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April 11, 2026
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Yield increases to 53.1 percent for Class of 2020

By Sungil Ahn | May 4, 2016

Over 53 percent of students admitted to the College’s Class of 2020 accepted offers of admission, yielding a class of 1,156 students from 2,176 accepted students, including 525 who were accepted early decision. The number is an increase from last year’s yield for the Class of 2019 of 50.3 percent, and closer to the Class of 2018’s record yield of 54.5 percent.

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145 courses over-enrolled in past year

By Carter Brace | May 2, 2016

Having more students in a class than space permits stands in contrast to the College’s liberal arts focus on small class sizes, highlighting the issue of over-enrolled and at-capacity courses at the College.

Portraits from the APAHM project hang in the Collis Center.
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APAHM kicks off in May

By Sonia Qin | May 2, 2016

This past Sunday marked the beginning of Asian American and Pacific Island Heritage month, an annual celebration of the pan-Asian community that continues through all of May. This year’s theme at Dartmouth is “Loving #MyAsianAmericanStory,” a hashtag that was originally started by an Asian American high school student.

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Jasbir Puar to speak tomorrow

By Parker Richards | April 28, 2016

Controversial academic Jasbir Puar will speak at the College tomorrow as part of the Gender Research Institute at Dartmouth’s “Archipelagic Entanglements” panel.

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Migrant workers in the Upper Valley face challenges

By Zachary Benjamin | April 28, 2016

Many Dartmouth students know about the number of farms in and around the Upper Valley, which provide fresh dairy and other foods to the region. But few know about the migrant workers who keep these dairy farms running, or the struggles that they face on a daily basis.

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Link Up hosts annual conference for seventh grade girls

By Daniel Kim | April 28, 2016

Seventh grade girls from all across the Upper Valley came together at the College yesterday for the annual Sister-to-Sister conference — an event facilitating discussions related to women’s community — hosted by the mentorship organization Link Up. Over 130 students gathered from eight different schools, the highest attendance ever since the conference began in 2000.

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Matt Olsen to speak at the Dickey Center today

By Samantha Stern | April 26, 2016

In a discussion today with Dickey Center for International Understanding director Daniel Benjamin, former National Counterterrorism Center director and former General Counsel of the National Security Agency Matt Olsen will address the nature of the threats the United States currently faces and convey measures the government is taking to counter those threats. Olsen is this year’s Class of 1950 Senior Foreign Affairs Fellow.

Dartmouth Hall lights up in rainbow in honor of PRIDE.
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PRIDE expands to two weeks

By Sonia Qin | April 25, 2016

This past weekend, red, yellow, pink, green, blue and purple lights illuminated the front of Dartmouth Hall in honor of PRIDE 2016. The 10th annual PRIDE week will celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community, and for the first time, will last two weeks instead.

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