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New York Times reports on inequality at College

By Alex Fredman | January 27, 2017

Twenty-one percent of Dartmouth students come from families in the top one percent of total income earners, a recent New York Times report on college economic diversity found. The study, using data from the Class of 2013, revealed that Dartmouth students have disproportionately wealthy backgrounds, even in comparison to students at other Ivy League and highly-selective schools. According to the report, the median family income of a Dartmouth student is $200,400, which is the second highest among Ivy League schools and 24th among colleges nationwide.

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Fraternities hold winter rush

By Kristine Jiwoo Ahn | January 27, 2017

Last weekend, five fraternities extended 49 bids during winter rush. The increase from last year’s 20 bids can be attributed to the lifting of Beta Alpha Omega’s suspension.

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Study examines student debt

By Frances Cohen | January 27, 2017

A recent study co-authored by sociology professor Jason Houle analyzing the causes of “boomeranging,” which refers to students living in their parent’s home post-graduation, found that there is no correlation between student debt and returning home, among other conclusions. Houle has worked on several research projects that focus on the psychological and sociological aspects of young adult indebtedness. Neil Kamath ’17 is currently working with Houle on a manuscript relating to risk preferences in the context of young adult debt use.

Morano Gelato Hanover is now the company's flagship store.
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Morano Gelato repurchased by founder

By Alexandra Steinberg | January 27, 2017

Earlier this month, founder of Morano Gelato Morgan Morano bought back the Hanover location with partners Victoria and Richard Simek after selling it in 2013 to Norwich, Vermont couples Pam and Bill Miles and Jennifer and John Langhus. Morano said that she sold the shop to spend more time outside of it and to consider how she could expand the business.

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Professor launches mental health app

By Sam Seifert | January 27, 2017

Proxi, an application developed by Geisel School of Medicine psychiatry professor Bill Hudenko in collaboration with the Digital Arts, Innovation and Leadership lab, addresses the gap between consumer technology and individual mental health care by seeking to connect individuals, their natural support networks and clinicians in one unified network. After winning a Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network Founder’s Grant, the Proxi team went on to test its prototype with nearly 150 beta testers, Hudenko said.

Students listened to a presentation about The Pitch, which is sponsored by DEN and DALI Lab.
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The Pitch to offer different awards

By Mika Jehoon Lee | January 26, 2017

The Digital Arts, Leadership and Innovation lab and the Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network have restructured the award system for their “shark-tank” style entrepreneurial show The Pitch.

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Dartmouth Public Voices Fellowship trains professors

By Julian Nathan | January 26, 2017

The Dartmouth Public Voices Fellowship, launched in 2012 in partnership with The OpEd project, an organization dedicated to improving thought leadership’s accessibility through media, trains 20 Dartmouth faculty members each year to write op-ed articles and navigate TV and radio interviews.

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Upper Valley hosts Special Olympics

By Debora Hyemin Han | January 26, 2017

Approximately 80 to 90 athletes representing 11 teams participated in the 15th Annual Upper Valley Winter Games, hosted by Special Olympics New Hampshire, this past Saturday at the Dartmouth Alpine Valley Ski Hill.

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College denies contaminating second well

By Julian Nathan | January 24, 2017

The College denied connections between a previous well contamination and the contamination of Geisel School of Medicine professors Ivan Gorlov and his wife Olga Gorlova’s well, saying that the contamination came from the owners’ septic tank.

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Alumni on Forbes 30 Under 30 list

By Debora Hyemin Han | January 24, 2017

Four Dartmouth alumni have been named among Forbes 2017 30 Under 30 ­— a showcase of the world’s 600 “brightest young entrepreneurs, innovators and game changers” across 20 industries. Jennifer Chong ’10 co-founded Linjer, a fashion company specializing in watches and leather goods.

According to Dartmouth financial statements, the College reported a $112 million net operating loss in the last fiscal year, partly due to the reorganization of Geisel in 2016.
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College reports $112 million operating loss

By Sunpreet Singh | January 20, 2017

Due to a combination of rising expenses and flat growth in revenues, in conjunction with the reorganization of the Geisel School of Medicine, the College suffered a financial operating loss of $112 million this last fiscal year, compared to a $15.2 million loss reported the prior year. In addition, the College’s endowment declined by $189.1 million, from roughly $4.7 billion to $4.5 billion. In an interview, chief financial officer of the College Mike Wagner cited sluggish investments and increasing expenses and decreasing tuition revenues as a few of the reasons for the operating losses.

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Student Assembly Senate sees reform

By Alex Fredman | January 20, 2017

When Student Assembly president Nick Harrington ’17 and vice president Sally Portman ’17 ran for election last spring, they campaigned on a promise to reform student government by democratizing the system. This fall, they created a Student Assembly Senate with 24 elected members representing their housing communities, Harrington and Portman say that the new system is working well, but there is much work to be done. The Senate conducts business through four committees: Student Affairs, Wellness, Communications and Finance, according to Harrington.

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Artist Eric Van Hove begins Montgomery Fellowship

By Joyce Lee | January 20, 2017

Last week, artist Eric Van Hove began his term as this winter’s Montgomery Fellow. His work as a conceptual artist was introduced to the College last year when the Hood Museum bought “V12 Laraki,” a sculpture that is a replica of Mercedes-Benz’s engine.

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House communities offer faculty-led seminars

By Frances Cohen | January 20, 2017

This week marks the beginning of a series of mini-seminars hosted by the house communities. Each house community will offer several seminars on various topics, such as climate change, emotional intelligence and exploring autobiography through comic books. Dean of the College and current initiative leader Rebecca Biron said the mini-seminars aim to provide opportunities for intellectual engagement outside the classroom. “The idea is that they will be informal, low-stakes and brief and will allow faculty, staff and students to think together through a topic that they may not have a chance to work on together in the formal classroom,” she said. South House professor Kathryn Lively said in an email statement that the mini-seminars offer a more casual way for students to interact with their peers and faculty. As the program is being offered by the residential housing system, participating faculty members were divided up by house.

After an unusually warm day, the majority of the snow melted on the Green.
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Students plan snow sculpture despite cancellation

By Sonia Qin | January 19, 2017

After learning that the Winter Carnival Council would not be building the traditional snow sculpture this year, Mercedes de Guardiola ’17 reached out to fellow students to build their own sculpture, saying that she wanted to keep the tradition alive.

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