News

Rockefeller Center panel to discuss national economics

By Kristine Jiwoo Ahn | September 27, 2016

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.

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Money Matters

Endowment declines by 4 percent

By The Dartmouth Senior Staff | September 24, 2016

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.

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Overprescribed

DHMC study finds overprescription of opioids

By Sunpreet Singh | September 23, 2016

Doctors are overprescribing opioids, according to a new study from the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, leading to an abundance of unused drugs that could potentially be abused.

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Econ 101

Q&A with economics professor Andrew Levin

By Debora Hyemin Han | September 23, 2016

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

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News

Sustainability task force to meet this month

By Alex Fredman | September 22, 2016

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

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News

Study finds broad support for diversity

By Julian Nathan | September 22, 2016

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.

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Morphy

Corpse flower to bloom soon

By Anthony Robles | September 22, 2016

The College’s resident “corpse flower,” known as Morphy, is expected to bloom at the end of this week for the first time since July 2011.

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News

Plan invests in west campus

By Samantha Stern | September 22, 2016

Expect to see more scaffolding around campus.

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News

Q&A with religion professor Devin Singh

By Frances Cohen | September 22, 2016

From kung fu training in Thailand to poetry writing, Devin Singh, now beginning his second year at Dartmouth, is not your typical religion professor.

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Job Hunt

CPD to host career fair in the Hop

By Emilia Baldwin | September 20, 2016

The Hopkins Center for the Arts will be teeming with job-seekers today and tomorrow as the Center for Professional Development hosts its annual Employee Connections Fair.

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Shake It Out

Sigma Delta adopts shakeout

By Sungil Ahn | September 20, 2016

Starting this term, Sigma Delta sorority will exclusively recruit potential new members through its shakeout process, first piloted last winter term.

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News

Sexual assault attempt reported to Safety and Security

By The Dartmouth Senior Staff | September 19, 2016

An unidentified male attempted to sexually assault a female student on Saturday evening, Safety and Security director Harry Kinne announced in an email to campus this morning.

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Campus Activism

Community gathers to protest Dakota Access Pipeline

By Zachary Benjamin | September 16, 2016

Around 200 people gathered on the Green Friday afternoon to protest construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. Critics say the pipeline threatens to harm the water supply of many Native tribes while also cutting across their sacred lands and burial grounds.

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Energy

Hanlon announces creation of new energy institute

By The Dartmouth Senior Staff | September 16, 2016

College President Hanlon announced the creation of the Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society at the College in an email to campus this morning.

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Diversity

Diversity plan initiatives begin

By Amanda Zhou | September 16, 2016

The College has taken the first steps in implementing its plan for improving diversity and inclusion on campus and among alumni.

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House Communities

Biron to replace Calsbeek as North Park House professor in the fall

By Alexa Green | September 16, 2016

Biological sciences professor Ryan Calsbeek will no longer be the House Professor for North Park House in the fall term.

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News

College apologizes for water contamination

By Priya Ramaiah | September 16, 2016

Executive Vice President Rick Mills apologized for the College’s use of Rennie Farm as a dumping site for laboratory waste in the 1960s and 1970s.

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On The Rise

College ranked 11th by U.S. News

By Megan Clyne | September 15, 2016

This past Tuesday, U.S. News and World Report announced that the College rose from 12th to 11th place in the 2017 college rankings.

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News

Paganucci Fellows collaborate with Positive Tracks

By Tianhang Dong | September 15, 2016

This summer, five students — Alexa Sonnenfeld ’17, Steffen Eriksen ’17, Kelly Moore ’18, Robert Crawford ’19 and Kelly Chen ‘18 — helped Positive Tracks, a Hanover-based nonprofit, improve their philanthropic U23 challenge program through an eight-week long consulting project.

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News

Gifts to College increase from last year

By The Dartmouth Senior Staff | September 15, 2016

Gifts and commitments to the College for the 2016 fiscal year totaled over $318.8 million, a 2.8 percent increase from the previous year’s record-setting level of giving.

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