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Students and faculty react to Bahng’s denial of tenure

By Carter Brace | May 18, 2016

The College’s Committee Advisory to the President’s decision to deny tenure to Aimee Bahng — an English professor who is also affiliated women‘s, gender and sexuality studies, comparative literature and African and African American studies — has been met with criticism from students, faculty and alumni in the Dartmouth community. The decision came in spite of many positive assessments of Bahng by leading scholars in her field and her own departments.

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Senate confirms Fanning nomination

By The Dartmouth Senior Staff | May 18, 2016

The Senate confirmed Eric Fanning ’90 as the secretary of the United States Army on Tuesday. The appointment makes him the first openly gay secretary of any military branch, as well as the highest-ranking openly gay official at the Pentagon.

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Teevens testifies in Congress on head injury

By Alyssa Mehra | May 18, 2016

Last week, Dartmouth football coach Buddy Teevens ’78 and Karen Kinzle Zegel, mother of Dartmouth alumnus Patrick Risha ’06, testified before the House of Representatives’ energy and commerce committee’s subcommittee on investigations. The committee had convened a panel of expert witnesses to discuss concussions in youth sports — and how they can prevented.

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Community forum discusses climate survey, tenure

By Joyce Lee | May 17, 2016

Students and senior administrators discussed the results of the Rankin & Associates October campus climate survey, the sustainability of working groups and the role of the administration at a community forum sponsored by Palaeopitus senior society last night.

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Petition calls on administration to reprioritize

By Alexa Green | May 17, 2016

Student leaders at the College released a petition on Monday critiquing the administration and urging the Board of Trustees and College administrators to “depart from the realm of student life” and instead focus on fiscal decisions they say will enhance campus intellectual and social climate.

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Thayer receives $25 million gift

By Megan Clyne | May 17, 2016

Barry MacLean ’60 Th ’61 donated $25 million to the Thayer School of Engineering, the largest gift in Thayer’s 149-year history, the school announced on Monday.

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Petition calls for admin to step out of student life

By The Dartmouth Senior Staff | May 16, 2016

Student leaders at the College released a petition on Monday critiquing the administration and urging the Board of Trustees and College administrators to “depart from the realm of student life” and instead focus on fiscal decisions they say will enhance campus intellectual and social climate. As of press time, 528 people have signed the petition.

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Relay raises $23,514.50 for cancer research

By Joe Regan | May 16, 2016

This Saturday’s Relay for Life raised $23,514.50 for cancer research from 47 teams and 364 participants. The event ran from 6 p.m. Saturday night to 6 a.m. Sunday morning in Leverone Field House and saw an increase of 50 participants compared to last year.

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Faculty discuss trigger warnings and sensitive course material

By Amanda Zhou | May 16, 2016

On the first day of a Jewish history course on the Holocaust she taught many years ago, Jewish studies professor Susannah Heschel showed the 30-minute film “Night and Fog” (1955), which includes footage of the Soviets liberating Auschwitz. When the film ended, Heschel said she was taken back when a student angrily demanded that she should have warned the class about the upsetting content of the movie.

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WISP celebrates 25 years at College

By Aleena Vigoda | May 16, 2016

Next Thursday, Dartmouth will host the Wetterhahn Symposium in honor of the late Karen Wetterhahn, who died in 1997 and co-founded the Women in Science Program. WISP celebrated its 25th anniversary in April.

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Master of health care delivery science connects alumni with web seminars

By Sungil Ahn | May 12, 2016

The College’s master of health care delivery science program currently reconnects its students, alumni and staff by offering virtual seminars on a wide variety topics. Starting this year, the program seeks to expand and offer 10 seminars per year to accommodate for a rapidly growing alumni population, MHCDS director and Tuck lecturer Katherine Milligan said.

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Town hall discusses survey amid reaction over tenure decisions

By Samantha Stern | May 11, 2016

Around 250 students, faculty, staff and community members attended a town hall yesterday where executive vice president of the College Rick Mills, chief financial officer Mike Wagner, vice provost for academic affairs Denise Anthony and Provost Carolyn Dever spoke about the results of the Dartmouth Community Study and fielded audience questions on diversity, inclusivity and transparency in the tenure process.

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New housing communities adjust for accessibility needs

By Joyce Lee | May 11, 2016

At Dartmouth, elevators, automatic doors and dorms with ground floor access are some of the more clearly visible signs of accommodations for individuals with disabilities. The new residential housing system was designed with the way they would accommodate those with physical disabilities on campus, director of education Michael Wooten said.

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