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Hanover and surrounding areas are currently experiencing peak foliage.
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Fall foliage draws leaf peepers to Hanover

By Abigail Mihaly | October 26, 2017

As the days finally begin to get colder, the leaves are changing color, drawing what Northeasterners call “leaf peepers” — tourists who travel to the area to admire fall foliage. Leaf peeping is important to local businesses, wrote New Hampshire division of travel and tourism director Victoria Cimino in an email statement. This fall, the state expects 9.75 million visitors, a 4 percent increase over 2016, Cimino wrote.

 
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CHaD Hero raises over $840,000

By John Fulton | October 26, 2017

The Green was a hub of activity this past Sunday as Upper Valley residents and Dartmouth students came together for the 12th annual Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Hero fundraiser.

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Tuck School of Business ranks fifth in Forbes list

By Gigi Grigorian | October 24, 2017

Last month, the Tuck School of Business placed fifth in Forbes’ biennial ranking of U.S. business schools, consistent with its 2015 ranking and an improvement from its 2013 ranking of sixth. Forbes ranked the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania as the best business school in the country, followed by the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Harvard Business School and Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

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Nearly 800 schools, excluding Dartmouth, sign letter to Congress on DACA

By Peter Charalambous | October 23, 2017

The American Council on Education sent a letter to top leaders in Congress on Oct. 19 urging them to protect those affected by the rescinding of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy. The letter was signed by nearly 800 colleges and universities, though Dartmouth, which is a member of ACE, was the only Ivy League institution that did not sign.

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Open Access Week kicks off

By Alex Fredman | October 23, 2017

Baker-Berry Library will host an opening ceremony today for Dartmouth’s annual Open Access Week, an international celebration promoting unrestricted access to published scholarly research and academic journals online. The ceremony begins a week of lectures and workshops focusing on various topics related to online research access, according to digital scholarship librarian and event organizer Jennifer Green. “Open Access Week celebrates and advocates for open access to information and scholarship so that we can share important research and work that’s happening within a variety of disciplines,” Green said.

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Newly-recognized clubs focus on STEM fields

By Abigail Mihaly | October 20, 2017

An increased number of newly-recognized clubs through the Council of Student Organizations were related to science, technology, engineering and math during the 2016-2017 school year, according to Collis director of student involvement Anna Hall.

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ITS offers 24-hour technology services

By Harrison Aronoff | October 19, 2017

Dartmouth Information Technology Services has partnered with Vitalyst, a technology support company, to offer students, faculty and staff 24-hour support, starting this past Monday, according to Ellen Young, assistant director of campus IT support.

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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