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With slight deviations, Dartmouth follows CDC guidelines on socialization
COVID-19 task force co-chair Josh Keniston described the difficulty of balancing safety with mental health concerns.
Ben (‘24) is a news writer for The Dartmouth. He is from Bethesda, Maryland, and plans to major in government and economics.
COVID-19 task force co-chair Josh Keniston described the difficulty of balancing safety with mental health concerns.
Sununu told students to travel home to receive the vaccine despite inclusion of students in New Hampshire's federal vaccine allotment.
The cafe’s renovations include a relocation of the bakery to the main floor, replacing the indoor seating space.
The College has touted its required Ivy Flex meal plan as a way to ensure food security. Some students say the plan lacks flexibility, now heightened under the return to quarantine.
Phillips’s company Studio Elsewhere has provided nature-inspired “recharge rooms” to nearly 30 hospitals since the start of the pandemic.
Upon the recent revelation that Leon Black ’73 paid convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein upwards of $150 million between 2012 and 2017, some students and alumni have called for the College to change the name of the Black Family Visual Arts Center.
On Jan. 18, the eve of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, College President Phil Hanlon sent an email to campus announcing a number of initiatives to foster “diversity, inclusivity and equality” in the Dartmouth community. The measures include an increase in faculty specializing in issues of race, more institutional support for faculty of color and reforms to the College’s financial aid practices.
This week, potential new Greek house members will navigate the College’s first-ever virtual rush. Despite the virtual format, sorority rush will have nearly 400 participants, while fraternity rush, which adopted a formal registration process this year, will see over 300 potential new members.
Although classes start Thursday, many students who had originally expected to be in Hanover will instead log onto Zoom from home. When the College pushed winter term move-in dates back by nearly two weeks, many students found themselves scrambling to change travel arrangements and find stable learning environments for the meantime.
A prolific researcher and dedicated father and husband, Alan Ivan Green was known for his endless enthusiasm, innate curiosity, steady nature and kindness. “He was a wonderful, warm, intense man who was one of the most curious people that I've known — a real scholar and someone who just was ready to make the most of every opportunity that came his way,” said Kathryn Kirkland, a fellow professor at the Geisel School of Medicine and Green’s friend and neighbor.
