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Six students attend sexual misconduct committee session

By Abigail Mihaly | April 27, 2018

Six students attended a student community session held by the Presidential Steering Committee on Sexual Misconduct on Apr.

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College to add eight new solar panels installations

By John Fulton | April 27, 2018

Beginning mid-June, Dartmouth will be installing new solar panels on eight buildings on campus. Photovoltaic arrays will be added to the roofs of the Class of 1953 Commons and Fahey-McLane, Kemeny-Haldeman, McLaughlin, Moore, Russell-Sage, Silsby and Sudikoff halls.

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University Press of New England will close, citing financial considerations

By Ruben Gallardo | April 27, 2018

The University Press of New England board of governors voted on Apr. 17 to dissolve the publishing consortium and wind down operations by December.

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Allison Gelman '18 awarded James C. Gaither Junior fellowship for policy research

By Alice Zhang | April 27, 2018

After a high school trip to Embassy Row in Washington, D.C., Allison Gelman ’18 said she wanted to study international relations and make an impact on the world.

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Hillel celebrates Roth Center for Jewish Life's 20th year

By Claudia Bernstein | April 26, 2018

This past weekend, Dartmouth College Hillel celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Roth Center for Jewish Life, which opened in 1998 following a donation by Steven Roth ’62 TU’63.

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Cheryl Bascomb '82 to be VP for alumni relations

By Eileen Brady | April 26, 2018

“Dartmouth to the core” is how vice president for alumni relations Martha Beattie ’76 describes her successor, Cheryl Bascomb ’82.

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Q&A with music professor Ted Levin

By Charles Chen | April 25, 2018

Professor Ted Levin teaches courses about world music and interdisciplinary music topics at the College.

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Nineteen Sig Ep brothers remain after national membership review

By The Dartmouth Senior Staff | April 25, 2018

Nineteen members of Dartmouth’s chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity were invited back to the fraternity following a membership review instituted by their national organization, according to a member of Sig Ep who was not invited back after his review.

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Dartmouth 'made me feel like a big shot,' Kaling '01 says

By Rachel Pakianathan | April 24, 2018

In five words, Mindy Kaling ’01 would describe her own Dartmouth experience as, “Indian girl enjoying the forest.” Now this June, Kaling will return to Dartmouth to deliver the Commencement address for the Class of 2018 this June. Described by her professors as having a clever and biting sense of humor, Kaling spent her time on campus as the “Badly Drawn Girl” for The Dartmouth; a member of the improvisational comedy troupe Dog Day Players and the a capella group the Rockapellas; a writer for the humor magazine the Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern; and an actress, director and playwright in the theater department.

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Alumni gather for second Dartmouth Explorers Symposium

By Cameron Roller | April 24, 2018

Ledyard Canoe Club alumni returned to the College this past weekend to partake in the second-ever Dartmouth Explorers Symposium.

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Dartmouth Formula Racing gears up for competition

By Gigi Grigorian | April 24, 2018

Next week, the Dartmouth Formula Racing team will compete in an annual Formula Hybrid competition in Louden at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway against U.S.

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Computer science professor Hany Farid to leave College for Berkeley

By Abigail Mihaly | April 23, 2018

After twenty years of teaching at the College, computer science chair and professor Hany Farid will leave the College for a position at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Study shows exposure to stress before birth could have long-lasting effects

By Sunny Drescher | April 23, 2018

Be it animals or humans, stress is thought to be a part of life, but what if that started before birth?

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Sydney Kamen '19 recognized as Truman Scholar

By Sunny Drescher | April 20, 2018

Sydney Kamen ’19 has been recognized by the Harry S. Truman Foundation as one of 59 Truman Scholars for 2018.

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Three Dartmouth faculty appointed Guggenheim Fellowships

By Ruben Gallardo | April 20, 2018

The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation awarded three Dartmouth faculty members Guggenheim Fellowships on Apr.

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Folk store to close in Hanover

By Claudia Bernstein | April 20, 2018

Earlier this month, Folk — a small retail shop located on Allen Street in downtown Hanover — announced its plans to close at the end of the spring or early summer.

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DHMC to study multiple sclerosis care

By Berit Svenson | April 20, 2018

A national study featuring multiple medical centers by Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center aims to improve the quality of care that multiple sclerosis patients receive.

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Clubhouse attracts 400 community members

By Eileen Brady | April 19, 2018

“Do you miss BarHop?” asked a campus-wide email on Apr. 13. The invitation urged students to come to “Clubhouse,” a social event being hosted that night by the house system to replace BarHop, a program which has been on hiatus since May 2017.

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Walters elected to Student Assembly

By Wally Joe Cook | April 19, 2018

Monik Walters ’19 will become the first black female Student Assembly president in Dartmouth’s history.

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The bears are back in town

By Anthony Robles | April 19, 2018

Hanover’s most controversial animal resident is back in town. The black bear first spotted in the fall of 2016 has returned — this time with four new cubs in tow. Their return marks the latest episode in a saga that attracted national attention last May.