Wybourne picked for interim provost post
Vice Provost for Research and physics professor Martin Wybourne will assume the role of interim provost on July 1, Provost Carol Folt announced Monday in a campus-wide email.
Vice Provost for Research and physics professor Martin Wybourne will assume the role of interim provost on July 1, Provost Carol Folt announced Monday in a campus-wide email.
Nathan Yeo / The Dartmouth Senior Staff Discussing both the Declaration of Independence and Michael Jackson's patent for anti-gravity shoes, Archivist of the United States and "collector-in-chief" David Ferriero spoke on Monday afternoon about the array of challenges he faces helping to digitize and declassify the 12 billion papers under the National Archive's control.
Martin Wybourne, vice provost for research and a physics professor at the College, will serve as Dartmouth's interim provost beginning on July 1, current Provost Carol Folt announced Monday afternoon in a campus-wide email.
American and European university professors gathered this weekend to debate the controversial concept of religious violence during a three-day conference hosted at the Rockefeller Center May 11-13.
In a series of attempts to combat high-risk drinking on campus, the College has initiated a number of programs that facilitate the collection of data on student alcohol consumption.
Tracy Wang / The Dartmouth Sounds of drums reverberated across the Green this weekend, attracting students, faculty members and Hanover residents to the 40th Annual Dartmouth College Pow-Wow.
Safety and Security, the Dean of the College Office and the Office of Pluralism and Leadership are currently investigating two incidents of harassment reported last week in accordance with the College's Bias Incident Protocol, according to OPAL Director Alysson Satterlund.
Policymakers, doctors and professors from across New England debated the merits and pitfalls of legalizing medical marijuana at the eighth annual Dartmouth Symposium on Substance Abuse, held on Friday in Collis Common Ground.
Former Dean of the College Sylvia Spears was named vice president for diversity and inclusion at Emerson College on Friday, according to Emerson radio station WERS.
Video responses from Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson to 20 questions submitted by members of the student body via Google Moderator were uploaded on Thursday to the Dean's Office website.
An amendment to North Carolina's constitution that bans same-sex marriages, domestic partnerships and civil unions will have uncertain effects on faculty and students on college campuses in the state, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported.
The Tuck School of Business has begun an initiative to provide expanded online resources to its introductory business courses for students enrolled in its MBA program.
Jim Dupuis, a beloved Hanover delivery man known best for his time working at Gusanoz Mexican Restaurant, died on May 5 in Montreal most likely of natural causes, though the autopsy report has not yet been released, according to his sister, Cathy Dupuis.
German professor Klaus Mladek and English professor George Edmondson are currently editing a collection of essays, "Sovereignty in Ruin: Politics in Crisis," which will include the work of prominent critical theorists like Judith Butler, according to Mladek. The collection seeks to provide an alternative to conventional channels of politics, which Mladek and Edmondson "perceive to be in a deep crisis," Mladek said.
Hunter Van Adelsberg / The Dartmouth Staff Hunter Van Adelsberg / The Dartmouth Staff Bubbles and brightly-colored sidewalk chalk welcomed Dartmouth students, faculty and Hanover residents to Thursday's "No Diet Day" celebration, an anti-diet, body-size-acceptance day sponsored by the Eating Disorder Peer Advisors. Founded in 1992 by Mary Evans Young, British feminist and director of the British anti-diet campaign "Diet Breakers," "No Diet Day" is an international, annual celebration of body acceptance and body shape diversity. "The goal of the day is to dispel the idea that there is only one right' body type and instead urges us all to celebrate the beauty in all of our natural shapes and sizes," EDPA intern Hannah Groveman '13 said. The day is also dedicated to raising awareness about the dangers and futility of dieting and to recognizing how dieting perpetuates violence against women.
The Off-Campus Student Advisory Board, a committee designed to improve study abroad programs, plans to improve student knowledge about off-campus programs by launching a website next week detailing academic, cultural and internship opportunities, as well as basic safety and accommodation information for each off-campus program.
Correction appended A panel of seven senior women shared personal stories of sickness, loss, abuse and healing during the 23rd annual Women of Dartmouth panel on Wednesday evening.
Several Texas universities have begun offering $10,000 degree programs in response to a call from Gov.
To replace the single night of African cultural celebration that took place last year, Students for Africa has launched a full week of events this week designed to celebrate the diverse peoples and countries of Africa and to educate the Dartmouth community. The organization decided to extend the annual Africa Night event to an Africa Week following discussions at a general meeting during Winter term.