed 63 cases of the flu in 2019 — over double the number of any of the previous three years — according to director of clinical medical services Ann Bracken.  

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Free speech executive order raises questions on campus

By Andrew Culver | April 2, 2019

Last month, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aiming to promote free and open debate on college campuses.

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FYSEP to expand with help of $13 million in alumni donations

By Elizabeth Janowski | April 2, 2019

Major changes to Dartmouth’s First Year Student Enrichment Program will soon be underway, according to an announcement made at a recent capital campaign event for the College.

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