Upper Valley families confront rural poverty
Not far from Baker-Berry Library’s towering spire, thousands face the daily struggle of rural poverty.
Not far from Baker-Berry Library’s towering spire, thousands face the daily struggle of rural poverty.
As law schools nationwide continue to decrease in size and popularity, a declining number of Dartmouth students are choosing law as a career path.
A study published by Dartmouth researchers last week ruled out a previous mathematical hypothesis that placed Earth near the center of the universe. The research, conducted by physics and astronomy professor Robert Caldwell and Nina Maksimova ’15, is the first to directly oppose this particular model.
Bowing to weeks of pressure from both sides of the aisle due to a botched rollout of healthcare.gov, President Obama announced yesterday that he would reverse course and allow insurance companies to keep individuals on canceled health insurance plans temporarily, The New York Times reported.
Dartmouth’s faculty is the least diverse in the Ivy League, with total white faculty at 82 percent, including the graduate schools.
Upcoming changes to the Medical College Admission Test, which will go into effect in March 2015, are affecting many students’ decisions about their majors, Dartmouth Plans and test preparations schedules.
As high school seniors scramble to complete college applications, Dartmouth applicants can breathe easy knowing that their use of social media has no bearing on their chances of admittance.
Lawyers defending former Dartmouth student Parker Gilbert ’16 have filed several motions with the Grafton Superior Court in recent months, providing clues into the defense team’s strategies.
Twenty members of the Class of 2014 with the highest cumulative grade point averages were inducted as junior members into the Dartmouth chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in a ceremony in the Wren Room at Sanborn House on Tuesday.
The College will renovate the Hopkins Center in the near future, potentially adding three performance or spaces and converting Alumni Hall to a performance space. The redesigned facility aims to allow easier navigation and visibility of the arts facilities.
Theta Delta Chi fraternity will be suspended through June 2014, followed by a probationary period until June 2016.
The College received 1,678 early decision applications for the Class of 2018 as of the Nov. 8 deadline, a 6.7 percent increase from last year, dean of undergraduate admissions and financial aid Maria Laskaris said. Last year early applications for the Class of 2017 dropped 12.6 percent.
A group of students protested former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s Tuesday talk with a ‘die-in.’ The group handed out fliers in the hallway following the talk, which cited Israeli responses to terrorist attacks and Desmond Tutu’s 2002 article lamenting the humanitarian situation in Gaza and the West Bank.
The Big Green Bus, which embarks on a cross-country trip each summer, may no longer center around a biodiesel powered bus next summer.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will visit the College today and give a talk in the afternoon about Israel’s political position after the Arab Spring.
Leehi Yona ’16 will champion stricter climate change policies at a United Nations Conference in Warsaw, Poland this week alongside 16 other delegates from SustainUS, a nonprofit advocacy group that encourages youth participation in advancing sustainable development.
PromoteU, which will help connect students with employment opportunities at startup companies, hopes to officially launch its online program next year.
A new collaborative between Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and Mayo Clinic enables vascular neurologists at academic medical centers to connect with emergency rooms in rural hospitals, which often do not have access to necessary resources and expertise to treat stroke patients.
An analysis conducted by the Institute of International Education in conjunction with the State Department found that a record number of international students came to study in the United States this year, up 7 percent from last year, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
Josh Kim has been appointed to serve as director of digital learning initiatives for the Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning, Interim Provost Martin Wybourne announced in an email Friday.