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Thayer searches for new professors

By Noah Goldstein | February 1, 2016

The Thayer School of Engineering is conducting three distinct searches for faculty members. At the end of the searches, the school will hire three new faculty members — one specializing in engineering in translational medicine, one in the intersection of energy and design and one in computational material science.

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Rajput ’14 and Carlin ’15 design award winning app

By Alyssa Mehra | February 1, 2016

One year and two days ago, Salman Rajput ’14, Carly Carlin ’15 and software engineer Annie Tuan founded the fitness app Simple Steps. Recently named the “Best Health App of 2015” by Men’s Fitness, Rajput said that thousands of people are now using it to track their health.

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Gloria Steinem talks gender and politics

By Joyce Lee | January 31, 2016

Feminist activist and journalist Gloria Steinem visited a crowded Morano Gelato on Friday to speak to a crowd of 50 College students and community members on behalf of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. The audience was mostly comprised of women — from high school students to older residents from the Upper Valley.

Rick Perry, speaking in 2014 at the College, is one of many conservatives who have come to campus.
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A conservative voice on campus

By Carter Brace | January 31, 2016

With the presidential primaries only eight days away, there has been no shortage of political involvement on campus. Among the tables for Bernie Sanders and the canvassing for Hillary Clinton, where do conservative voices find a space on campus?

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Annual symposium discusses refugee health

By Daniel Kim | January 31, 2016

The free public symposium “A Place for the Displaced” — hosted by the Geisel School of Medicine chapter of Physicians for Human Rights, Nathan Smith Society and the Dartmouth Coalition for Global Health — focused on refugee health and other aspects of refugee life including settlement, mental health and education in light of the recent global refugee crisis.

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Trustees approve new graduate school

By Noah Goldstein | January 28, 2016

The College’s Board of Trustees approved a motion to establish the School of Graduate and Advanced Studies at a meeting in New York City on Wednesday. The motion was approved by the faculty in a November vote after it was raised in a town hall event in October.

Attendants mingle outside the awards at the following reception.
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MLK Awards honor social justice

By Alexa Green | January 28, 2016

On May 23, 1962, Martin Luther King Jr. lectured to an overflowing audience in the basement of Dartmouth Hall on the state of social justice in America and the ongoing civil rights movement. Thursday evening, Dartmouth’s Martin Luther King Jr. Social Justice Awards aimed to echo his message 54 years later.

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Sonic Landscapes course transforms Rollins Chapel

By Alyssa Mehra | January 28, 2016

On Wednesdays, the “Sonic Landscapes” class transforms Rollins Chapel into exotic places through sound — a rainforest, an Antarctic shore, a Siberian tundra. The interdisciplinary course, taught by music professor Theodore Levin and film and media studies professor Carlos Casas, explores the intersection of music and media studies.

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Gilmour lectures on the Middle East

By Samantha Stern | January 27, 2016

Andrew Gilmour opened his lecture yesterday by joking that he had never before had the honor of speaking to a standing audience throughout his career in government. Students, faculty and Hanover residents crowded into the aisles and rear of Haldeman 041 yesterday afternoon to hear Gilmour, a senior analyst in the CIA’s directorate of analysis, provide a strategic perspective on the Middle East.

Barnard Faculty/Staff portraits taken in the James Room, Barnard Hall, Barnard College, New York, New York on Tuesday, September 14, 2010. Photos by Ruby Arguilla Tull.
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Q&A with Randall Balmer on religion and the 2016 election

By Joe Regan | January 27, 2016

Presidential elections often make both direct and indirect references to religion, with the current 2016 race being no exception. The Dartmouth sat down with religion professor Randall Balmer to better understand the role of religion in American politics.

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College suspends KDE for one term

By The Dartmouth Senior Staff | January 27, 2016

Dartmouth’s Organizational Adjudication Committee has suspended Kappa Delta Epsilon sorority for one term, effective immediately, according to a statement released to The Dartmouth today by College spokesperson Diana Lawrence. The suspension will be followed by periods of social and College probation through January 3, 2017.

Earl Sweet, left, stands with SEIU Local 560's vice president Chris Peck
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Earl Sweet remembered as a strong leader for union

By Joyce Lee | January 26, 2016

Earl Sweet was a straight-shooter, a union president who demanded fairness and a vibrant personality who tenaciously fought for service employees at Dartmouth, according to the many individuals who worked with him in his 35 years as the leader of the Service Employees International Union Local 560.

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Panel discusses Black Lives Matter course

By Sonia Qin | January 26, 2016

Yesterday, five faculty members spoke to a full Filene Auditorium about their perspectives on the Black Lives Matter course first offered last spring. The event, part of the ongoing Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations, was sponsored by the Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and featured geography professor Richard Wright; lecturer of geography and women, gender and sexuality studies Treva Ellison; English professor Aimee Bahng; geography professor Abigail Neely; and mathematics professor Craig Sutton.

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Student Wellness Center shifts focus to prevention

By Heyi Jiang | January 26, 2016

As winter rolls on in Hanover, the Student Wellness Center remains a place of warmth and welcoming spirits. Renamed in the fall from the Student Health Promotion and Wellness Center to the Student Wellness Center, the wellness center looks forward to further enhancing its existing programs in the winter through creating a focus on preventative care, the director of the wellness center Caitlin Barthelmes said.

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Two Dartmouth professors win at BioArts competition

By Erin Lee | January 25, 2016

In addition to innovative and influential discovery, scientific research can also generate stunning images, biology professor Mary Lou Guerinot said. Two Dartmouth research labs, led by Guerinot and fellow biology professor Thomas Jack, proved this in their 2015 BioArt competition wins for their magnified photos of Arabidopsis thaliana, a flowering plant.

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