Conference to discuss science and humanities

Jeremy DeSilva discusses ground-breaking research

Anthropology professor Jeremy DeSilva talks about his work and teaching. 

Wicked Awesome BBQ food truck arrives

A new food truck has arrived on Dartmouth’s campus, joining two others. 

Town of Hanover gets #Readyfor100

The Sierra Club Upper Valley Group has a big goal for the town of Hanover and Dartmouth: to source 100 percent of their energy of all three sectors — heat, transportation and electricity — from sustainable sources.

Cohen discusses his new book

In his lecture yesterday evening at the Rockefeller Center, journalist Michael Cohen connected the political activity of Nelson A. Rockefeller ‘30 to today’s polarized presidential election.

Joyce takes over as the new director of Greek life

To finish his doctorate in education leadership at Clemson University this past June, Brian Joyce, the new director of the Office of Greek Life, authored a dissertation that examined how membership in traditionally white fraternities can shift notions of identity in minority students.

Folks to leave NH Hospital in Jan.

Geisel School of Medicine psychiatry professor David Folks, who has also served as the Chief Medical Officer of New Hampshire Hospital — the state-run psychiatric hospital — for the past eight years, will step down from both posts in January.

Q&A with government professor Russell Muirhead

Growing up in “the shadow” of Manchester’s industrial mills, government professor and political theorist Russell Muirhead first learned about work, alongside the ethics of work.

Geisel receives NIH research grant

Last week, researchers at the Geisel School of Medicine and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center received an award worth up to $42 million from the National Institute of Health to study the influence of environmental exposures on children’s health. The funding is provided as part of Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes, a seven-year initiative recently launched by the NIH to further investigate how environmental exposures could affect the health of children and adolescents.

Q&A with professor Christopher Sneddon

To Christopher Sneddon, water is not only the source of human life, but also the source of many human conflicts.

Rockefeller Center panel to discuss national economics

Today’s “Links between Financial Markets and the American Economy” symposium will feature debate from three distinguished panelists on recent and prospective changes to the financial system.

Endowment declines by 4 percent

Dartmouth’s endowment posted a 1.9 percent investment loss for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2016, according to a press release on Friday by the College.

Q&A with economics professor Andrew Levin

It can be hard to connect the classroom to real life, but economics professor Andrew Levin is trying to do just that.

Sustainability task force to meet this month

A new sustainability task force of students, faculty and administrators will have its first full meeting this month.

Study finds broad support for diversity

Dartmouth students were largely in favor of giving minority applicants preference in admissions and faculty hiring procedures, a recent study co-authored by Madeline Brown ’16, Lauren Martin ’16 and government professors John Carey and Yusaku Horiuchi found.

Plan invests in west campus

Expect to see more scaffolding around campus.