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August 9, 2026
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DHMC maintains elite trauma rating

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Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center announced its reaffirmed status as a Level I Trauma center, the highest ranking a medical center can obtain, maintaining its position as the only Level I facility in New Hampshire. The American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma assigns medical centers to one of four different levels after a review process that occurs every three years. "Level I centers place a greater emphasis on being a regional resource instead of a local facility," Jason Aldous, media coordinator of the DHMC, said.




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Police Blotter

March 12, 5:46 a.m., Choate Road Hanover Police responded to assist an ambulance when Safety and Security discovered an intoxicated, unresponsive Dartmouth student lying on a bathroom floor in Cohen Hall.




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Library quietly unveils Seuss-themed study room

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Sneetches, the Cat in the Hat and the Lorax greet studiers in a newly opened study room in the east wing of Baker Library named for Theodor Seuss Geisel '25 -- known to most as the illustrious children's book author Dr. Seuss. The room features colorful, framed book covers, a display case offering information about Geisel's life, and excerpts from some of his most famous works.



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College hosts arctic climate change conference over break

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During Hanover's own winter-end change of climate, scientists were dealing with climate change on a grander level at Dartmouth, as from March 14-20, the College hosted the first Arctic Science Summit Week ever to be held in the United States. "[The summit] was a major event for Arctic science and holding it at Dartmouth was a recognition of the strong role Dartmouth plays in dealing with climate change," said former ambassador Kenneth Yalowitz, director of the John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding. Environmental studies professor Ross Virginia, who leads the Institute of Arctic Studies within the Dickey Center, was the principal organizer of the week-long conference.


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Alum brothers start Kenyan clinic

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Milton Ochieng '04 first dreamed of building the Lwala Community Clinic in his village of Lwala, Kenya, while on a Tucker Foundation Cross-Cultural service trip to Nicaragua during his sophomore winter.


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College teams argue way to top grades at nationals

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Correction appended Dartmouth's Mock Trial and Policy Debate teams have argued their way to the top this year, both performing well enough during their seasons to qualify for their respective national competitions this March. Mock Trial started the year during Fall term at an invitational tournament at the University of Pennsylvania, which served as a pre-season to train new members.




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Hockey's high hopes fall flat in ECACHL semis

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WEB UPDATE, March 18, 4:05 p.m. The Dartmouth men's hockey team's hopes for their first NCAA tournament bid in more than two decades all but evaporated with a 5-4 loss to eventual ECACHL champion Clarkson in the ECACHL tournament on Friday night.




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SA passes amendment against amendments

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In what may represent one of the final steps in the Student Assembly reform controversy, an amendment to the Assembly's Constitution preventing "non-germane" amendments was passed at Tuesday night's meeting.