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Researchers traveled to Panama to study katydids and how they evolved to survive in the ecosystem.
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Researchers study katydid songs in Panama

By Rohini Mandal | October 18, 2017

Biology professor Hannah ter Hofstede led a team of researchers through Panama this past summer in order to learn more about the process of evolution by examining the katydid species. Katydids are predominantly nocturnal insects related to crickets, famous for their unique mating calls. “One reason to do this kind of work in the tropics is that there is so much diversity,” ter Hofstede said.

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Society of Fellows welcomes new postdoctoral researchers

By Gigi Grigorian | October 17, 2017

This fall, Dartmouth’s Society of Fellows welcomed seven new postdoctoral fellows to campus. Having recently earned their Ph.D.s in various disciplines across the arts and sciences, they will now spend three years at Dartmouth continuing their scholarship and teaching. Dartmouth’s Society of Fellows is modeled after similar societies that exist at other institutions, including Harvard University and Princeton University.

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AMES, AMELL propose restructuring

By Alex Fredman | October 16, 2017

The College is in the final stages of considering a proposal to restructure the Asian and Middle Eastern Studies program and Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Literatures department, separating Asian studies and Middle Eastern studies.

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Researchers receive grant to study New England lakes

By Hye Young Kim | October 16, 2017

Researchers in various fields of science from the College, the University of New Hampshire and the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies are joining forces in a three-year research project on the prevalence of blooms in bacteria of lakes in Maine, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont.

The College installed a fence around the Homecoming bonfire after about 50 students touched the fire in 2016.
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Homecoming weekend incidents and arrests decrease

By Autumn Dinh | October 13, 2017

The total number of security reports and arrests during this year’s Homecoming weekend decreased significantly from 2016, which both interim director of Safety and Security Keysi Montás and Hanover Police captain Mark Bodanza attributed to increased security measures during the bonfire, including a fence around the fire itself. From Thursday through Sunday, Safety and Security responded to 30 incidents, down from 42 last year and 66 in 2015.

Carlos Polanco '21 was named National Youth of the Year by the Boys and Girls Clubs, out of six finalists.
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Carlos Polanco '21 named National Youth of the Year

By Levi Roussell | October 13, 2017

Carlos Polanco ’21, known by some at Dartmouth as one of the students who wrote a letter to University of Virginia’s Class of 2021 following the Charlottesville protests, was named National Youth of the Year by the Boys and Girls Clubs of America on Sept.

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