Students vie for legislative seats

Baronet “Webb” Harrington ’20 and Garrett Muscatel ’20 have a number of things in common: both are economics majors, members of the Dartmouth Class of 2020, have long-standing interests in politics and have interned in the U.S.

New interim Dean of College appointed

On June 14, the College announced that South House professor and sociology department chair Kathryn Lively will serve as interim Dean of the College beginning July 1.

Faculty re-organize Dartmouth's AAUP chapter

A re-established Dartmouth chapter of the American Association of University Professors was unveiled at a general faculty meeting.

Geisel receives grant for opioid abuse research

Researchers at the Geisel School of Medicine have been awarded a four-year, $5.3 million Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute grant to study the effectiveness of various medication-assisted treatment models for opioid use disorder in pregnant women.

Professor publishes book on 2016 election

Many journalists and scholars have sought to explain what happened over the course of the 2016 election season, which culminated in Republican nominee Donald Trump winning the presidential election.

Class of 2018: Senior Survey

Dartmouth to award six honorary degrees

Dartmouth will award honorary degrees to six individuals at the upcoming Commencement ceremony on June 10.

Trump tweets that he will pardon Dinesh D'Souza '83

President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday morning that he will give a full pardon to conservative author and filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza ‘83 for violating federal finance laws in 2012, when he used straw donors to contribute to a Republican Senatorial campaign in New York. While D’Souza pled guilty to the charges in 2014, he later claimed he had been targeted by the office of then-U.S.

Commencement programs will not list names of graduates

This year, the College will not print the names of all graduates and their honors in the traditional printed program distributed on Commencement Day.

Kristi Clemens will be next Title IX Coordinator

Kristi Clemens will be Dartmouth’s next Title IX coordinator and Clery compliance officer, interim provost David Kotz ’86 announced on May 29.

Task force will determine future of Dartmouth College Press

Following last month’s vote by the University Press of New England board of governors to close down the 48-year-old publishing consortium, interim provost David Kotz ’86 and dean of libraries Susanne Mehrerhave called for the assembly of a task force to determine the future of the Dartmouth College Press. According to a statement issued by Kotz and Mehrer, the task force — which held two meetings open to Dartmouth faculty and staff last week — will decide “whether Dartmouth, and its faculty, are best served by operating a press, or by directing funding toward direct support of faculty scholarship.” In an interview with The Dartmouth, Kotz expressed interest in evaluating the merits of retaining the College Press in the wake of the UPNE’s closure.

Thesis no longer required for QSS major

Future quantitative social science majors will no longer be required to complete a thesis before graduating.

Senior Fellows research and write beyond College curriculum

What do federal Native American law, science fiction, a Chilean feminst and a choreopoem have in common?