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Longtime Thayer dean Joseph Helble appointed as next College provost
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The Dartmouth Senior Staff
| May 17, 2018
Thayer School of Engineering dean Joseph Helble has been appointed as the College’s next provost by College President Phil Hanlon.
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Plans for PAC and Rainbow room changes following petition
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Elizabeth Janowski
| May 17, 2018
Over 900 individuals have signed a petition opposing a joint decision by the Office of Pluralism and Leadership and the Office of Student Life to move the Pan-Asian Community resource room and Rainbow Room from their current locations on the first floor of Robinson Hall.
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Student Assembly holds dining forum
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Eileen Brady
| May 17, 2018
On May 14, Student Assembly hosted an open-to-campus drop-in forum regarding dining options at Dartmouth with Dartmouth Dining Services director Jon Plodzik.
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Hanover votes down Article 7 and votes to maintain voting structure
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Abigail Mihaly
| May 17, 2018
On May 8, Hanover residents voted down Article 7 of the annual town election ballot, which would have altered their involvement in the town’s budget process. Article 7 decided whether Hanover should adopt SB 2, a New Hampshire state bill which changes the town voting structure.
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Geisel professor wins Excellence in Medical Education Award
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Alec Rossi
| May 16, 2018
Do medical students and their clinical evaluators agree on what constitutes actionable, constructive and helpful feedback?
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Q&A with history professor Stefan Link
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Anna Wilinsky
| May 16, 2018
History professor Stefan Link specializes in the history of capitalism, business and the economy.
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Donation from the Frank family will support off-campus programs
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Gigi Grigorian
| May 15, 2018
Study abroad programs are popular with Dartmouth students — and now the College’s “The Call to Lead” capital campaign will provide more financial support for students wishing to participate in these programs.
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Roslin's Sushi awaiting additional permit
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Maria Harrast
| May 15, 2018
In late April, the made-to-order Roslin’s Sushi service located in Collis Café announced its temporary unavailability because it had been operating without a permit to make sushi on College premises.
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Nobel Laureate in Physics visits campus
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Ruben Gallardo
| May 15, 2018
On May 9, Dartmouth welcomed Nobel Laureate in Physics Jerome Friedman to campus for the second time for a public lecture entitled “Are We Really Made of Quarks?” to a packed audience in Dartmouth Hall.
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English department hires critically-acclaimed poet Joshua Bennett
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Michaela Artavia-High
| May 15, 2018
The English and creative writing department at the College will welcome critically-acclaimed poet Joshua Bennett this upcoming fall as a new assistant professor.
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Capital campaign to establish new entrepreneurial center
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Berit Svenson
| May 14, 2018
In response to the need to prepare its students for an increasingly modern and innovative society, the College will establish a new center for entrepreneurship as part of its $3 billion capital campaign, entitled “The Call to Lead.” The center, which will be named the Magnuson Family Center for Entrepreneurship, will serve as the official organizational structure for Dartmouth’s current and future entrepreneurial programming and resources, Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network director and the center’s future director Jamie Coughlin wrote in an email statement. With an ultimate investment goal of $40 million, the College has already accumulated $36 million for the new center, which includes a donation of $20 million from Allison and Rick Magnuson ’79.
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College seeks to improve mental health resources
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Sunny Drescher
| May 11, 2018
The increase in student demand for mental health resources — both at Dartmouth and at the national level — has led “The Call to Lead” capital campaign to allocate $17 million towards supporting student mental health resources on campus, according to Dean of the College Rebecca Biron.
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Fourteen from College chosen as Fulbright scholars
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Anindu Rentala
| May 11, 2018
This year’s Fulbright scholars want to train politicians, return artwork looted by Nazis and teach English in areas all around the globe, ranging from South Korea to Morocco.
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Green Key will feature Tinashe as headliner
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Abigail Mihaly
| May 11, 2018
The sixth annual Green Key weekend is just around the corner. This year, the traditional Friday night concert on Gold Coast Lawn will feature headliner Tinashe, as well as Quinn XCII and Coast Modern. “It’s going to be a show ... It’s going to be just nonstop fun,” Programing Board concert director Mary Clare Seeman ’18 said. Performances on the Collis Center porch throughout the weekend will include a variety of more “indie” artists, including the Skins, according to Collis Governing Board chair Michelle Wang ’19.
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Capital Campaign aims to address donation gender gap
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Isabel Adler
| May 10, 2018
Historically, the College — like its peer institutions — has had a gender divide in its alumni giving, according to executive director of the Dartmouth College Fund Sylvia Racca.
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Room draw sees new processes for substance-free housing and living learning communities
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Eileen Brady
| May 10, 2018
Allen House residents were the last of the housing communities to pick their housing accomodations on May 3, marking the end of the room draw process for the Fall 2018 term.
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Dartmouth Dining Services debuts paper straws for sustainability purposes
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Claudia Bernstein
| May 10, 2018
Over the past two weeks, students have noticed the disappearance of an important staple at Dartmouth Dining Services locations across campus — plastic straws.
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Study examines stream temperatures at the Second College Grant
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Jacob Chalif
| May 10, 2018
While most use the Second College Grant — a 27,000 acre area of land in Clarksville, New Hampshire — to canoe or fish, environmental studies professor Lauren Culler A&S’13 used its data to quantify the relationship between warming air temperatures and streams. A recent Dartmouth-led study published in April found that an air temperature increase of one degree Celsius over five days corresponded to an increase in maximum daily stream temperature of 0.5 to 0.8 degrees Celsius, which could affect local ecosystems and brook trout populations.
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"The Call to Lead" capital campaign will fundraise for Guarini, Geisel, Thayer and Tuck.
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Ruben Gallardo
| May 8, 2018
Dartmouth’s graduate schools will not be left out of the College’s recently-announced $3 billion capital campaign, “The Call to Lead.” The campaign includes specific fundraising goals for Dartmouth’s graduate and professional schools that will provide financial support for their programs and initiatives.