Daily Debriefing
The Obama administration will begin emailing 3.5 million student loan borrowers in the next month in an attempt to bolster enrollment in government income-based repayment programs, Inside Higher Education reported.
The Obama administration will begin emailing 3.5 million student loan borrowers in the next month in an attempt to bolster enrollment in government income-based repayment programs, Inside Higher Education reported.
Activist and founder of MensWork Rus Funk kicked off Dartmouth’s annual White Ribbon Campaign with an address Monday night, in which he said men have a responsibility to be an active part of the efforts to end violence against women.
Over the past few weeks, 15 of the College’s 23 Panhellenic and Interfraternity Council Greek houses participated in the Children’s Hospital at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Hero Inter-Greek fundraising competition, part of the annual CHaD Hero half marathon and Ripcord 5K.
Last week, a team of computer science and engineering researchers from Dartmouth and Clemson University received its first prototype of the Amulet, an electronic bracelet designed to enable efficient health management outside clinical settings and spearhead mobile health technology. The Amulet project, funded by a three-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s Computer Systems Research program, aims to develop an effective software framework for future wearable mobile health management devices.
When Oren Lyons, Honorable Onondaga Elder, heard that President Barack Obama called the United States the world’s first constitutional democratic government, he felt the need to set the record straight. The Iroquois Confederacy, established 800 years before the United States, was the first democracy to use a constitution.
As Dartmouth welcomes prospective students to campus, tour guides boast that the College’s graduation rates are among the highest in the country.
For students around the country, a term off from college has long brought the specter of work without pay. With an unpaid internship, students can build professional skills but sacrifice the opportunity to work for wages.
Two years ago, Dartmouth Dining Services, in conjunction with the reopening of the Class of 1953 Commons, announced that it would shift from the a la carte payment system to a block choice and meal swipe plan. Since the change, more students have migrated to larger plans, said DDS director David Newlove.
“@Max_parker3 @Dartmouth Hurry up, we are starting!” Jay Harris, host and anchor of ESPN’s Sports Center, interrupted his remarks to tweet at a student who had expressed interest in attending Harris’ lecture in front of a packed audience Sunday afternoon.
The Virginia Supreme Court ruled that Virginia Polytechnic Institute was not negligent when officials did not notify campus of a shooting on April 16, 2007.
Lindsay Ellis ’15 and Carla Larin ’15 will become editor-in-chief and publisher of The Dartmouth beginning next term, the outgoing directorate announced at Saturday’s annual Changeover ceremony at Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity.
A team of inspectors from the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement arrived on campus last Saturday to examine Safety and Security facilities determine if the department is eligible for accreditation as a college security agency. This is the first time that Safety and Security is undergoing an accreditation process.
For centuries, scholars interested in Dante’s “The Divine Comedy” were accustomed to combing through heaps of physical documents, most of which were housed in Italy. These academics were granted instant access to historical and contemporaneous Dante scholarship through the Dartmouth Dante Project, which in 1988 began digitizing poem and commentaries from 1322 onward.
Since last fall, Collis After Dark has increasingly offered social alternatives to the Greek system, seeing steady attendance after the first-year ban lifted.
The College is reevaluating the future use of the planned $150 million North Campus Academic Center.
The number of students applying to law school has been on the decline, with October’s law entry exam administrations down nearly 11 percent from last year, The Wall Street Journal reported.
The third annual Global Employability Survey, published on Monday, indicates a trend toward a more international employment market, The New York Times reported.
Ponka-We Victors, the first Native American woman in the Kansas House of Representatives, spoke about her heritage's impact on her political career.
The College offered around $96 million in aid to 2,424 students during the last academic year, according to the College Fact Book, and, like other schools, offers federal loans as well as institutional loans for those not eligible for the former.
This winter, students can attend food tastings and restaurant trials in the Upper Valley, Boston and New York, as the Dartmouth Gourmet Food Society kicks off its inaugural term.