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August 12, 2026
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Sixty-four students charged with honor code violations

By Parker Richards | January 6, 2015

A total of 64 students have been charged with various honor principle violations stemming from an investigation into a cheating incident in religion professor Randall Balmer’s “Sports, Ethics and Religion” course last fall, judicial affairs director Leigh Remy said in an email.

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Community protests police brutality

By Annie Ma | January 5, 2015

Over the winter interim period, Dartmouth students, faculty and community members led two separate demonstrations in response to the non-indictments of officers involved in the deaths of unarmed black men Michael Brown and Eric Garner.

Students in Public Policy 85 take a dip at the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland
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Students learn policy in action in Ireland

By Lauren Budd | January 5, 2015

As Public Policy 85 students discussed Northern Ireland’s peace treaties of 1998 in Belfast’s parliamentary buildings, British Prime Minister David Cameron discussed an addendum to the very same treaties next door. This coincidence demonstrated the continued relevance of the class’s studies, program participant Nick Zehner ’15 said.

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Dartmouth teams up with Posse Veterans Program

By Emilia Baldwin | January 5, 2015

Dartmouth has become the third institution of higher learning to partner with the Posse Foundation as part of a program that aims to recruit exceptional post-9/11 veterans to various top-tier universities around the country, the College announced in early December.

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College admits 483 students early decision

By Kelsey Flower | January 4, 2015

The College admitted 483 students to the Class of 2019 through the early decision process, the College announced on December 12. The students were selected from a pool of 1,859 — the largest in Dartmouth history — for an acceptance rate of 26 percent.

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Three Dartmouth students named Rhodes Scholars

By The Dartmouth Staff | January 4, 2015

Miriam Kilimo ’14, Ridwan Hassen ’15 and Colin Walmsley ’15 have been named Rhodes Scholars and will follow Jonathan Pedde ’14 and Joseph Singh ’14, who won Rhodes Scholarships last year, to Oxford University. The three bring Dartmouth’s total Rhodes Scholars count to 78.

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$250k awarded to Geisel professor for cancer research

By Laura Weiss | January 4, 2015

Geisel School of Medicine pharmacology and toxicology professor Michael Spinella is being awarded a $250,000 two-year grant by the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation to support his research, which could lead to a treatment for testicular cancer that is more effective and less toxic than current treatment options. Spinella is among five researchers across the country receiving a 2014 Reach Grant from the foundation, which gives the grants to move childhood cancer research from the lab to the clinic.

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College accepts 483 students early decision

By Kelsey Flower | December 12, 2014

The College admitted 483 members of the Class of 2019 early decision, about 26 percent of the 1,859-person applicant pool. The pool, originally reported by Dartmouth as 1,856 students, was the largest in College history.

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Gleason remembered for dedication, poise

By The Dartmouth | November 26, 2014

A wake will be held from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Friedrich-Jones Funeral Home in Naperville, Illinois, on Friday. Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Naperville will hold a funeral at 9:30 a.m. Saturday.

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Hassen '15 named Dartmouth's 77th Rhodes Scholar

By Sasha Dudding and Parker Richards | November 25, 2014

There was a time when Ridwan Hassen ’15, one of five children of refugees from Somalia and Ethiopia, considered dropping out of high school so he could work full-time to support his family. But he stayed in school, Hassen said, crediting an influential statistics teacher. On Saturday, he was named a Rhodes Scholar.

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UFC sanctions Student Assembly for misusing funds

By Annie Ma | November 17, 2014

After reviewing the Student Assembly’s recent expenditures on customized apparel, a lunch event and a formal that was later canceled, the Undergraduate Finance Committee sanctioned the group. Between now and June, Assembly and UFC advisor Eric Ramsey must approve any purchases over $500.

In a survey The Dartmouth emailed campus Monday morning, students overwhelmingly expressed support for the Greek system as it stands.
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Greek discussion marks fall term

By Parker Richards | November 17, 2014

Following a meeting of Greek leaders and administrators on Sept. 17, Greek councils and presidents have seen their schedules filled with internal and external meetings on different proposals for Greek life reform.

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Faculty reflect on honor principle

By Erin Lee | November 17, 2014

Academic honor principle cases increased by 44 percent last year, with 11 more cases referred to the Committee on Standards in 2013-14 than the year before.

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Program links '14s to applicants

By Estephanie Aquino | November 17, 2014

The College’s most recent alumni have begun conducting interviews with its newest applicants via Skype. The pilot program, organized by former admissions office intern Alex Judson ’14, connects members of the Class of 2014 with applicants to the Class of 2019 who live in areas with fewer alumni interviewers.

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